A 1951 perfin stamp of the UK (used by HMSO) showing front (top) and reverse (bottom)A postal stationery envelope used from London to Düsseldorf in 1900, with additional postage stamp perfinned "C & S" identifying the user as "Churchill & Sim" per the seal on the reverse shown on insetAn unusual curved perfin INVENTION from Patent Agents G.F. Redfern & Co. of London, whose telegraphic address was also INVENTIONA large block of United States perfin stampsA 1955 Canadian stamp with a CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) perfin
In philately, a perfin is a stamp that has had initials or a name perforated across it to discourage theft. The name is a contraction of perforated initials or perforated insignia. They are also sometimes called SPIFS (Stamps Perforated with Initials of Firms and Societies).[1]
^"Why does my stamp have a lot of holes in it?". Linns Stamp News. Amos Media Company. Jan 26, 1998. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
In philately, a perfin is a stamp that has had initials or a name perforated across it to discourage theft. The name is a contraction of perforated initials...
century. A perfin is a stamp that has had initials or a name perforated across it to discourage theft. By agreement with postal authorities, a perfin stamp...
When overprinted for security purposes, they serve a similar function to perfins. It is important to distinguish between private overprints and private...
Marshall on Farm Online, 19 Jan 2017 "Kraft Foods Ltd". Private Revenue Perfins of Victoria. Article includes historical information about a stamp used...
Finance. In addition, journalists revealed a connection between the company Perfin Services Limited, which, according to OCCRP, owns all of the above companies...
errors are collectively known as misperfs. Errors, freaks, and oddities Perfin – stamps perforated across the middle with letters or a pattern or monogram...
more elaborately, punched through the stamp paper in a method known as perfin. Most often, though, specimen markings are applied as a prominent overprint...
the stamp Any security markings, underprints or perforated initials ("perfins") The study of philatelic fakes and forgeries Expanding range of activity:...
Culinary Heritage of Switzerland database. "Kraft Foods Ltd". Private Revenue Perfins of Victoria. Article includes historical information about a stamp used...
across the middle with letters or a pattern or monogram. They are known as "perfins". The modified stamps are usually purchased by corporations to guard against...
recognition Mark sense Music roll Optical mark recognition Paper disc Paper key Perfin Perforation Punched tape Spindle (stationery) Stenotype Ticker tape "Herman...
paper Paquebot Parcel post Paste-up pair Penalty mail Pen cancel Penny post Perfin Perforation Perforation gauge Permit mail Phantom issue Philatelic agency...
Manchester". barclayperkins.blogspot.co.uk. 6 July 2017. "HISTORY OF FIRMS USING PERFINS : BODDINGTONS of MANCHESTER" (PDF). Angelfire.com. Retrieved 22 January...
banknotes are deformed, typically by being overprinted and/or punched (perfin) with an inscription such as "SPECIMEN", "SPECIMEN NO VALUE", "CANCELLED"...
24% to £222m". The Herald. 19 May 1992. p. 17. HISTORY OF FIRMS USING PERFINS Darby, Ian (19 November 1998). "New Whitbread role for Gilliland". Brand...
Macdonald. ISBN 0-356-10862-7 British Malaya Security Markings: Firm Chops, PERFINS, Forwarding Agents Chops etc. Francis E. Wood, "Straits Settlements and...
of forms: Pen cancels with a simple cross, initials or other markings. Perfin or punched hole cancels. Embossing. Damaging the surface of the stamp using...
OHMS (On Her/His Majesty's Service) in the design, as an overprint, or a perfin. Even Tibet had official postage stamps around 1950. Notes Horning (1970)...
1913 to 1930, Commonwealth and State Government agencies used stamps (perfins) punctured with OS (“Official Service”). In 1931 the puncturing system...
Union. Russian postal history Russian Stamp Catalogue Stamps, revenues, perfins and more from Imperial Russia, RSFSR and USSR Russian stamp forgeries Russia...
of National Biography, 1885-1900. 51. Burrows, Mike J. "Ipswich Firms Philatelic Links" (PDF). perfinsoc. The Perfin Society. Retrieved 21 August 2019....
stamps. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International. p. 144. ISBN 9780933201781. A perfin meeting one or more of the characteristics is a valid bicycle stamp. Some...
man de' Sacerdoti, Vedrai tra gl'Inni e i cantici Doni offerire, e voti, Perfin l'avaro Elpino Porta un serto di fior del suo giardino. —*) Inventrice della...
of King George V) Specialized catalogues (e.g. postmarks, plate blocks, perfins, etc.) Periodicals Journals Society newsletters Auction catalogues Books...
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