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Examples

  • "Sir Henry Baskerville, Northumberland Hotel," was printed in rough characters; the post-mark "Charing Cross," and the date of posting the preceding evening.

    The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars 2010

  • “Well,” he said, “I do assure you that I did not observe what the post-mark was; all I know is, that there was money in the letter — I should say a sovereign.”

    Reprinted Pieces 2007

  • So, the letter being gone, Mrs. Pendennis is most eager about the answer to it, and day after day examines the bag, and is provoked that it brings no letter bearing the Brussels post-mark.

    The Newcomes 2006

  • Bozzle into his pay; and after a while he got a letter from Bozzle with the Exeter post-mark.

    He Knew He Was Right 2004

  • This was a letter from Mr Sowerby, dated from Chaldicotes, though not bearing the Barchester post-mark, in which that gentleman suggested a renewal — not exactly of the old bill, but of a new one.

    Framley Parsonage 2004

  • The first, which bore an Australian post-mark, ran thus:

    The Silver Spoon 2004

  • Downham post-mark but at the first glance she knew that it was not from her Cousin Will.

    The Belton Estate 2004

  • Reaching that word Soames stopped mechanically and examined the post-mark.

    To Let 2004

  • This letter came enclosed in one to my uncle, from the proper authority in the convent; and as there was neither address within, nor post-mark without, I was as much in the dark as ever as to poor

    Uncle Silas 2003

  • There was a large letter, with the Feltram post-mark, addressed to Lady Knollys — it was Doctor

    Uncle Silas 2003

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