Canada Perfins

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BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 131 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="6f5c8730.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="271"><div>  Stamps were perfinned in Canada as early as 1889. In 1895 the process received official sanction. Fifteen years later the Post Office ordered perfins to be approved prior to their use on stamps and specified limits on hole size (not more than <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >1</FONT>/<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >32</FONT> of an inch) and total space covered (no more than ½ inch square).</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 800 WIDTH="545"><div> Over 330 different dies have been identified on Canadian stamps. On the 1935 Silver Jubilee issue there are 96 commercial and 4 official known perforation dies. There is one known perfinned example of the 1c 'weeping princess' variety (International Harvester <B>C(HI)</B>).</div> <bR> <div> Detailed information on usage of different dies can be found in the below pdf file.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-2201/canadian-perfins.pdf"><u>Canadian Perfins</u> </a>  (46kb)</div> <bR> <div> Perfins are not only listed according to their design but also with respect to the <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id364.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Canada position perfins"><U>position of the perfin</U></A></FONT> to the stamp. </div> <bR> <div> Some interesting examples of perfin usage are shown below</div> <div>    - <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#nyl" TITLE="Canada Perfins"><U>Double Perfin</U></A></FONT></div> <div>    - <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#2_pos" TITLE="Canada Perfins"><U>Multiposition Double Perfin</U></A></FONT></div> <div>    - <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#block" TITLE="Canada Perfins"><U>Block of Perfinned Stamps</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="524" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 233 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="6f764e30.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="246"><div>   <A NAME="nyl"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> Stamp perforating machines were set to accommodate to regular size stamps (stamp on left). Three of the 1935 Silver Jubilee stamps (3c, 10, 13c) were double size. Thus it is common to have <B>double perfins</B> on these stamps (stamp on right). Both stamps were perfinned in the Montreal Office of <B>New York Life Insurance Company</B> (dot between 'N' and 'L' opposite the 3rd lowest dot of the 'L').</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  </div> <div> <IMG SRC="6f896d10.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="209" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="523" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 216 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="6fa96d20.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="341"><div>   <A NAME="2_pos"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Some perforating machine allowed sheets to be folded before being fed into it. This resulted in one row being normal perfins and the next row mirror image perfins. In this example the placement of the stamps within the machine was slightly off with the result that multi-position perfins (position 5 and 7) are noted. Perfin die of <B>Lake Superior Corporation</B> in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="524" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 213 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="6fb96cf0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div>   <A NAME="block"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Large blocks of perfinned stamps are rare. This block comes from the Winnipeg, Manitoba branch of the <B>Great-West Life Assurance Company</B>.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="6fc96cf0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>