- a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing
- stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing
- A postmark is a postal marking made on a letter, package, postcard or the like indicating the date and time that the item was delivered into the care of the postal service. ...
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- A mark indicating when and from where a letter was sent. It may or may not also serve as a cancel.
- A usually very dimple mark put on envelopes or other mailing pieces, touching the stamp, showing the date and location of the post office where it was mailed.
- Any mark cancelling the stamp and recording an item's passage through the mail system. Commemorative stamp postmarks are individually designed and include the date of the first day of issue.
- A postal marking which indicates the time and point of origin of the mail to which it is applied. Often loosely used interchangeably with "cancel." [Back to top]
- Any official postal marking. The term is usually used specifically in reference to cancellations bearing the name of a post office of origin and a mailing date.
- A franking or cancellation on items sent through the post showing the date and location from where it was mailed - these normally deface the postage stamps to prevent their further use.
- An official postal marking usually giving the date and origin or a piece of mail and is often part of the cancellation obliterating a stamp to prevent reuse.
- any form of marking, with a postal meaning, applied to any kind of postal matter by a competent authority. The term is most often applied to the impression which gives the date of posting and the office of origin. ...
- a cancellation imprint on letters and packages showing the time, date, and post office or sectional center of origin.