postal note
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postal note (plural postal notes)
- (historical) A note of postal currency.
- 1862 December 14, The New York Times, p. 3:
- Since no two things are alike... there must be a difference between two postal notes.
- 1862 December 14, The New York Times, p. 3:
- (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of postal order.
- 1926, Australian Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 318:
- In 1893 an inland and intercolonial parcels post was established and the postal-note system introduced [to New South Wales].
- 1926, Australian Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 318:
- (US historical) A fixed-sum postal order issued by the USPS between 1945 and 1951.
References
- “postal, 148408.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
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- notoplates