Explore: Handstamps (philately)

example is the handstamp, which can be seen in a photo on this page. Indicia can take a number of forms, including printed designs or handstamps where a stamp

with red (particularly in the United States with local post offices' handstamps) following, though sometimes they are in other colours. This is particularly

than the stamps from which they were made. These, however, only have philatelic value when the cut portion is still affixed to the envelope or a piece

In philately a killer is a particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, consisting of heavy bars, cork impressions or other crude devices used

postmarks became very popular. Pictorial postmarks are also known as Special Handstamps/Postmarks. In 1924, the first commemorative set of stamps for the British

In philately, a pen cancel – symbol ⟨⟩ – is a cancellation of a postage or revenue stamp by the use of a pen, marker or crayon. In the early days of stamps

have been used to cancel revenue stamps, including pen cancels, inked handstamps, perforating, embossing, hole punching or simply tearing. From around

markings they use, in practice they may not know about all the kinds of handstamps used in their offices, and previously unknown types of postal markings

Early India Cancellations, 1873–1884: Jal Cooper Types 32 – 35 Sikh Thematic Philately: Indian & Worldwide Stamps on Sikhs Portals: Asia India Philately

century that include railway letter stamped mail, TPO and RPO handstamps, instructional handstamps or manuscript notations, or even the First transcontinental