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.




"basskisser" wrote in message
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"John Smith" wrote in message
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The funny thing is the link that BK posted to prove his point, shows
that
they are both acceptable. They list N.Y. as the "old style". BK is so
binary, a real borg. ; )

Here stupid, just for you, and NOYB, who don't understand the
difference between state abbreviations, and postal codes:

http://www.ucar.edu/communications/s...de/states.html

And this handy little writing style guide:

http://www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/STABBREV.html

And another:

http://www.rwjf.org/publications/sty...reviations.jsp

And another:

http://www.fact-index.com/t/tr/tradi...eviations.html

Need more?:

http://thesis.tamu.edu/documents/pdf...reviations.pdf

So, John, and NOYB, let me know if you need any more help in trying to
figure out the difference between postal codes, and state
abbreviations. Always happy to help the dumbfounded.