World Tokens

Jamaica, Banana and Fruit Trade Work Tallies, J.B. Goffe (St Mary), uniface brass (2), stamped g, both 21mm, 2.74g, 2.51g (Lyall 317; Ford 646; Tankersley 342), uniface octagonal brass, stamped j.b.g., 23mm, 3.16g (Lyall 319; Ford 647 [= Tankersley 348]), uniface brass, stamped j.b.g., 21mm, 2.68g (Lyall 320; Ford 647 [= Tankersley 348]); uniface brass with crenated edge (2), stamped j.b.g., 25 and 22mm, 3.29g, 2.70g (Lyall 537, 539; Ford 647 [= Tankersley 348]); Greenwood Estate (St Mary), uniface aluminium (3), stamped mf [May Farquharson], all 23mm, 0.61g, 0.59g, 0.58g (Lyall 321; Ford 648 [= Tankersley 349]), uniface aluminium (2), stamped mf 5, mf 15, both 29mm, 0.99g, 1.00g (Lyall 322, 323; Ford 648 [= Tankersley 349]); Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Co, square brass bracteate, stamped idwi, 22mm, 3.12g (Lyall 326; Ford 646; Tankersley 342) [12]. Last six pierced as issued, generally fine to very fine £100-150

Provenance: First five bt R.A. Brandon.

John Beecham Goffe, banana shipper and proprietor of the Roslyn Estate (St Mary). May Farquharson (1884-1978+), proprietor of the Greenwood Estate. Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Co, established by Sir Alfred Jones (1845-1909), a Welsh shipping magnate and major shareholder in the Elder Dempster Line, began a fortnightly service between Avonmouth and Jamaica via the Turks & Caicos Is in February 1901; his company was subsumed by United Fruit Co in 1903