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Mr Page,
Dear Sir
Owing to non-receipt of our account from
Govt Insurance Dept we are obliged to ask you
to hold over our cheque until 24th night when it will
be duly provided for. Apologising for thus troubling
you
We remain
Yours truly
Bock & Cousins
Manuscript letter from B& C to WCC re: holding over Govt Insurance payment (1889)
As their elaborate lithographed masthead reveals, Bock & Cousins were not only printers, but were also famous for their die-sinking and engraving. Bock designed medals and certificates for the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition held in Wellington in 1885. The equally talented Cousins was in demand as a die engraver and designed a set of award-winning postage stamps in 1895. However, as was common in the period, stamps like money and other securities were generally both engraved and printed offshore in England.