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 | Item 19221
Ceylon Undivided Back Postcard COLOMBO Pettah Town Hall
Old B/W Postcard. Colombo, Pettah and Town Hall. Rickshaw & Coolie, Bullock Carts. Published by A. W. a. Plate & Co.
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card Pruning Tea Bushes
The Island of Ceylon. Left to themselves, tea bushes will grow into trees 30 ft. high. To keep them a suitable size and shape for the women to pluck the leaves, they are pruned at intervals of 1 to 3 years all through their lives. This encourages side growth and produces a flat-topped bush, 3 to 4 feet high. Pruning also prevents the bush from "going to seed" (some, of course, are specially left to provide new seeds) and maintains it as a constant leaf-producer. Pruning is work for the men on the estate. They use a sharp, curved knife. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card Pluckers - Plucking Tea
The Island of Ceylon. In the Ceylon estates tea plucking goes on all the year round. With quick, deft fingers, the women take the tender top leaves (2 leaves and a bud) from each shoot and throw them into baskets slung from brown-bands. Each bush gets plucked over about once in 10 days. The workers are bare-footed. They wear white cloths over the head against the strong sun. The dresses-saris they call them-look gay and colourful among the dark green bushes, but they fasten sacking across the front to keep them clean and dry while they work. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card - Weighing - Tea Leaves
The Island of Ceylon. At internvals, the women pluckers on a Ceylon tea estate bring their baskets to a weighing point. The leaves are picked over for foreign matter and then weighed. Every worker gets paid extra, above her wages, for the amount of tea plucked. Experienced women can gather up to 60 lb. in a day. The scale is often a simple balance, like the one overleaf. After weighing, the tea leaf is immediately taken up to the factory for processing. Usually this is by lorry, but in mountainous estates, where the factory is often at a quite different level, the tea may be transported by aerial ropeway. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card Tea Estate Tea Factory
The Island of Ceylon. Each Ceylon tea estate has its own factory, built mainly of concrete and steel. They are big 3 or 4 storey buildings. Everything except the ground floor is used for the Withering process. The green leaves brought in from the estate are spred out on hessian or wire racks and left until most of the moisture has evaporated. They then move down to the ground floor where the processes of rolling, fermenting (or rather, oxydising) drying and sorting take place. Whereas women do the tea plucking, in Ceylon these factory processes are mostly looked after by the men. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card Colombo - Tea Auctions
The Island of Ceylon. Ceylon tea is sold by auction both in Colombo and in London. It is put up for sale in "lots" (anything from 30 to 40 chests). In Colombo the buyers attend the auctions themselves but in London they are represented by brokers who buy for them. Ceylon teas are sold on Tuesdays in the famous Mincing Lane Auction Room. The auctioneer starts off by calling an opening price. Buyers shout out bids from all over the room, going up 1/4d. at a time. Suddenly the auctioneer taps the table with his hammer and that means that particular "lot" has been sold to the highest bidder. and so it goes on until all the teas for that day have been sold. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card Mixing / - Blending Tea
The Island of Ceylon. The object of blending (or mixing) tea is to ensure consistent quality and flavour all the year round. In the wet season tea loses some of its flavour so the blender has to mix in more of the better teas from other estates or seasons. After he has finished tasting, a small sample blend based on his decision is made up. This can be of 2 kinds, (a) comprising teas from a number of different Ceylon estates (known as Pure Ceylon), or (b) Ceylon teas predominating but with some from other countries mixed in (Ceylon - character blend). Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card Warehouse Packeting Tea
The Island of Ceylon. In a modern tea warehouse, the leave is not touched by hand. It is blended in bulk in a large rotating drum. The blend is then tipped into an automatic weighing and packing machine where cams and levers clutch and shape pieces of paper into tea packets. The packets pass under nozzles through which the tea pours into them, then continue on to machinery which seals and labels. Finally, off they go on a conveyor belt to be parcelled up and sent to grocers' shops all over the country. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card Pearl of the East - MAP
The Island of Ceylon. Ceylon lies immediately south of India, separated from it by the narrow Palk Strait. It is shaped like a pear or Pearl-drop and is sometimes referred to as "The Pearl of the East". Ceylon is 271 miles long and 140 miles broad-about half the size of England. Its ancient name was Lanka, when it was ruled by Sinhalese kings. Today (1955) ceylon is a member of the British Commonwealth. The population of 9 million comprises a diversity of races, with the Sinhalese as the major community, but all people who come from Ceylon are known as Ceylonese. The chief products are tea, rubber, coconuts and rice. On this map the main tea regions are shown. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card Kandy Dancers / Dancing
The Island of Ceylon. The city of Kandy, last capital and stronghold of the Sinhalese Kings, lies rougly in the centre of Ceylon, and in the heart of the great upland tea-growing areas. It is famous for the octagonal-shaped Temple of the Tooth, which houses sacred Buddhist relics, and for its dancers. Mostly the traditional Kandyan dances are performed by trained professional dancers. The boys are taught at special schools. On accasions like the annual Perahera (or Festival) they turn out in jewelled headdresses breastplates and white baggy trousers, and dance to the intricate rhythm of drums. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card National Temple Flowers
The Island of Ceylon. A vast variety of flowers bloom with tropical splendour in Ceylon. In the Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya, on the outskirts of Kandy, a glorious collection may be seen of exotic orchids, hibiscus, bourgainvillaeas, crotons, cannas, frangipani etc. Palm Trees are, of course, a feature of the Ceylon scene and in Peradeniya, the famous Palm Avenue contains such specimens as the Kitual, Royal Cabbage and the giant Talipot palms. Shown overleaf is the national flower of Ceylon, the frangipani known as the Temple flower. Nearly 2/3 of Ceylon's people are Buddhists and on the day of the full moon theytake flowers to the temples as an offering. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card - Village Woman / Girl
The Island of Ceylon. The Ceylonese Villager by nature is gentle, generous and of a happy disposition. The men, however, are inclined to be easy-going so the women have to work hard. Their day begins before dawn, when the coconuts are scraped, rice husked, millet ground and rice-milk squeezed for the day's needs. They collect the firewood to stack in the garden. A sinhalese woman is light brown in colour, graceful and often beautiful. Her dress, or "sari", usually consisits of 2 pieces : a bodice with short sleeves and a cloth wound round the waist, hanging to the feet. 2 or 3 inches of bare skin show between. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card Ruined Cities - Buddha
The Island of Ceylon. The history of the Sinhalese in Ceylon goes back to the year 504 B.C. when the Aryan Prince, Vijaya, landed from India, married a Princess of Ceylon and, in time, became King of the whole Island. Under successive kings beautiful cities were founded, among them the first capital, Anuradhapura. Through wars, invasions and disease the cities fell into ruin, but their remains pay tribute to the glories of Ceylon's past. The buildings of Anuradhapura are mostly religious, but there are palaces too. Polonnaruwa has a recumbent stone Buddha 44 ft. long, besides many impressive Dagobas - conical temples built of brick and finished in dazzling white cement. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card - FISHING Sailing Boat
The Island of Ceylon. The waters around Ceylon have been called "the deep-sea fisherman's paradise". Game fish abound-barracuda, albacore, sailfish and swordfish, and the singing fish of Batticaloa. The village fishermen use outrigger canoes. They go out at night and their tiny lights may be seen from miles. When they return in the morning, the catch is sold from the beach. Another variation is stilt fishing. A crude fence is driven into the sea-bed offshore and from this "pier" the hardy fishermen try to earn a livelihood. Perarl fishing is less important than it used to be, but still takes place from time to time near Trincomalee. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card - RUBBER - Tree Tapping
The Island of Ceylon. Rubber, like tea, is comparatively new to Ceylon but is now her 2nd largest industry. It started in 1876 when 1919 rubber plants from Kew were shipped to ceylon on the S.S. "Devonshire", in charge of a gardener. The 1st exports of rubber from Ceylon were in 1900. Rubber is tapped from the trees at intervals of 2, 3 or 4 days into "cups" made from half coconut shells. Cleanliness in all the apparatus of cutting and collection is vital. The milky substance tapped from the trees is called latex. It is dried into sheets or crepe. There are about 660,000 acres under rubber in Ceylon. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card River Bathing ELEPHANTS
The Island of Ceylon. There is nothing an elephant loves more than a bath. And in Ceylon it is almost a daily ritual, in a river or a waterfall, or just a rippling stream, where the elephants are scrubbed down by the mahouts who look after them. These working elephants of Ceylon have sometimes helped in clearing land on the great tea estates. They are smaller than the African elephants, but very strong and intelligent. When they take part in a procession they are beautifully decorated. The wild elephants of Ceylon are becoming fewer. Other animals in the island include bears, leopards, elks, deer, boars, buffalo and sambhurs. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card Animal Cart The Village
The Island of Ceylon. Many villages in Ceylon are built below the retaining wall of a "tank" or artificial lake, so that they are certain of their water supply. The homes are mudwalled, with a thatched roof of straw or plaited coconut leaves, a wooden door and no glass windows. There is usually a verandah running along the front. Each house stands in its own ground and is attractively white-washed and looked after. Coconut, lime, orange, tamarind and areca palms make a picturesque background. Most villages provide a "maduwa" - a resting place for strangers - and, of course, there is a village shop. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card Coconuts / Coconut Tree
The Island of Ceylon. By contrast with tea, the coconut business of Ceylon is essentially the small man's industry. There are about 1 million acres of coconut land and roughly 2/3 is in allotments of 12 acres or less. The coconut palm has 6 crops of fruit a year and it is, in fact, the Tree of Life to the villager. The shell serves as fuel, the husk provides fibre for ropes, the nut is food, the milk squeezed from it is a refreshing drink or ingredient in cooking. Some of the other products are Copra (the dried kernel), Coconut Oil (extracted from copra), Oil Cake for cattle (the residue), Desiccated Coconut, Fibres and Yarns. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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Ceylon Tea Centre 1955 Old Card - Planting Tea - Plants
The Island of Ceylon. The tea plant starts life in a nursery bed on the estate. There are 2 ways of growing it-from seed, or by planting cuttings taken from selected bushes. The seeds are about the size and colour of a nutmeg. The seed bed is frequently watered and later, a rough frame-work of thatch provides shade. After 12 months or so the young tea plants are carefully dug up and replanted in open ground. The tea bush (it is really a pruned-down tree) is wonderfully hardy. It can be plucked when it is from 3 to 5 years old, and may go on yielding good leaf for 50 years and more. Published by Ceylon Tea Centre London 6.8cm x 3.7cm Series A
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CEYLON - Queen Victoria Postal Stationery Card 2c Lilac
British Empire, Commonwealth, Queen Victoria PSC Two Cents. Fresh Unused.
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Ceylon Sri Lanka Old Postcard Trees - RUBBER TAPPING
Natives. Rubber Tapping, Trees. Sent from Kotagala to Bristol, England. removed
Published by Plate & Co., Ceylan
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Ceylon Old Postcard COAST Boats from MT. LAVINIA HOTEL
Early Sri Lanka PPC, View along coast from Mt. Lavinia Hotel (Ceylon). Beach. Published by Plate & Co., Ceylan.
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Ceylon Sri Lanka Ceylan Old Postcard - The Lake - Kandy
Early Picture Post card, Coloured. Trees, mountains. Published by PLATE Ltd. Ceylan Colombo. Plate's ART Post Card series.
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Ceylon Old Postcard The Temple of the HOLY TOOTH Kandy
Sri Lanka early Picture Post card, Coloured, Buddhist Temple. Published by PLATE Ltd. Ceylan. Plate's ART Post Card series.
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CEYLON Old Postcard 1907 Edward 3c - The Maligawa Kandy
Sri Lanka Early Hand Tinted Coloured Picture Post card. Sent from Ceylan to USA. King Edward 7th 3c Green
Published by S. D. H. M. Sadoon Colombo 78675
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CEYLON Old Postcard 1904 Locomotive Train Railway Kandy
Sri Lanka Early Ceylan Black and White Picture Post card, approching locomotive train, railway near Kandy. Rocks Mountains. Sent to Woodbridge Suffolk England. Published by Plate Ltd
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CEYLON Old Postcard - King Parakrama Bahu I Polonnaruwa
Sri Lanka Early Ceylan Black and White Picture Post card, a native young man standing next to the Huge Statue Sculpture of King Parakrama Bahu 1, Polonnaruwa. Published by Plate Ltd
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CEYLON Old Postcard 1909 Road Moon Plains Nuwara Ellya
Sri Lanka Early Ceylan Black and White Picture Post card, Road to Moon Plains, Nuwara Ellya. river, lake, bullock cart, Bridge. Sent from Colombo (Via Brindisi) to Hampstead Road London (With arrival postmark on the picture side). King Edward 7th 6c
Published by Plate & Co. Ltd
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CEYLON Old Postcard - ROYAL VISITORS - leaving Ceylan
Sri Lanka Early Ceylan Black and White Picture Post card, View of Adams Peak from Maskeliya, Ceylan. Mountains. Horse & Carriage. Bridge. Published by Sole Concessionaires Fleetway Press Ltd. 5-9 Dane St. Holborn WC
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CEYLON Undivided Back Old Postcard Colombo YORK STREET
Sri Lanka Early Ceylan Black and White Picture Post card, Street Scene, Trams, Tramlines, Tramways, Stray Dog, Bullock Carts, Coolie & Rickshaw, Shop Advert - View of Ceylon etc. Published by A. W. A. Plate & Co.
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