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Ceylon
Bird stamps from Ceylon

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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1966.01   05.02.1966   Birds of Ceylon      
Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayetii Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
5c     205     Common Hill Myna    Gracula religiosa     
15c     11     Indian Peafowl    Pavo cristatus     
60c     11     Sri Lanka Junglefowl    Gallus lafayetii     
75c     156     Black-hooded Oriole    Oriolus xanthornus     

1966.02   05.02.1966   Birds of Ceylon   Sheet, imp   1966.01
Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
5c     205     Common Hill Myna    Gracula religiosa     
15c     11     Indian Peafowl    Pavo cristatus     
60c     11     Sri Lanka Junglefowl    Gallus lafayetii     "JUNGLE FOWL"
75c     156     Black-hooded Oriole    Oriolus xanthornus     

1967.01   Exhibition 1967   Sheet, imp   1966.01
Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
5c     205     Common Hill Myna    Gracula religiosa     
15c     11     Indian Peafowl    Pavo cristatus     
60c     11     Sri Lanka Junglefowl    Gallus lafayetii     
75c     156     Black-hooded Oriole    Oriolus xanthornus     

Ceylon map

Location: Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean
Status: No longer a stamp-issuing entity; now named Sri Lanka

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28.02.2009