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The first souvenir sheet of Sri Lanka was issued on 5 February 1966 on the topic 'Typical Birds of Ceylon' and was imperforate. [5] This sheet was reissued on 15 September 1967 to commemorate the 1st National Stamp Exhibition of Sri Lanka, overprinted 'FIRST NATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION 1967'. [5]
The Dull Rose is a Ceylonese (modern-day Sri Lanka) postage stamp that is considered to be the rarest and most valuable stamp issued in the country. [1] [2] 7000 stamps were issued on 23 April 1859, bearing a face value of four pence.
D. S. Senanayake, prime minister (1949, 1966, 1968) Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1953) Sir John Kotelawala, prime minister (1956) Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera, educator (1959) Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera, educator (1959) Anagarika Dharmapala, Buddhist missionary (1964) Solomon Bandaranaike, prime minister (1961)
Stamped paper is an often-foolscap piece of paper which bears an imprinted revenue stamp. [1] [2] Stamped papers are not a form of postal stationery as although they may contain writing, they are not designed to be used to convey a message. The use of stamped paper in the American colonies was so unpopular that it has been credited with sowing ...
Postal museum is a Sri Lanka's national museum of post that located at the Postal Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Firstly, the postal museum was functioned at the Central Telegraph Office during 1918–1925, and moved to General Post Office in 1994. Again, a national postal museum was opened on 6 July 2010. [1]
The only evidence of a British postal service before 1815 is a "Colombo Post Free" handstamp used on a soldier's letter in 1809, when British Royal Artillery troops were engaged to subdue Sri Vikrama Rajasinha, the king of Kandy (1798–1815), whose inland territory had never been under the influence of the Dutch.
COLOMBO (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund and Sri Lanka have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the second review of a four-year bailout programme, the ...
Postage stamps and postal history of Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka Post This page was last edited on 20 December 2023, at 07:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...