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Ugly, cancelled-to-heck George VI on front, but a "CU" perfin on the back that I can't find in any the online catalogs.
Any guesses?
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Could possibly be the Commercial Union, an insurance company.
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Sheepshanks is correct. The Commercial Union Assurance Company.
The CU Perfin was used from the George VI Light Colours through to the QEII Wildings.
From the George V Typograph issues to the George VI Dark Colours the Perfin used by Commercial Union was C.U
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Thanks Ian, you also corrected me in that it was assurance not insurance. I should have remembered as I sold General Accident policies and they merged with CU back in 1998. They are now part of Aviva group.
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Vic,
Sorry, I was not being pedantic.
I have a GB Perfin catalogue and was just transposing the info from it.
As an Ex "Insurance" man you might enjoy this:- Its called "Insurance, The White Man's Burden"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V46AsFo1 ...
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Ian I was not thinking of you being pedantic, and I'm not sure I recall that particular Goon show episode, probably did listen to it at the time of broadcast, it was a regular tune in show.
The closed captioning is quite amusing in the interpretation of the spoken words.
Thanks for that.
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Thank you, guys. I continue to be amazed that there's always someone(s) with an answer!
I'm putting this homely stamp -- face down, of course -- on the same page as my other GVI's, with a note about the CU holes.
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Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop.
21 Apr 2023
10:53:47am
Ugly, cancelled-to-heck George VI on front, but a "CU" perfin on the back that I can't find in any the online catalogs.
Any guesses?
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re: CU Perfin
Could possibly be the Commercial Union, an insurance company.
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11:23:23am
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Sheepshanks is correct. The Commercial Union Assurance Company.
The CU Perfin was used from the George VI Light Colours through to the QEII Wildings.
From the George V Typograph issues to the George VI Dark Colours the Perfin used by Commercial Union was C.U
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re: CU Perfin
Thanks Ian, you also corrected me in that it was assurance not insurance. I should have remembered as I sold General Accident policies and they merged with CU back in 1998. They are now part of Aviva group.
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12:00:11pm
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Vic,
Sorry, I was not being pedantic.
I have a GB Perfin catalogue and was just transposing the info from it.
As an Ex "Insurance" man you might enjoy this:- Its called "Insurance, The White Man's Burden"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V46AsFo1 ...
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re: CU Perfin
Ian I was not thinking of you being pedantic, and I'm not sure I recall that particular Goon show episode, probably did listen to it at the time of broadcast, it was a regular tune in show.
The closed captioning is quite amusing in the interpretation of the spoken words.
Thanks for that.
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Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop.
22 Apr 2023
10:39:35pm
re: CU Perfin
Thank you, guys. I continue to be amazed that there's always someone(s) with an answer!
I'm putting this homely stamp -- face down, of course -- on the same page as my other GVI's, with a note about the CU holes.
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