Italian Perfin

I've found this perfin in my album. Does someone know what the inscription means?

Hi Damien. What you have scanned is a Type I perfin from this firm. They used three types. It was used by "Fratelli Gondrand". I believe they were a national transport society. I do not know how long this perfin was used.

Hope this helps?

Chimo

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I found this link (unfortunately, it's in Italian) about Fratelli Gondrand perfins. I can't find a similar illustration in the content that compares to the one shown. The closest seems to be F64 (page 8) but it's certainly not the same as on the stamp scanned above.

Could it be one of the perfin types for which an illustration is not shown ... or is it a different perfin entirely? (It looks like an "F.C." to me and not an "F.G.".)

http://www.perfinitaliani.it/MODO/GONDRAND.pdf

Thanks for that information wt1

I had only three types, one with serifs and two without. The site you sent sure has a lot more. This hobby sure is an on-going thing where you learn something new every day.

Chimo

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I'm still seeing F.C., though.

Thank you all for the help. The link from wt1 brought me to another link http://www.perfinitaliani.it/COLLEZ...X/D-E-F.pdf. This has a F.C. perfin (Figli Charvet) which is also not the same, but fits the characters. It's definitely not FG, or a few pins must have been broken...