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Private Revenue Perfins of Victoria An Elsmore Coath Howard production The authors would welcome your comments additions or input into this work A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Back to Victoria 'Other' page Back to States Perfin index Back to Commercial Overprint index Section 2 - Commercial Overprints P -------------------------------------------------------- Peters/ICE CREAM.a
User: Petersville Australia Ltd Address: Mulgrave, VIC Revenue Use: 1932 Series 3d Rarity Scale:
1932 Series 3d R4 Background: *Peter's was founded in
1907 by American migrant Fred Peters who was
homesick for ice cream, which had become a popular
treat in the US during the late 1800’s. Fred Peters was born in, Michigan,
USA, in 1866 and on leaving school at 18 he worked
as a travelling salesman for a drug company. In 1891
he became a salesman for the Union Manufacturing
Co., Ohio, and within three months was the sales
manager. He later had a financial interest
in a New York firm, which exported bicycles and
parts to Australia. As part of this venture Peters
moved to Sydney in 1897 and while in Sydney he
married a Canadian, Daisy Stephen. In 1898 the
business failed and Peters returned to America,
where his father told him, 'Son, the place to find
your money is where you lost it'. This encouraged Peters to return to
Sydney in 1899 where he began a business with
several agencies including the Union Manufacturing
Co. Pursuing his love of ice cream, which was not
readily obtainable in Australia at the time, he
initially made ice cream at his home in Manly using
his mothers recipe, but in 1907 he leased two rooms
in an ice factory at Paddington and set up the
Peters' American Delicacy Co. Ltd (later Peters).
The company moved to new premises in Redfern in 1923
and business flourished. In a series of company
floats Peters established offices in Brisbane
(1927), Newcastle, Melbourne, Perth, and Townsville
as well as a manufacturing site in Rockhampton, (all
in 1929). In June 1929 the WA arm of the
company purchased the shares of the Western Ice Co.
and this company was the user of this overprint. Peters served as a director on many
boards but took no interest in politics. He retired
as managing director of Peters' in 1936 and died in
May 1937. During the 1930’s Peters became
Petersville Australia Limited and later its national
headquarters was established at Mulgrave in
Melbourne. By the 1960’s it had diversified into
many areas of dairy food manufacture and in the
1970’s it merged with H C Sleigh. In the 1980’s the
company was taken over by Adelaide Steamship Company
(Adsteam) and then later Pacific Dunlop (now Ansell)
Pacific Dunlop sold its food assets in the mid
1990s, and the ice cream division was acquired by
Nestle. These take overs and sales excluded the Western Australian (WA) part of the company which continue to operate as Peters Ice Cream and were owned by PB foods until they sold it to New Zealand Diary Company, Fonterra, in 2006. In 2009 Fonterra finally sold the WA Peters operation to Nestlé. Device: Preprinted. QLD: Other - Section 2 Commercial Overprints: PETERS/ICE/CREAM.a WA: Other - Section 2 Commercial
Overprints: PETERS/Western Ice.a Device: Handstamp Related Patterns: -------------------------------------------------------- POOL..a .b .c
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.b .c User: Pool Petroleum Pty Ltd Address: 163 William St, Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1911 Series 3d 1932 Series 3d Rarity Scale: 1911 Series 3d R4
Background: Fuel rationing was introduced in Australia on 1 October, 1940. By February, 1942, 8-hp cars were receiving 2 gallons of fuel a month and 30-hp cars 5 gallons.
In early July, 1942, the Commonwealth Government announced that all importers of distributing motor spirit and kindred products in Australia would be re-organised to meet the demands of the wartime national emergency. “The purpose of the new company was to co-ordinate the use of all shore tank accommodation so as to ensure as far as possible the maintenance of maximum stocks of vital (oil) products”.
On 1 August, 1942, the Minister for Supply gazetted regulations covering the formation of Pool Petroleum Ltd which would handle all petroleum products under one brand. The new company commenced operations on 15 August, 1942.
Pool Petroleum Ltd operated on a non-profit-making basis for itself and had a share capital of £5,000. Each company supplied its quota of personnel, depots, vehicles, drums pumps and other equipment. All trade names and brands were withdrawn for motor spirit, lighting kerosene, power kerosene, diesel oil, fuel oil distillate and gas oils. Motor spirit was sold by the new company from pumps branded “pool petrol”. Every three months there was a check of the pooling company’s operations and the sales of oil products balanced so each company obtained a prescribed quota of business.
Products not included by the pooling arrangements included aviation spirit, lubricating oils, diesel and fuel oils for delivery as bunker fuel to ocean going vessels, mineral turpentine and other specialised lines.
M.T. Lloyd, chairman of the Victorian Petroleum Committee and general manager of Commonwealth Oil Refinery Ltd (COR Ltd) became managing director of Pool Petroleum Ltd (incorporated in Victoria) with Melbourne offices at 90 and 163 William Street.
The chairman of the New South Wales Petroleum Committee announced the imminent incorporation of Pool Petroleum Ltd in that state 3 days after the Victorian announcement. Three days later, the same announcement was made by V.L. Meise, chairman of the Queensland Petroleum Committee. A week later, J.S. Mehan of the South Australian Petroleum Committee made an identical announcement.
All companies had “unanimously decided to co-operate in sacrificing their individual marketing interests for the duration of the war in order to facilitate the service of Defence requirements and to comply with Government policy.”
All 12 oil-distributing companies in Australia were involved in the pooling agreement: Alba petroleum Co Pty Ltd; Atlantic Union Oil Co Ltd; Australian Motorists’ Petrol Co Ltd; Caltex Ltd; Caltex (Queensland) Pty Ltd; Independent Oil Industry Pty Ltd; Neptune Oil Co Pty Ltd; Hamilton, Morton-Howard, Sleigh; COR Ltd; Shell Co of Australia Ltd and Vacuum Oil Co Pty Ltd.
After Saturday, 29 March, 1947, Pool Petroleum Pty Ltd ceased to exist and the oil companies resumed marketing products under their own brands. Device: Handstamp Related patterns: Refer to other patterns in:
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User: Prouds Address: St, Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1915 Series 3d Rarity Scale:
1915 Series 3d R4 Background: Device: Handstamp Related Patterns: Nil -------------------------------------------------------- P.T. CO (LTD.).a
User: P.T. Co Address: St, Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1902 perf 11 Series 3d, 1/6d, 3/-, 6/-, 10/- Rarity Scale: 1902 perf 11 Series 3d R4, 1/6d R4, 3/- R4, 6/- R4, 10/- R4 Background: Device: Handstamp Related Patterns: Nil -------------------------------------------------------- P.W.D..a
User: Public Works Dept Government Body Address: Melbourne City Council Offices, Town Hall Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1933 Tax Series 2/- Rarity Scale: Background: *The Public Works Department was a government agency which operated in Victoria between 1855 and 1987. Over its long history, the department had various responsibilities, many of which were later devolved to other departments or authorities. These included:
The department was abolished in 1987, with all major functions taken up by the newly created Ministry of Housing and Construction (Victoria). Device: Handstamp Related Patterns: Nil *Wikipedia -------------------------------------------------------- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Back to Victoria 'Other' page Back to States Perfin index Back to Commercial Overprint index © copyright 2011 |
