" PERFINSCH RO NICLE OF THE PE RFINS CL UB

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Editor and Publisher-Hallock Card, Otselic. New York

J anuary 19 46 No.5

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ADS :-1c per worn. 3 times for t heprice of 2.

NEW SYSTEMEffecti ve J an. I, "Perfins" start ed

it 's new system of memberships .Mem bersh ip ' no w expires one or twoyear s later instead of Ma y 1. 50cpay s for 12 m onths, 75c for 18 an dgo on. The reasons for this are thatit is fa irer to pers ons joining be­tween times and i t spreads the sec­reta ry 's wor k over th e year.

oNEW MEMBE RS

·18. \Vanace Hilborn368 Laurel AvenueHighland Park, Illinois

49. Don ald StuartR. F . D. 3. W ell sboro, P a .

50. Joel S . \Villiams41 North Bolton AvenueIndianapoli s 1. Indiana

51. Mrs. T . S . Fa rquha rson1328 9th Str eetDes Moines 14, IowaAll items.

fi2, K. F . Lougee136 W est Biddle StreetJackson, Mich igan •All it ems, U . S. only

53. Monroe Marlowe415 Kenonk DrivePomona , Ca liforniaA ll it ems.

54. Charles F . P owersP . O. Box 609 . Oste rville, Mass.U .S . stamps only.

55. Edmond L. Fi sh2250 Fulton StreetSan Francisco 17. Californ iaStamps and ent ire envelopes.

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As secretary. I r e-ceive a letter awee k offering perfins for sale or swapI can't answer them a ll. nor do Iwant to, so if you wish to buy per­fins or swap other things for th em ,let me kn ow. State whether you\..'i sh to buy or swa p.

Treasury Rep ortOn hand Nov. I , 1945 $13.10-Receipts for Nov 2.00Expenses for Nov 00On hand Dec. 1 15.10

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On hand Dec. 1, 1945........, $15.10R eceived for memberships 5.75"Perfins" No. 4 1.188000 pa ges 9.81500 envelopes 1.00On. hand J an. 1, 1946 8.86

oA QUOT ATI ON

from the Postoffice Depa r t m ent"Any persons or conce rns may

ava il themselv es of this pri vilegeand no permit is necessary. Th epunc tures or perforations are notpla ced on th e stamps by the postalservice but thi s mus t be done bythe pers ons or conce rn s themselves.No record is kept by th e postal ser­vice of such persons and conc erns,nor is a list compiled.

"Punctured or perforated stampshave been in use for many years,and no change h:1.S been made inthe regulation cited with respect tothe manner in which such puncturesor perforations should be made sinceit was promul gated.

"This regulation, as above stated,provides for the perforation of U .S . postage stamps by mailers for thepu rpose of identification only, suchpu rpose bei ng' to a id a nd restrictth eir use by the purchaser.

"When perforated stamps a re usedon ma tter ma iled at a nother post ­office, it g ives r ise to the questionof wh eth er the stamps have beenstolen or surreptitiously acq uiredfrom someone connec ted with theconcern by wh om they were perf­orate d, and for this reason the prac­tic e is not favorably loo ked upon.However, matter ha ving such stampsaffixed wh en presented by otherst han purchasers of the stamps isnot unmail able."

PER F IN S

NOTES

If each member wUl recruit onenew member in 1946 we can re achour goal of 100. Miss Flora Clarkhas recruited No. 51 and Wal laceHilborn No. 52. How about you?

It required five hours of experi­m en ting before I finally m ad e thepresent numbered design of "AR."H owever I have learned en oughabout it so that they can now bedone a t about a letter a n hou r .

Only 100 copies of th e catalogare being printed becau se the lis tingis changing so fast . Pl ease se nd inas soon as possible any additions orcorrections so that the catalog ma ybe as complete as possible when itis completed and printed.

Your secretary has a list of pe r­so ns who have requested informationabout "Perftns but have not joined.All they have had is a sample copyand application blank. A persona llet t er could do much more! \Vho willwrite to some of t hese ? As k for 809

many as you win write to .

Add it iona l Class if ica t ion Notesa. an letters are capitals without

sertfs unless otherwise no ted.b. (5) den otes that preced ing Jetter

has serifs .c. ( Ie ) denot es t hat precedIng letter

is lower case.We hav e found it unnecessary to

distinguish between types of " &" .

we are using the Dow system a mimeasuri ng by m illimeters. Most cata­logs pertamtng to stamps use milli­meters. Travell has pointed ou t th a twe want a system which can be usedwith R. typewriter . An other reason l!'lthat T ravell is the on ly one to se ndlistings. I have t ried out his pageson my collection: I find them easy touse and t hink th at you will.

50 i n '45Do you remember ba ck to when

the above was ou r stoean t On Dec­em ber 29 came the 50th application,that of J oel Williams, a nd I quotein part fro m his letter, "So far as Ican ascer ta in I am t he only perfinitial colle ctor in Indi a nap olis andI A"'1 del ig hted to join a nd corres­pond with a group of collectors inthis virgin field."

Postal Laws and Regu la ti onsSec tion 716 entitled.

" Perfora t ion f or Id entifi oation"United States postage stamps , to

be acceptable for postage sha ll bewithout defacem en t. provided thatfor ti le purpose of identifica tion only,and not for advertising, it shall bepermissible to puncture or perforatele tters, numerals or other marks ordevices in United States pos tage andspecial delivery stamps. The punc­tures or perforations shall not ex­ceed one -thtrty-seccnd of an Inch indiameter , and the whole spaceoccupied by the iden ti fying dev iceshall not exceed one -half in . square.The pu nct ur ing or perfora ti ng sha llbe done In such a m anner 8S toleave th e stamp easily recogn iza bleas genuine and no t previously used.Stamps on whlch ink or other color­Ing- su bstance has been used. in co n­nection with such puncturing orperforating shall not be accepted 85

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CATA LOGINGIrving Sw alwell

My own system of cataloging isqu ite si m ple and probably not in­volved eno ugh to suit rabid special ­ists. It is modeled after the Mitch­ell -Hoover catalog of Bureau precan­cels, Where each se parate des ibn orname is first illu strated 811d thengiven a type number . Wi thin the typ enum ber there would be a con secutiveHandbook Nu mb er a long with aScott's number for furth er identi­fication . Heading ea ch t ype wou ldbe the name an d addres s of thefinn or pers on using that particulartype illustrated. I firmly bel ieve thatthe sim plest so lution would be toactually Illustrate each se pa rate de­sign. This is ea sily done on a mi m­eograph but would require diffe ren ttreatmen t for printing. I n my cata­log eaeh type is in a no rmal rea d­able post tion un less specified other­wise. Also I make a separate nota ­iton if the punch is on a precancelfor that wou ld fu rther good ident ­ifi ca ti on.

o"Kell er Booster"

The "Keller Booster," the purposeof which is to advertise for members.is runn ing Jaw and could use a fewcontri butions.

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Vol. 1

C HRON I C L E O F THE PERFINS CLUB

Editor and Publisher-Hallock Card, Otselic, New York

March 1946 No . G

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ADS:-1c per word. 3 times for theprice of 2.

NEW SYSTEMMembership now ex pires one or twoyears later instea d of May 1.

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NEW MEMBERS

56. Ro ber t W eber560 F enimor e R oadMamaron eck , New York

57. Le e G. Taylor135 Rhoads AvenueH addonfi eld, N ew J erseyStamps on ly.

58. David E . Horn223 Park Ave.River F orest , lIliniosStamps only

59. Donald J a ckson520 North All en StreetSouth Bend 16, IndianaStamps only

60 . H. H . Cokefair2w16 Ch estnut St.Erie, P ennsylvaniaStamps only.

61. Mr s. Carrie BaldwinSouth Otselic, N ew York

62 . Chas. H. RegnierR 1, Clifton , IlIinios

63. Keith Misegades141 Lincoln AvenueRed Bank, New J erseyStamps with st ri ps preferred .

64. August StrenkHunter, N ew York

65. J . George DeanBuffalo, Minnesota

- - --<0----A Handbook

It is my in t ention t o r eprint allmethods of mo unt ing and co!!ecting ,postal r egula tions . somethinrr a boutthe club. and any other informationon hand a t t he t ime, in a smallhandbook which ca n be sold for anominal sum . Suc h a publicati onwoul d increase interest in perfinsand in the club. It would enable col-

lectors t o learn more ab ou t perfinseve n though they did no t collectthem. A pamphlet su ch as this wouldfind a re ady sal e. The stu mblingblock at present is lack of mater ial.

--- -0- ---H ow Many Stamps I n A Pou nd?

Warren TravellIt takes approximately 10,000

stamps of the r egular U. S. issue of1920 to weigh a pound. Stamps ofthe presidential is sue, on somewhatthinner paper, weigh at the rate of11 ,000 to the pound. Stamps of Gr.Britain are lighter still and run about12 ,000 per pound.

The writer r ecently counted thenumber of stamps in a pound ofcommercial mixture and got 1256from the lot. These were al most en ­t ire ly "on paper." This showed thatthe wei ght of the paper was abouteight times that of the s tam ps.

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On hand Jan. 1, 1946 8.86R eceived for memberships __ 7.50P ostage a nd misc. 3.05On hand F eb. 1.. ... __ ....12.31

On hand F eb . 1.. 12.31To "Keller Booster " __ ...4.00Rec'd, me mberships, a ds .4.26On hand March 1.. .... .. 12 .57

oH ow an d Why I Co ll ect Pe rfins

Mrs. Louis AtwaterI began coll ecting "pinholes" years

ago when my husband, in lookingover a big bag of mixed sta m psthrew them out, saying they wereno good.

In looking them over I got inter­ested, wondered what the initialsstood for, and decided to so rt themout.

I mounted them on loose sheets,alphabet ica lly, not knowing anythingab out them .

Later, I came across an article inone of the stamp papers written by

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.4p E R FIN S"

.AIr. George N. Harden and somewere illustrated; th us showing towhat firms some of mine belonged.

Now I mount all the different oneson index cards until I get an enve­lope with the stamp on, and whichhas the name of the firm-then Imount it in a loose leaf book.

To date I have over 300 V.1Ul finnname and as many more unidentified.

oHow and W hy I Collect Perlins

Harry L. ShetlerPerftna or "Punchies" to most of

us here on the West Coast, had onnumerous occassions been displayedat OUr monthly hobby meeting; theyheld little interest to us because pe r ­sonally I collect U. S. and BritishColonies and have for the last 14years spent most of my time. on "flagcancellations" to which my Interestslean entirely today. My wtte, Ann,took a special yen to black stampsand mournin .... issues, second to Bri­tish coronati~ns. and third to stampsthat carry a killer numeral. Her fieldbecame limited and a sudden desireto secure "punchles" entered he rmind after securing se veral hundredfrom Paul Segnitz of Mtlwauxee anda few more from friends here.

She found it difficult to identifysome of them and solicted my helpwhic h proved fatal . Not knowing' t oomuch about them ' either, I spent oneevening endeavorirtg to sort se ve ralhundred and digging into Informa­ti on to help her place them In someorder . The int er est in perftna hasgrown with us until now we find itjust as interesti ng as t ry ing to fillsp aces in a Junior album.

Looking for some society to jointo aid us in our efforts. we were ad ­vised by Paul Segnitz that the"PERFINS" club was fanning- andhence we proceeded to join as twomembers although our efforts inperfins are combined in one albumand we share an equal interest in it.

\Ve try to secure t wo stamps ofeach "punchie" and like the twostamps to be of the same denomi­nation placina one face up and theother face down on black pages.Particular efforts a re made to securea letter that wiI authenticallyidentify t hem.__--<>0 _

NIXE PERFINS for every two co­mrnemoratfve or precanceled stampsyou send. Big variet y in stock. Orderonce. get other offers. George Ma rtin ,'Meadville, \Vest Virginia.

NOTESWR ITE ! WRITE ! W R ITE !

If you hav e an urge to write hereis your chance. Anything dealingwith Pertins can be used.

Not only can any perfin exist read­ing backwar d or forv..rard from thereverse of the stamp, but many doexist reading both ways. Some alsoread up or down. The catalog doesnot recognize these as varieties.

An • indicat es that there are difT·erent dies for this item. These wtllno t be list ed at the present time butyou can keep watch fa r them.

A lis t of members is enclosed. An­other will be printed and distributedafter J une 1 on regular size pages.

Fore ign Count r ies Us ing PerfinsT ravell writes he has added ones

from Guatemal a and Monaco. Th eseshould be added to the list recentl ydistributed.

Your criticisms, good or bad , areappreciated. not only about the cat­alog , bu t the club and journal also.

I fully real ize that t he catalog isgetting out of date faster than I ca nprint it, errors, additions, and cor­rections are nu merous. F or thesereasons I a m going' t o rush it th ro­ug-h as fast a s possib le t his fir st ti me,then includ e all changes on han dwhen I pr int the fina l catalog . Thefirs t catalog will be in com plet e aswill a ll fut u re edi ti ons , a lso it willbe far from perfect bu t t he presentacute need Is some sort of catalogto use as a s tart and buil d fromt here.

As secretary. I receive a letter aweek offering pertins for sale or swapI can't answer them all. nor do Iwant to, so if you wish to buy per­fins or swap other things for them.let me know. State wheth er youwish to buy or swap.

owanted by the pUbli~h~Y'-12 TIt. con ­densed and extended type, Lmot vr eor I nter type, and round corneringmachine.

o\VA..~D : New .York Stat e Pr-e­cancels. E specia lly small towns. Buyor swap. H. S. Bra dley, Ha mm on,New York.

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" PERFINSCHRON ICLE OF THE PERFINS CLUB

E dit or and Publisher-Hallock Card, Otselic, New York

Vol. 2, NO. 1 M ay 1946 Whole N o.7

ADS:· 1c per word. 3 t im es for thepri ce of 2.

NEW MEMBERS

66. Elm er Brion139 H opkins AvenueHaddonfield, N ew J ersey

67. C. S. Pomeroy33 Elm Av enu eMill Valley. CaliforniaS tamps only.

68. Frank Votava1815 South W isconsin AvenueBerwyn , Illinois

69 . Wilfred .1. P eter s712 Second AvenueBerlin, New H am psh ire

70. Charles S. An derson408 South 14 Str eetH arrisburg, P ennsyl vaniaAll items pos sible

71. Charles T. Greene4805 Guilfor d RoadCollege Park. M ary la ndStamps, strips w ith user's name

72. Cha rles Boedecker8702 W olf Road\ViIlow, Spring s, IJ1inoisStamps only .

Change of Address

35. David LidmanE di to r "Philately "200 South Seventh S treetSt. Lo uis 2, Missouri

19. Dr. S. G. K eller435 East Lincoln Av enueMilwaukee 7, wtsconstn

oSend in articles telIlng why, what,

Where, and how you collect. Lim itis 500 words. War-ren TraveU offersth e followi ng prizes : F irst-500 diff,perft ns. Second-250 diff. perfl ns .50 to a ny ot he r ar ti cle. The publish­er wi ll g ive 50 to each a rticle thatdoes not ge t fir st or sec ond. Allprizes awarded after appearance inprint.

This contest ends with next issue.o

"Homest ea d Hobbyis t " has beensold t o Andrew Macura. 230 P rin ceSt., Bridgepor t 8. Conn. This wingive more time for P erfins and en­able us to have a monthly.

LETTER TO MEMBERSWarren Tra vell, President

The sp lendid growth of t he PerflnClub as shown by th e recently issuedlis t of m em bers is m ost enco uragingand the good work should be con­tinue d. If you know of anyone whois interested in our pet branch of 'philat ely, se nd h im an applicationblank and a hearty invitation t o join .

It is to be no ted that each su e­ceedi ng list of members carries moreinformation as t o what they collectbut the data as present ed is farfro m complete. Woul d it not be agood ide a to standardiz e the pre­sentation of this in formation some­wh at as is done by the A. P . S . ?The following lis t of a bbre viationsis suggest ed:C CollectorD DealerX Exch an gesTyp Collects types on ly, 1 of eachTyp 2 Collects t ypes only , 2 of eachIss Collects issues of various t ypesStr Collects per fln st ri ps with user's

nameCov Collects pe rtins on coversU . S. Collect s U .S. perfln s, postageRev Collects U. S. revenu e perflnsFor Collects foreign perfinsGen Collects all th re e classes

Us ing such a code, t he followingwou ld appear after the writer's name-CDX,Iss,Gen . and Mr . Shetl er whorecently described so well the "Howand Why" of his collection wou ldhave, prehaps , CX,Typ 2.U.S. Oursecretary would be CDX,Typ.Gen.

Members sh ould inform th e sec­ret ary as to their particular likingsin P erfins, a lso send in such criti ­cisms and suggestio ns as they mayhav e t o offe r .

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On hand Mar. 1(correction ) ....14.07Rec'd for memberships.............. 4.50On h and April 1... ........... ..... ....•.. ..18.57

On hand A pri l 1 18.57Rec 'd for membersh ips. ............. 4.50Postage 1.95On hand May 1 21.12

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NOTES

WA..1"fi'ED - Canada pre cancels, oldt ype wtth city name. ' Vill buy orswa p. Also foreign postal slogans formy column. H. Ca rd, Ots elic, N . Y.

All whose membership expi red thefirst of ~Iay have been sent n noticewith the last issue, mos t have re­newed. Wha t about you?

If anything has a ppeared underyour name, in past issu es , that youdon't want in the Han dbook, writethe edi to r at once.

I wish to thank al l who havehelped thus fa r and in the futureplease send changes and additionsfor the catal og to Warren T ra ve l!,1079 D. San Bemardino, Cali f. Ifyou send stamps and want them re­turned please Include postage. It is3c to you but multi ply by 50 andsee wh at you ge t. Materi al for thebulletin and criticism s or helpsshould be sent to me. Don 't hesitateto point out errors as we wish tohave all our Information correct.­Editor.

Holes are measu red fr om centerto cente r, fracti ons are disregardedas they are often from other ca uses.

Many Instan ces have occurred inwhich each collector lis ted a diffe ­re nt city for the same design assome companies use one design forall offices . In these cases the mainoffice is listed.

- -I wish t o tha nk all wh o have se nt

precancels, perfins, an d postmarksfor m y collec tion. The pm 'a onstamps (sock ed on the nose ) are ea­pecialy nice as it is imposs ible tobuy them. I pref er clear cancels withentire t own mar -k on a singl e stampal though ones with a rea dable na meonly a re sa ved, both United Statesand fore ign.- Ed.

- - -What abo ut an Honor Roll lis ting

the members with the mos t differentdesigns? 5 names being prin ted eachissue, starting with the highest anddown through 25th pla ce then startover .

of Columbian, perf. init ial,price. Dickson, 21854

Ave ., Cleveland 16, Ohio.o

50c bloc kfavorableCromwell

Perlins on E x h ib it ionI drew up 85 pages of enla rged

designs (perftns) of my most uniqueand attractive designs and showedthem at Tri-City Stamp Club atOne ida and next eve at Copper CityClub at Rome-also at Dion, N . Y .Th ey say th ey went over big- seve­ral office men offered to save fullenvelopes as I explained the diffi ­cult y of identi fica ti on. I have about2000 different U. S. with about 1000identified. My enlarged designs ronfrom 3x6 to 6x8-0ne or two to apage.- Bern ard Seym our.

oC S/AA Story

F or a long ti me I did not hav e asingle sp ecimen of CS / A A th en, a llof a sudden I was overwhelmed withthem. Some chap wro te offering athousand perfins an d I was to sendhim t heir equivalent value in foreignpostage. w hen I did so, I received inreturn the thousand, all r ight but allbut ten of them were C S/ AA . I haveno idea as to the identificatio n orhow t his man was able to ge t to­gether such a lot of them. I mighthave felt stu ng by the deal but for ­tunately there turned up among theten a rare Schermack pri vate perfo­r ation worth more th an all the for ­eign I sent.-W. Travell.

oM OUNTING P E R F I N S

My method is ' somewhat diffe rentthan the others, first I ar range al­phabetically, th en divide each letterinto four g roups accor ding to Meta'splan, then penc il p rick the designon small looseleaf pages. Then I inkthe dot s and t o the right put t henam e and ad dress of user, a lso bus i­ness if kn own.

Next I moun t the stamps fac edown on black loose leaf pages ,stamps on the left and identi ficationat the right . I mount only one typeon a page.-Hallock Card

oBack numbers are available a t 2ceach, also ca talog pages while theylast. The following are available :Nos. 4, 5, 6. 7Catalog pages AI, P4, Bl, B2Code page and list of foreign coun­tries using perfins(combined.)

oDo You Buy, Swap, Or E xchange ?

If so, wri te th e secretary. Hemaintains a service to put persons\...i th perfins in contact wi th mem­bers who want them. No charge.

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" PERFINSCHRONICLE OF THE PERFINS CLUB

Edito r and Publisher Hallock Card, Otselic, N ew York

Vol. 2, No.2 Ju ly 1946 " 'hole N o. 8

ADS :-1c pe r word. 3 times for t hepr -i ce of 2.

N E W M EM B E RS

73. Frank H . H ull395 East 8th StreetChico. CaliforniaNo exchange at present.

74. W alter L. J a ckso n86 Y antecaw A venue.Glen R idge. New J ersey

75. L. C. Kent19917 Malvern RoadCleveland 22, OhioStamps only

76. W. 1.. Kinkead56 Par k AvenueGlen Rock . New J ersey

77. Mrs. M . Gui ffre4607 R iverdale RoadR iverdale, Mary land

78. R obert N . Kershaw57 Mount Vernon StreetBraintree 84, Massacrusetta

79. Mrs. E . M . Babb213 La mbert StreetPortland R5. MaineStamps only.

Change of Address

30. Ste phen K. Perry133 Colonial AvenueWaltham 51. Massachusetts

---0>-----NINE PERFINS for every t wo com ­m emoratlves or precancelled stampsyou send . Big variety available.Higher denomination rates with firstorder. Georg e Martin, Meadvill e,W est Virginia . 8-3 t

oT re a su ry Re port

On ha nd M a y 1 21.12Received in Ma y _ _ 13 .00May expenses 3.00R ec eived in June _.._2.00On ha nd J uly 1 _ 33 .1:;

oM em bers should inform the sec­

retary as to their particu la r likingsin P erftns , a lso send in such criti ­cisms and suggestions as they m ayha ve to offer.

See code in Ma y issue.

My Wa y o r Mounting PerfinsChas. H . R egnier

I fi rst began collecting starnpsabout 15 years- a go, when I ranacross a few stamps included as a"prize" w ith a bar o f candy. Theyfascinated me, and on beint:;' toldthat people collected "those bits ofcolored paper," I started too. Onpurshasing a dime store packet ofmixed stamps, I ran across a fewperfins. I saved them seperately, butwas told to throw them awa y asthey were "worthless. " Being stub­born, I didn't, I ns tea d I mountedthem fa ce down, on a shee t of blackpaper, so that I cou ld r ecognize theinitials . \Vhen I heard of "Perfins,"I felt vi ndicated, a nd immediat elyj oined the society.

I now m ount m y "types" in aloose leaf photo album usin g blackpa g es . 10 lhx1 3 Inch es. Usin g a whitepencil, I rule of! the pages beg inninglh in ch from the top a nd ¥.!: inchfrom the ri ght hand side . I makespaces 1 I4 Inches h igh by 1 % incheswide for each stam p. with a % in .space below each space in which Iidentify the s t a m p u sing white ink.Below a ll this I draw a space % in.wide to id en tify the country. (It'sjust a phychologl cal tw ist, everyonelook s at t he bottom of the pagefirst. )

This spacing g ives five lines often s tam ps each . Ca rry in g- t hepsych ology fu rther, I put on ly oneletter type on a line {a's on one line.b's on the next line. etc. ) Thus thebook doesn't look so e m pty. \Vhenone line Is full, it is continued onthe next page.

All the stamps are moun t ed so theinitials r ead r ight side up whenvi ewed in a mirror. This makes itsi mple r to r ea d as most stamps a repunch ed from the top.

A t present I ha ve 211 differen tU. S . t y pes and 138 different for eignt ypes from 12 co unt ri es.

I ha ven 't a s yet m a de an albumfor the issues. but expect to maket he t ype design by exposing photopaper to the "sha dow" of the perfinwanted, developing and fixing it.Then mounting a longside the stamps.

tiP E R F IN S IP

As t o our journal and catalogsheets; I made a cover of blackpaper, using paper rivets to fastenit. I cut out the printing on theenvelope the "PERFIN" comes in,and paste it on the top center ofthe cover. My name and "number"on the bottom center, thus "persona­lizing" it for me .

My album and journal broughtfavorable comment at our localstamp club, and has brought newrespect to pertins once consideredworthless. AND to my benefi t apromise to save me additional perfins.

oThe American Amateur Press

Associati on is for writers, editors,printers, and publishers. An amateurg roup for pleasure obtained from thepurs uit of inky happiness. Dues are$1.00 per year which includes a mon­thly bundle of papers published bythe members. Fo r application blankand sample paper address-HallockCard, Otselic, N . Y.

oWhy I Collect Perfins

Frank H. HullF rom the time the first initial per­

fora ted stamp came to my attentionand to date, they have had quitesome fascination to me , however,I not only kn ew nothing about themnor did I Jearn anything about themunt il recently, at , which time I re­ce idcd a letter fro m Ca rd .

Th e first pe rtl n to come to myattention, some years ago, had th ein itials only. I did not know th e"why-f or" but after ponder ing overit for a time, I placed it in a priva teroom a ll to it s "lonesome" (in a littlebox in my desk drawer). As timerolled along, several more were ad d­ed, then. one day up jumped onethat "Jet the cat out of the bag."It was one with Co. fo llowing thein itials, whi ch gave me the idea thatthey were a means of identulcationfor various Individuals, finns etc.probably to prevent and/or providea means of running down threfts.

During the ensuri ng time I accu­mulated my perftns all the timew atching club membership lists forsome one who collected them. Aboutthree years ago, through a friend,I located a pertln collector but uponwtiting for an exchange, I was ad­vised that he did not exchange fo rthem but kept all sen t to him. Thi sdid 'not lessen my interest in savingthem and, when I received an appli­cation blank and invitation to join

"Perfins" I was g lad that I hadsaved m y accumulatio n. Although Iam not physically a ble to exchangeat this time, I have paid for a tw oyears membership and will get agreat deal of pleasure out of readJngabout and saving perfins.

NOTESAds have been sent to Linn's,

Gossip an d Western Stamp Collector.

Catalog pages will be numberedin the future starting with 9 and10 this time.

Warren TraveU has appointe d thefollowing as a committe to judgethe articles in the con test wh ichends with this issue. Bern ard Sey­mour, chainnan; Keith Misegades ;and Carl Pomeroy.

Back numbers are available at 2ceach, also catalog pages While theylast. The following are available :~os. 4, 5, 6, 7Catalog pages AI, A2, B1, B2Code page and list of foreign coun­tries using pertlns(combine d.)

Due to the many changes in A'sand B's, which we expect to avoi din the rest of the catalog, cor rec t edpages of th ose two letters wUl beprinted and sent to the members atthe time the ca t alog is printed.

23 stat es arc represented by ourmember ship, California leads with10, Illinois , New York and New J er­sey 8 each; Massachu setts has 6;Iowa and P ennsylvania 5 eac h ;Connecticut , Wisconsin an d Mary­land 3 each; Michigan, Indiana an dNew Hampshire 2 each; while eachof these has one lone member, Ver­mont, Louisiana. Texas, Kansas,Rhode Island, washington, Alabama.Minnestota, Ohio, Missouri, an dMaine.

oIf l owe you a letter , please be

patient as I am trying to get movedinto my new shop. Also hope to putan issue of P er fina in the mail th e25t h of each month.c-eHallock Card.

oIf you have sent your dues and

have not received your membershipcard please writ e as thus far 2 in­stances have come t o light wh er ecards have been sent but not re­ceived by the member.-Secretary.

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" PERFINSCHRONIC L E O F T H E P ERFINS C L UB

Editor and Publisher - Halloc k Card, Otselic. N ew York

Vol. 2, No.3 Septe mber 1946 Whole N o.9

r>,

ADS :- 1c per' word. 3 t im es for theprice of 2 .

Misegades makes a sugges ti on re­g a rding' which T ravell would lik eyour opinion. He suggests th at com­m it t eea or groups be formed tocarry on va r ious lines of wo r k a ndstudy or investigati on as in CUleI'st.p. '"', p clubs. Suggested committees :

Foreign perfinsOfficial us ageRevenueBranch OfficesSteering CommitteeSchermacksR ai lroad pertinsSchoolsBanksCities, Coun ties and StatesThus t her e would be a job for

every active me mber. What do youthink?

oXINE P E R F INS for every two com ­memoratives or precancelled stampsyou send . Bi g va r ie t y ava ilable .High er denominati on rates with firs torder. ' Geo rg e Martin , Meadville.\Vest Virgi nia. 8-3t

oI (s)TC-O-S

This perfi n has been reported asused by : Irvin g Trust Co., Interna ­ti ona l Ta tlort ng Co., a nd Interna ­ti onal Tubi ng Co., all of New York.Will some mem ber please repor t au­thoritati vely regarding this .

oP ERFINS ON APPROVAL - 800different, %c and l c. Sey mour , 529\V. Thomas, Rome, N. Y. 9

oH OW I COLLECT PERFINS

Keith MisegadesI have not ye t mounted my colJec­

tion for exhibition; I have 3 boxesma de for holding No. 10 size enve­lopes with alphabetical ca rd divide rs.Data su ch as is contained in thecatalog is indexed on heavy whi tepaper approxi mately the same sizeR S a No. 10 enve lope : date is on ;1lines at the upper r ight, first linethe per fins classifica tio n, second linecom pany an d th ir d, t he city of use,if unique, otherwise the main office.Strips and fronts of covers are filed

behind th e "cards." If there are notover 100 _perfins off cover, they goin a 2%x3% glass ine en velope thatis hung over t he top of the ca rdby th e flap of th e envelope. Largerquantiti es a re pu t in a window frontNo. 10 env elope that is substi tuedfor t he card. F oreign stamps havenot been worked up definite ly ye tbut are kept one coun t ry to an en­velope and the 'envelopes in al pha ­beti cal order . Revnu es have an en ­velope too. I am still getting largeamounts of new stuff which I breakdown in lots of about l ,OOo--aneve ning's work. Th is is sor ted outon a dark wood table th at showsup the design well; fore ign arethrown out as t hey show up, alsounreadable-saved for later cogi ta­tion. The rest are arranged on thetable in rows al phabetically ; eachnew design falls in line, no attenti onbeing paid t o 2nd and subsequentletters. \Vhen the pile is gone, I takeup each row and arrange the smallpiles in stri ct alphabetical orde r; be ­cause "&" and numerals have aplace in dimension ing, I index thosein order behind the letters , thus :B&B foll ows BZB and C8 foll owsC&A. Then I take my index file an dput th e piles away. If I find a newitem, I leave it out and tuck it intoan em pty glassine envelope. Thesea re aU ready in alpha betical orderand are taken with me on th e com ­muting train with some blank ca rds,a mJUemeter scale and an envelope.I do these en route and put themaway in the envelope. At the firstopportunity these a re put away quit eeasily as they are all ready in orde r .Wh en a new catalog page comes, Igo th rough that sec tion of my fileand add any new infonnation to thecards. I also pick out the it em s notfou nd in th e ca talog and list themfor T ravell to work on. Wh en I domount , I expect to ha ve corner card ,used item on piece and stamp fa cedown or photographic print of de­s ign or as many of these as I canget. Last of all , the "WHY" was asa stunt sideline to a U . S. collectionthat was get ti ng too expensive topermit mu ch activity.

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u p E R FIN S"

COLLECTING PERFINS

C. S. Pomeroy, Mill VaHey, Calif.As a young boy I began over 50

years ago saving all these little steelengravings I could find, at a timewh en I knew no better than tomount hollow square s of guide lin es:and that col1ection has continue dt hro ugh the starts and stops of vary­ing activity wi th sta mps. Wi th tha tbackground it was only natural tosav e initials wh en th ey began ap­pearing and had I been more acti ve.ph ila t ely, a t th at ti me my albumwould be fatter.

Not until about 15 years ago didI begin to mount these, puttinginto a black-paged kodak al bum,all owi ng 2 pag es for each in itialletter, designs only being mount ed.At the same ti me a Ust of a ll de­signs was made t o car ry in mypoc ke t as a gu ide to collecting andexchanging.

A few months ago album expan­sion bec ame necessary and my ap­prom ia te ly 000 U. S. designs and500 fore ign were re mounted into 2loose-lea f albums com posed of 8 %xlI inch green and black pa ges sup­plied by The Western Stamp Col­lect or and in te rleaved with glassinesheets. The U. S . album is greenwith black pa ges and t he foreignon e is bla ck with green pages. Agenerous (? ) maximum of 4 pageswas a llowe d fot each index letterbut-you gu essed it-some lettersare now badly cro wded in spots. Inth e t op outer corner of each pa g ea sm all circu lar, r ed-edg ed lab el(Dennison's 2M) was placed, show­ing the first a nd second initials ofthe designs thereon. With a guidecard. pencil dots were so a rrangedon th e sh eets that 7 rows of 6 and7 stamps could be mounted withoutreal crowding, as I wished to savespace as mu ch as pos sib le . A home­mad e thumb index of the pages wasmade of % inc h strips of f -Inch but­che r paper so placed on the edgesof the sh eets as to protrude a bout% inch.

Designs only have been mountedthoug h I've been saving the differentdenominations , issues and positions,and wonde ring how to get them ondisplay. Stamps hav e bee n mountedfa ce dO\\"J1 on th e da rk sheets. thedesign s showing up splendidly. \Vhenkn own the user's na me and a ddressis writen on the stamp above thedesign, with a hard pencil.. th e Scottnumber is placed in the lowe r leftcorner and at the ri ght is an abo

breviation to indicate whether thedesign was placed in normal posi ­tion, invert, reserved, etc. I r eadthat some collectors pay no attentionto position of des ign s, because theyare applied by hand and might be"made to order" Regardless of howit was applied. there it is, and thetwo-cent Pan-Am erican stamp withinverted cente r still brings thousandsof doll ars in s pite ot th e fact thatso m e pe rson pla ced a sheet impro­perly. Inverts, doubles , etc. in han d­stamped precancels a lso greatly In­fluence list pri ces :-Iet's not foolourselves for with an increase inperfln collectors will come a closeregard for positions by many.

With my com ing need for m ount­ing again, I'm fa ced with the hopeof ma king this th e last such jobbut baven 't yet deci ded how to doit. The plan of a design to a pageis s implest, but takes so mu ch roomand leaves so mu ch unused spaceunless one has a very la rge collec­ti on. I'm t empted to simply expandmy present me thod where necessary,and start another set of those de ­signs of which I hav e more thanone Scott nu mbe r, making some sortof mark in the full set to indicatet he more com ple te page in th e moredetailed album. By t he way, can'tsomeon e su ggest a satisfactory termfor the different Scott numbers ofeach design. I ssues, often used, seemsimpro per because sets a re correctlyso des ignated.

In my detailed a lbum I plan aw ell -centered design at th e top oft he page, fa ce down, with a smallbit of white paper just below it,bearing the address of th e use r . Itseems as th ough a ny attempt tomount by values and years of issuewill mean conti nued rem ounting un­less we can lear n from the va ri ousus ers what stamps they have per­forated an d probably many us erske ep no such record.

If we could secure fr om the per­forator ma nufactu rers da ta regarding­their users and addresses, mu ch ofth e present un certainty of alphabe­tical a rrangement would be elimi­nated, t hough th e placing of futureus ers woul d a lways make new pro-­blems.

Lets hea r of s imple methods ofstoring du plica te perfins.

oThe editors have come to the con­

clusion tha t it is mu ch better for anitem to be omitted fr om the catalogthan that it should be in error.

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" PERFINSCHRONI CL E OF TH E PERFINS CLUB

Editor and Publisher- H allock Card, Otselic, New York

r: Vol . 2. NO.4 October 1946 \ Vh ole N o. 10

AOS :~1c per word. 3 times for t heprice of 2.

NEW MEM B E RS

88. Charles \V. Lauber3700 New York Ave.Un ion City . New J ers ey

89. Lt. 1. G. Nelson U . S . N .U .S .S. Sa n Dieg o CL53Everett, \VashingtonC. Iss, F or, Specialized in Aust ­r alia only.

90. Curtiss Giese1126 South Layton Blvd.Milwaukee, W tsconstnAll items.

91. F e rdin and F . Persans1477 Castleton Ave.Staten Island 2. New YorkStamps and strips with name

92. Charles Beln55A , St. J oh n 's Wood, High St..London, N . \V. S .C. Iss, Sir, British and E ire

93. M. S. Call77 N ewcaste Aven ueP or -tsmouth, New HampshireC, X,Is s, Ge n.

94 , E . M. MiltonR-2 Winter P arkWilmington, N orth Ca r olina

oCh ange of Address

52 . K. F . Lougee662 Ov erhillJ ackson, Michigan

oNINE PERFINS for every two corn­memoratives or precancell ed s tampsyou send. Big var iety ava ila ble.H igher den omin a ti on rates with firstorder. George Marti n , Meadville,\Vest Virginia. 8.3t

oThere wi ll be an article and sam­

pie of · the new method of mountingorginated. by H a lJock Card in anearly issue of P erfins.

oNew Contest

For best article submitted by amem be r on any specialty relatingt o pe rnns. Write-up must be sub­mi tted to Warren TravelI, 1079 D ,San Bernardino, Calif. before July1947. Prizes to be announced later.

Treasu ry Repo rt

On hand Aug. 1... _ .. $35. 12On hand Sept. I 43.49On hand Oct. 1 __ 41.99

-~-<Ol---I have finished remou nting m y

100 diffe rent pe rfora te initials on anew t ype of a lb um sheet. I am not" pluggi ng " for this firm but theysave a lot of time and a re veryneat. I a rrange them alphabetically ,Iea vtng about 50% blank fo r addi­tions, in a loose lea f 3-r lng bind erwith tabs sticking out wi th lettersimilar to di ctionary. I blacken pagea little under design in stamp (wi tha pencil) which shows u p ini tialbe tter and equal s visibili ty of ablack page. It has spaces for 42stamps and room be low each stampfo r name of firm and if co rn er car dis not too large it can be cut outand hinged. u nder stamp. These sellfo r 85c pe r 100 a nd can be hadfrom Business Fonns Printing Co.,West Hartford, Conn. They haveseveral othe r types which they willsend an advertising sheet of for theasking. I think th ey are just wh a tthe doctor ordered after 10 year sof collec t lng. c--Ber na r d Seymou r

-----<0- - -Postage Stamps Wanted

If you ha ve stamps of any coun­try, us ed or unused, on or off paper,which you wish t o co nt ri bute for usein FREE exchange packets fo r shut­in and other beg1nner collecto rs, Iw ill gla dly refund postage at yo u..rquest on stamps r eceived by 3rdcl ass mail. Thank yo u ! Frank H.Hull, 395 E. 8th St. (A7 ) .Ch ico Calif.

oWINN E RS!

The Award Co mmittee announcesthe fo llowi ng:1st prize C. H. Regnier, N o. 622nd prize H. L. Shetler, N o. 373rd pr ize Mrs. L. Atwater, N o. 13

Prizes have been mailed. to thew inners. All others who had articlesin the co ntest will get 50 assortedpe r tins from the publisher.

oThe strips this month are by

courtesy of Keith Misegades.

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"P E R FIN S"

NOTESThe Sept emb er Issue has been set

up fo r so me time but not printedtherefore it is being mailed wi ththe October iss ue since both wereprinte d 8:t the same t ime.

We extend a warm welcome to ourfirst overseas member, Charles Bein,who would like to exchange if con­ditions pe rmit.

----Now is the time we should con­

sider fo reign members in our asso­ciation. Most find difficulty wh enattempting to pay dues. Thereforeyour secretary suggests tha t wecarryall foreign members free ofcharge for the present. However anywho wish may pay their dues bysupplying articles and informationto the association. Until the U. S.catalog is completed we should notstart a foreign one but material ca na nd should be collecte d so that itwill be available when needed.

oPERFIN CHATWarren Travell

It a ppears tha t the qu estion as towhat one should collect in the perfinlin e has been ra ised by many andnot fully answered. P r ehaps a fewcomments by one wh o not only hasa large collec tioh but is ac qua int edwith many other collections, will behelpful to some wh o are making astart.

Th ere are three main divisions ofperfins depending upon the purposefor wh ich they wer e made. Fi rst :­perforated postage, where the pun­ching has been done as a protectivem easure agains t th eft. This secti onincludes ai r mails , special deliver ies,etc. Th er e are the na tu ral subdivi­sions covering the va rious countrieswi th United Stat es perflns headingt he list.

Th e second main division com ­prises revenue stamps which havebeen punched with company initialsas a method of cancellat ion. Suchpunching is not subject to postofficeregula t ions with the result thatmany 'types' are so long as to ex­tend over two or even three stamps.Incidentally , this inability to findcomplete initials on a s ingle stamppresents a handicap which adds tothe interest in collecting perfin re­venues,-but, the colcctor must getove r his natural dislike of 'splits.'

The third division based upon

upon reasons for us e nclu des thosestamps which have been punched bypostal authorities in place of morecustomary surcharges, - sometimesto show that a stamp is valid fo ruse in another distri ct or count ry­~ometi!lles to sh ow t ha t a pos talIssue IS t o be us ed on official se r­vice, and doubtl ess there a re otherpunchings in this class. The writerregards this division of perfins asthe most interesting of all, prehapsbecause its specimens are rathersca rce and difficult to acquire.Scott's catalog recognizes officialshaving the surcharge 'OS' but failsto pay attention when the equtlva­len t 'OS' is punched. The reasonfor this distinction is not clear . Ana rticle is beng prepared for P erfinson this subject and assistance fromreaders will be appreciated.

Collecti ons of U. S. postal perfinsare, of course, most popular as theseare the perfins most commonlyfound. Some collectors keep onlyone of each type, while a fe w tryto have two of each type, mounti ngone fa ce up and the othe r facedown. P robably most collec tors, in­cluding the writer, ta ke in t he dif­ferent issues of t he various types.This not only makes a better sh ow­ing but the range of iss ues us ed bya company,- wi th their differentpostmarks, g ives considerable infor­mation r egarding the companieswhich is not to be found from sin­gle sp ecimen s.

Assuming that one is coll ecting'issues ,' a further qu estion naturallyarises ,- sh ould he go farther andpay atention to the minor va rieties?Such m inor varieti es include (a) in­ver ts, (b) obv erts, (c) inv erted ob­verts, (d) sid eways up, (e) sidewaysdown , (f) diagonal up, (g) diagonaldown , (h) inv. diagonal up, (i) inv .diag. down, (j .k.l .m.) obverts of fourpreced ing, (n) double punch ing , (0)triple punching (prehaps) , etc .

The writer made one big mistakein the begi nning when he startedto collect and descr ibe all theseminor va ri eti es . After filling s ix al­bums, he realized the foolishness ofthe procedure and that he was ap­pa rently a lone in paying attentionto all these minor details. It was along and tedious ta sk,- t he throwinginto the discard of a ll of these va r­iet ies reta ining only one of eachissue. Surely the field fo r 'perfin is­sue '· collection is large enough foreven the most ambitious collector,but more about this in a later issue.

" PERFINSCHRON IC LE OF THE PERFINS CLUB

E ditor and Publisher-Hallock Ca rd. Otselic . New York

Vo l. 2, No.5 Decem be r .1946 Whole No. 11

A M erry Ch ristmasand a

Happy New Y earBack numbers are av ailable a t 2cea ch, also catalog pages while theylast. T he following are ava ilable :~os. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, II,Catalog pages - Al-2, A3·4 . B l-2,B3-4. Cl-2 . C3-4, Dl-2.Co de page and list of foreign co un­tr ies using perfins(combined .)

oSPIF S

W arren T ra vellA corresponde nt , livi ng in England,

write s that collec to rs in his count ryuse another t erm for ou r P er tins .They call them SPIFS and derivethe word fro m t he in iti a ls of'Stamps P erforated fo r I ns urancea g a inst Fruad.·

Preha ps their word is mo re accu­rate in its derivation than is ourabrev lation of 'per for a t ed ini ti a ls,'bu t on th e other hand, Pertin seemsto have a more homely, familiarring to it than does the strangeand unfamiliar SP IF,- just as gaso­len e ' and 'movie' are preferred byus to 'petrol' and 'cinema.' However ,it makes little difference as to whatthey are ca lled as long as w ebothkn ow wha t the oth er is talking about .

Finally, as a bit of const ructivecriticism, it may be remarked thata more ac curate description of thesePerfins, instead of 'St am ps Perfo­r ated for I nsurance against Fraud'is 'Stamps P erforated fo r I nsuranceagai nst Th eft' and on ly a slightchange would have t o be m ade inthe cu rr en t abbreviation.

oIn look ing back to the January

issue I find that I pr edicted w ewould reach 100 in '46 if each mem­ber r ecruited one new member . Bu tfo r various reasons ea ch one didn't.How ever we now have reachedNo. 103. This does not me an 100m embers as some have draped out ,but it is g ood . Let's try for 200 !

oGet one new member in '47 !

AOS :·1c per word. 3 t imes for theprice of 2.

NEW MEMBERS

95. Mrs. Catherine \V. Lamp354 2* A rroyo S eco A ve.Los Angeles 31, CaliforniaStamps only.

as. Mrs . D . H . MilIer3707 S ou th W es t 13thDes Mo ines 15, IowaC, Iss, Str, Ge n.

97. C. J. Boeh ner26 P ar k Av en ueWest Orange, New J er seyC. Typ, Iss. U.S ., Rev.

98. Edward 1... MertzGalecrest- Monroe St.Cumberland, IndianaX, Typ 2. Iss, Str ., U.S., F or.

99. Mu r ray 1... Lehm an308 Haddon AvenueH addonfield , New Jer s eyStamps only.

100. May Luhla1655 · 48th AvenueSan F rancisco 22. CaliforniaStamps, Str.

101. Frank L . H oc k1909 N . 3rd S t.Milwaukee 12, Wi scon sinC, Ge n .

102. Glenn 1... Mochel600 Grandvi ew A ve.Des Moines 13, Iow aC, X, Typ, Iss, U .S. particula rinterest is railroads .

103 . Claude P . NeetP . O . Box OneSaint Petersburg I , FloridaC, TYP. U.S .

oChange of Address

69. \Vifred J. P et ersUnion St., Gorh am, N. H .

26. F rank K. You ng16 First St .. Cowell, Ca liforniaCharles K . Pressler1130 Moundbuilders RoadNewark. Ohio

oH OBBBY ITEMS, etc . to swap for

stamps, etc. Sen d some st am ps fo rcloseout list. Stat e your hobby. HuH(P erf l , 395 E- 8th st., Chico. Calif.

N EW HA NDBOO KK. F. Olson. 835 N . Cass st., xtn­

waukee 2, Wis. has published ahand boo k on "Rapid cancelling Ma­chi nes, Manufacturers and Imprea­s tc ns." It "sells for $1 .00 and can beobtained from Mr. Olson at the aboveaddress. It is a well put togetherbooklet and y ou will get y ou r men­ey's worth whether you collect can­cellntions or not .

DNEW S OC IETY

A newcomer in th e ranks of phil.atellc societies is the r ecen tly-form­ed " Iowa Women's Philatelic Society"with headquarters in D es Moines,I owa. Visiting philatelis ts a re alwayswelcome at the meetings wh ich areh eld on the fi rst Friday of eachmonth at 611 Locu st St., f ollowinga dinne r at 6 :30 in Bishops down­stairs din ing room. Th e officers areMrs . Mabel P hillips, pres ident ; Mrs.F . W. Benedict, vice-pr esident: Mrs .Cla ra Klepfer, secr etar y: a nd Mis sFlora Cla rk , treasurer. Miss Clarkis a member of "Perfins."

oT re a sury R eport

O n ha nd N ov. L __...... ... .•........43.99On hand Dec. 1 33 .8S

oPhilately ha s supplied us wi th

subscription blanks, one of which isenclosed. F or e" ery subscrip tion weso lici t t he club g ets SOc.

- - -<DT he pe r fi n d is t ri bu te d this time

is from B . Seymour, Rom e , N . Y.- --0

Why Perffn s Co m e In So M an yPos iti on s

F or t hose who m ight not k now ape rforating' m achine ha s from 6 t o12 dies so punches that many at atime. Also the stamp sheet may befolded to 6 layers so tha t is bo undto m a k e several positions of theletters A machine could be purcbas.ed from $39.50 up before the wa r .- B. Seymour.

---<0>----T her e will be three divis ion s of the

U . S . postal perftns on which weare now working,-these a r e LET­T E R S . NUMBE RS, and D E SIGNS.Letters take precedence in filing­if t here is a combination of lettersand numbers, or letters and a designin a t ype, file u nder t he letters.When it comes t o a number and adesign, file under the num be r. Thiswill lea ve only designs in the t h irdsection.

iooo MIXED PERFINS-OId , late.Hi, La, Va lues, Airs, Corn ms, S pls ,E verything off paper, clean. 50c per1000 postpaid. Joe E . H a lla r , 221 l,iF irs t S t . weueeu. Wis. 11

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NOTES

w arren T ravell sugg ests 51.00d ues with a mo nthly jour nal. Youreditor agrees t ha t th e increase isnecessa ry when we have a monthlyj ou rna l. An who are paid-u p mem­ber s w hen the dues are incr ea s ed ,v,.; 11 ha ve a chance to renew fo r aslon g as t hey wish a t the old rate.R a ther tha n a monthly a t pr e­sent I am going to spend moreti m e on the catalog and t ry tocom ple te it befor e too long a time.I believe t h is t o be t he wish of themajority of the members. As soona s I g et my linotype in g ood work­ing order we can a lso ha ve amonthly journa1.-Hallock Card

Keith xrtscgades makes the sug­gestion that we publish a list of allcurrent literature r elating to perfms.and I am fully in accord wi th this.It is hoped that members will sendin information which should be 1 )na m e of article, 2 ) author, 3) sub­ject matter. 4) date and na m e ofm a g a zine. Th e one he mentions is" Or phans of Phila t ely " by Charles 1.B all a nd dea ls \....it h perfor ated initialofficial stamps of t he Briti sh E mpire.It appea r s In the Novem ber 4 Issueof Philately.

Severa l have s tated th ey w ou ldbe g lad to t a k e fo r iegn s ta m ps inpayment of membership. F or eig ncollectors \\0;11 send stamps t o me m­bers who offered this s ervice andthey in turn wilt remit to the club.List of members doing t his will ap­pear as soon as compiled. \Vr it e.

One member suggests copies ofa ll cuts be pri n t ed and distributedas fa s t as available . This w ill bedone. You r secretary has been u n­able t o secure a -rt ng binders to selta t cost to members. Docs anyoneknow where these can be procur ed ?

If you ha ve idea s or w an ts don'thesita t e t o write the edi to r, he maybe a ble to hel p. P om eroy asked forcopi es of the hea ding of this journaland t hese will be d ist ributed t o allmembers wi t h the n ext issue.

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