How To See A Blocked Pefin?

I have a stamp with weak perfin so the paper remained in the holes. Forcing the paper out will damage the stamp.
How should I present it in my collection? The only idea I have is to place it in my stock book with its back towards me.
Any other ideas?

Try taking a picture with a strong side light. I've found that helps bring out details. Display them together.
Or maybe retroreveal.
Pat

Hmmm, a few ideas:
-display normally... sometimes perfins are cleanly punched, sometimes not
-find a replacement version with clean holes
-display normally, with an illustration of a clean version next to it

I feel that reversing/flipping the block defeats the purpose, in a way. Not only does the perfin become tough to read, you wind up staring at a bland, creme-colored back instead of what probably a very nice design on the obverse.

thanks for both inputs. As long as I know that it's there, it's enough. My collection doesn't get too many visitors. Or any.

I scan the back, then employ "Paint" to fill in the dots.
I use it generally to identify difficult punctures.

(Did not work in this case) Australian KGV sideface.

So now I know it is called "blind perfin". Good
Guess it's time to fix/replace my printer/scanner. Don't you just love HP that when your printer malfunctions you get an error message: "There's a malfunction with your printer." How informative.

I don't worry about the blind perfins. If I can make out the pattern I just put them in alphabetical order in clear Vario stock sheets with the backup upwards and the front facing the other way.

I use black divider sheets between these sheets to give good contrast.

Here's a random (and pretty nondescript) selection from my collection.

These are part of my British perfins starting with the letters "LB":

I see that at least one of mine is out of alphabetical order!

Nigel, you have exposed my deficiency in LB perfins

nigelc, nice collection and presentation. Alas, how will you present a blind perforation like rod's?

My answer to perfins is to pass them on to a friend who makes a special collection of them. Life is too short to collect everything. :-)

Rob,
you are only limited to your imagination

I place a written tag alongside blind perfins, unless I have a readable one in stock.

Or, you can make a private page ...........

Nice write-up Rod.

Here's another Junior Army and Navy advert that I saw on the internet:



I like the wording, "Young officers may safely rely upon ...".