postmark

Meanings

Noun

• A marking made by a postal service on a letter, package, postcard or the like, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, and often serving to cancel a postage stamp.

Verb

• To apply a postmark on.

Origin

• Image:Squared-circle_postmark_1890.jpg|thumb|right|A postmark from 1890.
• Compound of post + mark.