Franz Josef 10 Heller Perfin

Hi
This is my first post, sorry if its not correct.
I am searching for a scott number or any info on this stamp. Thank you
Without the perfin, I beleive its a scott #115

I may be missing your question a little, but perfins do not alter Scott numbers.

Ada, welcome to the forum, rdavid is correct, there is no Scott number for this perfin, just for the basic stamp.
And you would do better to post this under world wide stamps - this forum is just to introduce yourself


Peter

ADA,

Enjoy having fun with stamps! That is the name of this game. Old(errrr) collectors never die, they just relocate to a higher location.

Collecting for the enjoyment of collecting, whatever that might be, is the name of the game. Don't hesitate to ask questions especially if you need basic information and especially more advanced sources of information for any possible topic. You should be able to find folks on this board a little further along on their collecting journey glad to share experiences.

My personal bias is a used stamp loses the story of its journey in the postal service when it is removed from the cover it transported to its destination. Collecting postal history adds a whole new aspect to your journey in our hobby.

Wishing you many enjoyable future days in our hobby. Russ

I presume the OP's identification of the basic stamp reflects the fact that it was issued on both surfaced and unsurfaced paper - a separate point to the identification of the perfin.

Welcome to the forum! I am new as well and really enjoying it so far!

I am in the process of organizing my Canadian and US perfins, that's how I came across your post!

Just thought I would take the time to properly welcome you! Enjoy!

Perfins aren't numbered/catalogued that way. There are simply too many possible letters, patterns, and combinations. Several reference works exist to help identify them depending on the base stamp, but there's no unified numbering system.
And more simply, if you looked in Scott and identified that specimen as a 115 but didn't see any listed variants (115a, 115b, etc), then… Scott doesn't recognize any variants, so no point in asking.

The F.L.P. perfin may be for F. L. Popper, a shoe manufacturer in Chrudim, now in the Czech Republic.

"In 1903, the shoe factory FL Popper became the largest enterprise of its kind in Austria-Hungary."

https://flpopper-cz.translate.goog/..._pto=sc#1903

https://www.burda-auction.com/en/pu...ins-perfins/

Definitely, note the dot above the lap of the "L"
11-10-13
F.L.Popper shoes
Chrudim 1900-1930

PS: Great for a shoe thematic.

classic paper - are you saying that Scott doesn't list both the 1908 and 1913 issues of this series? That seems odd.

Yes they do.
In normal Scott they list the cheaper varieties
Ordinary paper 1913
Chalk surfaced paper 1908
Detailed listings are in Scott specialised

ADA will need to ID the paper before ID

This example is the 1913 ordinary paper. (Sc#115)

Ah, sorry ... I missed that one being in Spain on holiday. To complete the answers, here the Popper entry from Gerhard Sand's wonderful Austria Perfin Special Catalog: