World Tokens

Jamaica, Checks, Tickets and Tokens, KINGSTON, Thomas Lundie & Co, brass (2), both 1844, thomas lunday, etc., rev. paddle-steamer, 22.5mm, 4.46g/12h (Lyall 196; Prid. 144; Ford 627; Tankersley 325), thomas lundie, etc, rev. similar, 23mm, 5.19g/12h (Lyall 197; Prid. 145; Ford 627; Tankersley 325) [2]. First very fine, second fine, both tarnished £60-80

Provenance: First bt R. Zander February 1966; second bt D. Engelbert June 1966.

Thomas Lundie & Co, 3 Water and Peter lanes, ironmongers and manufacturers from 1837, acquired a second steamship, named the Earl of Elgin, built by Lairds in Birkenhead and launched in June 1844. The vessel arrived in Jamaica on 19 August 1844 and was pressed into service carrying passengers and freight around the island. The vessel was sold to the Haitian government in 1847