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Stock Code VM-RDS01 |
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Certificate for 100 shares of 20 guilders
each, dated December 7th 1978.
Issued to Lewco Securities with the printed signatures of the
Chairman and President of the company. Vignette of oil refinery with
the god Mercury and goddess Fortuna at top of the certificate. Blue
border.
Certificate size is 20 cm
high x 30.5 cm wide (8" x 12").
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About the Company
In 1833 Marcus Samuel opened a small shop in
London's East End, selling sea shells to Victorian natural history
enthusiasts. It didn't take long before trading shells turned into a
thriving general import-export business.
Marcus's son, Marcus Junior, came across oil exporting on a visit to Baku on
the Caspian Sea coast. He saw a huge opportunity to export kerosene for
lamps and cooking to Japan. Unfortunately, Standard Oil in America had a
monopoly on the business, so Marcus realised he needed to find a way to
undercut prices.
The
Suez Canal (opened in1869) offered a solution, but a new tanker design was
needed to meet safety standards. In 1892 Marcus commissioned the first
special oil-tanker, and delivered 4,000 tonnes of Russian kerosene to
Singapore and Bangkok.
Quite separately in 1890 the Dutch company N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche
Maatschappij tot Explotatie van Petroleum-bronnen in Nederlandsch-Indië was
formed to develop an oilfield in Pangkalan Brandan in Sumatra. In 1896 it
built its own tanker fleet to compete with the British.
By
1903 it was obvious that the competing Dutch and British companies would do
better by working together, and they merged into the Asiatic Petroleum
Company.
The partnership worked so well that four years later it was extended to
cover operations worldwide, with the creation of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group
of Companies.
The
partnership continues to this day. The two parent companies retain their
separate businesses, and own the Group, with more than 1,700 active
companies, in the proportion of 60% to Royal Dutch Petroleum, and 40% to the
Shell Transport and Trading Company.
Rapid expansion followed the formation of the Group, with producing
interests acquired in Romania (1906), Russia (1910), Egypt (1911), Venezuela
(1913) and Trinidad (1914).
Trading in the U.S. started in 1912 after the
acquisition of an American marketing company, The American Gasoline Company.
The early years of the century were exciting
times for the oil industry. Mass production of cars started in 1909, opening
up a vast new market. In 1912 the British Navy recommended fuel oil for
their fleet and, although only small quantities were purchased from Shell,
the precedent had been set.
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