Australian Perfins And Perfin Varieties

Hi Rod

I have never seen such a perfin on a British stamp.

Rob

Hi cddstamps

Those perfins are very interesting.

Rob

Hi Rob.
perhaps another? on a perfin tangent.

C1910 Commonwealth of Australia
Great Britain King Edward 7, 1d scarlet
Security Opt of Australian Consulate

CV $500- $1000
(Image source: Status International Auctions)

Hi, I have found a 8d tiger cat with T perfin and I can not find this stamp anywhere with the T perf, any info would be great.

matthux

The State Government in Tasmania punctured its stamp stock with T to deter stamp pilfering. Australian State Government punctures are not given any status in catalogues.

Regards
Frank

Any idea why Frank ?

Thanks Frank, do know if these are common and do they have any value.

Extremely Common. Very little monetary value.

There is a catalogue titled "Australian Official Perfins" compiled by David Andersen.

Also, there are collectors who collect perfins and depending on the perfin will pay money for it.

Perfins are not used commercially and books such as the ACSC will only print commercial stamps and their varieties.

This publication may also be of some interest:

www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsoc/ex/AustralianOfficials.pdf

Aussie Al


The ACSC deals only with postage stamps authorised by the Federal Government from 1901 as the internationally recognised stamp issuing authority for Australia and of course as a matter of Australian law. As the State punctures are not done under the authority of the Federal Government they fall outside the ACSC's catalogue structure. Other catalogue's tend to follow ACSC as otherwise they would have to take on the task of valuing the stamps.

matthux

Very common and thus not of any value.

Regards
Frank

Part of my collection are perfins, my cut-off point is KGVI.

Thanks for all the good info.

Hi all, I have found this 9d roo perfin, has bad ink marks. and as a newbie I'm trying to find out what I have.

Maybe Anthony Hordens & Son (just a guess)