Perfins

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</tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Perfins"><U>Perfins</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id213.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Australia perfin"><U>Australia</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div>    - <A HREF="id359.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Honduras Perfin"><U>British Honduras</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id361.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Canada Perfins"><U>Canada</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id214.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ceylon perfin"><U>Ceylon</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great Britain"><U>Great Britain</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hong Kong perfin"><U>Hong Kong</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Indiaperfin"><U>India</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id358.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jamaica Perfins"><U>Jamaica</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id217.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mauritius perfin"><U>Mauritius</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id249.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newfoundlandperfin"><U>Newfoundland</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id354.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Zealand Perfin"><U>New Zealand</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id355.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="South Africa Perfin"><U>South Africa</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div>    - <A HREF="id380.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SWA perfin"><U>South West Africa</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div>    - <A HREF="id381.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SR perfin"><U>Southern Rhodesia</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div>    - <A HREF="id360.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Straits Settlements Perfins"><U>Straits Settlements</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dates of Issue"><U>Dates of Issue</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WAD"><U>Classification</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="045fa583.png"> <div> <I><B>Perfins</B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="578" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 492 WIDTH="246"><div>  </div> <bR> <div> A perfin is a series of perforated holes in the shape of a design, symbols or letters placed on the stamp for the purposes of preventing unauthorized use. Its origins date back to the mid 1850s in Britain where stamps were often used for small transactions. As people were able to trade stamps for money, perfin stamps became to be recognized as non-negotiable outside the mail room. Joseph Sloper produced the first commercially viable perfin machine. </div> <bR> <div> Perfins continue to be used in a number of countries around the world for both official, semi-official and private use.</div> <bR> <div> The term Perfin was officially coined by Hallock Card, an American, in 1943 who used it to describe the "<B>PERF</B>orated <B>IN</B>itials" on stamps. For a period of time the term SPIFS (<B>S</B>tamps <B>P</B>erforated with <B>I</B>nitials of <B>F</B>irms and <B>S</B>ocieties) was used in Great Britain, but most people now use the term perfin.</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="321"><div> <IMG SRC="8442cbc0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="444" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:zandbergen.berkhout@planet.nl" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:zandbergen.berkhout@planet.nl"><U>Louis Zandbergen</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, a perfin collector from The Netherlands, provided me with this wonderful scan of the history the Joseph Sloper Company</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Perfins have been described on a number of Silver Jubilee stamps. Information in many instances is scarce. The Table below lists the known number of perfins (December 2003). <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><B>The countries listed in blue are the ones where examples are available for viewing</B></FONT> </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Numbers of Perfin dies identified in 1935 Silver Jubilee Issues</B></div> <bR> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="261" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <I><B>Colony</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Number of Dies</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> Barbados</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 1</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> British Guiana</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 1</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <A HREF="id359.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Honduras Perfin"><U>British Honduras</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 1</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <A HREF="id214.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ceylon perfin"><U>Ceylon</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 23</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hong Kong perfin"><U>Hong Kong</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 7</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <A HREF="id358.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jamaica Perfins"><U>Jamaica</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 2</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> Malta</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 1</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <A HREF="id217.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mauritius perfin"><U>Mauritius</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 4</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <A HREF="id249.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newfoundlandperfin"><U>Newfoundland</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 1</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id360.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Straits Settlements Perfins"><U>Straits Settlements</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 19</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> Swaziland</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 1</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> Trinidad & Tobago</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 1</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="261" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <I><B>Countries</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Number of Dies</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="148"><div> <A HREF="id213.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Australia perfin"><U>Australia</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 68 Commercial</div> <div> 3 Official</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="148"><div> <A HREF="id361.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Canada Perfins"><U>Canada</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 101 Commercial</div> <div> 4 Official</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great Britain"><U>Great Britain</U></A> </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 890</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <A HREF="id248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Indiaperfin"><U>India</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 38</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <A HREF="id354.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Zealand Perfin"><U>New Zealand</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 4</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <A HREF="id355.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="South Africa Perfin"><U>South Africa</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 13</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <A HREF="id380.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SWA perfin"><U>South West Africa</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 1</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id381.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SR perfin"><U>Southern Rhodesia</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 1</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="261" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> <I><B>Agencies</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Number of dies</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> Morocco</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 2</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="148"><div> Tangier</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> 1</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <bR> <div> Note: </div> <div> Additional perfins have been described for the following colonies/countries but their face values are unknown</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="403" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> New Zealand</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Two other perfins have been noted </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="96"><div> Hong Kong</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="296"><div> One additional perfin noted</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Download/View listing of Silver Jubilee Perfins:  <a href="HTMLobj-2623/Silver_Jubilee_Perfins_list.pdf"><u>Silver Jubilee perfins list</u> </a>   (89kb)</div> <bR> <div> A number of people have been very helpful in providing me both scans, stamps and background information. I am indeed fortunate to meet people like this</div> <div> a) <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="mailto:jeff@cainside.freeserve.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:jeff@cainside.freeserve.co.uk"><U>Jeff Turnbull</U></A></FONT>, from Wales, of the <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="http://www.perfins.com/perfsoc.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.perfins.com/perfsoc.htm"><U>Perfin Society of Great Britain</U></A></FONT> </div> <div> b) <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="mailto:koning@sympatico.ca" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:koning@sympatico.ca"><U>Steve Koning</U></A></FONT> and <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="mailto:barry.senior@nf.sympatico.ca" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:barry.senior@nf.sympatico.ca"><U>Barry Senior</U></A></FONT>,  of the <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="http://www.perfins.com/bnapspsg.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.perfins.com/bnapspsg.htm"><U>BNAPS Perfin Study Group</U></A></FONT> </div> <div> c) <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="mailto:john.mathews@ise.canberra.edu.au" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:john.mathews@ise.canberra.edu.au"><U>John Mathews</U></A></FONT> from Australia</div> </td> </tr></table></body>