Pen Cancel On Russian Postcard?

Hey everyone. I have this strange cancel on a Russian cover. Actually, it might not be a cancel at all... It looks like a signature, possibly. Did this actually make it through the mail?

Yes, I do not see any reason why it would not have made it through the mail


Peter

Some of the letters in the words written over the stamp bear a strong resemblance to some of the letters in the address area.

If it is the same handwriting, and we still want to find an explanation, I suppose a postal clerk might have helped the sender address it? Still...

I have no idea whether it went through the mails. I don't see any evidence of it.

Perhaps this format is a known "thing" among specialist collectors, and someone will be along to identify it.

It could be the manuscript cancel by the postmaster. Already been seen in philately.
The stamp looks like it was already used.... who knows

I have a friend in Japan who said this writing is almost certainly done by a foreigner, and said the strokes and ink look like they were done by the same person in all the areas. I agree with that.

One possibility is that this girl was being cute and just handed it to who she would give it to.

Another is that she wrote on the stamp, slipped it in the mail but the postmaster refused a stamp with heavy grafitti on it. I'm not sure.

I would like to see manuscript cancels by the postmaster though. It sounds fun to collect!

I agree with solomon's initial speculation. The writing across the stamp looks more like a first name, middle initial, and last name (i.e., the writer of the card), rather than a manuscript postmark which would typically have date included. I doubt this "entered the mails", unless under cover.

Cancelling stamps with a pen was common in the Russian Empire, sometimes stamps were marked with a cross, sometimes the postman's name was written. The inscription on the postage stamp shows two words: "Postale" and the name "K. Mizaguev". The postcard is addressed to a certain Mr. Yamado Idumo. The postcard depicts Z.V. Petrovskaya, actress