maximum card

maximum card
noun
: a card bearing an adhesive stamp (as a commemorative) and an enlarged picture of the same stamp issued by a government or philatelic agency for sale to collectors with cancellation of the stamp

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a picture postcard to which a stamp can be affixed on the picture side, after which it can be cancelled by the appropriate postal service.

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maximum card noun
A picture postcard bearing a stamp depicting the same or a similar image and related postmark on the picture side
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