postal note

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postal note (plural postal notes)

1. (historical) A note of postal currency.
   • 1862 December 14, The New York Times, page 3:

     Since no two things are alike... there must be a difference between two postal notes.

2. (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of postal order.
   • 1926, Australian Encyclopedia, volume II, page 318:

     In 1893 an inland and intercolonial parcels post was established and the postal-note system introduced [to New South Wales].

3. (US historical) A fixed-sum postal order issued by the USPS between 1945 and 1951.

• “postal, 148408.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2006.

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