For the first and only time this century, a Riverside postal code Monday will match the date — an occasion known in U.S. Postal Service circles as “Date Meets ZIP” — offering residents an opportunity to get a card or letter stamped with matching numbers.
“The possibility of having a `Date Meets ZIP’ is quite rare,” said USPS spokeswoman Eva Jackson. “It only comes up every 100 years, and for most locations, not at all.”
Monday is 9-25-17, the same numbers in a ZIP code covering parts of east and south Riverside, Jackson said.
The post office at 4150 Chicago Ave. serves the area under that code.
“Residents and businesses are invited to bring their own postcards and letters, or purchase items from the Riverside Post Office and have (them) stamped with the commemorative postmark to mark the occasion,” Jackson said.
— City News Service