syrup Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I have come across this receipt in an old rent book for a stair carpet dated 1951 but can find no record of the shop and the shop title suggests a Doctor was involved in the business or does Dr have another meaning.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SuzyC Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I have come across this receipt in an old rent book for a stair carpet dated 1951 but can find no record of the shop and the shop title suggests a Doctor was involved in the business or does Dr have another meaning.. Hi Syrup, I think Dr. in accounting means debit to W. Wildgoose, just a guess :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilldweller Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Hi Syrup, I think Dr. in accounting means debit to W. Wildgoose, just a guess I've seen old bills and receipts with the word DRAWN to so & so or DRAWN of so and so. Just another guess !. In an old dictionary Dr. is listed as Debtor. Just another old fashioned idea that has disappeared like "And Oblige". HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Hi Syrup, I think Dr. in accounting means debit to W. Wildgoose, just a guess I agree with SuzyC and Hilldweller that Dr. is a financial transaction term in this case and not a professional qualification. However it is not written as dr. (so much money) it is typed on the headed paper as Dr. to (someone) which just makes me wonder, like syrup obviously did. Dated 1951, what a brilliant image of King George VI on that tuppence ha'penny stamp. Worth posting just for that, - Stanley Gibbons would have loved it! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I agree with SuzyC and Hilldweller that Dr. is a financial transaction term in this case and not a professional qualification. However it is not written as dr. (so much money) it is typed on the headed paper as Dr. to (someone) which just makes me wonder, like syrup obviously did. Dated 1951, what a brilliant image of King George VI on that tuppence ha'penny stamp. Worth posting just for that, - Stanley Gibbons would have loved it! Here's a couple of unused King George VI tuppence ha'penny stamps on: And as a bonus, two tuppence stamps and a ha'penny one: From a part used August 1942 book of stamps. Some of the adverts in the book are rather interesting as well, but that is for another thread (perhaps). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Here's a couple of unused King George VI tuppence ha'penny stamps on: And as a bonus, two tuppence stamps and a ha'penny one: From a part used August 1942 book of stamps. Some of the adverts in the book are rather interesting as well, but that is for another thread (perhaps). UNUSED!!! Someone spent tuppence ha'penny on a stamp and then never used it Must have been a stamp collector lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 Hi Syrup, I think Dr. in accounting means debit to W. Wildgoose, just a guess Thanks for that SuzyC and all the others that have posted replies now it makes more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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