BEng(Hons), PGDip(UK), LCGI, DTLLS, Member of Revenue Society UK, Member of philatelic Society SL More Information: dulshan49@yahoo.co.uk The first stamp for Ceylon was issued on 1 April 1857. The ...

Dulshan Ellawela has recently published his MPhil research — ‘Philatelic study during the British colonial period in Ceylon’ with the front page featuring an elegant design. Ellawala is a stamp ...

The collection of stamps as a hobby commenced with the issue of the “Penny Black” in Britain in the mid nineteenth century and rapidly expanded into the colonies of the British Empire and to the other ...

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The stamp features a portrait of Queen Victoria and is brown in colour. It is a 6 pence value stamp used to send a half ounce letter from Ceylon to England. A special feature of this stamp is it’s ...