Insurance Company Cancels: Northern Assurance Company

from The Weekly Underwriter, April 28, 1906

Cancel:

    NORTHERN ASSURANCE CO.

JUL

19

1898

stamp:

R163 bisect on document fragment

An interesting item is currently available on Ebay of what is certainly a business and non-philatelic use of a 1c battleship bisect.  The stamp is perfectly tied to an insurance document fragment consistent with use by the Northern Assurance Co of London.  

British advert for Northern Assurance Co:

Northern Assurance firemark: