Postmark
['pəʊs(t)mɑːk] or ['postmɑrk]
Definition
(noun.) a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing.
(verb.) stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing.
Typist: Loretta--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival.
(v. t.) To mark with a post-office stamp; as, to postmark a letter or parcel.
Typist: Xavier
Examples
- Strand postmark, and dispatched ten thirty-six, said Holmes, reading it over and over. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The postmark is London--eastern division. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It bore the London postmark, and came from Edmund. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Did you remark the postmarks of those letters? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Edited by Clio