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Private Revenue Perfins of Western Australia An Elsmore Coath Howard production The authors would welcome your comments additions or input into this work Back to W A 'Other' page Back to States Perfin index Back to Commercial Overprint index Section 2 - Commercial Overprints T ------------------------------------------------------- T & G/LIFE.a
User: T & G Life Insurance Insurance Provider
Address: St Georges Tce, Perth, WA. Revenue Use: 1951-1963 issue: Blue overprint: 1d, Black overprint: 3d, 6d. 1966 issue: 3c. Rarity Scale:
1951-1963 issue: Blue overprint: 1d R3.
Black overprint: 3d R2, 6d R3.
1966 issue: 3c R3. Background: *The Independent Order
of Rechabites (IOR) was a Friendly Society founded
in England in 1835 as part of the temperance
movement which promoted total abstinence from
alcoholic beverages. Such Friendly Societies were
established to help working class people access
health and Life Assurance and later basic banking
products. The organisation later moved to the United
States and Australia. In 1876 the IOR in Australia founded the T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society. The 'T & G' stood for 'Temperance & General'. The company was separated from the IOR in the early 1880’s and it expanded into a successful insurance company that operated across Australia and New Zealand. T&G buildings with their distinctive spires were commonplace in corner locations in the business districts of larger Australian cities. In 1983 the T&G Society
amalgamated with the National Mutual Life
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