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Post card   /poʊst kɑrd/   Listen
adjective
Postal  adj.  Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postal arrangements; postal authorities.
Postal card, or Post card, a card used for transmission of messages through the mails, at a lower rate of postage than a sealed letter; also called postcard. Such cards are sold by the government with postage already paid, or by private vendors without a postage stamp. The message is written on one side of the card, and the address on the other.
Postal money order. See Money order, under Money.
Postal note, an order payable to bearer, for a sum of money (in the United States less than five dollars under existing law), issued from one post office and payable at another specified office.
Postal Union, a union for postal purposes entered into by the most important powers, or governments, which have agreed to transport mail matter through their several territories at a stipulated rate.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Post card" Quotes from Famous Books



... A post card to the publishers will bring you more detailed information with regard to any or all of these books. The books will be sent postpaid at the prices given above. It is requested that payment in stamps, by registered letter, or by money order accompany ...
— Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts • Roy Rutherford Bailey

... world, and delightful things go on in it. For instance, I had a picture post card only yesterday from William Benson, who is staying at Ilfracombe. He wrote to say that he had gone down to Ilfracombe for a short holiday, and had been much struck by the beauty of the place. On one of his walks he happened to ...
— Not that it Matters • A. A. Milne

... official photographer, who sends out camera men to take us in all sorts of occupations—on the skirmish line, on parade, cleaning our teeth or our rifles, marching, skylarking. The pictures are all of the post card size, and in due course are exhibited at the studio, where we go and inspect and buy. He is always out of pictures of lieutenants, captains, the general, and other popular subjects. But by perseverance ...
— At Plattsburg • Allen French



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