There are hand cancels available in addition to manuscript cancels (which predominate). Revenue dealer Eric Jackson has some available in his online stock on his web page.
Wert, when I lived in the Netherlands we used to have revenue stamps that had to be put on certain invoices. A signature and an indication of the date were the most common form of cancellation!
Wert, my understanding is that pen cancels were quite common on Bill stamps. As a rule of thumb, the stamps that received a regular 'hammer' type cancellation are normally worth a small premium more.
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