World Tokens

Jamaica, Banana and Fruit Trade Work Tallies, Jamaica Banana Producers’ Association Ltd, aluminium (2), 1932, 1937, initials around date, revs. legend, both 27mm, 1.51g/12h, 1.97g/12h (Lyall 327, 328; Ford 646; Tankersley 342); Jamaica Fertilizer Products Ltd (Falmouth), aluminium 1 [Basket], legend, rev. value, 27mm, 1.47g/12h (Lyall 329; Ford 646; Tankersley 342); Jamaica Fruit & Shipping Co Ltd (Kingston), uniface aluminium (5), 1919 (2, one with mill sail countermark), 1921 (2, one with mill sail countermark), 1923, all 21mm, 1.12g, 1.13g, 1.14g, 1.16g, 1.10g (Lyall 330-4; Ford 649; Tankersley 350; Prid. 138), aluminium (2), 1928, 1930, legend, revs. date, both 27mm, 1.53g, 1.47g (Lyall 335, 336; Ford 649; Tankersley 350; Prid. 139); Kingston Wharves Ltd (Kingston), uniface aluminium (9), stamped k.w.l. between curved lines (2), round, 21mm, 1.61g, square, 26mm, 3.04g (Lyall 337, 338; Ford 650; Tankersley 350), stamped k.w.l. (7, different shapes), 2.16, 2.44, 2.43, 2.44, 2.41, 2.21, 2.26g (Lyall 339-45; Ford 650; Tankersley 350) [19]. Generally fine £40-60

Provenance: Third bt D. Megill 1973; Kingston Wharves set bt R.B. Barker.

Jamaica Banana Producers’ Association Ltd, a marketing co-operative founded in 1929 with over 7,000 members. Jamaica Fertilizer Products Ltd, founded in 1929 by James Whiteside, an American chemical engineer, to exploit the potential of bat manure in the Windsor caves at Trelawney. Jamaica Fruit & Shipping Co Ltd, established 1919, operated a weekly service from Kingston to New York. Kingston Wharves Ltd, established 1945, exported fruit and cartons of orange concentrate to the UK