Updated:
23 June 2008
Newest Additions:
V017 V030
Total # Items:
5

Please use the item's ID number - orange box - when communicating about it.

V010
V. CH. VALTRINY & Co. / FORMERLY / POISSON VALTRINY & Co. / SINGAPORE
 
Double oval ( Estimated 38 mm x 26 mm, 3 mm letters ) red

updated: 23 June 2008

VALDOvalQV5cBLUE.jpg . 

Images from the author's collection

  • the "o" of "Co." is raised and there is a stop underneath
  • the letters of "FORMERLY" are 2 mm tall

 

 

V015
VACUUM OIL Co.
 
2 lines, black

updated: 31 Jan. 2006

Images from Gaden Robinson 31 Jan. 2006

  • The Vacuum Oil Company was established in 1893 at Robinson Quay and sold mainly kerosene and lubricants under the Mobiloil brand name.

 

 


V017
VACUUM OIL Co..
 
Single Line lines ( Estimated 35 mm with letters 2.5 - 3 mm), violet

updated: 30 April 20076

Image from author's collection

 

 

V020
VALTRINY & Co. / SINGAPORE
 
Double oval ( Estimated 38 mm x 26 mm, 3 mm letters ) red

updated: 1 Jan. 2006

Image from the author's collection

 

 


V030
VELGE D’ALMEIDA & Co. / SINGAPORE
 
Double oval ( Estimated 30 mm x 18 mm, 2 mm letters ) black

updated: 2 May 2007

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Composit image from Richard Hale, 15 April 2007, other image from author's collection

  • The letters in SINGAPORE are serifs.
  • the stamp is the CC watermarked 12 cents issued in December 1867. Proud indicates that the D14 cancellation was used in Singapore between 1867 and 1871. So can anyone identify the d' ALMEIDA firm operating during this time period?

 

 
 

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