post·age-stamp
ˈpō-stij-ˌstamp 
: suggesting a postage stamp in size : very small
postage-stamp yards
: a government adhesive stamp or imprinted stamp for use on mail as evidence of prepayment of postage
Examples of postage-stamp in a Sentence
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Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
Franklin, his key, and his kite have graced everything from portraits to postage stamps to tea cups and tank tops for centuries.
—Craig Bruce Smith, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
How avant-garde, really, is a group that designs postage stamps?
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
But the organization needs on-the-ground employees to sort mail, sell postage stamps, care for the aging buildings and run the small onsite gift shop.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
The cost of a Forever postage stamp is poised to rise in July, under a U.S. Postal Service plan to boost the price of the first-class stamp to 73 cents from the current 68 cents — a price that was just raised in January.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 12 Apr. 2024
If sold for its estimate of $4 to $5 million, the ultra-rare collectible would become the most valuable American postage stamp to date.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
A number of items from the early days of the modern games, such as historical postage stamps and promotional posters, will be on view.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
The New Orleans artist is responsible for more than two dozen postage stamps, of such luminaries as Marilyn Monroe, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and playwright Tennessee Williams.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2024
Noun
Earlier in the year, Britain’s Royal Mail issued commemorative postage stamps in tribute to Spice Girls’ 30th anniversary.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
Franklin, his key, and his kite have graced everything from portraits to postage stamps to tea cups and tank tops for centuries.
—Craig Bruce Smith, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
How avant-garde, really, is a group that designs postage stamps?
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
But the organization needs on-the-ground employees to sort mail, sell postage stamps, care for the aging buildings and run the small onsite gift shop.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
The cost of a Forever postage stamp is poised to rise in July, under a U.S. Postal Service plan to boost the price of the first-class stamp to 73 cents from the current 68 cents — a price that was just raised in January.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 12 Apr. 2024
If sold for its estimate of $4 to $5 million, the ultra-rare collectible would become the most valuable American postage stamp to date.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
A number of items from the early days of the modern games, such as historical postage stamps and promotional posters, will be on view.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
The New Orleans artist is responsible for more than two dozen postage stamps, of such luminaries as Marilyn Monroe, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and playwright Tennessee Williams.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2024
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