EXHIBITS

Andy's exhibit, shown at the 2018 Perfin Society AGM in London, includes a then newly discovered pair of the perfin proofs with SC perfin and Copestake underprint as sent to the Postmaster General in early 1868 seeking approval for the use of perfins. 

Roy has been a prolific exhibitor at our meetings.  His displays detailed here are available for download below.

1. Percy Dalton's "Famous Roasted Peanuts" : A 3 page display, shown at the 2019 AGM. The exhibit focuses on Percy Dalton and his peanut roasting company in London that briefly used a perfin.  According to the Sloper ledgers, they also used a commercial overprint, but no example on a stamp is known.  
2. Telegraphs : A 5 page display, shown at the 2017 AGM.  An example of the forgery of a 1/- stamp used at the Stock Exchange telegraph office is shown, along with perfins on the genuine stamp. The background to the use of the forgeries and the Post Office Telegraphs service in general is also given, and many example of perfinned Telegraph stamps are included.
3. Trade Marks : A 19 page display, showing perfins that are representations of the user's trade mark.  Shown at the 2016 Perfin Society AGM.  
4. Braham 'proofs' - the 'Acle' hoard :   A 5 page display, showing ten out of 119 proofs that re-surfaced in one of Horners stamp & postcard auctions held in Acle in July 2014.  These proofs were produced by Frank Braham, a perforating press maker and postmaster in London from the 1880s onwards. The display includes lots of background on Braham and on the ten dies shown.  Shown at the Spring 2016 Perfin Society meeting.
5. In the Beginning!   A six page display concerning the introduction of perfins.
   The display includes a new discovery; a perfin cover sent by Joseph Sloper to the Great Western Railway and postmarked 28 February 1868, before the Post Office gave permission for the use of perfins. The 1d stamp is perfinned JS. 
6. Frederick Huth & Co. :  A 10 page display of the full name HUTH perfins used by merchants and bankers Frederick Huth & Co. between 1869 and 1936. Includes a history of the firm and over 150 examples of their perfins on postage and Foreign Bill stamps.  Displayed at the Perfin Society's 2015 AGM.
7. A possible Liverpool perforating machine maker :  A 7 page display of perfins which are noticeably large in comparison to the more common Sloper 4-pin high alphabet. They are mostly known used in and around Liverpool, hinting at a Liverpool based die maker, or a Liverpool stationer supplying perforating machines made by a local engineering firm.  Displayed at the Perfin Society's Spring 2015 meeting.
8.  A Collection of Australian 'Official' Perfins :  24 pages of various perfins on Australian stamps used by official bodies including state governments and local councils, plus perfins on GB stamps used by Australian Government representatives in Great Britain.
9. Six Competitive Exhibits :  A combined pdf file of six different exhibits, all related to GB perfins:
   London Streets and ‘Street Furniture’ (May 2003)
   Three Manchester based companies (Nov 2003)
   Gas and Diesel Engine Makers (Nov 2003)
   Hull Shipping and Shipbuilding (May 2004)
   Peerage, Gentry and Perfins (May 2004)
   Telegraphic Perfins - ‘What hath God wrought’? (October 2004) 
10. Great British Perfins of The Canadian Pacific Railway and its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom :  A short history of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the perfins used in the UK by the railway and its offshoots, including Dominion Express Co. of Canada, Canadian Pacific Express, Canadian Pacific Ocean Services and Canadian Pacific Steamships. (November 2002) 

Maurice's exhibits focus on perfins on GB stamps, primarily line engraved issues.

1. Full House :  93 page display of GB perfins on a "full house" of all four values of the Queen Victoria line engraved issue. Also includes covers, commercial overprints or other related items for many of the perfins.
   Displayed at the Perfin Society AGM 2014, expanded and revised in March 2021 and again in September 2023. 
2. Line Engraved Railway Perfins :  25 page display of GB perfins on the Queen Victoria line engraved issue that were used by railway companies or rolling stock manufacturers.  Includes maps, posters and other details of the companies. 
3.  Welsh Perfins 1868-1880 :  A 36 page display of Welsh perfins from the line engraved period.
   Shown (in part) at the 2018 AGM, expanded in April 2021. 
4. Perfin die configurations 1868-1880 : A 21 page display exploring the different configurations of multi-headed perfins in the line engraved era.
5. Summary of Sloper's "Through Five Reigns" Plaques : Details of all 13 known surviving commemorative plaques with perfin stamps attached, as produced by J. Sloper & Co. in 1939.

An exhibit of over 500 pages, assembled by the late John Marriner.  Scans produced by Maurice Harp.
The exhibit is split into parts, broadly by reign, with the George V part further split into two sections to make the file sizes manageable.

1.  92 pages, starting with some J. Sloper & Co. introductory material and then mostly Queen Victoria perfins, including many fine covers. 
2.  112 pages of mostly King Edward VII perfins, plus some all reigns monograms and designs and perfins of some specific trades. 
3.  128 pages of King George V and King Edward VIII perfins, mostly on cover, including some very nice Seahorse items.  Split into two equal parts.
4.  100 pages of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth perfins, including many covers and trade cards. 
5.  74 pages, mostly perfinned postal stationery from the Queen Victoria to King George V period, including many examples of perforated cancellations on postcards. Also includes perforated crown cancellations on QV revenues, a fine selection of early commercial overprints and some perfins on the local carriage stamps of Lundy. 

A 12 page exhibit of early GB commercial overprints used on documents.
Shown at the Spring 2017 Perfin Society meeting in London.