17-12-2009: To our knowledge there has not been a stand alone publication on Australian revenue private perfins. Dave Elsmore and David Coath are looking for data on the Perfins found on these Revenue stamps of the Australian States for an exciting new publication entitled 'Private Revenue Perfins of Australia' ISSN 1837-6363.

The book will be in a loose leaf format so as to permit easy updating and will approach the subject in a series of separate publications on a State by State basis, starting with Queensland then working our way through each State.

If you only specialise in one of the Australian States then you only need the one publication if you collect all of the States they will eventually come together at the end and can be bound in one book. Each State will contain patterns found on revenues and railway parcel stamps this will also include Fiscal Postal issues.

Images of patterns, information about users, usage period, documents, several new patterns have come to light these will be included along with a list of the issues that the pattern can be found on..

Remember this work will include several unpublished patterns not listed in other works.

Included but not part of this publication will be a listing of cross references to other published works to assist in pattern identification.

If you would like to be part of this exciting new work all you need to do to help is send a scan or photocopy of what you have in your collection to:

Dave Elsmore Box 66 Springwood Queensland 4127 Australia perfins@ozrevenues.com

or

David Coath 4 Fleming Crt Research Victoria 3095 Australia perfindavid@ozrevenues.com

All submissions of information will be acknowledged in this publication.

It is with great pleasure that we can already acknowledge commitment and full support from:

John Grant [Australian Pioneer Perfin Legend, Co-Author Commercial Perfins of Australia]

David Anderson [Australia] [Author Australian Official Perfins 2007]

Bill Harley [Australia] [Noted specialist in this area]

Francis Kiddle [UK] RDP FRPSL [FIP Revenue Commission Chairman. FIP International Judge]

John DiBiase [Australia] [FIP Revenue Judge]

Dingle Smith [Australia] [FIP Revenue Commission Secretary. FIP Revenue Judge]

David McNamee [USA] [FIP Judge. Editor - 'The Informer' Society of Australasian Specialists Oceania Inc.

Can't see your name above?

Don't miss out! Get scanning your material [Queensland ASAP] we both look forward to working with you.

Remember if you are serious about perfins and can assist in any way please contact us at

perfins@ozrevenues.com or perfindavid@ozrevenues.com