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TAI T'ONG

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 8:23 pm
by aukepalmhof
TAI T’ONG: A single-masted boat 9-12m long used in swift, shallow rivers, it has a straight prow, rectangular poop, and a removable deck. When fishing a net is tied to two poles and played out against the current, hence its name since “t’ong” means pole.

Macau 1984 60 avos sg599, scott501.
Source Watercraft Philately Nov/Dec. 1986page 86.