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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 V W Y Other W -------------------------------------------------------- W&Co.a
User: Unknown (Possibly Wood
& Co, see Background, for Wood, Dunn & Co)
Address: St,
Melbourne, VIC Background:
Unknown Device: The W/&Co.a pattern was struck
from a Temporary die in a single die format and as
a result there can be some slight variation to
various settings of the pattern. There are 4 different
variations reported on postage stamps but only a
single setting reported on revenue stamps. The pattern is only
found over the period 1900 until 1901, with use on
revenue stamps being very rare, but use on postage
stamps is more common. Related Patterns:
Nil --------------------------------------------------------
WD/C.a
User: Unknown Address: St, Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: c1930 Series: 1d Rarity Scale:
c1930
Series 1d R4 Background:
Unknown Device: This was
a single die customised device that came into
service in Melbourne in about 1927. It seems to
have replaced an earlier Melbourne WD/C device,
most likely from the same user, that was in
service between 1923 and early 1927. However, this
earlier pattern is not found on Revenue stamps. This later WD/C.a
device remained in service until at least 1955.
Revenue use is very rare and it is most commonly
found on Postage stamps. However, despite
this extended usage the user of this WD/C and
indeed the earlier WD/C device remains unknown. Related Patterns: Nil -------------------------------------------------------- W.D/&Co..a
User: Wood, Dunn & Co (Later Limited) Dairy Produce
Merchants Address: 10
Market St, Melbourne, VIC Also 24-26 Market
St and later 8-12 Market St, see Background Revenue Use: 1886-1899 Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d (shades), 2d Rarity Scale:
1886-1899
Series 1d R1, 2d R4 Background: *Wood, Dunn &
Co. was established by James Wood and James Dunn
as “Commission and produce agents for farmers and
dairymen” and brokers for farm sales, boasting, in
late 1886 (despite only appearing in the records
in the same year), of a “long and intimate
acquaintance with the farming community and their
requirements”. The company
advertised extensively and often for supplies of
butter, in particular, using the same
advertisement in all newspapers, year after year. In February,
1887, the firm of Wood & Co., produce
merchants, of 25 King St, became a separate
business entity from Wood, Dunn & Co. of 9
Market St, Melbourne, James Wood continuing to be
a principal of Wood, Dunn & Co. The company
office of Wood, Dunn & Co. Ltd moved from
24-26 Market St to 8-12 Market St, opposite the
warehouse, in July, 1898. James Wood
appears to have been a pioneer of the Victorian
butter export trade to England, first visiting
England to investigate the prospects in December,
1887. By 1900, Wood, Dunn & Co. was
advertising as “Dairy produce and export
commission agents, British, Intercolonial and
local markets”. The company built
butter factories and creameries in dairying
communities such as Thoona (1889), Greta, Tawanga,
and Heyfield (1900), where Reginald Varley, “in
the employ of Wood, Dunn & Co.” was architect
and surveyor. Varley had joined Wood, Dunn &
Co. in November, 1896, as a country traveller and
later became the company bookkeeper. By 1904, when
relations between dairy producers and the butter
marketing companies had reached scandalous
proportions, Wood, Dunn & Co. had opened “13
or 14 creameries and factories”.
From March, 1904,
the Butter Commission, convened by the
Commonwealth Government, revealed a sordid tale of
corruption involving Wood, Dunn & Company’s
use of bribes and secret commissions to rural
community dairy secretaries and managers to secure
business. Gifts, theatre tickets and other
inducements were common practice. Bad butter,
stale or old butter was sold under the brand label
of the producer, the best butter boxes were sent
upstairs in the warehouse to be re-branded with
Wood, Dunn & Co. labels. James Dunn’s
brother-in-law, Arthur George Butler Birchall, was
used as a dummy director of Country Butter Co.
Ltd, while Varley, still the bookkeeper at Wood,
Dunn & Co., was also manager of Pasteurised
Milk Co. Ltd. Worse was to come when witnesses
admitted that there were “occasional burnings of
the account books” to dispose of mal-practice. By mid-1904, both
Reginald Varley and James Dunn were “formerly” of
Wood, Dunn & Co.” The scandal destroyed Wood,
Dunn & Co. which went into liquidation, its
assets being sold at auction in 1905. Device: The WD/&Co.a pattern was struck
from a Customised die in a single die format and
it was in use for the period 1896 until at least
1904. It is commonly found
on Postage stamps of this period but usage on
Revenue stamps is rarer. The Authors have sighted
a single example of the pattern used on a 1 1/2d
Brown KGV Commonwealth issue but cannot explain
this late usage as the Company was wound up in
about 1905 (see Background above). Perhaps when
the assets of the Company were disposed of the
Perforator was sold and later used. Related Patterns:
Refer to other Wood, Dunn & Co patterns in: VIC:
WD/&Co.b, WD/&Co.c *Jenny O’Donnell
research, Trove, State Library of Victoria -------------------------------------------------------- WD/&Co.b
User: Wood, Dunn & Co(Later Limited) Dairy Produce
Merchants Address: 10
Market St, Melbourne, VIC Also 24-26 Market
St and later 8-12 Market St, see Background Revenue Use: 1886-1899 Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d (shades), 2d Rarity Scale:
1886-1899
Series 1d R1, 2d R4 Background: See
WD/&Co.a The WD/&Co.b is
extremely rare and only 2
different variations are reported on postage
stamps, but only a single setting is reported on
revenue stamps. The pattern is only
found over the period C1897. This is
understandable as the Company had its own
Customised device (WD/&Co.a)
during this period and would have only
used Temporary patterns when they experienced peak
demand in usage. Related Patterns:
Refer to other Wood, Dunn & Co patterns in: VIC:
WD/&Co.a, WD/&Co.c -------------------------------------------------------- WD/&Co.c
User: Wood, Dunn & Co(Later Limited)(unconfirmed) Dairy Produce
Merchants Address: 10
Market St, Melbourne, VIC Also 24-26 Market
St and later 8-12 Market St, see Background Revenue Use: 1886-1899 Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d (shades), 2d Rarity Scale:
1886-1899
Series 1d R1, 2d R4 Background: See
WD/&Co.a Device: The WD/&Co.c pattern was struck
from a Temporary die in a single die format and as
a result there can be some slight variation to
various settings of the pattern. The WD/&Co.c is
rare and only 3
different variations are reported on postage
stamps, but only a single setting is reported on
revenue stamps. The pattern is only
found over the period 1901 - 02. This is
understandable as the Company had its own
Customised device (WD/&Co.a)
during this period and would have only
used Temporary patterns when they experienced peak
demand in usage. Related Patterns:
Refer to other Wood, Dunn & Co patterns in: VIC:
WD/&Co.a, WD/&Co.b -------------------------------------------------------- WD/&S.a
User: William Dodgshun & Sons Warehousemen & Importers Address: 258-260 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1886-1899 Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d (shades) Rarity Scale:
1886-1899
Series 1d R4 Background: *William Dodgshun
(snr) established a general merchants business in
Leeds in 1804. In time this was operated by his
son, William (jnr), under the name Dodgshun,
Dickson & Co. with business in London, as well
as Leeds. In 1854, William
senior’s son, James Henry Dodgshun opened for
business in Flinders’ Lane, Melbourne, importing a
variety of goods from cheese, butter and ham to
coal, furniture and “97 trunks boots & shoes”.
In 1859,
Dodgshun, Austin & Co of 6 Elizabeth Street,
was formed, dealing amongst other things in
“10,000 sheep and 80 cattle” from near Broadford.
By 1860, another son, Joseph, had joined the
Melbourne business. He would later run the
Launceston based branch.The association of
Dodgshun and Austin lasted until 1866 when the
business became James Dodgshun & Co.. In 1888, the
partnership between William Dodgshun, of Dodgshun,
Dickson & Co, general merchants, and his
brothers James and Joseph of James Dodgshun &
Co. was dissolved. The Leeds and
London business was carried on by William and his
two sons, William Henry and John Edward as
Dodgshun, Dickson & Co.; while the Melbourne
business was carried on by the same men, ”under
the style of William Dodgshun and sons”. The
Launceston business continued under Joseph and his
son, Charles, as Dodgshun Sons & Co. Later the
business was floated as public company under the
title Dodgshun and Sons Pty Ltd. “The old
established softgoods house” ceased trading in
1923, disposing of stock to a new entity
Dodgshuns’ Successors Pty Ltd, the directors being
H.C. Tucker, Alfred Heap and William McNeilage. Dodgshun’s
Building, a four storey brick warehouse, at 256
Flinders Lane on the corner of Centre Walk, was
sold at auction in 1927. The price was £60,000.
The purchasers initially planned to remodel the
building creating a row of shops along the lane
and ground floor frontage with showrooms and
offices above. However, the old warehouse was
demolished and a modern building erected. Device: The WD/&S.a pattern was struck
from a Temporary die in a single die format and as
a result there can be some slight variation to
various settings of the pattern. The WD/&S.a
pattern is relatively common and was one of the
main styles of Temporary pattern used by the
company over their use of the WD&S format from
1896-1922. In particular the WD/&S.a was used
over the period 1896-1900. As a result, many
different variations exist on postage stamps,
but only a single setting is reported on revenue
stamps. The pattern is only
found on revenue stamps in 1896. Related Patterns:
Refer to other William Dodgshun patterns in: VIC: WD&S.b,
WD/&S/M.a *Jenny O’Donnell
research, Trove, State Library of Victoria -------------------------------------------------------- WD/&S.b
User: William Dodgshun & Sons Warehousemen & Importers Address: 258-260 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1886-1899 Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d (shades) Rarity Scale:
1886-1899
Series 1d R4 Background: See
WD/&S.a Device: The WD/&S.b pattern was struck
from a Temporary die in a single die format and as
a result there can be some slight variation to
various settings of the pattern. Like the WD/&S.a
pattern, the WD/&S.b pattern is relatively
common and was one of the main styles of Temporary
pattern used by the company. In particular the
WD/&S.b was used over the period 1901 – 1910
and the same style was later reprised in about
1918 until 1921, but this later usage was only on
postage stamps. As a result of this long usage
period, many different variations exist on postage stamps,
but only a single setting is reported on revenue
stamps. The pattern is only
found on revenue stamps in 1901. Related Patterns:
Refer to other William Dodgshun patterns in: VIC: WD/&S.a,
WD/&S/M.a -------------------------------------------------------- WD/&S/M.a
User: William Dodgshun & Sons Warehousemen & Importers Address: 258-260 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1886-1899 Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d (shades) Rarity Scale:
1886-1899
Series 1d R4 Background: See
WD/&S.a Device: The WD/&S/M.a pattern was struck
from a Temporary die in a single die format and as
a result there can be some slight variation to
various settings of the pattern. The “M”
presumably stood for “Melbourne”. The WD/&S/M.a
pattern is scarce and was the main style of
Temporary pattern used by the company over the
period 1894-1897. As a result of this relatively
short usage period there are only two different
variations found on postage stamps,
but only a single setting is reported on revenue
stamps. The pattern is only
found on revenue stamps in 1897. Related Patterns:
Refer to other William Dodgshun patterns in: VIC: WD/&S.a,
WD/&S.b -------------------------------------------------------- W&/GD.a
User: W & G Dean & Co Oil & Colour Merchants
Address:
Equitable Place, Melbourne, VIC Other locations
see Background 1902 Series: 1d Rarity Scale:
1902
Series 1d R4 Background*: William Dean and
his wife arrived in Victoria in late 1852 aboard
the ‘Rip van Winkle’. Success on the gold fields
proved elusive and in 1854 Dean opened a small
“oil and colour” shop. In 1857, George Dean
migrated from England, joining his brother in the
business and later becoming a junior partner. By 1863, William
Dean had a two storey store at 67
Elizabeth Street, next to the offices of The
Age newspaper.
(Both offices are shown in an historic photograph
of the Bourke and Wills monument being taken to
Melbourne General Cemetery.) In 1859, Reuben
Alfred Fitch (born 1822 in Surrey) arrived from
London to represent the interests of several
English, American and Continental firms involved
in oil (paint) and powder colour supply, varnish
manufacture, wallpaper and hanger manufacture, oil
cloth, anti-corrosive paint manufacture,
brushmakers and artists’ materials manufacturers. In 1869 Fitch
took J.B. French into partnership, the firm
trading as Fitch and French. In 1874, William Dean
purchased the entire stock of Fitch & French
and the best of the major agencies for overseas
firms. Henceforth Fitch & French’s “oil,
colour, varnish and paperhanging business” was
conducted under the style of William Dean &
Co. in an impressive three storey (freehold)
building at 99 Flinders Lane East. The cellar was
used for storing bulk oils, paints, white lead and
the like; the ground floor was devoted to offices,
packing, oils in drums, and dry colors; the entire
first floor was occupied by the paperhanging and
sponges departments; while the top floor was
occupied by light dry goods. Fitch retired,
returning to England (1875) where he died in 1899.
J.B. French remained with Wm Dean & Co. and by
1888 had become the active partner in the
business. Wm Dean & Co
was carried on solely by William until 1882, when
he took A.W. Walsh into partnership. It was a
short lived association, Walsh retiring in 1887.
The building at 91 Flinders Lane (re-numbered) was
destroyed by a disastrous fire in 1889, which
resulted in a move to newer and larger premises in
Equitable Place (which runs between Little Collins
St and Collins St, main access via Little Collins
St, near 357 Little Collins St) where the
wholesale and retail arms were amalgamated into
the firm of William & George Dean. William Dean died
in May, 1897, at his home ‘Glenferrie Lodge’ in
Hawthorn and George Dean purchased his deceased
brother’s share in the company. At the time, the
wholesale oil and colour market was almost
completely divided between Wm & G. Dean &
Co and fellow perfin users, Brooks, Robinson &
Co. William Dean had
been musical, and financially involved with the
Melbourne Opera House. He was the closest friend
of William Saurin Lyster the operatic entrepreneur
who died at Dean’s home, ‘Glenferrie Lodge’ in
Hawthorn in 1880. In his Will, William Dean
bequeathed £1,000 to the Old Colonists’
Association and legacies to five long-serving
employees of the company provided they were still
in the employ of the firm William Dean and Co. Dean & Co
suffered another fire in 1913 which damaged stock,
and they moved in 1915 to freehold premises in
Little Collins Street. George Dean died in 1921,
but his sons Albert, Ernest and Archibald all
remained connected with the firm of W. & G.
Dean Pty Ltd. The company
continued to expand leading to the construction in
1937 of an impressive eight storey building in
Little Collins Street., with a fine exhibition
space on the first floor. At the time of
its centenary in 1954, W. & G. Dean Pty Ltd
was the oldest established firm in Victoria
handling paints, wallpaper, glass, artists’ and
drawing materials. The then managing director,
A.C. Ryan, had been with the company since 1904.
Dean’s Art was still trading in 2017. Device: The W&GD.a pattern was struck
from a Temporary die in a single die format and as
a result there can be some slight variation to
various settings of the pattern. W. & G. Dean
where extensive users of Temporary patterns and
there are over 40 different WGD and W&GD
patterns in various formats found used in
Melbourne over the period 1896-c1920. The W&GD.a
pattern is relatively common and was the main
style of Temporary pattern used by the company
over the period c1900-1906 and the same style was
later reprised in about c1918, but this later
usage was only on postage stamps. As a result of
this long usage period, many different variations
exist on postage stamps,
but only three settings are reported on revenue
stamps. The pattern is only
found on revenue stamps in the period c1900-1904.
Related Patterns:
Nil *Jenny O’Donnell
research, Trove, State Library of Victoria -------------------------------------------------------- WG/W.a
User: Unknown (Likely same user as W/GW.a) Address: St, Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1886-1899 Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d (shades) Rarity Scale:
1886-1899
Series 1d R4 Background:
Unknown Device: The WG/W.a pattern was struck
from a Temporary die in a single die format and as
a result there can be some slight variation to
various settings of the pattern. Many styles of
WG/W exist on postage stamps over the period
1896-1904 but only the WG/W.a format is found on
revenue stamps. The WG/W.a format
is the most common of the styles and is found used
in the period 1895-1900, but it is still
relatively uncommon. Many variations of the .a
format exist on postage stamps but only 2 are
found on revenue stamps. Related Patterns:
Refer W/GW.a (unconfirmed) -------------------------------------------------------- W/GW.a
User: Unknown (Likely same user as W/GW.a) Address: St, Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1886-1899 Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d (shades) Rarity Scale:
1886-1899
Series 1d R4 Background:
Unknown Device: The W/GW.a pattern was
struck from a Temporary die in a single die format
and as a result there can be some slight variation
to various settings of the pattern. The W/GW.a pattern is
very rare and was most likely just a different
setting of a pattern for the user of WG/W. Two styles of
W/GW.a are reported on postage stamps but a single
format is found on revenue stamps. All usage appears
to be limited to 1895. Related Patterns:
Refer WG/W.a (unconfirmed) -------------------------------------------------------- W.H/B.a
User: W H Blackham Auctioneer Address: 59-61 King St, Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1911 Series 1d 1915 Series 2d Rarity Scale:
1911 Series 1d R4
1915 Series 2d R4 Railway Use: 1934 Series 1d Rarity Scale:
1934 Series 1d R4 Background*:
William Henry Blackham was born in Adelaide in
1855, the son of a printer. He came to Victoria
around 1879 and married Elizabeth Pike in 1880,
becoming resident in McKean Street, Fitzroy where
his six children were born (1880-89). He clearly
prospered living in Brighton by 1893, moving to
Toorak (1900), South Yarra (1901) and finally
Auburn (1903). Blackham would
continue to style himself as a ‘dairy produce
salesman’ for a number of years. W.H. Blackham of
Melbourne was appointed export agent for the
season for Mansfield Butter Factory Co. in 1904
and the Kilmore dairy company in 1906. The company
continued to thrive leading to this glowing piece
in Punch
(Melbourne) 6
February, 1913, p.29.
“Mr
Blackham has a big reputation as an auctioneer and
produce salesman and besides conducting his usual
daily sales of fruit, butter, cheese, bacon and
other dairy produce, he also has Tuesday and
Thursday sales of meat and pork. In addition, he
attends to a rapidly expanding business in dairy
machinery, and is the proprietor of the Astral
Milking Machine which is largely employed by
Melbourne dairymen and is well known all over
Australia and New Zealand. He
is the Victorian and Tasmanian representative of
the popular Globe Cream Separator; proprietor of
the Austral Petrol and Steam Engines and Bottlers,
and the Austral Air Gas Engine which is regarded
as invaluable for cheap lighting in the country
districts. Mr Blackham, by the way, is a
considerable dealer in orchardists’ requisites and
is stocking a Modern Fruit Canner which enables
the grower to bottle or can his fruit by the best
methods of an up-to-date factory.” From
its King Street (Melbourne) offices in 1920, the
company advertised dairy industry equipment for
sale ranging from milking machines and cream
separators to cow rugs, tarpaulins and tents. At
the same time, it received produce, especially
eggs, on consignment. William
Henry Blackham, still Managing Director of W.H.
Blackham Pty Ltd at the age of 75, died at his
Dandenong Road, St Kilda, home in September, 1930. In
1950, W.H. Blackham Pty Ltd, Dairy Produce
Merchants of 59 King Street, Melbourne, were
servicing the dairy, poultry and egg industries
handling the raw produce and selling equipment.
The company was still in business in 1970.
Employees of W.H.
Blackham 1905 Back row: 2nd on right:
William Arthur Blackham (son) Front row: 4th on left:
William Henry Blackham; 7th on left:
Victor Richard Blackham (son) Device: The
W.H/B.a device is a customised device in a single
die format. It came into service in around 1907
and was used up until at least 1946. The pattern was
clear throughout the life of the device and it is
commonly found on postage stamps. Revenue usage is
much rarer, which is peculiar given the long
duration of the device and the nature of the
company business. Related Patterns:
Nil *Jenny O’Donnell
research, Trove, State Library of Victoria
-------------------------------------------------------- WILLS.a
User: W D & H O Wills (Australia Ltd) Tobacco Products Address: 511 Kent
St (corner of Bathurst St), Sydney, NSW Revenue Use: Numeral issue 2d Rarity Scale: Numeral issue 2d R4 Background: *1
The company was founded as Wills, Watkins &
Co. by Henry Wills and Samuel Watkins, who opened
a Tobacco shop in Castle Street, Bristol in 1786.
The company had various names as it grew through
mergers and acquisitions but in 1826 Will’s two
sons, William Day Wills and Henry Overton Wills
took over the company and in 1830 they adopted the
name of WD and HO Wills. The company grew
steadily expanding there manufacturing and selling
of Tobacco products and in 1871 they launched
their first cigarette. In 1901 Sir William Wills
formed the Imperial Tobacco Company in a merger
with seven other British tobacco companies.
Imperial remains one of the world's largest
tobacco companies. In 1913 W.D &
H.O. Wills (Australia) Ltd was formed and they
began manufacturing tobacco products in
Kensington, Sydney and in 1945 they established
another factory in East Bentleigh, Melbourne. In 1989 W.D &
H.O.Wills (Australia) became a subsidiary of the
British American Tobacco Industries group of
companies. Device: The
WILLS.a pattern is one of 3 similar
devices/patterns that the company used in
Australia. The 3 patterns
are rather similar, particularly the later Sydney
and the Melbourne ones, and this has lead to a
number of miss reported usages in previous studies
of Australian perfins. Elsmore/Coath
usage
HAPP
usage Sydney:
WILLS.a
1902-1906
1902-1931 WILLS.b
1913-1951
1913-1936 Melbourne:
WILLS.a
1918-1942
1903-1951 The errors in
reported usage can be attributed to the poor
quality of images in previous published studies,
in particular HAPP (2003). The WILLS.a
device used in Melbourne was a single die device
and it is found used on the revenue stamps of
Victoria and the postage stamps of Australia. The reported
early use from 1903 is not supported by the
evidence that we have seen and is most likely a
result of confusion with reports of the 1902-1906
Sydney device, which is rather similar. Related patterns:
Refer to other WD&HO Wills patterns in: NSW:
WILLS.a, WILLS.b QLD: Other,
Section 2 - Commercial Overprints W.D.&
H.O./WILLS/(Aust)LTD TAS: Other,
Section 2 - Commercial Overprints W.D
& H.O.Wills(Aust)Ltd
*1 Wikipedia *2 http://www.davenapier.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.htm
-------------------------------------------------------- WP/&Co..a
User: William Peterson & Co (Unconfirmed) Address: 6 Queen St, Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1886-1899 Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d (shades) Rarity Scale:
1886-1899
Series 1d R4 Background: See
McK/&C.a Device: The WP/&Co.a pattern was struck
from a Temporary die in a single die format and as
a result there can be some slight variation to
various settings of the pattern. Many styles of
WP/&Co exist on postage stamps over the period
1894-1905 but this specific format of WP/&Co
is only found on revenue stamps. Furthermore, it
has been unreported in all other Australian Perfin
studies.
Related Patterns:
Refer to other James F McKenzie & Co Pty Ltd
and related company patterns in: VIC: MC/K&C.a
McK/&Co.a WP/&Co.b WP/&Co.c -------------------------------------------------------- WP/&Co..b
User: William Peterson & Co (Unconfirmed) Tea and Coffee
Merchants, later General Merchants Address: 6 Queen St, Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1886-1899 Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d (shades) Rarity Scale:
1886-1899
Series 1d R4 Background: See
McK/&C.a Device: The WP/&Co.b pattern was struck
from a Temporary die in a single die format and as
a result there can be some slight variation to
various settings of the pattern. As stated for
WP/&Co.a, many styles of WP/&Co exist on
postage stamps over the period 1894-1905 but only
3 formats are found on revenue stamps. The WP/&Co.b
format is the most common of the styles and is
found used in the period 1896-1901, but it is
still relatively uncommon. More than 18 variations
of the WP/&Co.b format exist on postage stamps
but only 1 is found on revenue stamps with usage
in 1899. Related Patterns:
Refer to other James F McKenzie & Co Pty Ltd
and related company patterns in: VIC: MC/K&C.a
McK/&Co.a WP/&Co.a WP/&Co.c ------------------------------------------------------- WP/&Co..c
User: William Peterson & Co (Unconfirmed) Tea and Coffee
Merchants, later General Merchants Address: 6 Queen St, Melbourne, VIC Revenue Use: 1886-1899 Series, inscribed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d (shades) Rarity Scale:
1886-1899
Series 1d R4 Background: See
McK/&C.a Device: The WP/&Co.c pattern was struck
from a Temporary die in a single die format and as
a result there can be some slight variation to
various settings of the pattern. As stated for
WP/&Co.a, many styles of WP/&Co exist on
postage stamps over the period 1894-1905 but only
3 formats are found on revenue stamps. The WP/&Co.c
format is only found used in the period 1899-1900,
and due to this limited usage period it is rather
rare. About 5 variations of the WP/&Co.b
format exist on postage stamps but only 1 is found
on revenue stamps. Related Patterns:
Refer to other James F McKenzie & Co Pty Ltd
and related company patterns in: VIC: MC/K&C.a
McK/&Co.a WP/&Co.a WP/&Co.b -------------------------------------------------------- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W Y Other © copyright 2011 |
