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Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 km off the southern coast of India. After over two thousand years of rule by local kingdoms, parts of Sri Lanka were colonized by Portugal and the Netherlands beginning in the 16th century, before control of the entire country passed to Britain in 1815.
The Bangladesh Institute of Philatelic Studies was founded in 1988. Siddique Mahmudar Rahman was the first director of the institute. [ 1 ] The institute in 2004 published the first interactive database of Bangladesh stamps on a compact disk.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Philately of Sri Lanka" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total ...
Bangladesh first issued its own postage stamps upon gaining independence in 1971. [1] A set of eight stamps, with various motifs including a map of the country, were issued. [2] [3] Shortly after, stamps in eight values were overprinted "Bangladesh Liberated" in both English and Bengali were prepared in the United Kingdom, but only three values were issued in Bangladesh.
Weekend was an English language weekly newspaper in Ceylon published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company. [1] It was founded in 1965 as the Weekend Sun and was published from Colombo. [1]
This is a list of philatelic bureaus across the world. In philately , a philatelic bureau is the part of a national postal administration that sells philatelic items to stamp collectors , tourists and stamp dealers .
It has issued more than one hundred philatelic publications since formation. BNPA arranges national and regional philatelic exhibitions and holds monthly auctions in the capital Dhaka. The membership fee is 200 TK year (general member) or 2500 TK (Life member). BNPA is arranging Philatelic get together cum Auction on 1st and 3rd Friday of every ...
The Colombo Journal was a short-lived English-language bi-weekly newspaper in Ceylon. The newspaper started on 1 January 1832 with George Lee as editor. [1] [2] George Lee was the Superintendent of the Government Press and later Postmaster General. [3] The newspaper had the support of the government and Governor Robert Wilmot-Horton.