Private Revenue Perfins of Western
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CD/Co.a
User: Courthope, Drummond & Co
Auctioneers
& Agency Company
Address: Metropolitan
Auction Mart, Shop 6, Central Building, Hay St,
Perth, WA.
Revenue
Use:
1897-1903
issue 1d, 2/6d.
Rarity Scale:
1897-1903
issue 1d R4, 2/6d R4.
Background: Edward
Kay Courthope was born in London in May 1849. He
moved to Perth where he established an Auction
business selling commercial stock, live stock,
estates, produce and property. The business was
initially in his own name until 1878 and then as
he expanded into agencies it became, Courthope and
Co (1886) and finally in partnership with John
Drummond the company became Courthope, Drummond
and Co from 1887.
The company had premises in the Central Building
in Hay St, Perth, known as the “Metropolitan
Auction Mart”. In addition the company held
agencies for Phoenix Fire Insurance, The Chinese
Traders’ Insurance Company, NZ Loan and Mercantile
Agency, the distillers, J&R Harvey and Co
(Glasgow) as well as Cement and Galvanised Iron
companies. They listed various regional sub
agencies including their own office in Fremantle.
The company held regular auctions and their
advertisements for the Auctions and the agencies
of the Company are often found in newspaper
advertisements and Directories of the 1880's and
1890’s.
In August 1897 the partnership was officially
dissolved and the business passed to John
Drummond, although it appears to have been wound
up.
Tragically Edward Courthope took his own life in
May 1899 at the age of just 50 after what seemed
to be a period of depression brought on by
financial issues and health concerns.
Device: The CD/CO.a device was manufactured by
Joseph Sloper in England and it was the subject of
a successful application to the Post Office in May
1894. The pattern is found on postage stamps with
predominately Perth postmarks over the period
1895–98 and this is consistent with the history of
the Company.
Given the relatively short usage period the
pattern is scarce on postage stamps. Cross use of
postage stamps as revenues (and vice versa) during
this period is known and given the companies
involvement with Insurance, commercial sales and
property transactions it is possible that the
reported use on revenues is of this nature.
Related
patterns: Nil
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