postmark

Example Sentences

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Make sure to see the envelope handstamped with the postmark instead of tossing the letter in the mailbox, O’Saben added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

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 • Mar. 23, 2026

Since Dec. 24, a postmark no longer shows the date you deposited a piece of mail with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Most Titanic postcards are either franked 'Queenstown' or bear the ship's own postmark, but this one was posted in Cork, making it much rarer.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2024

“Any one a-them names on a postmark would bore me to death, jest like Commerce does. They say a Englishman come th’ew Harmony Grove in nineteen aught-one, sellin’ silverware.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns