Perfins on the
British Empire Stamps.
A
letter from John Nelson, of the Perfin Society, including his new Bulletin 279.
Dear Bill,
........the
new P.K/L. Wembley Perfin which you reported to me........The item appeared in
the Bulletin last month and the only response I have had is conformation from
the Bulletin Editor, Rosemary Smith, that she has the P.K/L. perfin with a
Paddington postmark. This adds up to a provisional identification of the die
with Peter Keevil & Sons Ltd.
The
ever vigilant Alan Sabey has recently been in touch regarding another new
Wembley die he has discovered, the letters being TT/CoLd. I have written to him
saying that the most probable (almost certain) identity of this one is Thomas
Tapling & Co., Ltd., Furniture and Carpet Warehousemen, 31-45 Gresham St,
108-110 Wood St and 55-67 Leonard St Finsbury, London. E.C.2.
As
I have just done a Wembley survey update for our Bulletin this new one will
have to wait until I do the next update in about a years time.
Bulletin 279.
It
is more than three years since my last update on the Wembley perfin survey
appeared in the Bulletin and since then I have not received a great deal in the
way of additional information. However a recent letter from Bill Tonkin The
Secretary of the Exhibition Study Group, advising me of a die discovered by a
member of the Group which has not been previously noted, prompts me to bring
the list of reported stamps and dies up to date.
The
new die P.K/L. is similar to P2800.01 and .01a in the illustrated catalogue but
it is not identified. Various other PK/L (without stops) dies have been
identified in Tomkins with Peter Keevil & Sons Ltd, but not the dies with
the stops. If any members have examples of P.K/L. dies on other stamps or
covers with postmarks or other information which might help with identification
perhaps they could let me know.
New Die.
P.K/L. P2800.01/01a 1924 1½d no postmark. Suggested
identities 1. Peter Keevil
& Sons, and “. Pearson & Knowles Coal
& Iron Co., Ltd. Warrington, who were exhibitors
in 1924.
Additional
Stamps and Covers.
D.S. D4370.01 1924 1d
ET E4660.03 1924 1½d
H&P H5690 1924 1½d
HW/LD H7770.01 1924 1½d Cover pmkd. London E.C. 19 Jun 1924
M&P/P M4560.01 1924 1d and 1½d
MW/Co M6020.02 1924 1d
O&Co O0480.01 1924 1½d and 1925 1½d
S.L S4320.03 1924 1½d
TP/LD T3600.02a 1924 1d pmkd London 2 Oct 1924
W/&Co W1340.03a 1924 1½d
W&S W6680.07 1924 1½d and 1925 1d (it now seems certain that
With
acknowledgements to Kim Bjarnt, Terence Wood, Rosemary Smith, Alan Sabey and
Bill Tonkin.
© Exhibition Study Group 1999