Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka, or ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, is an island country off the south coast of India.

It was called Ceylon until its independence in 1972, though its name in Sinhala was written as Sri Lanka (shown above) when it had become a dominion. See: Ceylon.


 * In 1972, Sri Lanka's first stamp was issued. As with issues to follow, the country name would be inscribed bilingually, with the name in Sinhala much larger than the roman letter "Sri Lanka".
 * In 1986, stamps began to have tiny year dates added to the bottom margins. Year dates would be gone by about mid-2006.



Postal fiscal issues
Used stamps must have provable postal cancels. 
 * In 1979, 25r and 50r revenues were made valid for postage.
 * In 1983, a 100r carmine perf 13x12 value was issued.
 * In 1984, two values in new colors and perf 14½x14 were issued.
 * In 1998, a 100r chocolate was isued.
 * In 2002, a 50r brown and black stamp syncopated perf 12½.
 * In 2007, three bicolor values including a 50r in new colors were issued, syncoperf 12¾x12½.
 * In 2018, a 50r square multicolored design was issued.



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