postmark
[pohst-mahrk]
- an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
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- to stamp with a postmark.
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Origin of postmark
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Related Words
forward, send, route, dispatch, mark, consign, remit, transmit, ship, label, inscribe, superscribe, postmarkExamples from the Web for postmarked
Contemporary Examples
Postmarked March 27, 2014 from Birmingham, Alabama Dear Jose: ….
All ballots need to have been postmarked by August 24th, Election Day.
All ballots must be postmarked by August 24th, Election Day.
In both cases, the ballots must have been postmarked by August 24th, Election Day.
Historical Examples
Two of the letters were postmarked from a town on the Florida coast.
The PortygeeJoseph Crosby Lincoln
Without waiting to dress he opened the one postmarked Washington.
The Forbidden TrailHonor Willsie
The message was unsigned, but the message was postmarked at Gridley.
The Grammar School Boys of GridleyH. Irving Hancock
"It is postmarked Paris," said she, glancing at the envelope.
Make or BreakOliver Optic
There was one for him, postmarked "Paimpol," but it was not Gaud's writing.
An Iceland FishermanPierre Loti
postmark
- any mark stamped on mail by postal officials, such as a simple obliteration, date mark, or indication of routeSee also cancellation
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- (tr) to put such a mark on mail
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Word Origin and History for postmarked
postmark
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