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An article about this private perfin appears in "The Courier" No.46. (pages 12/13)
as does a b&w image of this example (and four others), now in the collection of
a TPS member.

This forum provides an opportunity to compile a census of this particular private perfin.

I am particularly interested in discovering the period of use as none of the examples
illustrated in the Courier article have a discernible date.

A listing of stamps with the perfin submitted is provided in the following reply which
will be updated by editing so the results always appear close to the top of the topic.

Please note that you can add images as an attachment - all you have to do is select
the Upload Attachment button, browse/locate the image on your computer and upload
It will appear in the same format as the image I have attached (below).

D S & Co PRIVATE PERFIN on TASMANIAN STAMPS - A LISTING

On QV Sideface

1d red - perfin upright (3 examples), perfin inverted and reversed (1 example)

2d green - perfin inverted and reversed (1 example)

Total recorded = 5 examples

My 3 are counted in the above. On a 1d and the 2d, the last digit of the year appears to be 1897.

I can add another 1d red - upright

Appears to be a Launceston canceller dated FE 27 97. What do you think? Perfs have been trimed along top.

Example just discovered in a mixed lot (to which it will be returning)
No date unfortunately but Launceston duplex postmark as per usual.

So is the DS&Co both a single head cancelling devise and/or a security perfin? and welcome David to the mad house

Hey Dave , thanks for the welcome and thanks to Ross for posting my image as I had some issues with that. I think I will be able to do it next time.

I would not think that the DS&Co had been used as a canceling device as the usage seems to be postal.

I suspect that Ross is right and that the puncture was effected after the stamp was affixed to the envelope as in his A example.

In all the perfins I have seen on paper this is the only example I can recall were the pucture has been passed through the envelope. So they are rare , that suggests that the circumstances were likewise.

Why do it ? , I can only think that somebody noticed that an unperfinned stamp was on an envelope and that the perfin was applied to the stamp on the envelope.

David

The postmark appears to be Campbell Town, and Dodgshun did not have anything commercial in Campbell Town as far as I have been able to determine. Also, the ½d is an odd stamp to be used by them, since most of their communication would have been to Tas customers and suppliers or to the Melbourne head office, all 2d rate letters or 1d rate printed matter. Quite a mystery, but nevertheless, it is what it is -- a rare perfin. Private perfins on any ½d stamps are quite scarce -- I have recorded only Tattersalls Type 2 (13 holes) and McKinley's Dept Stores on ½d Tablets, and Tatts Type 2 and D. W. Murray Ltd. on ½d Pictorials (various printings).

An other example offered on eBay during December 2010.

Two more examples (both upright) from a collection which has remained 'dormant' for a few decades.

another example - undated on a 2d QV Sideface - inverted

D S & Co inverted and reversed on a 6d QV 'Tablet' - the first example that I can remember having seen on this stamp