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A device tying goods to a document.
Also known as: Consignment mark, Cargo mark
The mark on a package matching it to the entry describing it in the shipping document.
Matches a package to the entry describing it in the shipping documentation.
Contexts: Packaging, Public information
Uses a simple device rather than words because it must be matched by people who cannot read the document's language, so the mark is a token to be compared rather than a description to be understood.
Contexts: Packaging, Public information
Ties an object to a document by shape alone, which is the same mechanism as the gemstone inscription and the tally stick — a pairing that fails visibly if either half is substituted.
Contexts: Packaging, Public information
A simple device — a triangle, a diamond, a monogram — with a port name and a case number, stencilled on the package and reproduced in the document.