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4.2.2 PALM pRoDucrs
The Asian and Pacific Coconut Community urges us to
Cast CoconutD,ink CoconutUse Coconut
Coconut cake or poonacafter the oil is extractedis excellent cattle feed.
.uCornminttyLilt WCOff
collecting latexThe empty shells have many uses
sake flasks
ground up for a mildabrasive to internallyclean jet engines
or pulverized into a powder and used as an inert filter in plastics.
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Little of the coconut Is wasted.
The husks are retted and woven into ropes and mats.
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42.2 PALM PRODUCTSAlthough the quality of Tongan coconuts. Best in the Pacific Is well-known to copra dealers, stamp collectors know Tongabetter for its self-adhesive coconut stamps. A brief philatelic study of the three issues: five values In each set. 6 - 10 seniti.
Isiued 9.June 7970. Ernbcs,ed on gilt melWhite Bathing Paper
Large Coconut
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lssud 30-Sept1972. Embossed on paperBrown Baddng Paper
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Nr. A1o: LewisDirectorAnthony GroupMarac House105 The terracePC Box 12-143WellingtonME’ ZSALAND
Small Coconut29-Sept 1978Coil Fo,tnat
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30 cent Air Rate to LISA23 MR 1973
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4.2.3 PALM RESEARCH
The government of Tonga acuvety promotes both the growing of coconuts and the marketing of coconuts through
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IMr. A Garot,Agriouj.tursa Officer Industrial Crops,Plant Production & Protection Division,PAO,Via d.e].le Temxe di. CaraoalJ.a,ROWE.
and the Tonga Copra Board.
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Note use of !qular stamps by Offidal agency In AprIl. 1973.
4.2.3 PALM RESEARCH
Coconut palm research centres In thetropics work to Improve both the
The Coconut Research Board of Indiaisa world leader in these efforts.
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Several Malaysian institutes are also actively involved In coconut research.
MINYAKSAWff.The Palm Oil Research instituteof Malaysia is active in coconuts
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PAUR OLL.and oil palms Elae/sguIneensl4 THE EXCEUENT CHOICe
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The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Insititute MARDI is headquarted In Kuala Lumpur. the capital.
Two coconut palms grace the coast of arms for the Anglo/French Condominium of New Hebrides
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Coconut palms enhance the philatelic portraits of queens. shieks, and kings...
or when it is coveredby an inverted overprint
even when the portrait is missing.as on this plate proof
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The coconut pakn was a symbol of wanderlust and adveiflure forthe light cruiser 1155. RiCHMOND. nicknamed THE RfrJ.A8LER.
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One of the more unusual uses of the coconut was its use as thesymbol for ESMERELDAS ‘96. the VIII National Games of Eajador.
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The coconut palm has been used to decorate almost anything froma gravesite togasotine pumps in Hawaii
a nightdub in Los Angetes
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and a statue ofCaptain Cook.
5.1 DECORATIVE
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The coconut is featured in paintings...modern
The coconut palm is featured in many paintings of the South Padfic.
Probably the most famous painter of the coconut schoor is Paul Gauguin.
traditional
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A skilled woodcarver can fashion the tree trunk intostatuary to satisy almost any religious denomination.
Coconut timber serves as a medium for artisans.
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5.1.1 COCONUT ART
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5.2 AT THE POST OFFICE
From the Caribbean to the Pacific. the coconut shades the post office.
The Government Offices. -.1 Grand Turk. Turks & Caicos Islands. ii
West Indies.
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Throughout the tropical world, we find postoffices in such coconutty’ ocations as
Coconut Island. HawaII
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Due to its warm dimate. Florida has numerous palmy and coconutty’ named post offices including
CocoANIJT GROVE. Ftaspelling later changed to COCONUT
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Even a solitary palm tree or coconut can rate a post office name...
and coconut pahns are found on Palm Beaches from florida to Queensland.
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Coconuts were a popular souvenir as evidenced by this parcel post mailing tag.
SouQenir ‘ocoanut fromWest Palm [fieac& Florida
nts of the Wan Palm Beach Chaniber of Comnierce
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5.2 AT THE POST OFFICE
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West Palm Beach. Ft to Pl,aadeiphb. PA Dbbocr under lOGO mile, - ZoneMailed between 4/15/25 arid 7,1/22 at ,at of 10 cent, forThd ounce and 6 cents for eath add’ ounce.
5.2 AT THE POST OFFICE & CUSTOM HOUSE
Post offices and custom houses throughout the tropics are shaded by coconut palms.
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Just watch for falling coconuts or you may wind up in the next subchapter.
5.3. AT THE HOSPITAL AND CLINIC
Many clinics, hospitals, and dispensaries are located among tails stands of coconut palms.
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But look out forfalling coconuts!!
Leper colonies are frequentfr found among the coconut palms.
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However. American doctors would prefer to partyamong the palms at their annual meeting in Miami Beach. FL.
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5.4 COCONtJTY CHRISTMAS
Coconut palms in the tropics are an excellent substitute for the traditional northern fir trees -
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5.4 COCONUTTY CHRISTMASNothing like Christmac dinner on the beach in the shade of a coconut palm
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On Fiji. the Magi or Three Wise Men must travel...
by outrigger boat... along the beach... on pairn-kned trails... to find the Christ Child in a thatched hut.
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On New Caledonia. nothing refreshes Santa more than a fresh coconut!
5.4 COCONUTrY CHRISTMAS
The coconut palm provides Christmas peace and serentity for the peoples of the tropics...
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except for the German POW on this piinted-toprtvate-order postal card. He sitsglumly by a highly stylized coconut palm as he dreans of Christmas back home.
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5.5 THE MILLENNIUM COCONUT
The coconut palm helped welcome in a newcentury and millennium in mid Pacific.
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The dominant palm on the 2 from left stamp isa Spindle Palm Nyophorbe vershaffefth:all other palms on the stamps and on the sheet margins are Coconut Palms.
