Perfin [philately] (Perfin) miscellaneous catalogue

8,112 items

Perfins are stamps with a perforation in the stamp image More

Perfins are stamps with a perforation in the stamp image, started in England 1860 by Joseph Sloper. These are often company perforations, but not always. The perforation served to prevent the stamps from being used outside a specific target group. A company perforation was to prevent the stamps from being used privately by the employees; in about 150 different countries (2007) there are about 50,000 different Perfins.

The company perforations are named in accordance with the following catalogues:
Alexandria - Timbres perforés-Pays d'expresssion Francaise & Alsace Lorraine (LD number 7895519) - Yvert numbering *
Algeria - Timbres perforés-Pays d'expresssion Francaise & Alsace Lorraine (LD number 7895519) - Yvert numbering *
China - Chinese Lochungen (LD number 8532087) - Michel numbering *
France - Timbres perforés-France (LD number 787255) - Yvert numbering *
Luxembourg - Catalog of the perfins of Luxembourg (LD number 7870467) - Michel numbering *
Morocco - Timbres perforés-Pays d'expresssion Francaise & Alsace Lorraine (LD number 7895519) - Yvert numbering *
Madagascar - Timbres perforés-Pays d'expresssion Francaise & Alsace Lorraine (LD number 7895519) - Yvert numbering *
Monaco - Timbres perforés-Pays d'expresssion Francaise & Alsace Lorraine (LD number 7895519) - Yvert numbering *
Netherlands - Catalog of the perfins of the Netherlands and OR (LD number 6564163) - NVPH numbering * Dutch East Indies - Catalog of the perfins of the Netherlands and OR (LD number 6564163) - NVPH numbering *

Slovakia - Katalóg PERFINOV z územia Slovenska (LD number 8830467) - Michel numbering * Czechoslovakia - Katalog perfinu z územi Ceskoslovenska (LD number 8848223) - Michel numbering * Switzerland - CH Perfins (LD number 843765) - Michel numbering

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8,112

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Oldest item

Victoria (1870)