In philately, a pen cancel is a cancellation of a postage or revenue stamp by the use of a pen, marker or crayon.
Famous quotes containing the words pen and/or cancel:
“As I take up my pen I feel myself so full, so equal to my subject, and see my book so clearly before me in embryo, I would almost like to try to say it all in a single word.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
“Every bondman in his own hand bears
The power to cancel his captivity.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)