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postal history

postal history noun: items such as covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems.

Noun

postal history (uncountable)

  1. Items such as covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems.
    • A Wisconsin Postal History Collection, comprising a master collection of covers and postmarks which display in detail the postal history of Wisconsin.1950, Proceedings [of the] annual business meeting, State Historical Society of Wisconsin - History, page 29
    • It is an outstanding series and belongs in the library of every serious stamp collector whether they collect postal history or not.1957, Lauren Robert Januz, The American Philatelist, volume 71

Questions about postal history

What does postal history mean?
Postal history means items such as covers and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems.
What part of speech is postal history?
Postal history is a noun.

Words near postal history in the dictionary

  1. postal carriers
  2. postal code
  3. postal codes
  4. postal forgeries
  5. postal forgery
  6. postal history
  7. postal money order
  8. postal money orders
  9. postal money-order
  10. postal money-orders
  11. postal note

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