The Perfin club will have a catalog of the perfins of Belgium released in addition to the Dutch perfin catalog published in 2016. Again there are additions on these two catalogs.

Two stamps with the perfin CL have been found.

   
This appears to be the French perfin CL 224. This hole punch was used by Credit Lyonnais in the Givet location,
a place close to the border of Belgium.
This perfin will be included in (a future version of) the Belgian catalog under the name CL 15 with 8 7 holes, a height of 9.5 mm. The found stamps are both nr 293.

A perfin FZ has also been found. This is the German perfin FZ-1-06.

   
This hole punch was used in many places in Germany such as Berlin, Guben, Werdau, etc. and by multiple users. The found stamp has no legible stamp.
This perfin is also included. The name will be FZ with 11. 11. holes and a height of 11 mm and the stamp found is nr 283.

There is also another one for the Dutch catalog (November 2016 edition) addition. A stamp 33F has been found containing one for the Netherlands unknown perfin AH.

   
Our member who found this perfin already indicated that a similar perfin does appear in the German catalog (under the name 1-H-20) and also in the Belgian catalog (under the name AH 5).
In the German catalog the user is known as an international working bicycle dispatch house from Kassel. In the Belgian catalog the user unknown but the 6 different stamps are cancelled in Louvain.
The postmark is not recognizable on the Dutch stamp.
With the knowledge we now have, it seems that it concerns one company. And here there is no question of just crossing the border because both Leuven as Kassel are not close to the borders.
Who can tell us more about this perfin / user???

Will be included in the Dutch catalog under the name AH 3 in the chapter “Netherlands – Franking stamps with foreign perfins” with 15. 16. Holes and a height of 7 mm and as a user: German perfin, Alfred Hupfeld and with the additional texts:
– In the German catalog known as AH-1-20
– Has also been used in Belgium, known in the Belgian catalog as AH 5
And in the Belgian catalog we mention the perfin AH 5 by the name
from the user: German perfin, Alfred Hupfeld and as additional texts:
– In the German catalog known as AH-1-20
– Was also used in the Netherlands, in the Ned. catalog known as AH 3

The German catalog states:

And in the Belgian catalog the entry will be adjusted as below.

The article above was written by Nico van der Lee and published in Perfinpost nr. 143 of March 2023.