superscription

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He devised the letter touching the ransom; he prompted the Duke of Orleans and the Count of Armagnac: I erased the writing, and changed the superscription.

From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

That the stamp of the receiving-house should be struck upon the superscription or duty stamp, to prevent the latter being used a second time.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

"Margaret Van Eyck," was the reply: for they naturally thought the contents were by the same hand as the superscription.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

I started, as one does at an unexpected presence, to find an envelope among them with his familiar superscription.

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter