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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: A Thief at Thomson, Bonar & Co? Line Engraved Gems An item of postal perforating history
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| Blackpool Corporation (Adobe Acrobat format) |
A two page article on the perfins used by Blackpool Corporation, from the December 2006 Bulletin.
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| 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.
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| Perfin postal stationery production |
A two page article on the production of perfins in postal stationery, from the February 2007 Bulletin.
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| Archibald Kenrick & Sons |
The perfins of iron founders Archibald Kenrick & Sons, from the February 2007 Bulletin. VIEW HTML
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| BRITISH OIL RIVERS – OVERPRINT & PERFIN |
A two page article by Roy Gault, from the April 2007 Bulletin.
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| ATTENTION TO DETAIL! |
A two page article by Roy Gault, from the June 2007 Bulletin.
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| 50th Anniversary Bulletin |
Articles from the special August 2007 Bulletin.
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| Francis Falkner (Adobe Acrobat format) |
A two page article on the perfins of Dublin whisky merchant Francis Falkner, from the October 2007 Bulletin.
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| Shropshire Perfins (Adobe Acrobat format) |
A six page article by Roy Gault, from the December 2007 Bulletin.
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| SLOPER TEMPLATES |
A four page article by Terry Comper, from the February 2008 Bulletin.
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| 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.
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| ABBOTT AUTOMATIC CHECK PERFORATOR |
A short illustrated article on the Abbott Automatic Check Perforator. By Jan Brinkman, from the April 2008 Bulletin.
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| 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.
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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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