Indo Ceylon Christmas 1936
My father spent Christmas 1936 far from his mother (his father had been dead four years) on the family tea plantations in Ceylon/Sri Lanka. The contents of this envelope are long gone but I suspect they were the Christmas greetings from his Mother. Three points of interest. His mother Norah was herself quite itinerant and so this was posted (back) from the Grand Hotel, Lincoln, on the 24th December 1936 complete with POST EARLY handstamps! We have the Ceylonese address (we have it in many forms) Kabragalla Estate, Maturata. That gets to www.historyofceylontea.com/.../kabragalla--9316.html . Finally the mode of travel for the envelope, that special Indo Ceylon airmail flight!
Indo Ceylon Christmas 1936
My father spent Christmas 1936 far from his mother (his father had been dead four years) on the family tea plantations in Ceylon/Sri Lanka. The contents of this envelope are long gone but I suspect they were the Christmas greetings from his Mother. Three points of interest. His mother Norah was herself quite itinerant and so this was posted (back) from the Grand Hotel, Lincoln, on the 24th December 1936 complete with POST EARLY handstamps! We have the Ceylonese address (we have it in many forms) Kabragalla Estate, Maturata. That gets to www.historyofceylontea.com/.../kabragalla--9316.html . Finally the mode of travel for the envelope, that special Indo Ceylon airmail flight!