Newsletter Editors

From	To	Editor
1980	1982	Gary D. Tomasson
1982	1988	Jim Catterick
1988	1990	Michael Behm
1990	1994	Floyd McNey
1994	1999	Patrick Durbano
2000	2001	Gary Douglas
2001	2004	Barry Senior, Mark Fennell
2005	2010	Barry Senior
2010		Jim Graham

Newsletters

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1980 v1 #1 v1 #2 v1 #3 v1 #4 v1 #5 v1 #6 v1 #7 v1 #8 v1 #9 v1 #10 v1 #11

1981 v2 #1 v2 #2 v2 #3 v2 #4 v2 #5 v2 #6 v2 #7 v2 #8 v2 #9 v2 #10 v2 #11

1982 v3 #1 v3 #2 v3 #3 v3 #4 v3 #5

1983 v4 #1 v4 #2 v4 #3 v4 #4 v4 #5

1984 v5 #1 v5 #2 v5 #3 v5 #4 v5 #5 v5 #6

1985 v6 #1 v6 #2 v6 #3 v6 #4 v6 #5 v6 #6 v6 #7

1986 v7 #1 v7 #2 v7 #3 v7 #4 v7 #5

1987 v8 #1 v8 #2 v8 #3 v8 #4 v8 #5

1988 v9 #1 v9 #2 v9 #3 v9 #4 v9 #5 v9 #6 v9 #7

1989 v10 #1 v10 #2 v10 #3

1990 v11 #1 v11 #2 v12 #1

1991 v12 #2 v12 #3 v12 #4 v12 #5 v12 #6

1992 v13 #1 v13 #2 v13 #3 v13 #4 v13 #5

1993 v13 #6 v14 #1 v14 #2 v14 #3 v14 #4 v14 #5 v14 #6

1994 v15 #1 v15 #2 v15 #3 v15 #4 v15 #5 v15 #6

1995 v16 #1 v16 #2 v16 #3 v16 #4 v16 #5-6

1996 v17 #1 v17 #2 v17 #3

1997 v18 #1 v18 #2 v18 #3 v18 #4

1998 v19 #1 v19 #2 v19 #3

1999 v20 #1

2000 v21 #1 v21 #2 v21 #3 v21 #4

2001 v22 #1 v22 #2

2002 v23 #1 v23 #2 v23 #3 v23 #4 v23 #5 v23 #6

2003 v24 #1 v24 #2 v24 #3

2004 v25 #1

2005 v26 #1 v26 #2

2006 v27 #1

2007 v28 #1

2008 v29 #1

2009

2010 No 130

2011 No 131 No 132 No 133

2012 No 134 No 135 No 136

2013 No 137 No 138 No 139

2014 No 140 No 141

2015 No 142 No 143 No 144

2016 No 145 No 146

2017 No 147

2018 No 148 No 149

2019 No 150 No 151

2020 No 152 No 153 No 154

2021 No 155 No 156 No 157 No 158

2022 No 159 No 160 No 161 No 162 No 163 No 164

2023 No 165 No 166 No 167 No 168 No 169

2024 No 170 No 171 No 172

2025 No 173

Other resources and references

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The History of Canada’s OHMS Official Perforated Postage Stamps 1939-1949 (18.6 MB)
J. D. Graham

Provides a detailed account of the adoption of stamps perforated OHMS by Federal Government departments beginning in 1939, their use over a ten-year period, the regulations surrounding their use, and their eventual replacement by stamps overprinted OHMS. Illustrations include OHMS perfins on and off cover during their period of use and a Cummins Model 53 perforating machine such as the one used to create the OHMS perfins. This fascinating history draws on primary reference sources, the files from the Post Office Department Financial Branch held by Library and Archives Canada.

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BNA Perforator & BNA Perfins Index (0.5 MB)
Editor: Russell D. Sampson

This index covers all the issues of the Perfin Study Group's newsletter, The BNA Perforator, up to the end of 2023. It also covers perfin articles published in several other periodicals. The index has two sections, a subject index and an author & contributor index.

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Canadian Stamps with Perforated Initials
Prepared by the BNAPS Perfin Study Group.
Editors: Jon Johnson and Gary Tomasson up to mid 2023; Jim Graham and Russell D. Sampson since then.

The Perfin Handbook lists and illustrates all known perfin types on Canadian stamps, lists the stamps they occur on, identifies the perfin user, and provides a rarity factor.

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Timbres canadiens avec des initiales perforées
Préparé par le BNAPS Perfin Study Group.
Éditeurs : Jon Johnson et Gary Tomasson jusqu'à mi-2023; Jim Graham et Russell D. Sampson depuis lors.
Traduction : Jean-Guy Dalpé.

Le Manuel de timbres perforés répertorie et illustre tous les types d'initiales perforées connus sur les timbres canadiens, répertorie les timbres sur lesquels ils apparaissent, identifie l'utilisateur de la perforation et fournit un facteur de rareté.

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Perforated Initials & Insignia on Stamps of Newfoundland
Barry Senior

This eight-frame exhibit shows the use of perforated initials and insignia (perfins) by companies based in Newfoundland and perfins on Newfoundland stamps by companies from outside Newfoundland. It includes many discovery items. The exhibit also examines the use of perforation devices to cancel Newfoundland revenue stamps and the use of SPECIMEN perfins by stamp printing companies. It won Gold at NOVAPEX 2012, a National level exhibit in Halifax, NS.

The exhibit is displayed in the Online Resources & Exhibits (ORE) area of the BNAPS website. To view it, go to the ORE Exhibits section, and scroll down to the "Newfoundland ● Stamps ● Perfins" heading.

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Canadian Perfins Used on Cover
Robert Traquair
BNAPS Books, Exhibit Series No. 25, June 2002.

The exhibit consists of 300 covers showing perfins on issues ranging from the 3¢ Small Queen to the 1962-1963 QE II Cameo definitives. It covers most of the perfins used in Canada, including OHMS perfins, and shows, among other things, usage by different offices of the same company and unusual but legitimate usage of one company’s perfin by another company. The 3¢ Small Queen cover shows a W. J. Gage Co. Ltd. perfin postmarked 8 October 1889, the earliest recorded at the time the collection was assembled. The collection was auctioned by Robert A. Lee Philatelist Ltd. in Sales 106, 18-19 October 2002, and 107, 16-17 May 2003.