"mute cancel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mute cancels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mute cancel (plural mute cancels)
  1. (philately) A postal cancellation that does not state any location or date, used in wartime to prevent the enemy gathering information about troop movements from captured mail. Categories (topical): Philately Synonyms: dumb cancel
    Sense id: en-mute_cancel-en-noun-kN04vBp~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mute cancel meaning in English (1.3kB)

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