German Perfin Catalog

Right you are, Postmaster.
Meticulous. Thank you very much.

I love the idea that somebody was given a hoard of stamps that has sat around for years and is now getting studied. And the way that links with family history and the history of the world is one of the things that makes this hobby so fascinating

German PERFINS
Steiner (Lookalike) Page 6.

Unknown.

Rod,

Here you go. Images link to larger versions.

The Anchor-T perfin is from Anker Teppich (Anchor Carpet) in Düren, which still exists today. That perfin is known to have been in use from 1893 to 1900.


The second perfin is from a publishing house in Berlin. The catalog lists two possibilities, but in reality, they are the same company. As of 1919, Der Propyläen-Verlag (The Propylaea Publishers) was a division of Verlag Ullstein (Ullstein Publishing). Both Ullstein and the Propyläen division still exist today.

Thank you Postmaster.

For the record, you did give me the "U" perfin ID beforehand, that was the 3-15-3 puncture variety.

BUMP.

Postmaster. I saw the M&S earlier, but one of these is a slightly different pattern. In any case, I did not see any of these listed. Can you supply more information? Thanks.

BB/D -- Unknown, Düsseldorf, 1900-1908
E. & H. -- Evertsbusch & Höfinghoff, border & trim items, Barmen, 1898-1924
HP. -- Pönsgen & Heyer, paper manufacturer. Köln, 1890-1934
L.C. -- Le Coq & Co., Forestry & Agriculture, Darmstadt, 1893-1925
C.C. -- Carl Cohn, Berlin, 1894-1915
K.D. -- Westphalian Coal Trading Company, Dortmund, 1899-1927
R.F. -- Rudolf Flume, Watchmaker, Berlin, 1896-1941
HM -- Harburg-Wilhelmsburg Magistrate, Hamburg, 1926-1929
M&S -- G. Mäder & Mu#776;ller, Schmalkalden, 1914
E.V. -- Unlisted, possibly Evangelischer Verlag, publishing house

Thanks Postmaster. I think the last one may be F.V.

Oops. Right you are.

F.V. -- Friedrich Volckmar, book wholesaler, Leipzig, 1894-1905

Thanks for the excellent information.

Sorting through these german stamps and found a few so far. One is BL and one is Dr.b

Any info on these would be greatly appreciated

BL -- Bayer. Landes-Gewerbebank (a commercial bank), München, 1921-1936
Dr.B. -- Dresdner Bank. Can't tell location and dates without a better photo.

For the non-perfin stamps, I recommend you start a new thread to make them more visible to others and to keep from derailing this thread.

Cool. Thanks postmasterGS. I will do that. Also can you or anyone on here tell me exactly how to reply on a specific post?