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I was puzzled by the "circle M" holes in this #1285. Any special meaning or purpose?
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It will be a perfin to identify the company that used the stamp to prevent pilfering by employees. I don't know which company used that design.
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Just how would that mark preclude an employee or anyone else from using the stamp for "personal" purposes? Was it the USPS' responsibility to compare the perfin to the company's return address on the envelope? I don't understand the process.
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The practice of punching the initials (perfins) of companies into the face of stamps started in Great Britain in 1869. The idea is to prevent petty pilfering and illegitimate use of the stamps owned by the company by its employees.
Postal services don't track the stamps. It is the companies that maintain the inventory and monitor usage of the stamps.
A similar thing was done with pre-canceled stamps where many companies printed the company name or initials on either on the top or bottom portion of the stamp.
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This "perfin" (perforated initial or insigna) was used by the offices of the "State of Michigan" on many US stamps. You have a completed design with 8 holes in the circle, they also use others perforator hou have 8 to 18 perforation to form the external circle. I have a few copies of the "18" circle perforator. Hope it help a little,
Jacques
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Thanks for the education. I just never took notice of the perfin category,even though it has been right before my eyes. Just discovered another on a #720 stamp -- The letters NY bisected by a large L.
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They are interesting, and you can find them on tons of stamps from all over the world. I like to find Swiss stamps with "Tobler" perfins!
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03:38:54pm
This perfin looks like it is from the State of Michigan in Lansing. Cataloged as M10.6 in the Catalog of United States Perfins 1979.
Bob
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I can see that I'm going to have to dig out all my foreign perfins now to provide more fodder for this discussion! :-)
Dave
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02:53:19pm
I was puzzled by the "circle M" holes in this #1285. Any special meaning or purpose?
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02:57:58pm
re: Identification Circle M perfin
It will be a perfin to identify the company that used the stamp to prevent pilfering by employees. I don't know which company used that design.
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03:13:03pm
re: Identification Circle M perfin
Just how would that mark preclude an employee or anyone else from using the stamp for "personal" purposes? Was it the USPS' responsibility to compare the perfin to the company's return address on the envelope? I don't understand the process.
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04:38:17pm
re: Identification Circle M perfin
The practice of punching the initials (perfins) of companies into the face of stamps started in Great Britain in 1869. The idea is to prevent petty pilfering and illegitimate use of the stamps owned by the company by its employees.
Postal services don't track the stamps. It is the companies that maintain the inventory and monitor usage of the stamps.
A similar thing was done with pre-canceled stamps where many companies printed the company name or initials on either on the top or bottom portion of the stamp.
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re: Identification Circle M perfin
This "perfin" (perforated initial or insigna) was used by the offices of the "State of Michigan" on many US stamps. You have a completed design with 8 holes in the circle, they also use others perforator hou have 8 to 18 perforation to form the external circle. I have a few copies of the "18" circle perforator. Hope it help a little,
Jacques
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11:57:28pm
re: Identification Circle M perfin
Thanks for the education. I just never took notice of the perfin category,even though it has been right before my eyes. Just discovered another on a #720 stamp -- The letters NY bisected by a large L.
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01:33:27am
re: Identification Circle M perfin
They are interesting, and you can find them on tons of stamps from all over the world. I like to find Swiss stamps with "Tobler" perfins!
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02 Apr 2012
03:38:54pm
re: Identification Circle M perfin
This perfin looks like it is from the State of Michigan in Lansing. Cataloged as M10.6 in the Catalog of United States Perfins 1979.
Bob
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06:23:46pm
re: Identification Circle M perfin
I can see that I'm going to have to dig out all my foreign perfins now to provide more fodder for this discussion! :-)
Dave
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