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br=brass, bz=bronze, Cu=copper, Sn=tin, Al=aluminium, Zn=zinc
 
 
"|" stands for a line break. If this is in the outer legend, it indicates the
    lettering is "upside down" with respect to the earlier lettering
"=" indicates the following data is in the field

If you have any for sale, please get in touch.

 

 

Market Checks
HOME Duffy King Cole Reilly
McGuinness Jenkinson Hanlon Hipwell Dublin Mkt
Fletcher, King Donnelly, Kelly Connolly, Kelly Garton Wilson
Marley Devine      

Most of these were probably receipts for deposits made on crates etc.
You had to return the crate and the token to get a refund.

Note: F..M..D..= Fruit Market Dublin; h= holed; [ ]=stamped

Some were illustrated in the NSI Bulletin No 26.

 

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DUFFY

Courtesy Francis Heaney
FH6   JOSEPH DUFFEY FRUIT IMPORTER DUBLIN
1S/6 25.5 oct br
 

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KING

Courtesy Francis Heaney
FH5   N.J.KING LTD F..M..D..
[5/-] 32mm h  tri br

Courtesy Francis Heaney
FH4   do.
[1/-] 31mm h  tri br

Courtesy Francis Heaney
*FH3   N.J.KING F..M..D..
1/= 31mm h circ br
*FH14   N.J.KING F..M.. 1/- all incuse
[K] 30mm circ br
 

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COLE

Courtesy Francis Heaney
FH2   W.L.COLE F..M..D..
[6/-] 32mm h circ br
 

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REILLY

Courtesy Francis Heaney
FH8   REILLY | FRUIT | MERCHANT | DUBLIN The T of FRUIT is over A
3S/- 24.5 oct br

Courtesy Francis Heaney
FH7   same but the T is over N
3S/- 26mm oct br

Courtesy Francis Heaney
FH1   F.J.REILLY | CORPORATION | FRUIT MARKET | DUBLIN
[2/6] 38mm h circ br

Courtesy Francis Heaney
FH9   do.
2S/- 23.5   sq br
mine

Courtesy Francis Heaney
*FH10   do.
1S/- 25mm circ br
 

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McGUINNESS
 
FH15   H S McGUINNESS  D..F..M..
33mm h
(listed by COB c1995)

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JENKINSON

Courtesy Francis Heaney
FH13   P.J. JENKINSON Ltd (curved) | FRUIT | hole | MARKET | DUBLIN
stamped 5/- 38mm br

Courtesy Francis Heaney
FH21   P.J. JENKINSON Ltd (curved) | FRUIT | hole | MARKET | DUBLIN
stamped 1/-  br
 

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CONNOLLY, KELLY & Co

Courtesy Francis Heaney
FH20   CONNOLLY, KELLY & Co | 3/- | FRUIT | MARKET | + DUBLIN +
(QUINN & Co | DUBLIN at the side in tiny lettering)
blank
 

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DONNELLY, KELLY, & Co
 
FH19   DONNELLY, KELLY & Co CORPORATION MARKET DUBLIN EMPTY VOUCHER FIVE SHILLINGS (label) black on white circ. card
 
(Whytes Feb 98)
Either Whytes or I might have recorded this incorrectly! Perhaps it should be Connolly, as previous piece.

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HANLON
 
FH16   T. HANLON. FISH MARKET | 2/=
c/m 102 Cu
(Dublin - Why97)
Thom Hanlon 1, 2 & 3 St Machan's St Dublin recorded ..1919..1943..1959..

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HIPWELL

Courtesy Francis Heaney
FH17   JOHN HIPWELL | 2/- | MARYBORO  br uni.
 
 
FH18   do.
"another value probably 1/-" - FH
(Maryborough is now called Port Laois - Why97)

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(DUBLIN MARKET)

Courtesy Francis Heaney
FH11   10/- written in black ink on 31mm cream plastic (?). Two initials below?
5/- written in red ink
(Dublin market)

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FLETCHER, KING & Co
 
FH12   FLETCHER KING (?) & Co WITH THANKS DUBLIN
uni 38x63 grey/green card
 

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D. DEVINE & SONS

Courtesy F. Heaney
FH21   D. DEVINE | * & SONS * = 1/-
blank with pellet border 29mm br
D. Devine & Sons are still going strong! They are still in the market business - off the Donegall Rd in Belfast. The advert below shows they were also in Londonderry. However, there was a D. Devine & Sons (Dublin) Ltd., and this token is believed to have been used there. 
THE FRUIT TRADE.
D. DEVINE & SONS,
THE LARGEST FRUIT IMPORTERS IN IRELAND,
St. George's Market, BELFAST; and LONDONDERRY.
Represented in all the Leading Fruit Centres. 
SPECIAL TERMS TO WHOLESALE HOUSES.

We rank among the Fruit Pioneers of Ireland, and the Trade can rely on 
our best support and attention to their demands.

Sole Agents in Londonderry and Norths-West District for 
Elder & Fyffe's  "BANANAS."
Fruits, Flowers, Wreaths, Florist Requisites, Floral Designs.
Everything in the Fruit and Florist Trade supplied.

Telegrams-"VINE, LONDONDERRY." 
Telephone-214, Derry,

Telegrams-"VINE, BELFAST." 
Telephone-1399, Belfast.

Londonderry Address-Clarendon Street & Strand Road.

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GARTON
*   P.D.GARTON | . LIVERPOOL & DUBLIN .= -.- | TRADE (a harp) MARK | -.-
P.D.GARTON | .FISH SALESMAN . = 1/- 30mm br

Image courtesy of Diana - eBayer redmerlin777
    as previous from different dies
as previous from different dies and value "=/6" br
(for 6d or is it for 9 shillings?)
Listed at St John's Market Liverpool ...1892...

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Wilson
 
Why97   WILSON | ONE SHILLING | ENFIELD
beaded panel oval Cu  (Co Meath)
Whytes stated this was from Co Meath, but a similar piece (1/= Wilson,
Enfield) has been previously listed as being from England's Enfield Market!

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    The Marley piece, listed elsewhere, is possibly a Belfast market check.
 
 

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