1954 King Coconut 10 Cents Ceylon

1954 King Coconut 10 Cents Ceylon 

1954 King Coconut 10 Cents Ceylon 

Text:           10c King Coconuts Postage and Revenue Ceylon

Condition:    Ø = used/cancelled

Title:   King Coconuts

Face value:     10

Stamp Currency:        Ceylonese cent

Country/area:                     Ceylon

Year:   1954-12-01

Set:     1954  Nuts

Stamp number in set:           1

Basic colour:      Brown

Exact colour:       Brown, Brown yellow

Usage:                           Definitive

Type:               Stamp

Theme:           Nuts

Stamp subject:   King Coconuts

NVPH number:                     

Michel number:         281

Yvert number:                         295

Scott number:                         329

Stanley Gibbons number:    435

Printing office:           Bradbury Wilkinson & Co, Ltd, New Maiden

Perforation:    11½

Size:                           

Watermark:     Without watermark

Paper:            

Printing:             Photogravure

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King coconut

King coconut is a type of coconut fruit cultivated in Sri Lanka where it is known as Thembili.

King coconut is short in stature and commonly found in Sri Lanka, and the nuts of which Sri Lankans regard as a "living pharmacy" is the most versatile and medically practical form of the coconut plant available. Sri Lankans sell and consume thousands of them on a daily basis.

In almost every Sri Lankan home irrespective of class, a king coconut palm is a common sight. Another familiar sight are the bunches of king coconuts displayed for sale in many wayside kiosk throughout the country.

These nuts come in many varieties, the most commonly found being the "red dwarf" (kaha thambili, commonly referred to as gon thambili). The other variety is "ran thambili", a smaller variety containing about forty nuts in a bunch.