v059n09 wn583 Oct2505

October 2005
Volume 59, Number 9
• Bosnia – catalog
cross reference
• Rev-perf
newsletter #6
• New U.S.
personal pattern
• A survey report –
U.S. F1
* Perforators
revisited
Whole Number 583
More on Collecting Se-tenant Stamps
Edited from a note from Jack Brandt (LM#14)
After reading the Beginner’s Corner column in the
July/August Bulletin, Jack wrote saying “Se-tenant
collecting to me seems to be a small field, but if you
include complete and broken [se-tenant] patterns it is
a reasonable size.
aJack also included an illustration of a se-tenant pair
created using two distinctly different perforators.
About this pair Jack writes: “Both are NYC
insurance companies and may have been related by
parent or takeover... So, who knows the story? Does
anyone else have a similar pair? It would appear that
the companies were related, possibly working out of
the same office. Possible that partial sheets were for
Shown below is a pair of U.S. Scott #591 (10¢, perf.
10; cancelled Oct. 16, 1925 at Hudson Terminal
[assumed – New York] from his collection. This pair
shows partial punches of two different patterns –
C165.5 and N34. While each stamp shows only a
partial punch of the pattern they are both readily
identifiable.
one company and partial for the other, and as is
usual, things got mixed up.”
Anyone with similar items – or information about
this one???
Editor’s Addition
Boy did I miss the obvious on this one (Beginner’s
Corner last month) – even more obvious since is
have 8 se-tenant pairs of pattern A102 showing
broken pin varieties of this pattern (and, also, 22
broken-pin varieties in single stamps). At one point I
had envisioned developing a deterioration profile of
the perforator that created these varieties – but have
never had sufficient material to pursue this project. I
also have several items (envelopes and letters) into
which multiple die head perforators have been
punched which clearly show the existence of
deterioration of the various patterns – with different
combinations of broken pins.
In addition to the A102s in my collection, I also
have confirmation blocks which indicate that the
former patterns A94A and S121a patterns were
actually only varieties (S121 and S121a) or broken
pin varieties (A94 and A94A) of the parent patterns
(A94 and S121). So here is another possible twist to
the se-tenant collectables available in the world of
perfins – different se-tenant patterns created
simultaneously by the same perforator head.
The Official Newsletter of the Perfins Club * APS Affiliate 57
Update of a Catalog of Bosnian Perfins
Speculation and Input
Bob Schwerdt (#505-L)
Hal Hite in his article in the July/August Perfins
Bulletin suggests that another catalog of this
interesting country is in the planning stage. Since
there are fewer than 40 Bosnian perfin types, it was
an easy task for me to compare the catalog
numbering systems of the four catalogs with which I
am familiar (see accompanying chart). Each of the
four editors was busy with Bosnian perfins in the
same short span of years, apparently ignorant of the
others’ efforts. You will note that there is a
considerable difference in assigning numbers to the
various perfin types. A few additional perfins were
discovered after some of the catalogs had been
published. This difference in numbering suggests
that any new (or updated) catalog should include a
cross reference to the predecessor catalogs for easy
cross-referencing.
Bosnia is one of the few ‘small’ countries in which
more than half of the perfin types known are A
rated; A suggests that only 1 to 5 copies of the
patern are known. (In the 1989 census, John
Nussbickel rated 10 of the 13 then known patterns as
As.) Five of the remainder were unrated as not
having been located at all. In contrast, only 5 of the
patterns were given a E rating (100 or more known).
In my 40+ years of collecting Bosnian perfins I have
yet to find perfins in any K(rone) values except
those of the 1906 pictorial set. Perhaps others more
fortunate than I can report perfins in the high values
of sets issued between 1900 and 1917.
Of course, the Bosnian perfin types that most
interest me are the ones that I don’t have. Four of
them have been reported in limited numbers in
various Bosnian issues, and five others suspected of
being in Bosnian stamps have not been reported,
though they are listed in some catalogs. These latter
types are reported only in Austrian or Hungarian
issues. These nine are listed here in the hopes that
Bulletin readers will discover and report some of
them.
Patterns known in Bosnian stamps
A.B.
K.
L.L.H.
Z.B.
Bosnian Usage in non-Bosnian stamps
HFS (2h crossbar)
Richter
C.Б.
CЩ
C.C.3.3.
e-Bay auctions have displayed lots more Bosnian
perfins and covers. With new members in both the
Perfins Club and the Croatian Philatelic Society,
there may be reports forthcoming of the scarcer
perfin types or even of new types! Please report to
Hal Hite or to me if you know of any of the nine
types listed above – or of any types not in the
following table. Photocopies of the front and back,
Scott number, and user ID would be greatly
appreciated.
Errata
Two e-mails have appeared in recent articles which need correcting:
Hal Hite (Bosnia Study Group) can be reached at: bosniastudygroup@verizon.net and attn: Hal Hite in the
subject line, or http://mysite.verizon.net/halhite/ and
Brian Dennis can be reached at: bdennis@mweb.co.za (on page 209 this year correct, but not so on 208.)
Help Please!
Summers over – dust off those manuscripts and send them along --- PLEASE!!!
The Perfins Bulletin – October 2005 – Page 154
Comparison of Perfin Catalogs for Bosnia
Catalog
Perfin pattern
World Catalog
(Perfins Club
1994)
Austrian
Catalog
(Nussbickel
1991)
Hungarian
Catalog
(Semmler
1989)
German
Catalog (ARGE
Lochungen
1992)
A.B.
----
BH1a
----
----
A.H.P.
A1
----
----
A1
A.T.
A2
BH1
B&H1
A2
B.A.G.
A3
BH2
B&H2
B1
C.D.
E.Z.
A4
A5
BH3
BH4
B&H3
B&H4
C1
E1
HFS
A6
BH5
B&H5
H1
HFS *
A7
----
B&H6
----
K
A8
BH6
----
K1
KB **
A9
BH7
B&H7
K2
L.B./F.M.
A10
BH8
B&H8
L1
L.H.
L.L.H.
A11
A12
BH9
BH10
B&H9
B&H10
L2
L3
M.K.R.
A13
BH11
B&H11
M1
M.T.
A14
BH12
B&H12
M2
PAKB
A15
BH13
B&H13
P2
P.L.B.
A16
BH14
B&H14
P2
Richter
A17
BH15
B&H15
R1
C.Б.
C.Б.M.
A18
A19
---BH16
B&H18
B&H19
---S1
CHБ
A20
BH17
B&H20
S2
S.R.(G.)
A21
BH18
----
S3
SRP
A22
BH19
B&H17
S4
CЩ
A23
----
B&H22
----
C.C.3.3.
A24
----
B&H21
----
S.T.
S.T.
A25
A26
BH20
----
B&H16
----
S5
S6
TБЩ
A27
BH21
B&H23
T1
TT
A28
BH22
B&H24
T2
B/БФ
----
BH23
----
V1
Z.B.
----
----
----
----
A.B.
----
BH1a
------* Crossbar of H with 2 holes
** Possible partial of PAKB
In addition- the German catalog lists three symbols not listed by the others:
Symb.1 (]ㆍ[), Symb.2 (hammer), and Symb. 3 (◇)
The Perfins Bulletin – October 2005 – Page 155
Beginner’s Corner
Perfin Producing Machines
Paul Mistretta (LM#111)
This month’s column will be short (except for the
four pages of illustrations from long ago.) My
current expertise resides in collecting stamps with
holes already in them, rather than in punching those
holes in the first place. However, over the years
there have been several excellent articles published
in the Bulletin which on which I will rely heavily
(and will cite at the end of this article, for further
study if this subject interests you).
(For those unfamiliar with the last two types,
imperforate coil stamps were prepared with the
specialized, between-stamp [Mail-o-Meter (large
holes) or Schermack (large rectangles)] perforations
and shipped to the users. Stamps were then
perfinned, separated, and affixed to envelopes in a
continuous operation by a single machine.) And
finally, some machines were purchased overseas,
most from Sloper or Bradley Brothers in England.
The process of punching stamps is easily told; a pin
is pushed through a piece of paper while being
forced into a hole in a ‘die’. This pin (or these pins)
is (are) set such that they can repeatedly be pushed
into the same hole(s).
The next reference to perforators in the Bulletin,
more than a year later (December 1953), describes a
perforator with “a heavy base with a broad apron for
feeding the sheets of stamps into the throat where
the stamps are perforated.” It goes on to describe the
perforating of stamps as follows:
The first reference to perforating machines in the
Bulletin is a brief paragraph in the July 1952 issue
(first [unnumbered] page.) The note, in its entirety,
reads:
PERFORATING MACHINES: The Cummings
Perforator Company builds most of the
perforators used in the U. S. There are two
important types: a. The kind with five sets of
pins and holes which is capable of punching
through four layers at one stroke or 20 stamps.
B. The second kind has 10 sets of pins and holes
and is capable of handling up to 40 stamps a
stroke. Approximately 400 and 800 stamps can
be perforated per minute by the two machines
respectively. At the operator’s discretion, perfin
designs may be placed in almost any position
and “mirror images” may be created by folding
the stamps or sheets properly.
There is a problem with the information given here
which has been rectified over time – the correct
spelling of the company name is actually
“Cummins,” more precisely the B. F. Cummins Co.,
Chicago,, Illinois. In addition to Cummins,
American Perforators was also competitive in the
general market, as were, in a more specialized
market, Mail-o-Meter and subsequently Schermack.
The smaller machines, taking half a sheet wide
have an overhanging arbor secured to the base at
one side of the throat while the large machines
that take the full width of the sheet have the
arbor supported by columns at both sides. A
handle is pivoted in the arbor so that pulling it
down pushes the pins downward through the
stamps to the die openings in the bed.
In addition to five and ten die machines, single die
machines were fairly common – with many of the
latter in private hands.
Most of the perforators appear to have been
manually fed, that is, the sheets of stamps being
perforated were fed through the machine as ir was
operated by hand. These sheets are easily identified
since, while the patterns across the rows are punched
at consistent intervals, the rows are not necessarily a
consistent distance from each other (Cummins
machine models No. 52 & No. 53). The Cummins
No. 56 machine was motor driven and rows were
consistently spaced from each other. Not shown here
is the single die Cummins No. 50; this model
(according to Dave Stumpf TPB October 1973) was
discontinued in about 1930. He also mentions a
reported but unseen (“...no illustration has ever been
found...”) Cummins No. 51, 2-die perforator.
The Perfins Bulletin – October 2005 – Page 156
Plating positions of individual perfins from several
of the multi-head perforators is possible. Minor
identifiable differences between the individual dies
often resulted from the hand reproduction of the
patterns .
In the U. S. the size of pins in a pattern is limited to
a diameter of 1/32”. Due to the fact that at 1/32”
diameter pin is already very small and, even in
hardened steel at that diameter is somewhat fragile,
1/32” or very close to it became the most common
pin size. There are a few major exceptions to this
generalization; several, but not all, are patterns
which could not have been created with the 1/32”
pins (see D41.7 [B rated], N54.5 [A], O1.1 [A
rated], P184.2 [A], T81F [B], T109.5 [B+], Z1A [D],
Des 57P , & Des 60P.) Note all (ex. The Z pattern)
have relatively high value – probably due to a short
use-life of the perforator head.
For one of these I am certain that the pin life was not
as expected. In the July-August 1986 Perfins
Bulletin the pattern now listed as Des 60P, the
personal pattern designed and built by Michael
Collins of Yakima, Wash was announced.. First day
of use for this pattern, established by a cover mailed
to Harry Rickard and reprinted in the Bulletin note,
is May 12, 1986. By the time the information for
publication arrived (probably early May) the fine
pins used to produce the pattern had begun to break.
The pattern illustrated in TPB is already missing at
least 7 of pins. And this pattern replaced Michael’s
first attempt (D57P) for which a even complete
illustration is unavailable (see the US catalog).
In his April 1975 article on perfin machines, Dave
Stumpf described the preparation of a perforator’s
die head. Basically, two strips of metal are laid on
top of each other. A pattern template is laid on the
upper surface of one of the bars and starter holes are
drilled. This process is repeated as often as there will
be dies in the final perforator head. Once the [1, 2,
3, 5, 10 or 100] patterns are laid out on the surface of
th upper bar or plate, holes are drilled completely
through the it (now the female bar or the base plate)
continuing part way through the second bar or plate
(now noted as male or arbor unit). The plates, now
holey, are now separated. Pins are driven into the
holes in the male plate protruding about ½” from its
surface. This unit is now welded to the upper
(moving) part of the perforator – the arbor
mentioned above. The female plate is now placed on
the pins to establish the final relation between male
and female bars or plates. The operating lever is
pushed down and the base plate is then welded
place. The lever is then released, the machine is
allowed to cool off. And then, let the perfinning
begin!
I have found (Bulletin – May 1970) four pages of
interest that are reproduced since the pictures are
much clearer than the words used above when
talking about the arbor, base plate, etc. in these
machines. (In this case, a picture really is worth a
thousand words. The reproduced pages are
advertising sheets for the Cummins No. 52 Postage
Stamp Perforator (lever [manually] operated 5 die
perforator), the Cummins No. 53 Postage Stamp
Perforator (lever [manually] operated 10 die head),
the Cummins No. 56 Postage Stamp Perforator
(motor operated 10 die perforator), and a copy of a
Cummins’ ‘Bureau of Identification’ certificate.
Just to keep things interesting, Doug Cutler adds
another manufacturer to the mix in a March 1991
article. In this note he describes the product of the
Chicago Check Perforator Company. More fun!
References:
Anon. 1969. Perfin machines and their products.
TPB 1969(Mar.):
Cummins
Manufacturing
Company.
1970.
[Illustrated pages showing 3 Cummins machines and
a Cummins’ registration certificate.] TPB
1970(May). 4 pgs.
Cutler, D. 1990. Chicago Check Perforator. TPB
1991 (#437): 66-68.
[Misegades, K.] 1952. Perforating machines. TPB
1952 (July):
[Misegades, K.] 1953. Perforating machines and
their product. TPB 1953 (Dec.): 2-3.
Rickard, H. 1984. How to distinguish Cummins
from American Perforator perfins.
TPB 1984
(#366): 23.
[Stump, D.] 1973. Perfin machinery. TPB 1973
(#273): 1, 5, & 6.
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Rev-Perfs Newsletter #6
(Dated August 2005)
Arthur Mongan (LM#3443)
This newsletter is designed to communicate between
the contributors to the Perfins Club’s Catalog of
United States Revenue Perfins and all other people
interested in the project. Please feel free to forward it
to anyone interested who is not already on the
recipient list. Items in the newsletter are not in any
order but as I think of them.
I would like comments on what items need to be in
the draft catalog and what items would be nice to
have. I’m still thinking about what to put in the
“extracts” and what to add for the catalog. I’m still
planning on three printings and distributions; the
“Extracts” much like Chuck’s worksheets, a draft
Catalog for review, corrections, and additions, and
the First Edition Rev-Perfins Catalog. Everything
should be on the computer so it will be easy to make
corrections and additions.
Currently the “extracts” for Section A, Undated,
Circular Hole Perforated Initials, Designs and
Numbers cover nine elements: pattern name, U. S.
Catalog number, a file sequence number, an
illustration (300 dpi) of the pattern, known stamp
type(s) reported, usage dates (based mainly on
Chuck’s worksheets), user, user location, and
remarks. A lot of research needs to be done between
the “extract” and the printed catalog.
“Extracts” is a poor name. It is hard to extract
something from a catalog that has not been written.
Maybe “Previews” would be a better name. Any
thoughts or comments?
On single-head and multi-head perforator
information, I’m leaning towards a table listing
confirmed and probable multi-head machines rather
than putting that information in each pattern listing.
That way the collector interested in looking for
slight differences in pin placement caused by a
multi-stamp perforator will know all of the patterns
to investigate
One of the many questions that will come up is
‘what is the value of a given pattern,’ or stamp with
that pattern. Chuck started using A – F in the early
worksheets and later changed to “Scarce’, “Not
common”, and “Common” indicators. I was thinking
about adding two more. “Very common” to be used
where 50 to 100 copies are known, and “Extremely
common” to be used where over 100 copies are
known.
The cash value of a perfinned revenue will reflect
several factors. To a postage stamp perfin collector
the value depends on the scarcity of the pattern and
generally has very little to do with the value of the
stamp. To a revenue collector the value depends on
the value of the stamp and has very little to do with
the scarcity of the perfin pattern. A second factor to
put into the mix is the placement of the pattern in the
stamp. This becomes very important for many dated
perforated cancellations in documentary and stock
transfer stamps, A third factor is the condition of the
stamp. Some beer stamp patterns may only be found
on wrinkled or torn stamps. An example of this is
the SBFLtd/d/FB pattern is dated 12.29.17 in a
Fermented Liquor Export Stamp, rubber stamped
“The San Francisco Breweries, Ltd.” and not in the
best of condition. It sold on eBay for $3269.87 in
June 2004. Any thoughts or comments on the pricing
of rev-perfs?
Pattern “FAIR” (F25) found on 1917 series
documentary with 1920 cancel. A note in Chuck’s
card deck lists this pattern as a Proprietary stamp.
Does anyone have an example in a Proprietary
stamp?
The exhibit “Introduction to U.S. Revenue Perfins”
was shown at the APS summer show and received a
silver medal. There are two showings planned for
September, BALPEX in Baltimore, MD and the
Apple Fest in Spokane, WA.
A recently seen reference book for the beer stamps,
Dale P. Van Wieren, American Breweries II (Eastern
Coast Brewiana Association, P.O. Box 349, West
Point, PA 1995) contains both a list of reported
breweries by state and city, and an alphabetical list
of brewery names.
The Perfins Bulletin – October 2005 – Page 162
The status of “extracts”, Section A (as of 15 Aug 05)
is: letters “A” to “D” are ready for printing, text
elements for letters “E” to “G” and scanned
illustrations for letters “E“ and “F“ are ready for
integration into printable pages. Drafting of the
introduction to Section A has also started. It is
expected that “extracts” Section A – undated,
circular hole perforated initials, designs and numbers
will be in print by the end of the year and work will
be well under way on Section B – dated cancellation
perforated initials on transaction type revenues.
There will also be a table of the patterns where proof
is needed that they occur in revenue stamps or fiscal
paper. A second list is of known patterns for which
the type(s) of revenue stamp in which they are found
need to be verified. Estimated size of Section A is 90
to 100 pages.
Current thought is to have two mailing lists. The
first list would be of collectors with large collections
and/or accumulations of revenue perforated initials
who would check their holdings and report back
additions and corrections and the number of copies
of each pattern. They would receive two copies, one
for file and one for mark up. The second mailing list
would mainly be libraries and editors.
Watch the holes! Art.
Odds and Ends
Edited from several notes from Vince McDermott (#1787)
Your article "Mints Anyone?" in the June issue
generated a few thoughts in my mind. The subject
also leads into two related areas.
How can "mint" perfins legitimately get into the
market? I can suggest two ways:
1.
Perfins sent out by the owner of the perfin to
be used as return postage;
2.
Self-addressed stamped envelope with perfins.
The "mint" perfins could be removed from the
cover without being cancelled.
Related areas:
1.
I pick up covers with uncancelled perfins
when I see them. They are usually SASE's from
companies which have not been used by the
recipient. Do you know anyone who collects
these?
2.
The habit of sending out SASE's with the
owner's perfin attached can lead to great
confusion when trying to identify an owner,
since the recipient would put his own return
address on the envelope. This has led to much
of the confusion involving Mr. Simionescu and
S344.
And among the older stuff from Vince (who got
them from compliments of Bob Szymanski’s sharp
eyes) are a pair of covers which add Portland, Maine
(Postal Stations 1 and 2) to the list of cities in which
the CNR perfin (C233) of the Canadian National
Railway was used.
The Perfins Bulletin – October 2005 – Page 163
New U.S. Personal Pattern
Edited from a note from Pat Callis (#2383)
Pat Callis sent along two envelopes which establish
the user of a new U. S. perfin. The perfin is a crude
‘5’ used by a collector who enjoys... oh what the
heck, let’s let him present the explanation.
Regarding the use of the ‘5’, Bruce Helm (1020
Seneca St.,#110, Seattle, WA 98101) writes:
present about a year and a half ago. She found it
in an antique shop in this area. I like it because it
is very portable and the perfins it produces have
a crude or amateur look to them compared to
other check perforators. I am not sure if this is a
very common device or not..
“... I use it privately, not commercially. It comes
from a device called the “Page Check
Protector”, manufactured by the Page Mfg. Co.,
San Francisco, CA. [The device was] patented in
1912...
I am a member of the ‘Local Post Collector’s
Society”, and run my own local post.”
My sister bought it for me for a Christmas
Bruce’s local post is the “Helm Island Postal
Colony” and he prints and uses his own stamps for
this venture.
The Perfins Bulletin – October 2005 – Page 164
He included a picture of himself holding a circular
metal (for want of a better word) band which has 11
As those of you who have read the Beginner’s
Corner in this issue will instantly recognize, this is a
perforator with which I am completely unfamiliar.
However, being foolish this way, I can speculate that
this perforator may look something like a hand-held
notary seal with the perforator mechanism replacing
the seal. One squeeze => one single-number perfin.
To this point, only the ‘5’ has been seen (and
Bruce’s letter indicates, has been used) in U. S.
postage stamps. Unknown at this time, is whether
the pattern has been used in Bruce’s Helm Island
Postal Colony stamps.
perforator dies that puncture, individually, the
numbers “1” through “0” and the “$” as reproduced.
The two local post stamps used on the covers mailed
to Pat are very interesting.
In his second note, that in the Apr. 25 cover shown,
Bruce mentions the Local Post Collectors Society,
its bi-monthly publication (The Poster), and its
website www.lopocollector.com. Check out the
website if you are interested in local post stamps
(and mention Bruce if you pursue membership.)
Holey Bosnia!
Bob Schwerdt (#505L)
In the past few months holey stamps of Bosnia have
caused some speculation among certain writers.
Witness the articles in The Perfins Bulletin and in
the Trumpeter, the bulletin of the Croatian Philatelic
Society.
Several reasons have been advanced for the series of
large holes punched vertically or horizontally in all
denominations of the 1906 pictorial issue. These
reasons range from ‘proof’ indicator to the
destruction of remainders.
Pictured here is a ‘hybrid’ holey item: an improperly
perforated imperforate stamp that also has the large
holes. (Is this an indication of malfunction of the
perforator punching the large holes?) It is interesting
that in my experience there seem to be plenty of the
1906 issue stamps with large holes, but I have yet to
discover any other Bosnian issues double punched in
this manner.
The orange or blue crayon markings seem a trifle
redundant. Perhaps the crayons were used at first to
render the stamps invalid. Then, because these
marks could be lightened or completely removed,
punch holes were used as a last resort to prevent the
use of these stamps. I have never seen any 1906
Bosnian issue lacking punch holes with just crayon
markings. But those without crayon marks but with
punch holes are common.
Clubmember’s Ads
Wanted on approval: Precancelled perfins and perfins in Scotts #899, 900 and 901. Your postage and costs for
any stamps I keep. Francis Stunzi, 37 Smith St., Rouses Point, New York 12979-1602.
The Perfins Bulletin – October 2005 – Page 165
A Survey of the Blue Demon (U.S. F1)
Dick Mewhinney (LM#60)
My collection of F1s is perhaps the most interesting
part of my rather large U.S. collection. Bob
Schwerdt and I have been vying for years to obtain
perfins in these stamps. I recently made a survey of
these members who I knew had such items and, after
contacting 14 people, worked up this survey report.
leave few remaining used copies, especially when
perfinned.
My survey indicates that 56 different perfin designs
have shown up on the F1s. Only 113 stamps and 9
covers have been reported. The largest single
collection includes 21 stamps and 2 covers.
Quantities then go down to a single stamp and a
single cover. The quantity of stamps known in
members collections runs from 9 stamps (pat. O75)
to a single stamp (many pats.) Surprisingly, there are
only two duplicate copies known in a single
member’s collection.
I am very interested in adding any information about
these stamps that members may have, and I intend to
revise the listing as such items come to my attention.
I, and others, am interested in obtaining F1s and are
willing to discuss purchase.
The registration stamp (F1) was short lived, having
been released on Dec. 1, 1911, and abolished on
May 29, 1913. I find no quantities-issued listed, but
surely a stamp that could be used only for
registration and in use for less than 18 months would
Cat. #
A22
A40
A166
A284
B29
B45
B120
C134
C198
C347
C356.10
C376
C416
D3
D95
D129
E20
F73
F110
Des.
AAM
AB/CO
ALC
AXB/NY
BA/&CO
Circle(BB)
BFG/Co
[CF](o)
CM/CO
CT/Co
CUD/AHY
CW/S
C(2)
D
DR/Co
DU/PONT
E/Co
FF
FLM
Cnt.
1C
1
1
3
2
1
1
2
1
3
3
1
1
4
1
3
3
1
4
Cat. #
F146
F148
G23
G49
G81
G172A
H64
I82
J166.5
K48
L125
M204
M295
N7
N53
N113B-6
O75
O100
P67
Any further information will be greatlyappreciated:
Dick Mewhinney, 395 Buttermilk Rd., Easton, PA
18042-9537 or neverin@rcn.com.
Des.
FOX
FOX
GAI/CO
GCB
GFE
GT
H-E/DCo
IRC(O)
JWJ
KNK
LNB
MP/Co
M&K
Circle(N)
NCR
NLY
(O)T(C)
O&B
PE
Cnt.
2
6
2
1
1
7
1
1
1
6 + 1C
1
1
3
1
8
1
9
1 + 1C
1
Cat. #
P139
P150
R130
R141
R170
S61
S70
S180
S214
S284
S301
U44
U82.1
U91
W12
W80
W216
Des. 14
Num. 23
The Perfins Bulletin – October 2005 – Page 166
Des.
PM/Co
PNB
RS/Co
RW
R&R
SB/&L
SCC(o)
SM/CO
SP
STL/SW
SVW
UNB
US/MC
U(S/S)
Flag(W)
W/EM
W&JS
Colophon
(32) Shield
Cnt.
1C
1
1
1
2
1
2
4
1
1 + 2C
1C
1
4
1
2
3 + 1C
1
1C
1
Secretary’s Report
Ken Rehfeld (#3394)
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Private Auction #12
and Direct Sale of U.S. Perfins Through C+ Rated Patterns
Bob Szymanski will again be holding two or three
private perfin auctions beginning soon. Material for
these auctions is from the George Baker (#1271)
collection, the Rev. John Griswold collection and the
Estate of Albert Spencer.
It is noteworthy that long time perfin collector,
George Baker, has decided to discontinue his perfin
collecting and is contributing all of the proceeds of
his perfin collection to the sustaining benefit of the
annual Floyd Walker Award.
Likewise, as was previously reported, the Albert
Spencer "Musical" perfins collection has been
donated the the Perfins Club General Fund. Albert's
collection was not purchased in its entirey and will
therefore be broken up and auctioned piece by piece.
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