Sri Lankan rupee (Ceylon usage only)

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Sri Lankan rupee (Ceylon usage only)

Name: Sri Lankan rupee
Defn: 100c=1r
Symbol: ரூ
Code: LKR
Desc:
Units of money:
cent c 1
rupee r 100

Users of this currency: Ceylon (401 stamps, 1872-1972), Maldive Islands (19 stamps, 1906-1933), Sri Lanka (2005 stamps, 1972-2023) Show with all usages

Denominations used by Ceylon in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1c	4	1918 pur d=King George V (1912 keyplate) oc=blk on=1912-5c-pur ... 1927 brn issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 keyplate)
2c	31	1872 orgbrn issue=1872 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 2c) ... 12/10/1968 issue=human rights d=human rights flame (1968 Ceylon)
3c	24	1892 rose d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 4c) ovpt=3 Cents//bar oc=blk on=1884-4c-rose ... 3/20/1969 issue=National Savings Movement 25th
4c	20	1872 gray issue=1872 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 4c) ... 8/1/1969 issue=research 100th
4c+2c	1	5/10/1956 issue=Buddha 2500th semi d=lamp
5c	47	1885 vio issue=1885b d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 16c) ovpt=Postage&//FIVE//CENTS//Revenue oc=blk on=issue=1882-16c ... 12/5/1971 issue=1971 provisional oc=blk on=4/10/1969-4c
6c	19	1899 rose&blk issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 Ceylon) ... 8/1/1969 issue=research 100th d=Elephant lamp Ath Pana
8c	4	1872 org issue=1872 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 8c) ... 1882 org issue=1882 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 8c) lil unissued
9c	4	1922 red pc=yel issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 keyplate) ... 5/12/1937 grn issue=Coronation d=Queen Elizabeth & regalia & King George VI
10c	30	1885 purbrn issue=1885c d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 24c) ovpt=value&bar oc=blk on=1882-24c ... 9/25/1970 d=victory march
10c+5c	1	5/10/1956 issue=Buddha 2500th semi d=hand
12c	4	1899 olgrn&car issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 Ceylon) ... 1922 issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 keyplate)
15c	27	1885 org issue=1885c ovpt=15 CENTS//bar oc=blk on=16c-org-unissued ... 12/5/1971 issue=1971 provisional d=victory march oc=blk on=9/25/1970-10c
16c	4	1872 ltvio issue=1872 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 16c) ... 1882 vio issue=1882 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 16c) org unissued
20c	13	1882 redbrn d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 64c) oc=blk on=1877-64c-redbrn ... 12/28/1971 issue=Colombo Plan 20th d=Map & Emblem
24c	2	1872 grn issue=1872 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 24c), 1882 purbrn issue=1882 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 24c)
25c	29	1885 slbl issue=1885a d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 32c) ovpt=Twenty//five//Cents oc=blk on=issue=1872-32c ... 5/2/1972 issue=World Health Day d=Map showing Asian highways
28c	3	1885 rose issue=1885a d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 48c) oc=blk on=issue=1872-48c ... 1886 sl issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 Ceylon)
30c	13	1885 bl issue=1885a d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 36c) ovpt=THIRTY//CENTS oc=blk on=issue=1872-36c ... 10/25/1966 issue=Rice Year d=rice&globe
32c	1	1877 slbl issue=1872 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 32c)
35c	7	1951 d=star orchid ... 8/1/1969 issue=research 100th d=Lamp of Education
36c	2	1872 bl issue=1872 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 36c) olgrn unissued
40c	4	3/15/1954 issue=1954 d=rubber trees ... 8/31/1971 d=Lenin (1971)
45c	2	8/15/1967 issue=International Tourist Year d=elephant & International Tourist Year emblem, 9/1/1970 issue=Ceylon Medical School 100th d=caduceus & oil lamp
48c	1	1872 rose issue=1872 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 48c)
50c	17	1910 issue=1910 d=King Edward VII (1903 Ceylon b) var=white bg ... 12/28/1971 issue=CARE 25th d=CARE Package
56c	2	1885 olgray issue=1885a d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 96c) ovpt=FIFTY-//SIX//CENTS oc=blk on=issue=1872-96c
60c	9	7/5/1963 red&blk d=rural life ... 6/17/1970 issue=Asian Productivity Year d=Symbols of agriculture & industry
64c	1	1877 redbrn issue=1872 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 64c)
75c	6	1899 blk&brn issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 Ceylon) ... 2/5/1966 olgrn&multi issue=1964 d=black-headed oriole (1966)
85c	5	3/15/1954 issue=1954 d=picking tea ... 5/2/1972 issue=ECAFE 25th
96c	1	1872 olgray issue=1872 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 96c)
1r	14	1910 issue=1910 d=King Edward VII (1903 Ceylon b) ... 5/11/1970 dt=animals (1970 Ceylon) d=leopard (1970 Ceylon)
1.10r	1	8/14/1970 d=UPU HQ (1970 Ceylon)
1r12c	2	1885 cl issue=1885a d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 2r50c) oc=blk on=1879-2r50c, 1887 dlrose d=Queen Victoria (1887 Ceylon)
1r50c	4	1899 rose issue=1899 new design d=Queen Victoria (1899 Ceylon) ... 1904 issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1903 Ceylon b)
2r	11	1910 issue=1910 d=King Edward VII (1903 Ceylon b) ... 10/24/1970 issue=UN 25th
2r25c	4	1899 bl issue=1899 new design d=Queen Victoria (1899 Ceylon) ... 1904 issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1903 Ceylon b)
2r50c	2	1879 cl issue=1879 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 2r50c), 1899 vio pc=red d=Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 2r50c)
5r	8	1910 issue=1910 d=King Edward VII (1903 Ceylon b) ... 8/15/1969 issue=1964 d=girls in rice field
10r	7	1910 issue=1910 d=King Edward VII (1903 Ceylon b) ... 10/1/1969 issue=1964 d=Map of Ceylon
20r	3	1912 issue=1912 d=King George V (1912 keyplate) ... 11/27/1927 d=King George V (1912 common)
50r	2	1912 issue=1912 d=King George V (hi vals), 1921 dlvio issue=1921 d=King George V (50r)
100r	3	1912 issue=1912 d=King George V (hi vals) ... 1921 blk issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 keyplate)
500r	1	1912 issue=1912 d=King George V (hi vals)
1000r	1	1912 issue=1912 d=King George V (1912 keyplate)

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