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Postal USPS Historical Postal Standards

PLANET Barcode Generator (USPS Historical Postal Standards)

Generate USPS PLANET 2-state barcodes for historical mail piece tracking and postal archives.

Live Generator
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Completes check digits when their position is clear. Use parenthesized AIs for GS1. Existing check digits are validated. Other formats keep their usual behavior.

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BG
🛡️Zero Data Retention: Encoded in edge memory. Never logged or stored.

Technical Specifications

Structure 2-State Postal (USPS Historical Postal Standards)
Capacity 11 or 13 digits with Modulo-10 check digit
Character Set Numeric digits 0-9
Quiet Zone Requirement auto modules (2-State Postal)

Common Applications

This standard is widely used in the following industries:

2-State Postal utilized across retail, logistics, manufacturing, and global supply chains.
Input Constraints & Parity: Compliant with national postal authority specifications (USPS, Royal Mail, Australia Post, PostNL) for bar-height modulation, Delivery Point Identifiers (DPID), and postal check symbols.
Developer Quickstart

Automate PLANET via API

Full API Reference → 
curl -X POST https://api.xbarcode.ai/v1/render \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
  "format": "planet",
  "content": "12345678901"
}' > barcode.svg
API outputs: SVG, PDF, EPS and matrix JSON. PNG is exported in the browser. < 20ms Edge latency
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