Malay fishing kolek

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Malay fishing kolek

Post by shipstamps » Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:44 pm


Representative of the smallest class of Malay boats used for passenger carrying and small scale fishing, the kolek, is depicted on the 2 cents stamp. These boats have been produced from a dug-out base by building up strakes on either side to increase the freeboard. They are narrower in beam and quite fast.
SG39. Sea Breezes 9/55

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