Show y STORIES IN I ST STAMPS By I. I S. S Klein lt l ff t I ISLAND H DES 1 oU Z o 0 dEAN dEANI ir I CAPT APT JAMES COOK navigator in 1773 came upon a cluster of ot strange islands in the ther South Seas The natives to hi his r surprise greeted him heartily and so he named the group Friendly Islands Today these islands as Tonga and are are a protectorate of or Great Britain On the main island nd is the palace palace-of palace of the ruler Queen Salote I Ithe the palace grounds is the historic tortoise believed to b be more more- than years old which Captain Cook Cookis is said to have presented to the Tongan chief chiet Here is the bread breadfruit breadfruit bread fruit tree shown on the stain stamp below belo and kava ka a. a the atmo native 11 drink Nearby is N Tin Can Can Island where ships ship drop mail to fo 1 residents in sealed tin cans tha are picked up by native swim 1 mers Many stamp collectors have had such mail delivered to the is island ism is land and returned to them by the tin can route M j fr rN t 1 1 Copyright 1910 NEA Iss l Stamp news new u JI |