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George VI pictorials issue of Ceylon

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Short desc: George VI pictorials

Issuer: Ceylon
Dates: 1/1/1938 - 3/15/1947


Consists of 14 stamps: (See stamps as list)

2c car&blk d=tapping rubber & King George VI
3c olgrn&blk d=Adams Peak & King George VI
6c bl&blk d=Colombo harbor & King George VI
10c d=Sigiriya & King George VI
15c redbrn&grn d=river scene & King George VI
20c graybl&blk d=plucking tea & King George VI
25c lilbrn&dkbl d=Temple of the Tooth & King George VI
30c blgrn&car d=Ancient Reservoir & King George VI
50c dkvio&blk d=wild elephants & King George VI
1r lilbrn&viobl d=Trincomalee & King George VI
2r car&blk d=ancient guard-stone & King George VI
3/15/1947 2r dkvio&blk d=ancient guard-stone & King George VI
5r brnvio&grn d=King George VI profile (1938)
10r brnorg&grn d=King George VI profile (1938)

All are wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14

Issues with this name: Antigua, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Burma, Cayman Islands, Ceylon, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Fiji, Gibraltar, Gilbert & Ellice Islands (1939), Grenada, Jamaica, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mauritius (1950), Montserrat, Nigeria, Niue, Nyasaland Protectorate (1945), St. Vincent, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands (1939), Trinidad & Tobago, Virgin Islands (1952)


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