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Life Policy Stamps
The Life Policy stamps of Great Britain are surely the most striking, and arguably the most attractive, of all the revenue stamps to have been issued there.In 1853 a new stamp duty was introduced on...
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Chance Bros. Limited
Chance Brothers Limited was at one time a leading glass manufacturer and a pioneer of British glass making technology. The company continues to function today as Chance Glass Limited, a specialized...
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M T O (Morrell's Trustees Oxford)
In 1782 Mark Morrell and his son James took over the Lion Brewery in Oxford. After James Morrell's death in 1855, the business passed to his son, James junior who remained in charge until 1863. From...
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Shrubsole & Co.
 Shrubsole & Co. was a private bank in Kingston-upon-Thames from 1792 until 1894. It is now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.The bank was founded by a draper called William Rowlls who ran...
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T. Bradford & Co.
Thomas Bradford & Co. was a company of laundry and dairy engineers established in Salford in 1850. The company made dairy appliances and butter churns but is most noted for being one of the first...
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Wright, Layman & Umney
In 1860, William Valentine Wright, with partners Sellers and Layman, opened a small wholesale druggist and chemist business at 11 Old Fish Street Hill near St. Paul's Cathedral in London. In 1866 the...
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A. Boake, Roberts & Co. Ltd.
A. Boake, Roberts & Co. Ltd. was a firm of manufacturing chemists, established in 1869 when Irishman Arthur Boake founded a company in Stratford, east London, to produce brewing chemicals. Boake...
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G. B. Kent & Co.
G. B. Kent & Co. have been manufacturers of brushes since the 18th century and are one of the oldest established companies in Britain. Kent Brushes, as the company is now more commonly known,...
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Scholl Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
William M. Scholl was a pioneer of foot care in the United States. In 1904 he invented and patented an arch support and founded the company Dr. Scholl's to sell it. Scholl's skill was not limited to...
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W M G B (West Midlands Gas Board)
The West Midlands Gas Board was formed by the Gas Act of 1948. From their use of commercial overprints on SG 488, we can infer that they started using overprinted stamps on receipts soon after being...
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EEB / C (Eastern Electricity Board)
The Eastern Electricity Board (EEB) was formed in 1948 as part of the nationalization of Great Britain's electricity producers, legislated by the Electricity Act 1947. The board had a variety of...
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J. H. Sankey & Son Ld.
J. H. Sankey & Son was a brick manufacuring company established in 1857 in Canning Town, London. The company made Sankey's Pure Silica fire bricks, Gannister cupola bricks, and arch blocks.By the...
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Bradford & Sons
William Bradford was a coal merchant in Pibsbury, Somerset from the 1780s. Bradford would transport coal mined in Wales by canal to Bridgwater. The coal would then be moved on by horse and cart to...
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Charles Bayer & Co. Ltd.
Charles Bayer & Co. Ltd. was a corset manufacturing company, established in the late 19th century in Bath by a German immigrant named Charles Bayer.In 1892 large four-story premises were...
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Cooke, Sons & Co.
Cooke, Sons & Co. was a carpet manufacturer established by William Peabody Cooke in Liversedge, Yorkshire in 1795. The company had spinning mills in Liversedge, a matting factory in Hadleigh,...
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I. J. & G. Cooper Ltd.
I. J. & G. Cooper Ltd. was a manufacturer and wholesaler of children's clothing established in 1823 in Manchester. From 1906 the company had a warehouse at 7 Dale Street which was known as the...
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A. & R. Tod, Ltd.
Leith has been a port for more than a thousand years and Edinburgh's official port since 1329. Originally Leith was a little more than a mile from Edinburgh, but now the two areas are one urban...
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G. & T. Earle Ltd.
G. & T. Earle Ltd. was a cement manufacturing company in Hull. The firm served as a significant employer in the city over the course of its 157 year history, providing work for several hundred...
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Turner Brothers Asbestos Company
The business was founded in 1871 in Rochdale, Lancashire as Turner Brothers by John, Robert and Samuel Turner to manufacture cotton cloth based packaging. In 1879 the firm became the first in the UK to...
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J. C. & J. Field Ltd.
J. C. & J. Field Ltd. was a candle and soap manufacturer in Lambeth, south London. The company was one of the oldest in this part of London; it was established c.1642 and continued on the same site...
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Hooper & Co.
Hooper & Co. was a coachbuilding company in Haymarket, London, originally founded in 1805 as Adam & Hooper. Following the death of George Adams, one of the founding partners, the business...
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W. C. Jay & Co. / International Fur Store (I. F. S.)
William Chickall Jay opened the London General Mourning Warehouse at 217 Regent Street in London's West End in 1841. The business was essentially a department store that sold everything that could...
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J. W. Allen
J. W. Allen was a military outfitter, luggage manufacturer and one of the longest standing barrack furniture makers in British history.The business was established in London in 1788 under the name John...
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Pawsons & Leafs Ltd.
In 1780 William Leaf opened the first wholesale silk warehouse in London, at 110 Fleet Street.The firm underwent a number of name changes over the next century before becoming Leaf & Co. Ltd in...
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Elkington & Co.
Elkington & Co. was a silverware company which produced fine silverware and silver plate. The business was founded in Birmingham in 1815 by the uncle of George Richard Elkington. On his uncle's...
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