World Tokens

Jamaica, Checks, Tickets and Tokens, KINGSTON, A.L. Malabre & Co, uniface zinc coaling tallies (2), stamped a.l.m.c, second also stamped f, both 25mm, 2.03g, 2.21g (Lyall 348, 349; Ford 653; Tankersley 352) [2]. First very fine, second fine £40-50

Provenance: First bt R.A. Brandon; second bt R.A. Brandon 1988.

A.L. Malabre & Co Ltd, shipping agent and coal contractor, a company formed out of the remnants of William Titley & Co, shipping agents, established 1826, proprietor William Titley (†November 1851, aged 70), by a Titley employee, Arnold Malabre (†1879). The Malabre company trades today from Second street, Newport West