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| The following are a collection of articles that have appeared in the society's Bulletin, and serve to illustrate the broad range of subjects covered :- | |
| The Leeds and Liverpool Canal | This originally appeared in the August 2002 edition of the society's Bulletin. |
| Thomas Cook's Underground Mail | A postal service operated by Thomas Cook during wartime years to enable communication between people of opposing sides. From the October 2002 Bulletin. |
| An Incomplete History
Of Stamp Affixing Machines |
The introduction by a number of companies for machines used to affix stamps. From the February 2003 Bulletin. |
| The Earliest Surviving
and Longest Lived Dies |
A survey of some perfin dies that were in use for a very long period of time. From the April 2003 Bulletin. |
| The YOST Typewriter Co. Ltd. | A short article on the 7 perfins probably used by the company. From the December 2003 Bulletin. |
| Perfinned errors and flaws (Adobe Acrobat format) | A one page article from the December 2005 Bulletin. |
| Board of Trade Perfin Forgeries | A three page article from the February 2006 Bulletin. |
| Mad as a Hatter! (Adobe Acrobat format) | A three page article on hatmakers who used perfins. From the April 2006 Bulletin. |
| Vestries, Unions and Boards of Guardians | A four page article from the August 2006 Bulletin. |
| Three articles from the October 2006 Bulletin | Three articles from the October 2006 Bulletin, all concerning the Victorian period: |
| Blackpool Corporation (Adobe Acrobat format) | A two page article on the perfins used by Blackpool Corporation, from the December 2006 Bulletin. |
| Crosville Motor Services (Adobe Acrobat format) | A two page article on the perfins of bus operator Crosville Motor Services of Chester, from the December 2006 Bulletin. |
| Perfin postal stationery production | A two page article on the production of perfins in postal stationery, from the February 2007 Bulletin. |
| Archibald Kenrick & Sons | The perfins of iron founders Archibald Kenrick & Sons, from the February 2007 Bulletin. VIEW HTML |
| BRITISH OIL RIVERS – OVERPRINT & PERFIN | A two page article by Roy Gault, from the April 2007 Bulletin. VIEW HTML - VIEW PDF |
| ATTENTION TO DETAIL! | A two page article by Roy Gault, from the June 2007 Bulletin. VIEW HTML - VIEW PDF |
| 50th Anniversary Bulletin | Articles from the special August 2007 Bulletin. |
| Francis Falkner (Adobe Acrobat format) | A two page article on the perfins of Dublin whisky merchant Francis Falkner, from the October 2007 Bulletin. |
| Shropshire Perfins (Adobe Acrobat format) | A six page article by Roy Gault, from the December 2007 Bulletin. |
| SLOPER TEMPLATES | A four page article by Terry Comper, from the February 2008 Bulletin. VIEW HTML - VIEW PDF |
| TELEGRAPHIC PERFINS | A five page article by Roy Gault, from the April 2008 Bulletin, looking at perfins used by telegraph companies and perfins on telegraph stamps. VIEW PDF |
| ABBOTT AUTOMATIC CHECK PERFORATOR | A short illustrated article on the Abbott Automatic Check Perforator. By Jan Brinkman, from the April 2008 Bulletin. VIEW HTML - VIEW PDF |
| British railway ticket with “perfin” | A two page article by John Mathews, from the June 2008 Bulletin, looking at date perforations in railway tickets of the 1920s and 1930s. VIEW PDF |
| What's in a tin box? | A two page article by Roy Gault, from the August 2008 Bulletin, on the perfins of Huntley & Palmer and Huntley & Boorne. VIEW PDF |
| Perfinned British Levant overprinted stamps | A two page article by Tony Stanford, from the October 2008 Bulletin. VIEW PDF |
| SLOPER SINGLE DIE PUBLICITY PERFORATING MACHINE | A four page article by James Norris, from the October 2008 Bulletin. VIEW PDF |
| A second Sloper proof discovered | A two page article by Maurice Harp, from the December 2008 Bulletin, about the discovery of a very early perfin proof. VIEW HTML |
| Arthur & Co. Ltd., Glasgow | A three page article by Roy Gault, from the February 2009 Bulletin, about the perfins of drapers and hosiers Arthur & Co. VIEW PDF |
| EVERETT UNDERPRINT AND PERFIN | An article by Maurice Harp, from the April 2009 Bulletin, about the perfins and underprints of W. H. Everett & Son Ltd. VIEW PDF |
| County Palatinate of Lancaster Chancery | An article by Mike Bavin and Jeff Turnbull, from the April 2009 Bulletin, about the perfins on the fees stamps of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster. VIEW PDF |
| The “NAAFI” | An article by Roy Gault, from the June 2009 Bulletin, about the perfins of the NAAFI and its predecessors. VIEW PDF |
| PERFIN COVER TO VICTORIA CROSS HOLDER | A single page article by Paul North, showing a 1906 perfin cover addressed to a holder of the Victoria Cross, from the August 2009 Bulletin. VIEW PDF |
| Cycle and Motorcycle Manufacturers | A 7 page article by Roy Gault, giving a brief history of 12 perfin users involved in the manufacture of bicycles and motorcycles, from the December 2009 Bulletin. VIEW PDF |
| In addition the following are taken from displays given at society meetings in London :- | |
| Great British Perfins
of the Canadian Pacific Railway |
Perfins of the CPR and its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. |
| Perforated Insignia - Official Government Departments |
A display of Board of Trade perfins on stamps of various reigns. |
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