Stamps of Ceylon 1857-1900
Postage Stamps of Ceylon, a British colony, in the Victorian period (1857-1900). Sorted by the Stanley Gibbons 2009 catalogue.[1]
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1857 - 1859 issues
[edit]Recess by Perkins Bacon. Watermark star, imperforate. SG 2-15.
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1 d blue SG2
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4 d dull rose SG4 extremely rare
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6 d purple-brown, sub-issue 1859, SG6
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1 shilling & 9 pence yellow-green (?), sub-issue 1859, SG11
1861 - 1864 issues
[edit]Recess by Perkins Bacon. Watermark star, clean-cut (SG19-27, 38) or rough perf due to the line machine wear and poor maintenance (SG28-37).
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5d issue 1861, clean perf, SG22 chestnut
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1d issue 1861, rough perf, SG28 dull blue
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9d issue 1861, rough perf, SG33a light brown
1862 issue
[edit]Recess by De la Rue, no watermark. SG39-44.
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6 d brown SG41
1863 - 1865 issues
[edit]Recess by De la Rue. Watermark Crown and high CC (SG45-59)
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Half d, unused SG48 dull mauve
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1d SG 49 deep blue
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2d SG50
1866 - 1868 issues
[edit]Typo by De la Rue. Watermark Crown and CC (SG60-62)
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1d blue, oval C SG61 blue
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3d Used SG62a bright rose.
1867 - 1870 issues
[edit]Recess by De la Rue. Watermark Crown and CC (SG63-72)
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4d SG65 rose
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8d used SG68 chocolate
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9d SG69 blackish-brown
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1sh oval B SG71
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2sh oval SG72
New currency: 100 cents = 1 rupee
[edit]Typo by De la Rue, London (SG121 to 367).
1872-1880 issues
[edit]Watermark Crown CC. Usually perf. 14. Victoria head in 11 designs. Shades!
1872 issue
[edit]The postmarks are barred ovals with a letter or a numeral code. SG125 is skipped.
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4 cents, greenish-grey, unused. SG122.
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4 c grey oval A SG122
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4c rosy-mauve, sub-issue 1880, oval 49 SG123
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4c Oval 87
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8 c orange-yellow, oval SG124
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16 cents, pale violet. SG126
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16c pale violet oval B SG126
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24 c green, oval B SG127
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48 c rose, oval SG130
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96 c drab, oval A SG132
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8 c perf. 14x12,5 yellow SG135
1883-1884 issues
[edit]Watermark Crown CA. A 8 c yellow was issued in 1898.
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2 c, oblique A in oval of lines, SG147 dull green
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4 c rosy mauve, oval 99 SG148
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4 c rosy mauve, oval D SG148
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4 c rose (1884), circle SG149
Surcharge overprints
[edit]1882 issue
[edit]Overprinted by the Government Printer. SG142-143
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SIXTEEN 16 on 24 c SG142
1885 issue
[edit]SG153-193
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FIVE CENTS SG157
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10 cents SG188 brown-purple
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28 cents SG190 slate
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30 cents on 36 cents, unused SG191 olive-green.
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56 cents on 96 c, unused SG192 drab.
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1 Rupee 12 cents, unused SG193 dull rose.
1888-1890
[edit]2 cents in various formats. SG202-211
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Two Cents 1888 issue, oval A SG202
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Two surcharge SG205 rose
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2 cents double & inverted, unused SG207
1892
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3 c on 4 c rose, circle SG242
1898-1899
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1R50 on 2R50 slate, unused SG254
1886 issue
[edit]Two new designs. SG195-199
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28 c slate SG199
1899-1900 issues
[edit]Watermark crown CA. Two Rupee values in large format. SG256-264
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6c rose and black SG259
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12c sage-green and rose, sub-issue 1900 SG260
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15c blue SG261
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75c black & red-brown SG262
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1 Rupee 50 cents, rose, unused. SG263
References
[edit]- ↑ Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840-1970