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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.
Joseph Vaz, Indian Catholic missionary, "Apostle of Sri Lanka" (1992) Pope John Paul II, leader of Catholic Church from 16 October 1978 - 2 April 2005 (1995) Kithalagama Sri Seelalankara Thera, Buddhist monk (2005) Professor Seneka Bibile, pharmacologist, politician (2006) Sri Narayana Guru Saint, Social Reformer, Poet KERALA (2009)
The first stamps in local denominations of rupees and cents were issued on 1 February 1892. On August 20, 2024, Sri Lanka's Postal Department released the world's longest stamp, measuring 205 millimetres (8.1 in). [5] This stamp celebrates the Sri Dalada Perahera festival in Kandy. [6]
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 ...
Postage stamps and postal history of Sri Lanka; Postal codes in Sri Lanka; Postmaster General of Sri Lanka; S. Sri Lanka Post
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 first Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue was a penny price list issued in November 1865 and reissued at monthly intervals for the next 14 years. [1] The company produces numerous catalogues covering different countries, regions and specialisms; many of them are reissued annually.