New Zealand Perfin

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It is possible that three other companies may have also used their perfins.</div> <div> Three different types of VOCo perfins have been identified.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 323 WIDTH="46"><bR> <bR> <div> 1902</div> <bR> <bR> <div> 1913</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> 1924</div> <bR> <bR> <div> 1946</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="221"><bR> <bR> <div> <B>Type 1. </B>First introduced. Single line VOCo. Used in 5 offices.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Type 2</B>. Two lines VO/Co. Most widely used of the VOCo perfins. Used in 12 offices.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Type 3. </B>Single line VOCo. Used in 9 offices.</div> <bR> <div> Withdrawn from service.</div> <bR> <div> Thought possible to distnguish between the different offices by the perfin holes missing in "C"</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U>History of Company</U></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="6e0f5370.jpg" border=0 width="245" height="311" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 147 WIDTH="544"><div> Founded by Mathew Ewing in Rochester, New York (1866) who devised a technique for making kerosene (paraffin oil) by distilling crude oil in a vacuum. Purchased by John D. Rockefeller (1879) and made part of Standard Trust but retaining its own name. </div> <bR> <div> Vacuum Oil opened offices in Australia (1895) and New Zealand (1896) as part of its expansion into Far East. In 1931 the company merged with Standard Oil of New York (Socony) and two years later merged again with the other arm of Standard Trust to be known as Standard-Vacuum (Stanvac) operating in 50 different countries. In 1962 the company was dissolved and became Mobil Oil. Today the company is part of ExxonMobil.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="539" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="273"><div> <B>Company</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> <B>Die</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 WIDTH="144"><div> <B>Values</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="273"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="273" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="98" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="46"><div> <B>½d </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="46"><div> <B>1d</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="46"><div> <B>6d</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="273"><div> Royal Insurance Co. Ltd</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> <B>RI/CO/LD</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="46"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="46" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="46"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="46" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#009900 WIDTH="46"><div> u</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="273"><div> Vacuum Oil Company (3<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >rd</FONT> perfin)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> <B>VOCo</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#009900 WIDTH="46"><div> u</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#009900 WIDTH="46"><div> u</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="46"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="46" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Vacuum Oil Company, Christchurch </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> <B>VO/Co</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#009900 WIDTH="46"><div> u</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="46"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="46" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="46"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="46" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Vacuum Oil Company, Wellington </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="98"><div> <B>VO/Co</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="46"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="46" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#009900 WIDTH="46"><div> u</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="46"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="46" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>