postmark
Letter's dated imprint
A postmark is the official stamp applied by a postal service to a piece of mail, showing the date and location of mailing and canceling the stamp to prevent reuse.
The postmark establishes when and where something was sent: The letter bore a postmark from Chicago dated June 3rd.
As a verb, to postmark is to apply such a stamp: The package was postmarked yesterday.
Folded paper enclosure
- letterWritten symbol or message
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
- postcardMailable picture souvenir
cover · wrapper · delivery · sender · addressee · franking · indicia · metered
Total destruction or erasure
- inkedMarked with pigment
- voidedMade legally ineffective
- defacedDamaged the appearance of
- invalidatedMade no longer binding
killer · tied · struck · cancelled · smudged · circular · wavy · barred
Printed calendar mark
chronology · timeline · origin · transit · arrival · receiving · dispatched · timestamp
envelope
Folded paper enclosure
- letterWritten symbol or message
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
postcard · cover · wrapper · delivery · sender · addressee · franking · indicia · metered · handstamp
obliteration
Total destruction or erasure
invalidated · killer · tied · struck · cancelled · smudged · circular · wavy · barred · machine
datestamp
Printed calendar mark
year · chronology · timeline · origin · transit · arrival · receiving · dispatched · timestamp · recorded
origin
Starting point or source
district · office · branch · station · railway · ship · APO · territorial · foreign · domestic
philately
Study of postal stamps
- philatelistOne who collects stamps
- albumUnified collection of recordings
- coverProtect by overlaying
commemorative · slogan · pictorial · fancy · duplex · numeral · town · railway · maritime · cachet
- postagefirst class, airmail, cancellation, franking, first class mail
- historical maillove letter, telegram, postcard, airmail, registered letter
- postmarkscancel, cancellation, cancellations, obliteration, handstamp
- mailletter, letters, mail, email, envelope
- postalmail, mail delivery, stamps, mail service, letter
- postal servicemail, sorting machine, stamps, mailbox, mail van
postmarkstamp
Mark-making device
postage stamp · franking · delivery confirmation · return address · addressee