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Private Revenue Perfins of Victoria An Elsmore Coath 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 Other D -------------------------------------------------------- DCo.a
User: W Dean & Co, later W & G Dean & Co, later Deans Oil & Colour Merchants Address: Equitable Place (off Collins St), Melbourne, VIC Warehouse at Flinders Lane (East), Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1886-1899 Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d (shades) Rarity Scale:
1886-1899 Series 1d R4
Background: *Note: In previous studies of Australian Private Perfins this pattern was provisionally assigned to Dalgety & Co. but this pattern has now been proved to Dean & Co because of a partial company cachet found on a revenue stamp which carried the words “Dean &….” As reported in SPPB #105 of April 2014.
Dean & Co (later W & G Dean & Co) was established in 1854 by brothers William & George Dean, the first Dean & Co. emporium was located off Elizabeth St, adjoining the then “Age” newspaper's office. As Melbourne grew, so too did Deans, expanding into the Age building and then to a five storey complex in Equitable Place (off Collins St).
The company specialised in brushes, paints and artists materials as well as building and painters material such as non-corrosive paints, varnishes, paper hangings, oils, paints, glass, and later bitumen roof sealants.
In 1880 Dean & Co. was one of the first businesses in Melbourne to use the new Edison-Bell phone and in 1896 their warehouse in Flinders lane was damaged by a serious fire that also damaged the building of fellow perfin user Beath, Schiess & Co.
The company continued to trade in the 20th Century and was later know as Deans, and they expanded into students needs by the 1960’s. In the mid 1980's they amalgamated with the Camden Art Centre (est. 1946) and the company become one of the largest retailers of art supplies in the southern hemisphere.
As of 2014 Deans Art is still an Australian owned & operated business, supplying expert advice and products to artists, designers & craftsmen from all spectrums, be they professional, student or hobbyists alike.
Device: The DCo.a pattern is made from a temporary die in a single die format. Such devices, which could produce these temporary patterns, were used by some Stamp Vendors in Melbourne from late 1800’s and early part of the 20th Century. This particular pattern is known used in 1896. It is most commonly found on postage stamps. Related Patterns: Refer to other Dean & Co patterns in: VIC: W&/GD.a * Trove -------------------------------------------------------- DS/&Co.a
User: Dodgshun & Sons(unconfirmed) or David Syme & Co(unconfirmed) Address: Revenue Use: 1886-1899 Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d (shades) Rarity Scale:
1886-1899 Series 1d R4
Background: *User uncertain for Backgrounds of possible users companies see: Dodgshun & Sons: refer to the William Dodgshun & Co under W David Syme & Co: refer to the “Other” Section – Commercial Overprints letter D There is more evidence to support the case for Dodgshun & Sons as the user than there is for David Syme & Co and this is due to evidence of perfin use in Tasmania. There is a DS/&Co pattern that is made by a single die customised device with a similar scale and layout found used in Launceston. This DS/&Co device is attributed to Dodgshun & Sons, as they were known to have conducted a business from there prior to expanding to Melbourne and New Zealand. In fact there have been some reports of DS/&Co like patterns made by temporary dies, such as the one that made DS/&Co.a, used in Tasmania. This is not consistent with our findings as all DS/&Co and indeed DS/&C patterns that we have seen, that are made from Temporary dies, carry Melbourne postmarks, which is consistent with the main location of the Stamp Vendors that used these Temporary devices. Device: The DS/&Co.a pattern is made from a temporary die in a single die format. Such devices, which could produce these temporary patterns, were used by some Stamp Vendors in Melbourne from late 1800’s and early part of the 20th Century. This particular pattern is known used in 1900. It is most commonly found on postage stamps. Related Patterns: Refer to possible users patterns as follows: Dodgshun & Sons: VIC: DS/&Co.b VIC: WD/&Co.a, WD/&Co.b WD/&S.a David Syme & Co: VIC: Other – Section 2 Commercial Overprints DAVID SYME/& CO. LIMITED.a , .b, .c and .d *Tasmanian Philatelic Society Bulletin Board -------------------------------------------------------- DS/&Co.b
User: Dodgshun & Sons(unconfirmed) or David Syme & Co(unconfirmed) Address: Revenue Use: 1886-1899
Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 6d Rarity Scale:
1886-1899 Series 6d R4
Background: See
DS/&Co.a Device: The DS/&Co.a pattern is made from a temporary die in a single die format. Such devices, which could produce these temporary patterns, were used by some Stamp Vendors in Melbourne from late 1800’s and early part of the 20th Century. Related Patterns: Refer to possible users patterns as follows: Dodgshun & Sons: VIC: DS/&Co.a VIC: WD/&Co.a, WD/&Co.b WD/&S.a David Syme & Co: VIC: Other – Section 2 Commercial Overprints DAVID SYME/& CO. LIMITED.a , .b, .c and .d *Tasmanian Philatelic Society Bulletin Board -------------------------------------------------------- DUN.a
User: R G Dun Credit
Agency Address:60 Queen
St, Melbourne, Victoria Revenue Use: 1915 Numeral Series Rarity Scale:
1915
Numeral Series 1d R4
Background:
# Dun (later & Bradstreet) traces its
history from 20 July 1841, with founding of the
“Mercantile Agency” in New York (US) by Lewis
Tappan, later called “R. G. Dun & Company”. Tappan
saw the need for a centralized credit reporting
system and built up a network of correspondents
who would provide reliable, objective credit
information to subscribers. By
1844 the “Mercantile Agency” had over 280 clients
with offices in Boston, Philadelphia, and
Baltimore. In 1849, Tappan retired and Benjamin
Douglass took over but in 1859, Douglass
transferred the company to Robert Graham Dun, who
immediately changed the firm's name to R. G. Dun
& Company. Over the next 40 years, Graham
Dun continued to expand the business across the
USA and internationally and in the early 1900’s
the company had over 200 branches. In
Australia and New Zealand, the company was
headquartered in Sydney at 7 O’Connell Street,
with offices in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane,
Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington as
well as agencies. In
each office the company issued a regular series of
publications entitled “Dun’s Gazette” which
detailed commercial information such as stock and
commodity prices, mortgages, business changes,
bankruptcies, new business listings, dividends,
notices, and other matters of commercial interest. In
March 1933, Dun merged with competitor John M.
Bradstreet to form Dun & Bradstreet and the
merged company extended its range of products and
services. In
1962 the company acquired the Credit rating agency
“Moody’s” and the combined company became a corner
stone of Business reporting across the world. Device:
The DUN.a device is a single die customised
perforator that came into service in Melbourne
about 1921 and remained in use until at least
1938. The
pattern is common on postage stamps, but it is
extremely rare on revenue stamps which is odd
considering the range of commercial activities
that the company was involved in. The
device appeared to be sound in the period of late
usage and we can offer no explanation of its
discontinuance or indeed why the Melbourne office
was the only Australian or New Zealand office to
use a perforator. Related
patterns: Nil
# Dun and
Bradstreet, Wikipedia, Trove
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