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Maritime Jamaica: United Fruit Company.

UFCo Perfins.
The UFC offices in Jamaica and their other enterprises generated correspondence, and the company
protected their stocks of postage stamps with perfins.

The perfin spelt out the letters UFCo in a pattern of 36 holes. The letters appear in every possible
orientation, reading from the front or the back. They used a single punch one stamp at a time.

The earliest uses known are on the George V 1912-20 issue, the latest 1953. Pins wore off during the
life of the perfin. What began as 36 holes diminished to 30 holes by the end.

The original state of 36 holes. 34 holes. 33 holes. 31 holes. The final state
of 30 holes.

1916 War 1912-20 1s. 1932-38 1d.
Stamp. Reads from 7 January Reads from
Reads from the front. 1925. 15 February the back.
the back. Reads from 1936. Reads 1953 Coronation.
the front. from the back. Reads from the back.

From one shipping line to another. Cover from the UFC in Kingston to the UFC subsidiary,
Elders and Fyffe, in London, 6 October 1948. 1s 3d airmail rate paid by two perfined adhesives.

The perfins are in the final state of 30 holes, 6 pins missing.