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
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 29 June 2025
Set on the shores of Ungava Bay on postage-stamp Tiercel Island, the camp is marked by five cozy heated domes that echo traditional igloos and can withstand the island’s tempests and as well as any curious polar bears.
—Chloe Berge, Outside Online, 17 June 2025
Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
Those dreams would lead him soon enough to Steve Case and a startup company called America Online, where the challenge was to get people who had grown up in an analog world of letter-writing, postage stamps and mailboxes to connect to the brave new digital world of online communications.
—Pat Butler, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025
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Adjective
Practically postage-stamp size at 430 square feet, the boutique has an intimate feel in dark woods and soft suede walls.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 29 June 2025
Set on the shores of Ungava Bay on postage-stamp Tiercel Island, the camp is marked by five cozy heated domes that echo traditional igloos and can withstand the island’s tempests and as well as any curious polar bears.
—Chloe Berge, Outside Online, 17 June 2025
Noun
Some tubes carried postage stamps from forty years earlier.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
Those dreams would lead him soon enough to Steve Case and a startup company called America Online, where the challenge was to get people who had grown up in an analog world of letter-writing, postage stamps and mailboxes to connect to the brave new digital world of online communications.
—Pat Butler, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025
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“Postage-stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postage-stamp. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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