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postmark

Definition

  • noun: a mark placed over the stamp on a piece of mail that shows when the mail was sent and where it was sent from and that makes it impossible to use the stamp again
  • noun: an official 'postal' marking on a piece of mail
  • verb: to put a postmark on (something)
  • verb: to put a postmark on

Examples

  • The package was 'postmarked' 13 February.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Andy Dufresne ever got the best of him. Not long after the warden deprived us of his company... ...I got a postcard in the mail. It was blank, but the postmark said... ...Fort Hancock, Texas. Fort Hancock... ...right on the border. That's where Andy crossed. When I picture him heading south (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption