post·mark
ˈpōs(t)-ˌmärk 
: an official postal marking on a piece of mail
specifically
: a mark showing the post office and date of mailing
Examples of postmark in a Sentence
Verb
The package was postmarked 13 February.
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Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
Mail is lost, undelivered—or even returned, sometimes with a valid postmark and address.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
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Noun
But election officials were awaiting information on 16 ballots about postmark dates from the U.S. Postal Service.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
Mail is lost, undelivered—or even returned, sometimes with a valid postmark and address.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Postmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmark. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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