postal card

American  

noun

1. a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.

2. postcard.

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postal card British  

noun

1. another term for postcard

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Etymology

Origin of postal card

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

On November 28, 1892, Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast, the mad Irish immigrant and Harrison supporter, selected one of his postal cards.

From Literature

Also showing at the museum is “Greetings from Washington,” which reveals how the District was depicted in postal cards as the city — and postcards themselves — evolved.

From Washington Post

This one breaks our $600 budget because Marks has it for sale for $850, but index and government postal cards are much less.

From Forbes

He took Montag quickly into the bedroom and lifted a picture frame aside, revealing a television screen the size of a postal card.

From Literature

Text matter on a postal card may be of such a character that it may be registered as a "book."

From Project Gutenberg