1866 Race Between Clippers Taeping And Ariel Tea China 1930s Ad Trade Card

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1866 Race Between Clippers Taeping And Ariel Tea China 1930s Ad Trade Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
3 '' x 2 1/4 ''  or  7.7 cm. x 5.4 cm.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1930s  TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
1866 RACE BETWEEN CLIPPERS TAEPING AND ARIEL
The Taeping was a clipper ship built in 1863 by Robert Steele & Company of Greenock
and owned by Captain Alexander Rodger of Cellardyke, Fife. Taeping participated in The
Great Tea Race of 1866 and narrowly defeated the Ariel. The ship's captain was Donald
MacKinnon of Heanish, Isle of Tiree. Wrecked 22 September 1871 on Ladd's Reef in the
South China.
In the middle third of the 19th Century, the clippers which carried cargoes of tea from
China to Britain would compete in informal races to be first ship to dock in London with
the new crop of each season. The Great Tea Race of 1866 was keenly followed in the
press, with an extremely close finish. Taeping docked 28 minutes before Ariel - after a
passage of more than 14,000 miles. Ariel had been ahead when the ships were taken in
tow by steam tugs off Deal, but after waiting for the tide at Gravesend the deciding
factor was the height of tide at which one could enter the different docks used by each
ship. "Taeping".
THE CARD DIMENTIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
3 '' x 2 1/4 ''  or  7.7 cm. x 5.4 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
THIS CARD IS NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION - IT IS AN ORIGINAL
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PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - BENT and/or ROUNDED CORNERS
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