post·age-stamp
ˈpō-stij-ˌstamp 
: suggesting a postage stamp in size : very small
postage-stamp yards
: a government adhesive stamp or imprinted stamp for use on mail as evidence of prepayment of postage
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Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made By History, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
Jacoby often depicted sports in his works and designed postage stamps for Luxembourg.
—Tim Genske, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
This postage-stamp isle, with its scenic coastal routes and quaint fishing villages, is best known as the dreamy setting of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables series.
—Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
Noun
That day, the U.S. Postal Service also marked the centennial of Perkins’ birth with a commemorative postage stamp.
—Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made By History, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
Jacoby often depicted sports in his works and designed postage stamps for Luxembourg.
—Tim Genske, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Postage-stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postage-stamp. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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