Perfins on Memorandums
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Perfins - In the collecting world, a "perfin" is typically known as a postage stamp having "perforated initials" punched into the paper which were used by businesses to prevent unauthorized use of stamps. In the realm of revenue/tax stamps, however, perfins were used to identify the corporate user of the stamp as well being used as a canceling feature (so the revenue stamp could positively only be used once).

Below are 78 different perfin designs or punched letter cancels used on NY Stock Transfer Tax stamps on their original memorandum document. They are sorted alphabetically by how the perfin name appears - not by the actual company name. If you have some of these still on the full document, I encourage you to keep them intact instead of soaking them off and losing part of the history behind the tax stamp.

A L & Co - Arthur Lipper & Co. - 1-4-22 - NYST104
A L & Co - Arthur Lipper & Co.


AMKCo - A.M. Kidder & Co. - 2-2-31 - NYST121
AMKCo - A.M. Kidder & Co.


B & CO - Barbour & Co. - 1-18-22 - NYST104
B & CO - Barbour & Co.


BBROS - Bamberger Bros. - 1-18-22 - NYST104
BBROS - Bamberger Bros.


C & H - Coggeshall & Hicks - 1-12-25 - NYST97 and NYST98 and NYST101
C & H - Coggeshall & Hicks


CC
&Co - Clark, Childs & Co. - 1-17-22 - NYST99
CC&Co - Clark, Childs & Co.


CD & Co - Clark, Dodge & Co. - 1-19-22 - NYST104
CD & Co - Clark, Dodge & Co.


CDB&Co - Charles D Barney & Co. 7-8-36 - NYST131 and NYST133 and NYST150
CDB&Co - Charles D Barney & Co.


C DE C & B - Cyril de Cordova & Bro. - 1-19-22 - NYST105
C DE C & B - Cyril de Cordova & Bro


CM
&CO - Carlisle, Mellick & Co. - 10-8-25 - NYST111 and NYST112 and NYST113
CM&CO - Carlisle, Mellick & Co.


CMSJr&Co - LARGE FONT LETTERS - Chas. M. Schott, Jr. & Co. - 1-12-25 - NYST104
CMSJr&Co - LARGE FONT LETTERS - Chas. M. Schott, Jr. & Co.


CP & C - Crawford, Patton & Cannon, DR - 1-6-22 - NYST102
CP & C - Crawford, Patton & Cannon, DR


CS&Co - Cohen, Simonson & Co. - 3-24-37 - NYSTT stamp on reverse side
CS&Co - Cohen, Simonson & Co.


D&
Co - Dunham & Co. - 1-23-22 - NYST97 and NYST98
D&Co - Dunham & Co.


DE C
&Co - Jacquelin & DeCoppet - 1-4-11 - NYST99
DEC&Co - Jacquelin & DeCoppet


DeC&D - DeCoppet & Doremus - 4-21-06 - NYST7
DeC&D - DeCoppet & Doremus


DEC
&D - De Coppet & Doremus - 11-1-21 - NYST100
DEC&D - DeCoppet & Doremus


D
. D (interlocking D’s) - Dominick & Dominick - 7-11-41 - NYST152
DD (interlocking D’s) - Dominick & Dominick


DH
&Co - Dyer, Hudson & Co. - 4-14-37 - NYST152
DH&Co - Dyer, Hudson & Co.


D P
& C - Drayton, Penington & Colket - 1-18-22 - NYST104
D P & C - Drayton, Penington & Colket


E &
C R - Edmund & Charles Randolph - 1-9-22 - NYST104
E & C R - Edmund & Charles Randolph


E&D - Eric & Dreyfus - 1-13-25 - NYST104
E&D - Eric & Dreyfus


EAP
&CO - E.A. Pierce & Co. - 11-30-39 - NYST149 and NYST150
EAP&CO - E.A. Pierce & Co.


EBS&Co - Edward B. Smith & Co. - 1-18-22 - NYST105
EBS&Co - Edward B. Smith & Co.


ED & Co - Eastman, Dillon & Co. - 1-9-25 - NYST97
ED & Co - Eastman, Dillon & Co.


EFH
&Co - E.F. Hutton & Co. - 9-9-37 - NYST153
EFH&Co - E.F. Hutton & Co.


EW & Co - Edwin Weisl & Co. - 7-23-30 - NYST115
EW & Co - Edwin Weisl & Co.


F
. &
. . A - Foster & Adams - 1-10-22 - NYST97 and NYST98 and NYST99
F & A - Foster & Adams


F
. &
. . B - Fenner & Beane - 8-31-37 - NYST153
F & B - Fenner & Beane


F&G - Foster & Gibson - 1-20-25 - NYST104
F&G - Foster & Gibson


FPRCo - F.P. Ristine & Co. - 1-13-22 - NYST104
FPRCo - F.P. Ristine & Co.


GC&W - Greer, Crane & Webb - 1-18-22 - NYST104
GC&W - Greer, Crane & Webb


GL&CO - Gruntal, Lilienthal & Co. - 1-9-22 - NYST104
GL&CO - Gruntal, Lilienthal & Co.


GMPM - G. M.-P. Murphy & Co. - 6-4-? - NYST118 and NYST127 and NYST146 on reverse side
GMPM - G. M.-P. Murphy & Co.


H&Co - Harriman & Co. - 1-6-25 - NYST104
H&Co - Harriman & Co.


H&Co - Hendrickson & Co. - 12-23-21 - NYST104
H&Co - Hendrickson & Co.


H&CO - Homans & Co. - 2-6-39 - NYST152
H&CO - Homans & Co.


H-U
&Co - Hoge, Underhill & Co. - 1-19-22 - NYST104
H-U&Co - Hoge, Underhill & Co.


H & W - Hornblower & Weeks - 1-18-22 - NYST104
H & W - Hornblower & Weeks


HTC
&Co - H.T. Carey & Co. - 1-20-22 - NYST97 and NYST98 and NYST99 on reverse side
HTC&Co - H.T. Carey & Co.


HUC - Harris, Upham & Co. - 7-10-3? - NYST128 and NYST134 and NYST145 and NYST150 on reverse side
HUC - Harris, Upham & Co.


HW&Co - Harris, Winthrop & Co. - 1-13-22 - NYST104
HW&Co - Harris, Winthrop & Co.


J
. &
. . D - Jacquelin & DeCoppet - 1-26-25 - NYST97 and NYST99
J & D - Jacquelin & DeCoppet


JBC&Co - Jas. B. Colgate & Co. - 1-19-22 - NYST99
JBC&Co - Jas. B. Colgate & Co.


JG
&CO - Jenks, Gwynne & Co. - 7-16-29 pair of - NYST115 on reverse side - just months before the big crash of 1929
JG&CO - Jenks, Gwynne & Co.


JJD&Co - Jerome J. Danzig & Co. - 1-17-22 - NYST104
JJD&Co - Jerome J. Danzig & Co.


JSB
& Co - J.S. Bache & Co. - 1-13-22 - NYST104
JSB& Co - J.S. Bache & Co.


KT&Co - Kean, Taylor & Co. - 1-13-22 - NYST104 and NYST105
KT&Co - Kean, Taylor & Co.


L BROS - Lansburgh Brothers - 1-16-22 - NYST104
L BROS - Lansburgh Brothers


L&
CO - Laidlaw & Co. - 1-13-22 - NYST104
L&CO - Laidlaw & Co


L & CO - Livingston & Co. - 1-23-22 - NYST104
L & CO - Livingston & Co.


L & Co - Loew & Co. - 7-28-24 pair of - NYST104
L & Co - Loew & Co.


LB&W - Luke, Banks, & Weeks - 1-8-25 - NYST104
LB&W - Luke, Banks, & Weeks


LM&Co - Louchheim, Minton & Co. - 11-21-21 - NYST104
LM&Co - Louchheim, Minton & Co.


LT&Co - Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co. - 1-24-22 - NYST104
LT&Co - Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co.


LT & Co - (punched letters) - Landenburg, Thalmann & Co.
See above image but closer scan coming soon


M&Co - Miller & Co. - 1-12-22 - NYST100
M&Co - Miller & Co.


McD - LARGE FONT LETTERS - Peter P. McDermott & Co. - unkn. date. pair of - NYST139
McD - LARGE FONT LETTERS - Peter P. McDermott & Co.


M·D-C - McDonnell & Co. - 1-18-22 - NYST104
M·D-C - McDonnell & Co.


MR&H - Millett, Roe & Hagen - 1-11-22 - NYST104 and NYST105
MR&H - Millett, Roe & Hagen


N & Co - Newborg & Co. - 9-19-24 - NYST104
N & Co - Newborg & Co.


N
. H
. . L - Newburger, Henderson & Loeb - 1-13-22 - NYST104
N H L - Newburger, Henderson & Loeb


O B
&Co - Orvis Brothers & Co. - 1-18-22 - NYST104
OB&Co - Orvis Brothers & Co.


P
. &
. . W - Prince & Whitely - 11-5-24 - NYST104
P & W - Prince & Whitely


P W
Co - Paine, Webber & Co. - 3-24-37 - NYST152
P W Co - Paine, Webber & Co.


S - (punched letter) - A.J. Seligman & Co. - 1-13-22 - NYST104
S - (punched letter) - A.J. Seligman & Co.


S&L - Stevens & Legg - 10-27-32 - NYST139
S&L - Stevens & Legg


SBC&Co - S.B. Chapin & Co. - 1-13-25 - NYST112
SBC&Co - S.B. Chapin & Co.


SH&
. CO - Shearson, Hammill & Co. - 1-12-25 - NYST99 and NYST102 and NYST112
SH&CO - Shearson, Hammill & Co.


S & S - Simmons & Slade - 1-16-22 - NYST104
S & S - Simmons & Slade


SS & Co - Strong, Sturgis & Co. - 1-19-22 - NYST99 and NYST100
SS & Co - Strong, Sturgis & Co.


ST&Co - Spencer Trask & Co. - 1-12-22 - NYST104
ST&Co - Spencer Trask & Co.


TA&Co - Tucker, Anthony & Co. - 3-24-37 - NYST152
TA&Co - Tucker, Anthony & Co.


TC
&S - Troster, Currie & Summers - 6-5-46 - NYST135 and NYST148 on reverse side
TC&S - Troster, Currie & Summers


V & Co - (punched letters) - Vaughan & Co. - 1-3-22 - NYST104
V & Co - (punched letters) - Vaughan & Co.


W&Co - West & Co. - 12-10-28 - NYST114
W&Co - West & Co.


W W C - William W. Cohen & Co. - 1-16-22 - NYST100
W W C - William W. Cohen & Co.


WWC - (punched letters) - William W. Vohen & Co.
See above image but closer scan coming soon


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