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Definition of Postmark
1. Noun. A cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing.
2. Verb. Stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing.
Definition of Postmark
1. n. The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival.
2. v. t. To mark with a post-office stamp; as, to postmark a letter or parcel.
Definition of Postmark
1. Noun. A marking made by a postal service on a letter, package, postcard or the like, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, and often serving to cancel a postage stamp. ¹
2. Verb. To apply a postmark on. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Postmark
1. to stamp mail with an official mark [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postmark
Literary usage of Postmark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. U.S. Postal Service: Development & Inventory of New Products by Gerald P. Barnes (1998)
"An electronic postmark is an unmodifiable time and date stamp attached to an
electronic ... In the case of a Postal Service-applied electronic postmark, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"And it seems, that a postmark may be proved by the opinion of a clerk of the
post-office, or, perhaps, of any one, who has been in the habit of receiving ..."
3. Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1895)
"[postmark February 18], 1800. MY DEAR SOUTHEY, — What do you mean by the words, "
it is indeed by expectation " ? speaking of your state of health. ..."
4. A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law: Including the by John Henry Wigmore (1904)
"(3) postmark; Brand. § 2153. Reply-Letter received by Mail. § 2154. Reply-Telegram.
§ 2155. Reply-Telephone. § 2156. Presumption of Identity of Person from ..."
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