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Postmark

noun

A cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing.

verb

(past & past part. postmarked; pres. part. postmarking)

Stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing. Synonym: frank.

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"Postmark" Quotes from Famous Books

... said Bunting, as he glanced at the postmark. He had heard that the doctor was in, or somewhere ...

— The Last Penny and Other Stories • T. S. Arthur

... known facts pointed. The young woman knew the man in his proper person; she had been reluctant to betray him—that, he decided, was sufficiently proved by the lapse of time intervening between the date of her note and its postmark date; having finally decided to give him up, she had told only what was absolutely necessary, leaving him free to conceal his real name and identity if ...

— The Price • Francis Lynde

... The woman had produced, and had shown to Robert Bolton, the envelope of a letter addressed in John Caldigate's handwriting to 'Mrs. Caldigate, Ahalala, Nobble,' which letter had been dated inside from Sydney, and which envelope bore the Sydney postmark. Caldigate's handwriting was peculiar, and the attorney declared that he could himself swear to it. The letter itself she also produced, but it told less than the envelope. It began as such a letter might begin, 'Dearest ...

— John Caldigate • Anthony Trollope

... early April, Mary, hurrying to Mrs. Wyeth's after school, found a letter awaiting her. She glanced at the postmark, which was South Harniss, and the handwriting, which was Isaiah's, and then laid it aside to be read later on at her leisure. After many postponements and with considerable reluctance she had accepted ...

— Mary-'Gusta • Joseph C. Lincoln

... day"—"Affluence and prosperity"—"fairy prince"—oh, he's off his dot! (looks at postmark) "Ambleside." Why, it's from (rises and crosses L.) Aunt Susannah! "My dear Nephew: I have heard glowing accounts of your success." My success! "I long to see my brilliant nephew —I'm coming ...

— Oh! Susannah! - A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts • Mark Ambient

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