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Perfin

In philately, a perfin is a stamp that has had initials or a name perforated across it to discourage theft. The name is a contraction of "perforated initials" or "perforated insignia". They are also sometimes called SPIFS ("stamps perforated with initials of firms and societies").

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Collecting perfins

CoverPostmarkCancellation
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Postal stationery

Postal stationeryPostcardsNewspaper wrappers
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Perfinned postal orders

British postal ordersFootballPostal orders
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Officially prepared perfins

Official mailDanish Home Guard
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Officially prepared perfins

Collecting perfins

Postal stationery

Perfinned postal orders

Specimen stamps

Reply coupons

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Perfin

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples50
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

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Perfin

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related to External links · 12
Perfin → Australia, Canadian Perfin OfficialsCanadian Perfins, CubaPerfin, EnglishPerfins, George, In Italian, Italian Perfins, PerfinsScout PERFINs, Silver Jubilee, SPIFSOfficial Site, Stamps, Victorian EraHong Kong PerfinsKing
related to history · 12
Perfin → Austria, Belgium, By, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, In Britain, Switzerland, The, Therefore, Thus
related to Officially prepared perfins · 7
Perfin → Australian, Danish Home Guard, Denmark, Federal, Queensland, The United States, Victoria
related to Clubs · 5
Perfin → German Perfin Association, Great Britain, In GermanThe Perfins Club, Perfin Society, United States
related to Collecting perfins · 4
Perfin → Formerly, It, Kodak, Note
related to Reply coupons · 4
Perfin → Channel Island, International, JE, Jersey
is a · 1
Perfin → stamp that has had initials or a name perforated across it to discourage theft
related to Perfinned postal orders · 1
Perfin → Perfinned British
related to Postal stationery · 1
Perfin → In
related to Specimen stamps · 1
Perfin → Specimen

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stamps perforated perfins initials perfinned stamp use name postal postage used britain could spifs collecting stationery orders specimen reply coupons

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Perfinis astamp that has had initials or a name perforated across it to discourage theft0.90text
Victoriainstance ofThe United States has punctured stamps for use by various Federal organisations and Australian states0.80text
Queensland used perfins widely on their stampsinstance ofThe United States has punctured stamps for use by various Federal organisations and Australian states0.80text
Perfinrelated to ClubsGerman Perfin Association0.60section
Perfinrelated to ClubsIn GermanThe Perfins Club0.60section
Perfinrelated to ClubsUnited States0.60section
Perfinrelated to ClubsPerfin Society0.60section
Perfinrelated to ClubsGreat Britain0.60section
Perfinrelated to Collecting perfinsFormerly0.60section
Perfinrelated to Collecting perfinsIt0.60section
Perfinrelated to Collecting perfinsKodak0.60section
Perfinrelated to Collecting perfinsNote0.60section

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