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Meanings of postal stamp in English

Russian
марка
Portuguese
selo de correio
Spanish
estampa
Catalan
segell
Wikidata

Small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage.

марка
Usage of postal stamp in English
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Longtime friend Winfrey said the poet would have laughed out loud at the news that she was going to be on a postal stamp.
Reuters
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It bore the type-written address, "Police Office, Scotland Yard," and the postal stamp was "West Strand, January 18, 9 p.m."
The Stowmarket Mystery; Or, A Legacy of Hate
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A Pitch for Smart Postal Stamps Hidden Messages: Any There There?
Wired
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Postal Service's Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, which meets to consider designs for new U.S. postal stamps.
Reuters
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The property tax payments cost less than the postal stamps Wendell needed to mail them in.
Reuters
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Same goes for its anniversary festivities, which continue throughout April and May with commemorative postal stamps and further crowdsourcing.
Wired
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It now features in Moma's permanent collection in New York and has been celebrated in a collection of Finnish postal stamps.
The Irish Times
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The New Yorker, November 12, 1990 P. 39 Comment about postal stamps which writer regards as too cheerful.
The new yorker