Killers are inked devices that cancel a stamp heavily enough that there is no possibility of the ink being washed out and the stamp being re-used.
In the United States, postmasters began using bottle corks for killer cancels.
Killer Mark Early form of obliteration consisting of heavy bars, cork impressions and other crude devices.
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Killer Cancel - a cancellation that is very heavy, obliterating most of the design of a stamp.
Killer - Any obliterating postmark that's used to cancel a stamp.
Killer Bars - Horizontal lines used for stamp cancellations.
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The portion of a cancel that defaces the stamp and makes it invalid for postage. For most of the stamp period in the United States, it was forbidden to cancel a stamp with the CDS alone.
Killer Postmark - any postmark that makes re-use of a stamp impossible
Kiss prints - marks that occur on sheet-fed presses when the paper accidentally contacts the inked plate before or after printing the stamps.
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Killer - A cancellation handstamp used to obliterate an adhesive and usually of so heavy a nature that it successfully "killed" the stamp to prevent re-use.
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Barred oval: a cancel or killer in which the bars increase and then decrease in size to form an oval pattern; British Commonwealth countries use this a lot.
Barre, Jean Jacques: b. 1793: engraver for the Paris Mint, 1849-60.
Modern postmarks are often applied simultaneously with the cancellation or killer that marks the postage stamp(s) as having been used (though in some circumstances there may be a postmark without a killer, ...
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Obliteration: 1) A cancellation intended solely to deface a stamp-also called a killer. 2) An overprint intended to deface a portion of the design of a stamp, such as the face of a deposed ruler.
A cancellation intended solely to deface a stamp. Also called a killer; 2) An overprint intended to deface a portion of the design of a stamp, like the face of a deposed ruler.
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Note that the post-cancelation below is a common type which shows vertical lines that place the inscription in a box. Such cancelations are therefore often designated as "box-killers.
usually include the location of the post office from which the item is mailed and the date of mailing. Some also include a section of lines, bars, text or a design that 'kills' the value of the stamp. This part of a cancel is called the killer.
 See also: Stamp, Cancel, Used, Cover, Postmark
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