Commercial Overprint Society of Great Britain
Vol. 2 No. 2; August 1, 2004
Bulloch, Lade & Co., Ltd.
by Michael Behm
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Bulloch Lade & Co., of Glasgow (shown at left),
was a large whisky manufacturer during the Victorian period.
In 1863, they acquired a distillery at Caol Ila (Sound of Islay). They extended and improved the distillery and, in 1879, built a pier where coastal cargo ships (called "puffers") could load during the 12-foot tides. By the 1880s, over 147,000 gallon (668,000 litres) of whisky was being produced each year at Caol Ila. |
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From the receipt below we can see that Bulloch, Lade
& Co. were using commercial overprints in 1900.
In 1920, Bulloch Lade went into voluntary liquidation, along with many other Scotch whisky companies whose businesses were affected by the First World War. |
Waifs & Strays / Children's Society
by Michael Behm
The Waifs and Strays' Society was founded in 1881 in South Lambeth, London—a poor area with many needy children. The founders were Edward de Montjoie Rudolf and his brother, Robert. On 24 August 1881 the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Archibald Tait, became President of the Society. As a result, the Society became known as the 'Church of England Central Home for Waifs and Strays'.
The first children came into the Society's care on 14 February 1882. The Society expanded quickly—by October 1890, there were nearly 1600 children; by 1905, more than 3400.
The first commercial overprint reported is from the issue of 1924 and reads WAIFS &/STRAYS. In 1946 the Society was renamed the 'Church of England Children's Society'. Commercial overprints from this time on reflect the name change.
In the 1970s the Society refocused itself to work with children and young people in need in local communities and those in the youth justice sector. From 1982, the society became simply 'The Children's Society'.
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