British Stamp - Signature..?

Hi guys...I have this British stamp that seems to have a hand written cancel instead of the normal cancel...The name looks like "PAT RANBERT" or "PAT ROBERT".
Would it be of some importance like a "post master"...???

Any opinion welcome....Robert

Used as a revenue and pen-cancelled.

"Pat Lambert", I think.

yes GeoffHa, must have worked for the British Postal system at one time..oh well, guess it will remain a mystery.
Robert

No, they need have had nothing to do with the Postal System; you have missed Jarnick's point. Until the late 60s British definitives were valid for Revenue as well as for Postage. Since the revenue from sale of stamps went to the government, minor payments of tax (e.g. the tax which used to be levied on receipt forms) could be made with stamps. But when the payment had been made, the stamp had to be defaced to prevent its being reused; this was done by its being either signed across in ink or with a handstamp.

Wert you should sign some stamps. That way future generations will wonder who you were :)