Variations on the 4:
Also on the 4 cancel, some variations are known :
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| étoile 4 - normal |
Since the cancels were often used, some damage to them is inevitable.
A worn out cancel is know as 4-brisé (broken 4) :
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| (broken4) 4 brisé |
Similar to the 1 'grand logement' (large housing), the 4 has a also such a version:
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| étoile 4 - grand logement |
Probably, an empty star cancel was prepared to serve as a 4 cancel.
The empty space in the middle was large enough to add two digit numbers if necessary.
For the 1 and 4 therefore there was too much space then needed, resulting in a large central space.
Another option to make a 'new' 4-cancel, was to alter an existing cancel.
A 24-star cancel was used, of which the 2 was removed and the dots were more or less restored.
It is called ex-24.
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| étoile 4 - ex-24 |
How about the vartiations on the 5:
The 'normal' 5 has a curly upper line, and a dot in the centre above it.
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| étoile 5 - normal |
Some 5's are slightly deformed.
Those are called the broken 5's (5-cassé)
This cancel is called a ' 5 crochu' (hooked 5) - a flattened 5 would be more accurate in my opion.
Finally, similar to the 1 and 4 'grand logement' also a 5 grand logement exists.
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| 5 grand logement |
Note the two dots (and not 3) left and right of the number, on the central horizontal line.
to be continued...
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