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Alastair Walter
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Perfin Clubs and Societies
Perfinclub Nederland
The Dutch Perfin Society.
The Perfins Club
The official website of The Perfins Club (based in the USA).
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Lochungen
The German Perfin Society (in German).
Magyar Perfin Klub
The Hungarian Perfin Society (in Hungarian and partly in English).
Hong
Kong Security Markings
Philatelic Study Group covering Security Markings and Perfins including
Forwarding Agents Markings
Online Catalogues
Canadian Stamps with Perforated Initials handbook
Full illustrated catalogue of Canadian perfins, presented as a series of pdf files. 5th edition, published by the British North America Philatelic Society.
Perfins on the Stamps of Cuba
By Rudy Roy, illustrated in colour, including scans of covers.
Swiss
Perfin Catalogue
In German, illustrated in colour (link opens an Adobe Acrobat pdf file)
Austrian
Perfin Catalogues
Online catalogues in German, illustrated in colour.
Perfins on Finnish stamps
Copiously illustrated listing of the perfins of Finland.
Romanian Perfins
Black and white illustrated listing with identities.
Canadian
Perfin Officials
On-line illustrated list covering Provincial officials, Provincial departments,
Federal departments and Federal officials.
Spanish-Philippines
Perfins
A listing of stamps of the Spanish Philippines with the three known perfins used.
Australia & NZ Railway Fee Stamp Perfins
Illustrated listing of perfins on Australia & New Zealand Railway Fee Stamps.
Private Revenue Perfins of Australia
Incorporating Commercial Security Overprints. By Dave Elsmore & David Coath. In colour.
Hungarian Perfin Catalogue - Update 2011
An update to István Lente's 2007 Hungarian Perfin Catalogue (The Perfin Society Library holds a copy of the original catalogue, kindly donated by the author)
Perfin Exhibits
Exhibit: THE OLDEST PERFINS ON AUSTRIAN STAMPS
One frame exhibit by VLADIMIR MÜNZBERGER, illustrated in colour.
Exhibit: PERFINS OF AUSTRIAN LEVANT
One frame exhibit by VLADIMIR MÜNZBERGER, illustrated in colour.
Exhibit: BULGARIAN PERFINS - BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK 1901 - 1952
Five frame exhibit by KONSTANTIN PENKOV, illustrated in colour.
Exhibit: PERFINS OF BULGARIAN BANKS
One frame exhibit by VLADISLAV BENES, illustrated in colour.
Exhibit: THE PERFINS OF BULGARIA AND GREECE
Two frame exhibit by VLADISLAV BENES, illustrated in colour.
Exhibit: PERFINS OF BANK OF GREECE
One frame exhibit by VLADISLAV BENES, illustrated in colour.
Exhibit: PERFINS USED ON CZECH AND SLOVAK TERRITORY
Five frame exhibit by JULIUS PISA, illustrated in colour.
Exhibit: PERFINS OF GERMAN BANKS
One frame exhibit by VLADISLAV BENES, illustrated in colour. Text in Czech and German.
Other Perfin Sites
Perfin Stamps of Australia
Includes an exhibit of C of A perfins on GB stamps
Waddie's Of Edinburgh
The background to an unusual large "SPECIMEN by Waddie's" non-postal perfin. Can you add any more information?
The Perfins
Story
The story about the terms SPIFS and PERFIN courtesy of Toke Nørby.
British Scout
Perfins
Information on scout related perfins.
French perfins
Text in French.
Hong Kong perfins
Many high quality colour illustrations of Hong Kong perfins.
King George V Silver
Jubilee
A excellent site dedicated to the 1935 Silver Jubilee omnibus stamps of
King George V.
Petro
Perfins
A small page on the subject of perfins related to the petrol industry.
Swiss
Perfins
In German, with many good quality colour illustrations of Swiss perfin items.
Official site of Italian Perfins
This site is intended as a landmark for collectors of Italian perfins.
Railroad Perfins of the USA
Colour illustrations of the late Dexter C. Wright's collection of rail related perfins on US stamps.
US 1909 Perfins and precancels
High quality colour illustrations of USA Perfins & Pre-Cancels on
the 1909 Commemorative stamps.
Philatelia
General philatelic information, including perfins, on a wide range of countries. A useful starting point for Perfin IDs and patterns, especially for countries with small Perfin usages. Browse through the individual countries to find the perfin information.
Canadian Perfins
of the Victorian Era
An on-line illustrated listing of a number of early Canadian perfins,
including list of issues.
Portugese Perfins
Colour illustrations of six Portugese perfin items. Text in Portugese.
Early Precancels of Great Britain
This website is not specifically about perfins but
does have perfin content as it relates to use in conjunction with
early precancel use in Great Britain, plus some commercial overprints.
General Philatelic Sites
Philatelic Database
General philatelic resource.
Resources
Stepping Stones
CDs of Post Office and trade directories.
Civic Heraldry of England and Wales
Compiled by Robert Young. Illustrations of coats of arms of various local councils, past and present - useful for illustrating your local government perfins collection!