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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
Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
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
Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
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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