postmark

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing
verb stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing

Compound of post + mark.

But it bore no postmark. — The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
“The postmark is London—eastern division. — The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
“What about the postmark?” he asked. — The Red House Mystery, A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne

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