precancel
/priˈkænsəl/
verb
- To cancel (a postage stamp) before it is sold or used, usually by printing or stamping it with a mark that shows it has been paid for.
- The post office will precancel stamps for bulk mailers to save time.
- Businesses often precancel envelopes to speed up their mailing process.
- The machine can precancel thousands of stamps per hour.
noun
- A postage stamp that has been canceled before sale or use.
- She added a colorful precancel to her stamp album.
- Collectors sometimes look for rare precancels from small towns.
- The envelope had a precancel from the 1950s.