CHRISTMAS ISLAND / LOCAL POSTAGE / OCT 15 1936 cancel on address side of a cover from Hilo Hawaii (Dec 29 1936 duplex ties US 8c Grant) to Zurich Switzerland, back side with a straight-line "F.J.O. Jerabek" and circular "CENTRAL PACIFIC COCOANUT PLANTATION / CHRISTMAS ISD." pictorial handstamp, enclosure "Franta Jerabek / Christmas Island / Oceanie" letterhead and with three of the Christmas Isl Cocoanut Plantation local issues affixed and tied by the same Christmas Isl handstamp as on the cover, cover a bit worn with some edge breaks and wrinkles (some hinge sealed), still Fine and unusualrnFranta Jerabek, a Czech, took over management of the Central Pacific Cocoanut Plantations, Ltd. from Father Emmanuel Rougier, who in turn had purchased the entire island and company in 1912 from Lever's Plantations Company Ltd and was granted an 87 years occupation licence for his newly formed Central Pacific Cocoanut Plantation Ltd. . (Image)

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