Calypso Distributors Ltd was started by Sigmund “Buddy” Ambrose Pritchard (1929-2016), Nassau, Bahamas. The business distributed souvenirs, records, magazines and newspapers. Pritchard owned eight Penny Farthing stores and Master Technicians Limited (representing R.C.A. Whirlpool and Motorola T.V.).
On 1 January 1965, Pritchard announced that the firm had signed a contract with with Colour Picture Publishers Inc. The first postcards produced had previously been produced by American News Co (which went bankrupt in 1957) and distributed firstly by Lofthouse Ltd and then Lofthouse Agency Ltd.
Calypso Distributors Ltd had a second location on the Queen’s Highway, Freeport, Grand Bahama.
Postcard Series
- Type A – Colourpicture Publishers Inc, Boston Mass., U.S.A.
- Type B – Colourpicture Publishers Inc., Boston 30 Mass. U.S.A.
P Series (Type A)
- P17300 Series
- P20500 Series
- P29200 Series
- P30400 Series
- P31300 Series
- P33900 Series
- P38900 Series
- P44400 Series
P Series (Type B)
- P18700 Series
- P24700 Series
- P44400 Series
- P52200 Series
- P52300 Series
- P54600 Series
- P64400 Series
- P64900 Series
P Series (Unsorted)
- P17300 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type B)
- P31300 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type B – Postcard Folder)
- P64400 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type PF)
- P64900 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type B)
- P64900 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type PF)
- P67200 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type A)
- P67200 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type A – Postcard Folder)
- P67300 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type A)
- P67300 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type B)
- P67300 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type C)
- P69800 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type A)
- P69800 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type AA)
- P69800 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type AB)
- P69800 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type AC)
- P69800 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type B)
- P70600 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- P72700 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type A)
- P72700 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type B)
- P72700 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type C)
- P72800 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Booklet)
- P72800 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Postcard Folder)
- P72800 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Postcard Folder II)
- P74200 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- P75700 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type A)
- P75700 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type B)
- P77600 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- P78400 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type A)
- P78400 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Type B)
- P89200 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- P91039 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Postcard Folder)
- P91214 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Postcard Folder)
- P91275 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Postcard Folder)
- P97400 – Calypso Distributors Ltd (Postcard Folder)
- P98500 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- P301300 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- P301600 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- P306200 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- P319300 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
X Series
- x110800 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- x111500 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- x112300 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- x113500 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- x113600 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
10x Series
- 10×110800 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- 10×110900 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- 10×111300 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- 10×111500 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- 10×111700 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- 10×111800 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- 10×112000 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
- 10×112300 – Calypso Distributors Ltd
References
- Old Times, January (1965)
- Old Times, October (1965)