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Private Revenue Perfins of Western Australia An Elsmore Coath production The authors would welcome your comments additions or input into this work B C D F G H I K L M N O P R V W Other IHC -------------------------------------------------------- IHC.a
User: International Harvester Co Agricultural, Construction and Commercial Vehicles
Address: (from 1913) 361 -365 Murray St, Perth, WA. from 1913.
Later King St, Perth, WA. (formally Richard Purser & Co until 1930 when IHC took over the premises).
Also a Branch in Fremantle, WA. Railway Use: 1951 series: 6d, 9d, 1/-, 1/3d, 2/-, 2/6d, 10/-. Rarity Scale: 1951 series 6d R2, 9d R2, 1/- R2, 1/3d R4, 2/- R3, 2/6d R4, 10/- R4. Background: *The first
International brand vehicles arrived in Australia
form the USA in 1908 and proved popular for both
freight and passenger work. The International
Harvester Company of Australia Pty. Ltd. was
formed in 1912 and was located offices in Bourke
Street Melbourne. State offices were later
established in Brisbane, Adelaide and Sydney. The
first Australian International Harvester
manufacturing plant was established in Geelong,
Victoria, in 1937.
Despite the simplicity of many of the IH patterns the company seemed to go to some trouble to make each pattern different and this is generally achieved by the variation in the structure of the H and the addition, or not, of periods following each letter. This policy of discrete and discernable patterns for each location is also found with the companies IHC logo patterns used in North America in which each office has an additional pin in the pattern to make it identifiable.
This policy seems to have been circumvented here, as this IHC device, with its simple single line format, is very similar to a device used in Victoria, albeit the Victorian pattern is of a somewhat larger size. Take care when identifying this WA and other IH and IHC patterns as the symmetrical nature of the letters makes them hard to determine what position they are in. If you do not get a match with the Perfin Finder at first then turn the stamp over, as the component letters are not always true in reverse.
On postage stamps Perth postmarks predominate and the usage is between 1938 and 1969. There is no known revenue use but the pattern is found on railway stamps of WA.
It is a single head device and
it produced sound strikes over its life. Because
of the length of the pattern it is generally found
in positions 2, 4, 6 and 8.
Related patterns: Refer to other International Harvester patterns in:
NSW: IH.a IH.b IHC.a
QLD: I.H..a
SA: IH.a I.H..b
VIC: IHC.a
* International Harvester: 'Tractors and Equipment in Australia and New Zealand' By Graeme R. Quick (2009)
* Victoria Museum. Prior to IHC takeover in 1930 -------------------------------------------------------- B C D F G H I K L M N O P R V W Other © copyright 2011 |
