Auction Catalogue

14 February 2012

Starting at 2:00 PM

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World Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 1212 x

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14 February 2012

Hammer Price:
£410

Jamaica, Checks, Tickets and Tokens, KINGSTON, Jamaica Waggonette & Express Co Ltd, oval dark blue rubber One Fare, jamaica waggonette & express co l’t’d, rev. value, 22 x 17mm, 1.59g/12h (Lyall 192; Prid. 141; Ford 625 [= Byrne 859 and Tankersley 323]). Some encrustation on obverse, otherwise fine, extremely rare £200-300

Provenance: Bt P. Bosco 1981.

The Jamaica Wagonnette & Express Co Ltd, 15 Duke street, registered in December 1888, operated a horse-drawn coach service between 1889 and 1894 that was superseded by the Jamaica Street Car Co