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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 |
| 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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