Roller cancel

Roller cancels are made by device much like a paint roller. They are typically used to quickly cancel multiple stamps on parcels but sometimes used on normal mail envelopes. They can be mute (no data), or with city/town names, also with and without dates.
 * a small US type is often mistaken for a precancel – see below. Precancel styles and types need to be compared if the style and inking quality is not immediately apparent.
 * there are machine cancels that print continuously across the top of a cover. These should not be mistaken for roller cancels.

 File:Belgium roller cxl.jpg|Belgium roller cancel. File:Japan Osaka roller.jpg|Japan Roman letter roller cancel used on foreign mail. File:US Prexie roller cxl.jpg|US Pasadena, California roller cancel on a parcel fragment. This was a common US style used for many years. File:US prexie roller.jpg|US small roller cancel for Harrisburg, Pa., often mistaken for a precancel. 

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