单词 | post-office stamp |
释义 | > as lemmaspost-office stamp post-office stamp n. (a) a postage stamp; (b) an official stamp imprinted on a letter, parcel, etc., by the post office, a postmark; (c) the instrument used for stamping this. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [noun] > postmarking > postmark stamp1661 postmark1678 post-office stamp1827 obliterator1869 obliteration1881 1827 Amer. State Papers (1834) XV. 304 William J. Stone, for post office stamps, $128·49. 1842 G. Barmby in Promethean Jan. 24/2 Friends in the country..can receive their cards of membership, by applying to the General Secretary, by letter, post-paid, and including three post-office stamps. 1983 Eng. Hist. Rev. 98 422 He ignores the evidence of the post-office stamps which occasionally..give the day and month, though not the year. < as lemmas |
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