Page 73 - Mick Bister - The Postcode Programmes of France

1 IIII LA SOURCE 1
NUMERIC LANGUAGE
2 I III
3 I III With the introduction of the five figure numeric postcode in
1972 a completely new language had to be devised. Trials began in
4 II II October 1972 at the new mechanised sorting office at Orleans-
la-Source which gave its name to the new language of which there
5 I I II were two versions, La Source 1 and its successor La Source 2.

6 I I II La Source 1 is identifiable by a fixed start represented by a
7 III I stroke on the right and by strokes in three of five other
8 I II I positions. As a binary value the zero is treated as a 10.
9 II I I
0 I II I

Fluorescent coding desk ribbon in red; shades varied from scarlet to orange and rose to carmine

Inauguration du Centre de Tri Automatique d ' Orleans La Source.

CHEQUES POSTAUX

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CH. 66 Et:.

SERVICE DES POSTES

CENTRE NUM!:RO CIC DATE

LA SOURCE 32.eo5.9e 30 JAN 73

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B P 104

49303 CHOLET

30 39 4
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The Orleans-la-Source sorting office was inaugurated on 30 January 1973