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Now, Sri Lanka issues several souvenir sheets annually. A souvenir sheet is almost always issued with Wesak and Christmas stamps. [8] Sometimes, choosing one stamp from a set of stamps, a small miniature sheet, containing that single stamp is issued. Because they are attractive, they have become favourites among collectors. [9]
November 2008 in Sri Lanka (1 P) This page was last edited on 6 February 2025, at 17:14 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Dr. E. W. Adikaram, educationist, populariser of science, philosopher, [1] and thinker. (1988) 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)
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 Colombo Post is a Sri Lankan English-language weekly newspaper, published every Tuesday. ... This page was last edited on 12 November 2023, at 03:29 (UTC).
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. [2] [3] Three others, the 8 pence (chocolate brown), 1 shilling & 9 pence (green), and 2 shilling & 9 pence ...
2008 disestablishments in Sri Lanka (1 C, 2 P) 2008 establishments in Sri Lanka (2 C, 12 P) 0–9. 2008–2009 Sri Lankan Army Northern offensive (14 P) C.
The Colombo Journal was a short-lived English-language bi-weekly newspaper in Ceylon. The newspaper started on 1 January 1832 with George Lee as editor. [1] [2] George Lee was the Superintendent of the Government Press and later Postmaster General. [3] The newspaper had the support of the government and Governor Robert Wilmot-Horton.