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In the Scott Specialised Catalogue they are in the the Vending and Affixing Machine Perforations section.
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Thanks. I will check. Does anyone here collect just these or have a large collection?
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Yes I collect the private perforation, but only on the 314 One Cent Ben Franklin stamp. There were several different companies attempting to build both stamp vending and affixing machines, all trying different perforation patterns. I believe I own all the varieties that were attempted on Scott 314. Now the hard part is finding postal usage on these! Much of the usage was on what we'd call junk mail so it would have been discarded! I've managed to collect a few pieces. The private perfs on collector generated covers are more common than actual commercial usage.
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Wes, as with anything, they go where you put them.
If you want to develop a private perforation collection, bingo. Tom specializes in a specific stamp, so they are central to it, representing specific usages.
if you have no special place yet, start a perf collection and see where it goes.
David
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11:05:33am
I just put them in or around the stamps of that series or era, n a space as close to the specific stamp as possible. I do not have enough to worry about it.
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I enjoy collecting Control Perfins, an subset of the typical Schermacks. These are relatively uncommon since they were only used for a short period of time (1909 - 1914).
If anyone would like to learn more about Control Perfins, Curt McCoy has compiled a census and database with a complete listing for all known patterns and the companies
that used them.
http://www.stampsmarter.com/features/SQL_Perfin.html
Don
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I am trying to acquire a control perfin at this time. It will be the only one that I have. They are relatively expensive, though.
I have decided to start a seperate collection for my Schermacks.
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02:29:42pm
I came across a few of these in a a collection I bought. Just want to mention that the link that Don posted a couple of years ago was changed to http://www.stampsmarter.com/features/ConPerfViewdata.html
There are a couple of the diamond shaped perfins in my collection. Here is what the link has to say about that pattern...
Julian Hawthorne was the son of famous author Nathaniel Hawthorne. An author in his own right, he and a friend used the family name to sell stock in Canadian silver mines. The mines turned out to be non-existent. As a result both he and his partner served time in prison for mail fraud.Stamps with this pattern 1-3-5-7-9 were used to perpetrate this mail fraud.
I also have one that has 4 across and 4 down which is listed but they are not sure about it.
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12:40:30pm
I'm not really up on the language. Could someone explain what "parkinlot" means when he/she quotes the pattern "1-3-5-7-9". People seem to use patterns to explain errors, I asked what it meant earlier but no one picked up on it. I also notice it is sometimes used in auctions in reference to stamps. It's probably very easy to understand but I've never run into it before.
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02:04:43pm
The basic pattern is 9 holes like a tic tac toe board. The pattern is discerned by the missing holes. So if there were all 9 holes the pattern is 0. If the first hole is missing then it is 1. Here is a good link that describes how to determine the pattern.
http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/abstracts/0618.pdf
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09:22:33am
Schermacks...Another beginner question. I love these stamps, but where do they go in the average collection? Is there a seperate listing in Scott?
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09:43:08am
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In the Scott Specialised Catalogue they are in the the Vending and Affixing Machine Perforations section.
Jacques (jlav)
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09:52:23am
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Thanks. I will check. Does anyone here collect just these or have a large collection?
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re: Schermack
Yes I collect the private perforation, but only on the 314 One Cent Ben Franklin stamp. There were several different companies attempting to build both stamp vending and affixing machines, all trying different perforation patterns. I believe I own all the varieties that were attempted on Scott 314. Now the hard part is finding postal usage on these! Much of the usage was on what we'd call junk mail so it would have been discarded! I've managed to collect a few pieces. The private perfs on collector generated covers are more common than actual commercial usage.
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re: Schermack
Wes, as with anything, they go where you put them.
If you want to develop a private perforation collection, bingo. Tom specializes in a specific stamp, so they are central to it, representing specific usages.
if you have no special place yet, start a perf collection and see where it goes.
David
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27 Jan 2017
11:05:33am
re: Schermack
I just put them in or around the stamps of that series or era, n a space as close to the specific stamp as possible. I do not have enough to worry about it.
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re: Schermack
I enjoy collecting Control Perfins, an subset of the typical Schermacks. These are relatively uncommon since they were only used for a short period of time (1909 - 1914).
If anyone would like to learn more about Control Perfins, Curt McCoy has compiled a census and database with a complete listing for all known patterns and the companies
that used them.
http://www.stampsmarter.com/features/SQL_Perfin.html
Don
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09:29:33am
re: Schermack
I am trying to acquire a control perfin at this time. It will be the only one that I have. They are relatively expensive, though.
I have decided to start a seperate collection for my Schermacks.
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01 Sep 2019
02:29:42pm
re: Schermack
I came across a few of these in a a collection I bought. Just want to mention that the link that Don posted a couple of years ago was changed to http://www.stampsmarter.com/features/ConPerfViewdata.html
There are a couple of the diamond shaped perfins in my collection. Here is what the link has to say about that pattern...
Julian Hawthorne was the son of famous author Nathaniel Hawthorne. An author in his own right, he and a friend used the family name to sell stock in Canadian silver mines. The mines turned out to be non-existent. As a result both he and his partner served time in prison for mail fraud.Stamps with this pattern 1-3-5-7-9 were used to perpetrate this mail fraud.
I also have one that has 4 across and 4 down which is listed but they are not sure about it.
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12:40:30pm
re: Schermack
I'm not really up on the language. Could someone explain what "parkinlot" means when he/she quotes the pattern "1-3-5-7-9". People seem to use patterns to explain errors, I asked what it meant earlier but no one picked up on it. I also notice it is sometimes used in auctions in reference to stamps. It's probably very easy to understand but I've never run into it before.
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02 Sep 2019
02:04:43pm
re: Schermack
The basic pattern is 9 holes like a tic tac toe board. The pattern is discerned by the missing holes. So if there were all 9 holes the pattern is 0. If the first hole is missing then it is 1. Here is a good link that describes how to determine the pattern.
http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/abstracts/0618.pdf
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