A special annulment (i.e., cancellation) of a stamp

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Related to this question Packages for the stamps by postal mail I have seen that there is a LaTeX code in this link:
% Envelope
% Author: Émeric Tourniaire
documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary{calc,decorations.pathmorphing,decorations.text}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}
  % Contour
  draw[fill=black!10] (2,-1.7) coordinate (a)
             rectangle (7,1.7)  coordinate (b) ;

% Upper pane
  draw [fill=black!10,rounded corners] (b) -- ++(120:1)
    -- ($(a|-b)+(60:1)$) -- (a|-b) ;

% Orange decoration
  coordinate (c) at (3,0.5) ;
  coordinate (d) at (6,0.5) ;
  draw [orange] ($(c)+(0,-.2)$) -- (c) -- ++(0.2,0)
                 ($(d)+(0,-.2)$) -- (d) -- ++(-0.2,0);
  foreach i in {0,...,4}
    draw[orange] ({3+i*0.25},-1) rectangle ++(0.2,0.3);
  draw[orange] (4.4,-1) -- (6,-1);

% White lines
  draw [white] (3,-0.5) -- (6,-0.5)
                (3,0)    --    (6,0);

% Writing
  draw (3,0)    node [anchor=base west] {textsc{Name} Firstname};
  draw (3,-0.5) node [anchor=base west] {Adress};
  draw (4.4,-1) node [anchor=base west] {City};
  foreach[count=i] zip in {1,2,3,4,5}
    draw ({3-0.125+i*0.25},-0.85) node {zip};

% Stamp
  begin{scope}
    clip (5,1.7) -- (7,1.7) -- (6.9,1) arc (0:360:4mm)
                  -- (7,0.5) -- (5,0.5) -- cycle ;
    foreach i in {-3,...,3}
      draw[decorate,decoration={snake,amplitude=0.6mm,segment length=5mm}] 
         (5.2,1+i/10) -- (6.5,1+i/10);
  end{scope}
  draw (6.5,1) circle (4mm);
        (6.5,1) circle (2.2mm);
  draw[decorate,decoration={text along path,
    text={|fontsize{3pt}{3pt}selectfont| Postal stamp}}]
    (6.25,1) arc  (180:-180:2.5mm) ;
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}

I have select only the important part for me:
documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary{calc,decorations.pathmorphing,decorations.text}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}
  % Stamp
  begin{scope}
    clip (5,1.7) -- (7,1.7) -- (6.9,1) arc (0:360:4mm)
                  -- (7,0.5) -- (5,0.5) -- cycle ;
    foreach i in {-3,...,3}
      draw[decorate,decoration={snake,amplitude=0.6mm,segment length=5mm}] 
         (5.2,1+i/10) -- (6.5,1+i/10);
  end{scope}
  draw (6.5,1) circle (4mm);
        (6.5,1) circle (2.2mm);
  draw[decorate,decoration={text along path,
    text={|fontsize{3pt}{3pt}selectfont| Postal stamp}}]
    (6.25,1) arc  (180:-180:2.5mm) ;
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}

but using Papeeria, for example, I have this error:
Missing chars   (,6,.,5,,,1,),c,i,r,c,l,e,(,2,.,2,m,m,),;

The output exist and it is this:

Is it possibile to adapt this last code to have a circle with this structure? I am not able to make it. Thank you vey much for your help.

Alenanno · Accepted Answer

Not sure if this is what you wanted but here's an example of the second one using the first one's template. I had to change the measurements and simplify the code because it was too small to contain all of that text in a circle.
Note also that the wavy lines actually often appear on top of the stamp, if you look at examples of stamps online.
Output
Stamp in detail

Example on envelope

Code
documentclass{letter}
usepackage[left=.5in,top=0.15in,papersize={4.125in,9.5in},landscape,twoside=false]{geometry} % envelope size
usepackage{tikz}
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage{amssymb} % for the bigstar
usepackage[datesep={.},style=dmyyyy]{datetime2} % for the date format

setlengthparskip{0pt}
pagestyle{empty}

usetikzlibrary{calc,decorations.pathmorphing,decorations.text}

begin{document}noindent
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, shift={(current page.north east)}, xshift=-3cm, yshift=-2.5cm]
    begin{scope}      
        foreach i in {-4,...,3}{
            draw[decorate,decoration={snake,amplitude=2mm,segment length=1.2cm}] 
                (-4.5,.4+i/4) -- (-1,.4+i/4);
        }
            draw[fill=white] (0,0) circle (1.6cm);
        pgfmathsetmacrorightind{pi*1.5}    
            path[%
                postaction={decorate,
                decoration={%
                text along path,
                reverse path,
                raise=-3pt,
                text align=center,
                text align={fit to path stretching spaces},
                text={|scshapefontsize{6}{4}selectfontsffamily|Leonardo da vinci - v centenario della scomparsa}
                }}] (-15:1.5cm) arc (-15:195:1.5cm);
            node[font=fontsize{6}{4}selectfont] at (200:1.45cm) {$bigstar$};
            node[font=fontsize{6}{4}selectfont] at (-20:1.45cm) {$bigstar$};
            path[%
                postaction={decorate,
                decoration={%
                text along path,
                raise=-.5pt,
                text align={fit to path stretching spaces},
                text={|scshapesffamilyfontsize{6}{4}selectfont|10121 Spazio Filatelia Torino}
            }}] (205:1.5cm) arc (205:335:1.5cm);
            %;
            %
            path[%
                postaction={decorate,
                decoration={%
                text along path,
                text align=center,
                text={|scshapesffamilyfontsize{6}{4}selectfont|today}
            }}] (180:1.2cm) arc (180:360:1.2cm);
            node[circle, draw, thick, font=scriptsizesffamilybfseries, inner sep=1pt] at (225:1cm) {PT}; 
    end{scope}
end{tikzpicture}%
FROM-NAME

FROM-STREET ADDRESS

FROM-CITY, STATE,  ZIP

vspace{1.5in}large
setlengthparindent{3.5in}

TO-NAME

TO-STREET ADDRESS

TO-CITY, STATE,  ZIP
end{document}

A special annulment (i.e., cancellation) of a stamp

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