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Burma India KE7 1a 1909 Old Tuck's Oilette Postcard Beauty & Beast Burmese WomanVitnage Colour Tuck's Oilette Art Artist Drawn Old Post Card. From "Burma" Illustrated by R. Talbot Kelly (A. & C. Black). Myanmar. Ethnic Life. Traditional Costumes. A Burmese Beauty and Animal Statue. Guardian of Temple. Woman Girl Lady with Umbrella or Parasol. Palm Tree. / Beauty and the Beast. The women of Burma are much more attractive than the men, the complexion being more ruddy and the features more regular, the hair is very luxuriant and always well dressed. The costume is a dainty white jacket and coloured "Lungyi" or, in the case of those of superior position, a "Temaine" or skirt of greater length so that it trails upon the ground, it is open at the side, exposing the leg nearly to the hips in walking. Leogryphs are common objects in Burma, and immense ones guard the great Pagodas of Arakan and Shwe Dagon.Postally Used in 1909 with British Indian King Edward 7th 1/2d stamp (tied Rangoon). Via Brindisi. With Bristol arrival postmark. Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons Oilette Wide Wide World Burma Series III
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