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The first souvenir sheet of Sri Lanka was issued on 5 February 1966 on the topic 'Typical Birds of Ceylon' and was imperforate. [5] This sheet was reissued on 15 September 1967 to commemorate the 1st National Stamp Exhibition of Sri Lanka, overprinted 'FIRST NATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION 1967'. [5]
The Dull Rose is a Ceylonese (modern-day Sri Lanka) postage stamp that is considered to be the rarest and most valuable stamp issued in the country. [1] [2] 7000 stamps were issued on 23 April 1859, bearing a face value of four pence.
The List of newspapers in Sri Lanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in Sri Lanka. The list includes information on whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, and who publishes it. For those newspapers that are also published online, the website is given.
The first permanent post office in the country was established by the British in Colombo in 1882, when the country was a crown colony. [1] It was housed in several different locations until the construction of the General Post Office building at 17 Kings Street (now known as Janadhipathi Mawatha), Colombo Fort, opposite the-then Governor's residence at King's House (now the President's House ...
Wijeya Newspapers Limited (WNL) is a Sri Lankan media company which publishes a number of national newspapers and magazines. Formerly known as Wijeya Publications Limited , WNL was founded in 1979 by Ranjith Wijewardene, son of media mogul D. R. Wijewardena .
The first stamps in local denominations of rupees and cents were issued on 1 February 1892. On August 20, 2024, Sri Lanka's Postal Department released the world's longest stamp, measuring 205 millimetres (8.1 in). [5] This stamp celebrates the Sri Dalada Perahera festival in Kandy. [6]
More than 161,000 counterfeit U.S. Forever stamps from China were recently seized in Chicago, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Thursday.
The China Press (Chinese: 侨报), commonly called Qiaobao, is a pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Chinese-language newspaper published in the United States. [1] It covers general interest topics with an emphasis on news about the United States and China, and publishes daily and weekly editions.