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Need Help With Hole Perfs On US #562

 
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Posted 12/31/2019   9:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add bigmel222 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I have identified these as US# 562 but cannot find any info on the hole perfs on each stamp.Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Mel
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Posted 12/31/2019   11:27 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add JLLebbert to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The holes in your stamps are an example of a "perfin" … which stands for perforated initials. I can't read the perfins … someone else here can probably tell you the company or organization associated with this specific perfin. The intention, I believe, was to prevent theft of company property (in this case, postage).
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Posted 12/31/2019   11:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Mel, happy New Year. I can not read the initials either - please take a scan / picture of the back preferably on black paper

Peter
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The perfin is one of the many variants of "IHC" for International Harvester Corp.

Peter: They are "on piece".
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You can see a copy of the International Harvester Corp. perfin here:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/EJ0A...Z/s-l500.jpg
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Posted 01/01/2020   9:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add bigmel222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Happy New Year. Once again the forum has come through. Many thanks for the identification and explanation.
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