I've seen a couple other similar to very-similar manuscript cancellations recently which I thought I might throw in here even though they are US and do not approach the meticulous graph-paper like work shown in the original post.
These are vendor offerings, not mine: US Scott #1 and #73:
One was even listed with the comment that the postal clerk clearly had too much time on his hands. Might this graph paper impulse have been a widespread global experience among clerks trapped at work waiting for an influx back when there was, relatively speaking, not a lot of mail....

