R.G. Dun & Company

later Dun & Bradstreet

Obispo & Cuba (Banco Nacional building), Havana, Cuba

This firm produced perfins from 1911 to 1938.

Here are a few DUN perfined covers:

19?? DUN Perfin Cover

Used 10 February 19-- from Bayamo to Buffalo, New York, USA
This is most likely an unauthorized usage (Note: the sender filled in the perfs with a pen!)
DUN perfin on a 2¢ Máximo Gómez definitive (1930) - Scott 309, Edifil 252


1923 DUN perfin cover

Used 4 April 1923 to another R.G. Dun office in Jacksonville, FL
DUN perfin on a 3¢ José de la Luz definitive (1917) - Scott 267, Edifil 207


1934 DUN Perfin Cover

Used 29 May 1934 from Havana to St. Louis, Missouri, USA
DUN perfin on a 2¢ over 3¢ overprint José de la Luz definitive (1933) - Scott 318, Edifil 273


1936 DUN Perfin Cover

Used 23 June 1936 from Havana to London, England
DUN perfins on two 2¢ Máximo Gómez definitives (1930) - Scott 309, Edifil 252
DUN perfin on 1¢ José Martí definitive (1930) - Scott 308, Edifil 251



A word about "control holes":

The DUN perfin without control holes was previously listed in the World Perfin Catalog - American Section as "A5a". Since that time, several DUN perfins with one control hole have been identified. Based upon the finding of a block of four with a pair with no control holes and a pair with just one control hole, it is now believed that there was but one multiple die machine with numerous pin breaks resulting in the all three combinations.

Pin breaks abound with DUN. Note, however that the one control hole variety comes from one particular die with one or two pins broken in the "D", no pins broken in the "u" and three pins broken in the "n".

DUN varieties

Here are some of the stamps which have DUN perfins.

DUN perfin reverse   DUN Edifil 190   DUN Edifil 191   DUN Edifil 195   DUN Edifil 195A   DUN Edifil 196   DUN Edifil 196A   DUN Edifil 205   DUN Edifil 206   DUN Edifil 206a   DUN Edifil 207   DUN Edifil 214   DUN Edifil 215   DUN Edifil 224   DUN Edifil 251   DUN Edifil 252   DUN Edifil 253   DUN Edifil 272A   DUN Edifil 273   DUN Edifil 273A   DUN Edifil 302   DUN Edifil Postal Tax 1  

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