The postmark indicates that this letter was mailed a week ago.
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Postmark
//ˈpoʊstˌmɑɹk//
Synonyms for "postmark" (3 found)
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Translations
37 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- خَتْم بَرِيدِيّ noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Belarusian
2 entries- пашто́вы штэ́мпель noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
- пашто́вы штэ́мпэль noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Bulgarian
1 entries- по́щенски печа́т noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 郵戳 /邮戳 noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Danish
2 entries- poststempel noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
- afstemple verb (to apply a postmark on)
Esperanto
1 entries- poŝtmarko noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Estonian
1 entries- postitempel noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Finnish
2 entries- postileima noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
- leimata verb (to apply a postmark on)
French
1 entries- cachet de la poste noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
German
2 entries- Poststempel noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
- stempeln verb (to apply a postmark on)
Hungarian
1 entries- postai bélyegző noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- مُهْرِ پُسْت noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Italian
3 entries- annullo postale noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
- bollo postale noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
- timbro postale noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Japanese
3 entries- スタンプ noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
- 消印 noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
- 郵便印 noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Korean
2 entries- 소인 noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
- 포스트마크 noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Latvian
2 entries- pasta zīmogs noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
- zīmogot verb (to apply a postmark on)
Portuguese
1 entries- carimbo noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Russian
2 entries- почто́вый ште́мпель noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
- штемпелева́ть verb (to apply a postmark on)
Slovene
1 entries- poštni žig noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Spanish
4 entries- matasellos noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
- timbre noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
- matar verb (to apply a postmark on)
- matasellar verb (to apply a postmark on)
Swedish
1 entries- poststämpel noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Thai
1 entries- ตราประทับ noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пошто́вий ште́мпель noun (marking made by a postal service on a letter)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
When, therefore, having noted that the packet bore the postmark of Christminster, he cut the string, opened the volumes, and turned to the Latin grammar, which chanced to come uppermost, he could scarcely believe his eyes.
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This letter has a Paris postmark.
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The letter has a Berlin postmark.
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