superscription

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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

My servant, who has lived with me fourteen years, may, for aught I know, have been bribed to abstract these letters on their arrival; they would be easily recognized by the very superscription.

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

"I have seen it myself, Richard," said Sir John Grey; "the superscription is clear and distinct--'To Sir Thomas Grey, Knight,'--and not one word is mentioned therein of anything like ransom."

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

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