World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector

Jamaica, Greenwood Estate (St. Mary), uniface, stamped MF, pierced as issued, aluminium, 23mm (Lyall 321; cf. Roehrs 1191); H.V. Lindo (St. Catherine), uniface, stamped H.V.L., pierced as issued, brass, 20mm (Lyall 346; cf. Roehrs 1193); Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Company, bracteate, IDWI, pierced as issued, square brass, 22mm (Lyall 326; cf. Roehrs 1191); Morris Part Estate, uniface, N, brass, 23mm (Lyall 350; cf. Roehrs 1193); Tropical Fruit Corp (2) legend around date 1923, rev. FTC; similar but later pierced, aluminium, 22mm (Lyall 377; cf. Roehrs 1197); Magnus & Tinling (St. Mary), uniface, stamped MT, brass, 24mm (Lyall - ; Roehrs 1194); MSC or CSM or SCM (St. Mary?), uniface, pierced as issued, monogram aluminium, 28.5mm (Lyall 347; cf. Roehrs 1193) [8]. Fine to very fine, all rare £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Greenwood Estate was owned my May Farguharson (b. 1884) and was a citrus estate. Harold V. Lindo was a sugar planter, banana planter in the 1920’s and 30’s. He also operated as an agent for Atlantic Fruit Cimpany. Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Co. was formed in 1900 or 1901 and commenced service in February 1901. It was granted a subsidy by the British Government of $40,000 per annum for 10 years to buy and carry 20,000 stems of bananas every two weeks from Jamaica to the U.K. The enterprise was started by Alfred Jones and used Avonmouth as its British port. In May 1901 the company was reformed into Elders & Ffyfes and in 1903 having suffered financial problems as a result of the hurricane of that year became a subsidiary of the United Fruit Co. Morris Part was owned by Mr Duncan A. Nairn. It was a banana estate of less than 100 acres and the tallies were first used in 1964. The estate later became part of Bernard Lodge sugar estate. Tropical Fruit Corp was owned by Mr Sam DiGirogio and appears to have been in operation from 1923 to 1926 when it ceased trading in Jamaica. Magnlus and Tinling had wharves at Oracabessa.