[f. STAMP v. + -AGE. Cf. F. estampage, étampage.]

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  1.  The crushing (of tin-ore).

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1910.  Cal. Close Rolls, an. 1365, 113. 1,000 marks every year to be taken of the issue of the stampage of tin in Cornwall.

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  2.  A copy or impression (of an inscription) made by stamping.

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1880.  Encycl. Brit., XIII. 118/2. No copy was obtained [of the rock inscription] until October 1838, when the traveller Masson … made a calico stampage and an eye copy.

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  3.  The amount charged or paid for the stamp or stamps of a postal packet; postage.

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1887.  ‘Taken in,’ 88. I must not forget the stampage expenses;… two miles out of Christ Church your letter will be 2d.

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1888.  Athenæum, 26 June, 762/1. It … costs … two or three times the amount of stampage for parcel post.

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