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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The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
Your mail must have a Monday, Oct. 7 postmark to make the voter registration deadline.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Oct. 2024
Ashley Case, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The next year, the state Legislature passed another law to extend the receipt deadline to seven days for ballots postmarked on or before Election Day.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
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
Your mail must have a Monday, Oct. 7 postmark to make the voter registration deadline.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Oct. 2024
Verb
Just make sure it’s postmarked by the April deadline.
—Ashley Case, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The next year, the state Legislature passed another law to extend the receipt deadline to seven days for ballots postmarked on or before Election Day.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Postmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmark. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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