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;) | MAIL TO CO-FOUNDER OF THE UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, Jamaica postal history 1891 cover with U.S. 5c with SWAMPSCOTT MAY 13 1891 to Capt. L.D. Baker, Port Antonio, Jamaica with Boston (MY 13), Kingston (MY 23) and Port Antonio (MY 24 91) b/stamps, reverse stained. The actual history of the UFCo does not start until its foundation in 1899 but the “legend” of the Company goes back to May 1870 when Captain Lorenzo Dow Baker, a well-known Yankee sea captain and owner of the two-masted schooner “Telegraph” arrived in Jamaica from his home port of Wellfield, Massachusetts and filled spare deck cargo space for his return trip to New Jersey with 160 stems of bananas purchased at 14 cents each. On arrival in Jersey City he found they readily sold on the quayside at $2 per stem, and so began Captain Baker’s interest in the banana industry. Six years later in 1876 Captain Baker joined forces with Andrew W. Preston to found the Boston Fruit Company. Some 20 years later forces were joined with Minor C. Keith who had built a railroad in Costa Rica and was using it to transport bananas from the plantations. The three men, each giants in their own field, evolved plans to form a new Company, and on the 30th March 1899 co-founded a new firm, to be called the United Fruit Company, with assets of some 213,000 acres of land in the Central American Republics, some 110 miles of railway, a small fleet of ships and approximately $11,000,000 in capital. Captain Baker’s initial 160 stems of bananas turned into 17,000,000 stems being shipped annually for consumption in the USA by 1899. £140 |
;) | BAHAMAS to SWITZERLAND full reg. cover with KE7 6d MCA wmk (SG.74) pmk'd Nassau 14 SEP 12, Bern 1 X 12 arrival b/stamp £48 |
;) ;) | GREECE to BRITISH HONDURAS Full 6-colour franking reg. cover pmk'd Aohnai with Belize City 20 JA 70 reg. packet receipt label. £24 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS to REPUBLIC HONDURAS full cover to San Pedro Sula, Honduras pmk'd AU 6 31, reverse TELA ans SAN PEDRO SULA arrivals. £24 |
;) | BERMUDA to FINLAND postal history 1933 cover with ¼d Caravel block of ten to Hameenlinna, Finland pmk'd St. Georges 13 DEC 33, the enclosed Christmas card signed by Mrs A. Booker. £60 |
;) | ST. LUCIA to MEXICO postal history 1898 commercial use of QV 1d pale red UPU Post Card pmk'd C/NO 26 98 routed through New York DE 10 98 with very fine MEXICO DIC 16 98 arrival. £90 |
;) ;) | SHIRAZ, PERSIA to KWITTA, GOLD COAST postal history illustrated 5c UPU card written 30/4/05 and pmk'd SHIRAZ to Kwitta, b/stamped red London JU 3 05 and KWITTA JU 20 1905 cds. £525 |
;) | BELIZE to MEXICO CITY OHMS cover with purple OFFICIAL PAID pmk'd 14 SP 51 to Mexic0, light arrival b/stamp. £40 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS full cover with two pairs GB QV 1d lilac pmk'd Etchingham NO 30 87, b/stamped Burwash same day (both East Sussex villages) showing partial Belize DE 19 87 arrival. £100 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS complete outer wrapper with blue/white CURTIS'S & HARVEY buckled label affixed lower flap (as seal) with damaged GB QV 1/- Plate 4 pmk'd London MY 16 67 with Belize JY 6 67 showing red crayon "1(d)" due to the Colony on the 1/- per half ounce rate, unusually with black handstruck "2" applied London, assumed to be 1d Late Fee plus 1d Fine to be collected from recipient. £125 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS cover front with GB QV 1/- Plate 5 (reduced wing margin at left) pmk'd London JA 17 73 showing FE 10 73 arrival. £40 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS outer wrapper with GB QV 1/- Plate 4 pmk'd Liverpool 1 MR 66, reverse London MR 2 and Belize AP 2 66. RMSP contract expired AP 9 1866. £80 |
;) | BAHAMAS to Holland full reg. cover to Amsterdam with Peace set pmk'd 6 MAR 20, b/stamped partial London. £40 |
;) | BAHAMAS to HOLLAND full QV 2½d PSE pmk'd Nassau C/21 OC 98(?), b/stamped 5 NOV arrival. £18 |
;) | BAHAMAS to JAMAICA full cover to Kingston pmk'd Nassau OCT 1 1941 with SALVATION ARMY arrival cachet. £15 |
;) | ECUADOR to BAHAMAS full Hotel Metropolitano sender cover to Nassau (MY 19) from RIOBAMBA APR 11 1931, opened for display. £48 |
;) ;) | STANN CREEK, British Honduras to GOLD COAST 1955 mixed reign airmail cover with 72c franking pmk'd STANN CREEK 25 OC 55 to Kumasi, Gold Coast showing 4 NO 55 arrival, handstruck UNCLAIMED. Enclosed letter mentions "Corozal one of the northern towns was completely destroyed by Janet". £75 |
;) ;) | BAHAMAS to EGYPT Full cover with TAORMINA K.u.K.Y.G printed flap to Prince Colloredo Mannsfeld (originally an Italian noble family) in Cairo pmk'd Nassau C/MR 28 01. TAORMINA is a beach holiday town under Mount Etna in Sicily. £120 |
;) ;) ;) | BELIZE via HAVANA to CADIZ, SPAIN, British Honduras postal history 1842 entire headed "Belize Honduras 13 April 1842" carried privately to Havana where identified with red 2-line ISLAS DE/BARLOVENTO (Windward Islands) and marked by forwarding agent in Havana as received AP 19 and sent AP 23, red handstruck "5R" charge mark. £450 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS to ARGENTINA postal history 1934 use of KGV 3c PSRE with added corner marginal KGV 5c (sheet number 1592) lightly pmk'd Registration Belize 30 MY 34 cds to Puerto Deseado, Argentina, b/stamped New York 6-9 1934 and Buenos Aires 4 JUL 34 and Puerto Deseado 19 JUL 34. £65 |