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All Forums Category: US Stamps and Covers Discussions Forum: US Classic Stamps - As Issued and Used

US Perfin Help Please

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Posted 04/16/2011 3:56 pm

SIM, CNR, TM, PRR, M, CSS co, YNB, M--E, GTW, NYC (evident but who knows?), FP Co,
$, MPSR, ATLAS, FIRST (FSB?), YMCA (as above NYC)., Thank you!

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United States

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Posted 04/16/2011 4:13 pm

The only ones I know for sure would be:

PRR = Pennsylvania Railroad
YMCA = Young Men's Christian Association

NYC could be either "New York City" or "New York Central" (as in the former railroad). In any case, there are a couple on this site that have catalogs that can help ID some of the others. So stay tuned.

(BTW, I have a couple of CSS Co. perfin, too. Haven't been able to ID it yet either.)

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Posted 04/16/2011 4:21 pm

This link will confirm the PRR identification (shown on cover):

https://goscf.com/t/3345&SearchTerms=perfin

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United States

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Posted 04/16/2011 5:22 pm

CNR is Canadian National Railway and it is found on both U.S. and Canada stamps, NYC is New York Central, GTW is Grand Trunk Western Railway

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Posted 04/16/2011 5:29 pm

I believe this was posted on the site before, but if you're interested in visually seeing the railroad perfins, this is a nice collection:

http://alphabetilately.com/TORRP.html

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