This is a sign indicating that a particular vendor was a distributor of Shell petroleum. In 1891, Shell’s predecessor, Marcus and Company, set up an oil storage depot in Pulau Bukom (island south of Singapore) and Penang. Marcus and Company evolved into the Shell Company and started to branch out throughout Malaya. The Shell Company of the Federation of Malaya Limited was established in 1948 but went under in 1978.
