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postage (n.)
[postage 词源字典]
1580s, "sending of mail by post;" 1650s as "cost of sending something by mail," from
post
(n.3) +
-age
.
Postage stamp
is attested from 1840; they were recorded as being collected in albums by 1862.
[postage etymology, postage origin, 英语词源]