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Dole to send historic banana stickers to avid collector

Dole Food Co. will ship some of its collectible banana stickers to one of the world’s foremost collectors. The company is also planning to send samples of new stickers it prints annually to Becky Martz of Orlando, Fla., according to a news release.

Helping Points

In average it takes about 3,000 to 4,000 helping points each month to keep the catalog up to date. And someone has to do it. Before you have access to the trade list and care about your own collection you are asked to do a little bit of the necessary work. When you help you earn helping points.

The Catalog needs your help

The catalog of all known banana labels is very huge and well organized. It is build up with love, great care and accuracy. 33,800 different banana labels! The trade function is brillliant and also the possibilities to meet here as a collector of banana labels and to be in touch with friends from all over the world.

Content Management System

Each month I check about 1000 to 1500 labels that collectors send me or that I found in the social media if they are new for our catalog. It would be a hard work not to have all the fast search and sort functions of our catalog to select the 250 to 350 labels that are new.

How one Florida woman amassed a collection of more than 21,000 banana labels

If you see a 70-year-old woman digging through a trash can for discarded banana peels in Florida, you may have spotted one of the world's most unique collectors. Becky Martz, of Orlando, has spent the past 29 years fastidiously collecting and cataloging more than 21,000 banana labels from around the world.

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