http://www.stampandcoin.co.uk FEBRUARY 2016^81Get the latest collecting events and add your event details on the Stamp & Coin Mart website: http://stamp.cm/event-detail6 February 2016
Somerset
Somerset Stamp Auctions
Hill Farm, Hemyock, Cullompton,
Devon EX15 3UZ
01823 681358
http://www.somersetstampauctions.com10 February 2016
Accrington
AJH Stamps Ltd, The Laurels,
Manchester Road
01254 393740
http://www.ajhstamps.co.uk13 February 2016
Exeter
South West Philatelic Auctions
The Isca Centre EX4 8NT
01752 698089
http://www.swpa-stamp-auctions.com14 February 2016
Rugby
Tony Lester Auctions Ltd
Unit 2, The Sidings, Birdingbury
Road, Marton
01926 634809
http://www.tonylester.co.uk17 February 2016
Switzerland
Roli Schar Ltd
Seidenhofstrasse, Lucerne,
CH-6003; 041 41 22602 01
http://www.roelliphila.ch18 February 2016
Switzerland
Roli Schar Ltd
Seidenhofstrasse, Lucerne,
CH-6003; 041 41 22602 01
http://www.roelliphila.ch19 February 2016
Canada
Eastern Auctions
Lord Nelson Hotel & Suite,
Halifax (Canada), Nova Scotia
NS B3J 2L2; 001 1506 548 8986
http://www.easternauctions.com19 February 2016
Switzerland
Roli Schar Ltd, Seidenhofstrasse,
Lucerne, CH-6003; 041 41
22602 01; http://www.roelliphila.ch
24 February 2016
London
Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions399-401 Strand WC2R 0LT
0207 379 8789
http://www.grosvenorauctions.com26 February 2016
Kent
Martello Philatelic Auctions
The Old Auction Rooms, Marine
Walk Street, Hythe CT21 5NW
01303 269712
http://www.martelloauctions.com28 February 2016
Harrogate
The Masonic Hall, Station Avenue
HG1 5NE; 01282 866562Waltham Abbey
Essex Stamp Auctions
Old Shire Lane, Epping EN9 3LX
01376 585357COIN FAIRS
6 February 2016
London
Holiday Inn, Coram Street
WC1N 1HT; 01694 73178114 February 2016
Birmingham
National Motorcyle Museum,
Bickenhill B92 0EJ
01694 73178120 February 2016
Exeter
The America Hall, de la Rue Way
EX4 8PX; 01749 677669COIN AUCTIONS
6 February 2016
London
Baldwin’s
399 Strand, London WC2R 0LX
0207 930 9808
http://www.baldwin.co.uk17 February 2016
Warwick
Warwick & Warwick, The Court
House, Jury Street CV34 4EJ
01926 499031
http://www.warwickandwarwick.comPOSTCARD
FAIRS6 February 2016
Beckenham
Azelia Hall, Croydon Road
BR3 4DA; 0208 395928513 February 2016
Teesside
Methodist Church Hall, Norton
Road, Stockton on Tees
TS20 2QQ; 07742 153669All dates and venues are correct
at the time of going to press.
Please check details with the
event organisers before attending.Founded in 1957, The Perfin Society is dedicated to the
study of perfins, tiny holes applied to postage stamps in
a particular pattern as an anti-theft measure. The first
known cancellation on a perfin dates to November 1868,
eight months after the Post Office accepted the use of perfins on postage stamps. Among the
most prolific perfin users were the Great Western Railway and Prudential Insurance Company,
both of whom sent out large volumes of mail to clients.
With some 23,597 British perfins catalogued, Perfin Society members have a wide variety
of perfins to study, with new dies being regularly discovered. Members receive the group’s
bi-monthly Bulletin which includes information on new dies, as well as news, articles and
auction results relating to perfin studies.
The group’s website (www.angelfire.com/pre/perfinsoc/) has links to articles on the history
of perfins including the earliest perfins, perfin exhibits, perfin errors and flaws, transport-
related perfins and perfin postal stationery. Auction results and FAQs can also be viewed here.
Membership of The Perfin Society is open to anyone with an interest in Perfins and
membership is £10 e-mail / £12 UK / £15 Europe / £18 rest of world. Members receive six
copies of the Bulletin and can buy and sell in the Society’s auctions, borrow from its extensive
library and buy its publications at reduced rates. Members meet twice a year in London and
other meetings are occasionally held at locations around the UK.
To join or for more information, contact Steve Steere,
e-mail: [email protected]; web: http://www.angelfire.com/pr/perfinsocdisplay and explanation of some of the
origins and peculiarities of postal stationery.
The last meeting of 2015 was a social
including a talk by guest Keith Whitehouse.
For Society details contact Brian Sole FRPSL
on tel: 01932 220677; e-mail: brian.sole@
btinternet.comThe northern meeting of the The South
African Collectors’ Society (SACS) was
recently held in Carlisle, and featured a
display of booklets and a discussion on
watermark detection devices. In November
the SACS joined other societies and
collectors of the philately of Southern Africa
for an annual weekend conference. The
competition for the best Saturday paper
was won by Lars Jorgensen, and in the
evening Richard Stroud signed the Roll of
Distinguished Philatelists of South Africa.
The other recipient for 2015, Mike Tonking,
now lives in South Africa. More displays
were seen on the Sunday morning before the
meeting culminated with a 257 lot auction
chaired by Nick Arrow. For Society details
contact Christopher Oliver on tel: 020 8940
9833; e-mail: [email protected];
web: http://www.southafricacollector.comThe Perfin Society
SPOTLIGHT ON
Ben Palmer at West London Philatelic Society
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