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:
“A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream.”
—Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962)
“Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)