How To Display Perfins?

I've currently got about a hundred drying. I don't especially collect them, but I'm pleased to have some examples. But what to do with them?

Conventional hinging would make the perfin itself much less visible. Obviously, hinging them face-down is a no-go. What do others do with theirs?

Is there such a thing as a perfin album? I could picture double-sided transparent Hagner-style pages with black dividers, so you could see both sides of the stamp and see the holes against the black. Does such a thing exist?

Try the hingeless mounts in black (Vario, Prinz, etc.). These seem to work well.

I put mine face down in a stokbook with black pages. Black Vario pages would also work well.

When I have a perfin, it goes in my album(s) like any other stamp. I make a small notation below the stamp noting the perfin initials.

I store mine in glassine envelopes, placed on a 3 x 5 data card(recipe card) with all perfin data printed on the card. Then that goes into a file cabinet (stackable 4 x 6 card type) available at all stationery stores. Massive data file (excel) keeps what I have known and if I need to go look, just pull out the drawer that has the appropriate "letter" or "country" and the "Perfin pattern catalog number" on the data card.
When you have a lot of perfins, storing them in albums seems like a bulky way to do it(not to mention more costly).

Seems like everyone has their own way. I'm toying with scanning a batch of perfins from the back, flipping the image and then printing it - this will display the back of the stamps the "right" way around (ie, the letters will look as they would from the front, but in black and white). Cut them out and stick them next to the actual stamp on album pages, so you get to see both sides.

I do this, too, for the most part. Of course, with multiples, I do use glassine envelopes with a descriptor printed on a card or piece of paper. I find using the old "shareware" program "Stamp Tags" works well for this application.

In another instance, I have used 3x5 cards printed with spaces for the perfins, although it's seldom worth the trouble for only a few examples:

Hi

Someone I knew collected perfins. He used an album made expressly for perfins. The stamps were mounted face down.

There is also a perfin collector society: http://www.perfins.org/

They also have publications:
http://www.perfins.org/publications-for-sale/

Jerry B

I only collect US control perfins so I don't have to worry about dealing with thousands of them. So I scan the backs of each one, print them, cut them out, and then mount the back view beside the actual stamp in a mount. So viewers can see both the front and back of the same stamp.
Don

Definitely not hinging for perfins.
US: I use hawid style individual mounts.
Others: black Vario/Hagner pages.

I use clear Vario pages to display my perfins. I like the clear because I can see both front and backs of the stamps. I have 7 pages, but in no discernible order other than regular issue, pre-cancels & revenues. I back each page with a stiff sheet - I think about 60# weight - orange acid-free paper. I used the orange because I already had it. I may switch to a darker color, or black sometime in the future.

Clear Vario pages! Exactly what I was thinking of - didn't know you could get them. As you say, they are good because you can see both sides. I'll have to track doen a few...

Any dealer who sells Vario pages should have them. The black pages have a "S" in the part number, the clear ones have a "C".