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A continuous repeating pattern applied by a wheel.
Also known as: Rolling cancel, Wheel cancellation
A roller cancellation is applied by a wheel rolled across a cover, producing a continuous repeating pattern rather than a single struck impression.
Cancels a stamp by a pattern rolled continuously across the cover.
Contexts: History
Was adopted for volume, one roller handling far more mail than a struck handstamp, which is why roller marks became common as post grew.
Contexts: History
A continuous band of repeating marks running across the cover, without the defined edge a handstamp leaves.