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| cancellation |
the marks or perforations indicating invalidation for reuse, as on a postage stamp or admission ticket. [1/3 definitions] |
| frank1 |
the privilege of sending mail free of postage. [2/7 definitions] |
| imperforate |
unperforated, as some postage stamps. [2/3 definitions] |
| indicia |
graphic marks or designs on mail that indicate that postage has been paid. [1/2 definitions] |
| overprint |
anything printed over the face of a postage stamp which designates its use or character, or the stamp so altered. [1/3 definitions] |
| philately |
the study and collection of postage stamps and things related to them, such as postmarks; stamp collecting. |
| postage meter |
a machine that prints, on each piece of outgoing mail, the amount of postage paid and date shipped, and keeps a record of the number of pieces so processed. |
| postage stamp |
a small, usu. gummed label bearing a money denomination, and often a picture, that is issued and affixed to mail, indicating that payment of postage has been made. |
| postmark |
an official mark that cancels the postage stamp on a piece of mail and shows the date and place of mailing. [1/2 definitions] |
| postpaid |
with the postage already paid by the sender. |
| stamp |
to place a postage stamp upon. [2/15 definitions] |
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