American News Company (ANC) was a magazine, newspaper, book, and comic book distribution company founded in 1864 by Sinclair Tousey, which dominated the distribution market in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
The company’s abrupt demise in 1957 caused a huge disruption to the publishing industry, forcing many magazine, comic book, and paperback publishers out of business.
Postcards
Postcards for the Bahamas were distributed by Lofthouse Ltd and printed by Colorpicture Publishers Inc. When ANC went bankrupt, the distribution was taken over by Lofthouse Agency Ltd.
The earliest postmarks indicate that the only print run of Bahamas postcards was in 1957, with stock being used until 1959 where they were reissued with the new Lofthouse Agency Ltd publisher imprint and used until 1964 when Colorpicture signed a distribution deal with Calypso Distributors Ltd.
