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stampage|ˈstæmpɪdʒ|
[f. stamp v. + -age. Cf. F. estampage, étampage.]
1. The crushing (of tin-ore).
1910Cal. Close Rolls an. 1365, 113, 1,000 marks every year to be taken of the issue of the stampage of tin in Cornwall.
2. A copy or impression (of an inscription) made by stamping.
1880Encycl. Brit. XIII. 118/2 No copy was obtained [of the rock inscription] until October 1838, when the traveller Masson..made a calico stampage and an eye copy.
3. The amount charged or paid for the stamp or stamps of a postal packet; postage.
1887Taken-in 88, I must not forget the stampage expenses..two miles out of Christ Church, your letter will be 2d. 1888Athenæum 16 June 762/1 It..costs..two or three times the amount of stampage for parcel post. |