Hypertext Webster Gateway: "postal"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Postal \Post"al\, a. [Cf. F. postal.]
Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postal
arrangements; postal authorities.

{Postal card}, or {Post card}, a card sold by the government
for transmission through the mails, at a lower rate of
postage than a sealed letter. The message is written on
one side of the card, and the direction on the other.

{Postal money order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}.

{Postal note}, an order payable to bearer, for a sum of money
(in the United States less than five dollars under
existing law), issued from one post office and payable at
another specified office.

{Postal Union}, a union for postal purposes entered into by
the most important powers, or governments, which have
agreed to transport mail matter through their several
territories at a stipulated rate.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

postal
adj : of or relating to the system for delivering mail; "postal
delivery"


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