verb
- to cancel (something, especially postage stamps) in advance before use
Usage: postal terminology
Examples
- The postal service is precancelling these stamps for bulk mailings.
- Companies often use precancelling to speed up mail processing.
- The machine was precancelling thousands of stamps per hour.
- Precancelling eliminates the need for postmarking at delivery offices.
- They are precancelling the commemorative stamps before distribution.