postmark

Example Sentences

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While tax returns must be postmarked then, the tax returns are legal even if they arrive at the Internal Revenue Service a few days later.

From Los Angeles Times

Fourteen US states allow mail-in ballots to be tallied after the date of the election if they bear a postmark by Election Day.

From Barron's

The letter had been opened by the censors—held by them, too: the postmark was over a week old.

From Literature

Why would there be letters postmarked from the front of a war Theo never fought in?

From Literature

She doesn’t quite understand how postmarks work—I don’t really, either—but I give my best explanation.

From Literature