"John Smith" wrote in message news:Mv1Fc.10386$%_6.8812@attbi_s01...
from one of your links:

' The following is a list of traditional abbreviations for U.S. states,
which were in wide use prior to the
US postal abbreviations.

"Some writers continue to prefer these abbreviations in contexts other
than postal addresses." Some of these abbreviations are considerably
more live than others.


And what about the REST of the links?