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Year of Issue:
1913
Country:
- Cameroon
Material:
- Paper
Colors:
- White, Yellow, Blue
Shape:
- Oval: Vertical, curved sides
Width:
25
Height:
51
Motif:
- Elephant
Text on Label:
Feigen-Bananen
.F.C. Tiko Kamerun
Hamburg
Catalog Entry:
Post date:
Oct 2016
Last modified:
Oct 2019
Comments
This is an old label from
This is an old label from 1930 and has got a wonderful embossisng on the back.
What I have heard: Feigen (=Figs) Bananas are dried bananas and came in a box from cameroon, because it was that time nearly impossible to ship fresh bananas this long way. In the box of the dried bananas was this label as a promotion.
There is a picture of a fig-box in the gallery: http://banana-label-catalog.org/gallery/izmir-figs
Figo banana, that is the name
Figo banana, that is the name in Brazil for a sort of bananas. So, this bananas are sold not only dried. Maybe they are (or have been) the most suitable banas for drying. In our collections are some FIGO BANANA labels.
Yes, probably right:
Yes, probably right: Figo Bananas PLU 3170 (http://banana-label-catalog.org/advancedsearch/figo)