National Postal Museum
Devil's head fancy cancel handstamp
19th century
'Fancy cancels' were very popular during the nineteenth century. Duplex postmarkers during that era had a tube which could hold cork, rubber, or rolled paper facing slips to obliterate stamps. Postmasters and postal clerks carved these materials into distinctive shapes.
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