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B. S. Cohen
In 1564 a chance event occurred which became the turning point in the development of the modern pencil. Local lore tells of a fierce storm in Barrowdale, Cumberland in Cumbria, which uprooted a large...
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Ashton & Green Limited
Ashton & Green Ltd. were cement merchants, quarrymen and stone and marble merchants in Bristol, according to Slater's Royal National Commerce Directory in 1880. By 1900 the company had been renamed...
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Meltis Ltd.
It was the decision ofĀ Peek Frean & Co. Ltd. to expand the confectionery side of their successful biscuit manufacturing business which led to the establishment of Meltis Ltd. In 1908 āMeltisā was...
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Royal Insurance Company Ltd.
Royal Insurance was founded in 1845 in London. The company acquired Liverpool & London Globe Insurance Company in 1919. In 1996 Royal Insurance merged withĀ Sun Alliance to create Royal & Sun...
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S T C (Standard Telephone & Cables)
Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd. (later STC plc) was a British telephone, telegraph, radio, telecommunications, research and development manufacturer. During its history STC invented and developed...
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Robt. Millar & Sons
Robert Millar & Sons were timber merchants founded in the early 1800s in the Scottish town of Montrose. The company was continued by successive generations of Millars with Robert Hoyer Millar...
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S. D. W. Co. (Sutton District Water Company)
In 1863 the Sutton & Cheam Water Co. was established to supply water to the parish of Sutton in Surrey. In 1871 the enterprise became the Sutton District Water Co. supplying a wider area of Surrey...
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Caslon & Co.
In 1716 William Caslon started a business in London as an engraver of gun locks and barrels and as a bookbinder's tool cutter. In 1720 he set up the Caslon Foundry, which became the leading English...
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Faire Bros & Co.
Faire Bros. & Co. was established in Leicester in 1855. The company made and supplied laces and elastic webbings and small ware for the shoe trade, becoming one of the largest firms in its field in...
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Arthur, Kay & Co.
Arthur, Kay & EvansArthur & Co.In 1837 James Arthur, aged just 18, opened his own draper's shop in High Street, Paisley. In 1849 he teamed up with another draper, Hugh Fraser, to set up a...
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M. & A. (Margetts & Addenbrooke)
The roots of the company begin in the early years following the formation of the Birmingham Stock Exchange in 1845. One of the founding members of the Exchange was Herbert Margetts who formed a...
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John Johnson & Son
The speculated identity of the user of this unusual commercial overprint is John Johnson & Son of Bolton. The company was established in 1804 as tobacco, snuff and cigar manufacturers, and was...
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Robinson & Barnsdale Ld.
Robinson & Barnsdale was a tobacco company established in 1877 in Nottingham. The firm employed 250 staff at this time and specialised in the production of cigars. In 1907 the company was acquired...
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W J Davies & Sons
W. J. Davies & Sons were manufacturers of emery and glass cloth, sandpaper, knife boards, putty powder and glues. The company was trading at Weston Street, Southwark in London, from at least 1882...
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C. J. H. & S. Ltd. (C. J. Hewlett & Son Ltd.)
C. J. Hewlett & Son Ltd. was a company of manufacturing chemists from c.1883 to 1960. The firm was based at 35-43 Charlotte Road, London EC2, then later in Watford, Hertfordshire. Hewlett...
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Speirs & Knox / Speirs, Parnie & Adam
Arthur Speirs and a Mr. Knox set up a property business in Glasgow's east end in c.1888. Speirs & Knox grew rapidly as the city of Glasgow expanded, and the firm was closely involved in the surge...
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Zurich
It appears that there is one commercial overprint that collectors can put away under the letter āZā. The overprint pictured here on SG 573 probably belongs to the Zurich Insurance Company, which for...
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Sir R. W. Carden & Co.
Sir Robert Walter Carden had a successful stockbroking company in the City of London in the mid-19thcentury, however he is better remembered for his political career. He served as Sheriff of London in...
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Potter & Moore Limited
In 1749, Ephraim Potter and William Moore, two physic gardeners who specialised in the cultivation of lavender, founded the first ever English toiletries company in Mitcham. Mitcham is now a suburb of...
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I. & R. Morley Ltd.
I. & R. Morley were hosiery manufacturers and wholesalers, established by brothers John and Richard Morley in Nottingham in c.1797. In 1860 John Morley's son Samuel took control of the business....
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