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On August 20, 2024, Sri Lanka's Postal Department issued the world's longest stamp, measuring 205 millimetres (8.1 in), [10] to commemorate the Kandy Esala Perahera festival in Kandy. The stamp has a value of Rs. 500.
Postal codes in Sri Lanka are five digit numbers used by Sri Lanka Postal Service, that identifies each postal jurisdiction to sort mail more efficiently. They were first introduced in 1997. They were first introduced in 1997.
Panchikawatta is a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka and is part of the area numbered Colombo 10. Its postcode is 01000. Panchikawatte is known for spares and motor parts. The Tower Hall is located here. A majority of Muslims and Tamils live here. All buses which travel from Fort, travel by this way.
The first permanent post office in the country was established by the British in Colombo in 1882, when the country was a crown colony. [1] It was housed in several different locations until the construction of the General Post Office building at 17 Kings Street (now known as Janadhipathi Mawatha), Colombo Fort, opposite the-then Governor's residence at King's House (now the President's House ...
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.
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]
He was killed while besieging Colombo. The hill on which he had his headquarters was named 'Hulft's Dorp' during the Dutch occupation. [ 4 ] Nowadays, Hulftsdorp is regarded as the centre of legal activity in Colombo being the location of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka , Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka , Hulftsdorp court complex and Sri Lanka Law ...
Homagama is a town in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka, about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-east of Colombo. The Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha consists of the Homagama divisional secretariat and 10 GN division of Padukka DS division. The total Land area is about is 137 square kilometres (53 sq mi) of 90 GN division. The Pradeshiya Sabha was ...