indicia

indicia
/in dish"ee euh/, n.pl., sing. indicium.
1. a postal marking used rather than a stamp or a regular cancellation on each item in a large shipment of prepaid mail.
2. Often, indicium.
a. a printed message or instruction, esp. one stamped on a package: an indicium of "bulk mail."
b. an indication or token.
[1615-25; < L, pl. of indicium INDICIUM]

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