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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Great Britain Perfins

 

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dell4c

01 Nov 2020
06:19:37pm

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I am considering starting a collection of these and am wondering how others display/collect them. Are there albums for them available?

Any direction or examples would be appreciated.

Thanks
Bob
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nigelc
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01 Nov 2020
07:07:48pm
re: Great Britain Perfins

Hi Bob,

A great place to start is the Perfin Society:

http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/

Their website has a huge amount of useful information.

Membership is very reasonably priced and includes a useful newsletter with lists of new finds and background info on perfin users.

However, one challenge is the sheer number of different British perfins!

The latest figures I have to hand are 24,932 different dies (different patterns of holes) used on 268,704 different combinations of die and face different stamp.

I've tried two methods to display them:

(1) One face down stamp for each die that I have with additional face different stamps shown face up, set out on black Hagner or Prinz sheets.

(2) Face down face-different stamps set out for each die on clear Vario sheets.

In principle, I prefer method (2) but in practice I'm happier with method (1) as the stamps are more likely to stay lined up as I set them out.

Edit: I'll add some scans when I get my new laptop to talk to my scanner! Happy

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sheepshanks
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01 Nov 2020
07:08:26pm
re: Great Britain Perfins

Maybe this site would be of assistance, especially if you view the exhibits.
http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/
EDIT. Heck Nigel beat me to it, I'll have to get up earlier.

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phos45
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01 Nov 2020
08:27:54pm
re: Great Britain Perfins

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PRINZ 70741/T work fine ... allow viewing front or back

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dell4c

01 Nov 2020
08:41:36pm

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re: Great Britain Perfins

Thanks for the information - Looks like I have lots of options. Gonna be a bigger job than I thought for sure!!


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michael78651

02 Nov 2020
01:37:44pm
re: Great Britain Perfins

To display them, a suggestion would be to find a normal example of the each stamp. The stamps with the perfins are better see from the back. Start a page/line of a stock book/sheets with black pages with the normal stamp, then follow that with the perfins face down.

If you decide to go forward, place a want ad of what you're looking for. I'll bet you'll get a bunch right off the bat.

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phos45
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02 Nov 2020
08:23:37pm
re: Great Britain Perfins

ALPHA SORT A-Z IN 2X3 ZIPLOCS.... THEN USE STOCKCARDS BY LETTER

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michael78651

03 Nov 2020
12:01:34am
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That's a good way too. It just depends how you want to do it.

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dell4c

01 Nov 2020
06:19:37pm

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I am considering starting a collection of these and am wondering how others display/collect them. Are there albums for them available?

Any direction or examples would be appreciated.

Thanks
Bob

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nigelc

01 Nov 2020
07:07:48pm

re: Great Britain Perfins

Hi Bob,

A great place to start is the Perfin Society:

http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/

Their website has a huge amount of useful information.

Membership is very reasonably priced and includes a useful newsletter with lists of new finds and background info on perfin users.

However, one challenge is the sheer number of different British perfins!

The latest figures I have to hand are 24,932 different dies (different patterns of holes) used on 268,704 different combinations of die and face different stamp.

I've tried two methods to display them:

(1) One face down stamp for each die that I have with additional face different stamps shown face up, set out on black Hagner or Prinz sheets.

(2) Face down face-different stamps set out for each die on clear Vario sheets.

In principle, I prefer method (2) but in practice I'm happier with method (1) as the stamps are more likely to stay lined up as I set them out.

Edit: I'll add some scans when I get my new laptop to talk to my scanner! Happy

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sheepshanks

01 Nov 2020
07:08:26pm

re: Great Britain Perfins

Maybe this site would be of assistance, especially if you view the exhibits.
http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/
EDIT. Heck Nigel beat me to it, I'll have to get up earlier.

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phos45

01 Nov 2020
08:27:54pm

re: Great Britain Perfins

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PRINZ 70741/T work fine ... allow viewing front or back

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dell4c

01 Nov 2020
08:41:36pm

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re: Great Britain Perfins

Thanks for the information - Looks like I have lots of options. Gonna be a bigger job than I thought for sure!!


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michael78651

02 Nov 2020
01:37:44pm

re: Great Britain Perfins

To display them, a suggestion would be to find a normal example of the each stamp. The stamps with the perfins are better see from the back. Start a page/line of a stock book/sheets with black pages with the normal stamp, then follow that with the perfins face down.

If you decide to go forward, place a want ad of what you're looking for. I'll bet you'll get a bunch right off the bat.

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phos45

02 Nov 2020
08:23:37pm

re: Great Britain Perfins

ALPHA SORT A-Z IN 2X3 ZIPLOCS.... THEN USE STOCKCARDS BY LETTER

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michael78651

03 Nov 2020
12:01:34am

re: Great Britain Perfins

That's a good way too. It just depends how you want to do it.

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