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
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Verb
The package was postmarked 13 February.
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Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
Now at its fourth location at the north end of the Kringle Place mall, the post office receives more than a half-million pieces of mail a year — about 10,000 of them from children addressed to Santa and the rest from adults wanting the Santa Claus, Ind., postmark on their Christmas cards.
—The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2025
Trump’s order goes after one significant aspect of Illinois election law, a 2015 statute that requires the counting of mail-in ballots that are postmarked or voter-signed and certified by Election Day and arrive within the following 14 days.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Trump signed an executive order Monday that seeks to punish states that rely on the postmark date to count absentee or mail-in ballots received after Election Day in federal races.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
Now at its fourth location at the north end of the Kringle Place mall, the post office receives more than a half-million pieces of mail a year — about 10,000 of them from children addressed to Santa and the rest from adults wanting the Santa Claus, Ind., postmark on their Christmas cards.
—The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
While early voting and mail-in ballots received before Election Day are processed and posted on election night, vote-by-mail ballots postmarked by Election Day, along with provisional ballots, are counted during the official canvass period within 30 days after the election.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2025
Trump’s order goes after one significant aspect of Illinois election law, a 2015 statute that requires the counting of mail-in ballots that are postmarked or voter-signed and certified by Election Day and arrive within the following 14 days.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Postmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmark. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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