Cant't Find A Match For This Walton Indiana

I can't find a match for this Walton stamp anybody have any ideas.

Whenever one finds an "unlisted" device, it is always best to suspect a boxed roller or a rectangular box cancel typically used on parcel post. Two other clues which would point to a non-precancel would be the angled application and being on a coil.

I would also suspect that it could be a box cancel or possibly just a regular cancel device. The thing that confuses me is that it's centered well on the stamp but there is no vertical lines to the left or right of the cancel which would suggest a box cancel. Also the horizontal lines match the distance a regular precancel would have. So I may have to leave this at a un standard cancel because the PSS does not recognize this as one that is an official precancel either. And unfortunately there is no cover associated with it to help clear up any confusion.

Almost EVERY box cancel is wider than a definitive stamp, so any well-centered strike will not show the ends of the box. It is indeed a "standard cancel" from a postal office perspective, a standard box cancel, which nearly every office had. You seem to be trying to classify everything as a precancel first instead of the other way around. As you get deeper into this, you will find that most precancel collectors also accumulate roller and box cancels to have as references, although I don't have a Walton in mine.

Add: and yes, the short town names can often be foolers. Image this one from Knox struck squarely on a stamp. Fortunately, the text in most box cancels is too wide and becomes a quick determiner.

Thanks for your perspective. There is still a lot of information I need to learn. But I am getting better at it. Its just right now I am going through a lot of stamps that I bought at an estate sale that an older collector left behind in envelopes. He did not sort them well between precancel and other cancels. And being not as knowledgeable at this precancel rabbit hole it has been interesting.