Perfin Identification

Hi,

I am trying to identify this Perfin. Any help would be appreciated.

Guess
Can be possibly 1 of 3 I know of
based on a slanting format of punctures with extensive "blind perfs"

CNR
CPR
AYRE

CPR is my best example of blind perfs.

Be aware it can be an example in 4 different readings, dependent on whether the pane was punctured whilst folded.

Thanks Rod222

Your comments are appreciated.

Hi Major,
the only way to solve these weird looking perfins, is to have a thin sheet of
transparent plastic, ink the dots of known perfins, so that one can lay the template over the stamp.
A very involved route, for something that is nearly folly.

Here is an CPR (Canadian Pacific Railways) PERFIN
where we can see evidence of the Blind Perforations
Cheers

Thanks for your advise rod222. The verifying method described above is new to me. I will apply it for further research.

Looks like a C-perfin as mentioned by Rod.
They are quite common, so I would try to get a better punched stamp of it.

I think I got hundreds of those, so if you want some, just send me a PM.

Another way to ID difficult PERFINS via "Paint"

Definitely looks like a "C" to start, and the AYRE perfin wasn't used that late, according to the Perfins handbook, so this is either CNR, CPR or CMS.

OK, here goes.

I took your original image of the rear of the stamp.

I then converted it to black & white and got ride of the excess so it's a clean canvas to look at.

I then flipped it horizontally, as if you were looking at it from the front of the stamp.

For it to start with a "C" it had to be inverted, so I then flipped it vertically, as if it had been applied upside-down.

It looked like the three stray perfins were the result of it being offset to one side when applied, so I moved those to approximately where they would be on the opposite side if there was no offset.

Looks like "CNR" (BNAPS 24).

This is great stuff,

Thanks all of you for taking the time to explain.
For similar situations, I'll try your methods in the futur.

I am sure others will also benefit from your explanations.

Well done!

Fascinating. Thanks for the great tutorial. Love the new learning.

Wow!
Methinks Postmaster loves a challenge !
Again, Well done!




That was the brilliant move.