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postage stamp

A small, usually adhesive label issued by a government and sold in various denominations to be affixed to items of mail as evidence of the payment of postage.

postage stamp

1. (Non-sporting Hobbies / Philately) a printed paper label with a gummed back for attaching to mail as an official indication that the required postage has been paid

2. (Non-sporting Hobbies / Philately) a mark directly printed or embossed on an envelope, postcard, etc., serving the same function

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Noun

postage stamp - a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid

postage, stamp

token, item - an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'"

Translations

postage stamp n → francobollo

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