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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1979.01   13.12.1979   Birds      
Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi Sri Lanka Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus
10c     168     Sri Lanka Blue Magpie    Urocissa ornata     
15c     108     Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot    Loriculus beryllinus     
75c     227     Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush    Myophonus blighi     
1r     13     Sri Lanka Spurfowl    Galloperdix bicalcarata     
5r     99     Yellow-fronted Barbet    Psilopogon flavifrons     
10r     189     Yellow-eared Bulbul    Pycnonotus penicillatus     

1979.02   13.12.1979   Birds   Sheet   1979.01

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Sri Lanka Blue Magpie  Urocissa ornata Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot  Loriculus beryllinus Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush  Myophonus blighi Sri Lanka Spurfowl  Galloperdix bicalcarata Yellow-fronted Barbet  Psilopogon flavifrons Yellow-eared Bulbul  Pycnonotus penicillatus
10c     168     Sri Lanka Blue Magpie    Urocissa ornata     
15c     108     Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot    Loriculus beryllinus     
75c     227     Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush    Myophonus blighi     
1r     13     Sri Lanka Spurfowl    Galloperdix bicalcarata     
5r     99     Yellow-fronted Barbet    Psilopogon flavifrons     
10r     189     Yellow-eared Bulbul    Pycnonotus penicillatus     

1983.01   15.12.1983   Birds      
Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon Columba torringtoniae Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis Dull-blue Flycatcher Eumyias sordidus Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos
25c     27     Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon    Columba torringtoniae     
35c     206     Sri Lanka White-eye    Zosterops ceylonensis     
2r     227     Dull-blue Flycatcher    Eumyias sordidus     
20r     24     Green-billed Coucal    Centropus chlororhynchos     

1983.02   15.12.1983   Birds   Sheet   1983.01

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Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon  Columba torringtoniae Sri Lanka White-eye  Zosterops ceylonensis Dull-blue Flycatcher  Eumyias sordidus Green-billed Coucal  Centropus chlororhynchos
25c     27     Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon    Columba torringtoniae     
35c     206     Sri Lanka White-eye    Zosterops ceylonensis     
2r     227     Dull-blue Flycatcher    Eumyias sordidus     
20r     24     Green-billed Coucal    Centropus chlororhynchos     

1986.01   10.03.1986   Surcharge on 1983.01      
7r     206     Sri Lanka White-eye    Zosterops ceylonensis     

1987.01   18.05.1987   Birds      
Layard's Parakeet Psittacula calthrapae Legge's Flowerpecker Pachyglossa vincens White-faced Starling Sturnornis albofrontatus Orange-billed Babbler Argya rufescens
50c     108     Layard's Parakeet    Psittacula calthrapae     "1987"
1r     230     Legge's Flowerpecker    Pachyglossa vincens     "1987"
5r     224     White-faced Starling    Sturnornis albofrontatus     "1987"
10r     210     Orange-billed Babbler    Argya rufescens     "1987"

1987.02   18.05.1987   Birds   Sheet   1987.01

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Layard's Parakeet  Psittacula calthrapae Legge's Flowerpecker  Pachyglossa vincens White-faced Starling  Sturnornis albofrontatus Orange-billed Babbler  Argya rufescens
50c     108     Layard's Parakeet    Psittacula calthrapae     "1987"
1r     230     Legge's Flowerpecker    Pachyglossa vincens     "1987"
5r     224     White-faced Starling    Sturnornis albofrontatus     "1987"
10r     210     Orange-billed Babbler    Argya rufescens     "1987"

1988.01   28.09.1988   Birds      1983.01
Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis
7r     206     Sri Lanka White-eye    Zosterops ceylonensis     

1989.01   Imprint 1989 on 1987.01      
1r     230     Legge's Flowerpecker    Pachyglossa vincens     

1989.02   10.11.1989   First moon landing      
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
75c     78     Bald Eagle    Haliaeetus leucocephalus     
1r     78     Bald Eagle    Haliaeetus leucocephalus     
2r     78     Bald Eagle    Haliaeetus leucocephalus     
5.75r     78     Bald Eagle    Haliaeetus leucocephalus     

1989.03   10.11.1989   First moon landing   Sheet   1989.02
75c     78     Bald Eagle    Haliaeetus leucocephalus     
1r     78     Bald Eagle    Haliaeetus leucocephalus     
2r     78     Bald Eagle    Haliaeetus leucocephalus     
5.75r     78     Bald Eagle    Haliaeetus leucocephalus     

1990.01   Imprint 1990 on 1987.01      
10r     210     Orange-billed Babbler    Argya rufescens     

1990.02   09.10.1990   Birds   No date imprint   1987.01
10r     210     Orange-billed Babbler    Argya rufescens     

1991.01   27.02.1991   Birds   No date imprint   1987.01
5r     224     White-faced Starling    Sturnornis albofrontatus     

1992.01   01.12.1992   Surcharge on 1979.01      
2r     168     Sri Lanka Blue Magpie    Urocissa ornata     

1993.01   14.07.1993   Birds      
Ashy-headed Laughingthrush Argya cinereifrons Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus Sri Lanka Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys
3r     210     Ashy-headed Laughingthrush    Argya cinereifrons     
4r     208     Brown-capped Babbler    Pellorneum fuscocapillus     
5r     24     Red-faced Malkoha    Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus     
10r     224     Sri Lanka Hill Myna    Gracula ptilogenys     

1993.02   14.07.1993   Birds   Sheet   1993.01

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Ashy-headed Laughingthrush  Argya cinereifrons Brown-capped Babbler  Pellorneum fuscocapillus Red-faced Malkoha  Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus Sri Lanka Hill Myna  Gracula ptilogenys
3r     210     Ashy-headed Laughingthrush    Argya cinereifrons     
4r     208     Brown-capped Babbler    Pellorneum fuscocapillus     
5r     24     Red-faced Malkoha    Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus     
10r     224     Sri Lanka Hill Myna    Gracula ptilogenys     

2000.01   18.09.2000   Nature conservation and hotel industry      
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
10r     93     Chestnut-headed Bee-eater    Merops leschenaulti     

2001.01   18.10.2001   Save the ozone layer      
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
13.50r     90     Common Kingfisher    Alcedo atthis     

2003.01   27.09.2003   Resident birds of Sri Lanka   Sheet   

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Black-necked Stork  Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Grey-headed Swamphen  Porphyrio poliocephalus Grey Heron  Ardea cinerea White-throated Kingfisher  Halcyon smyrnensis Black-crowned Night Heron  Nycticorax nycticorax Orange Minivet  Pericrocotus flammeus White-rumped Shama  Copsychus malabaricus Malabar Trogon  Harpactes fasciatus Indian Paradise Flycatcher  Terpsiphone paradisi Asian Green Bee-eater  Merops orientalis Brown Wood Owl  Strix leptogrammica Crested Serpent Eagle  Spilornis cheela Crested Goshawk  Lophospiza trivirgata Jungle Owlet  Glaucidium radiatum Rufous-bellied Eagle  Lophotriorchis kienerii Tricolored Munia  Lonchura malacca Sri Lanka Green Pigeon  Treron pompadora Plum-headed Parakeet  Psittacula cyanocephala Coppersmith Barbet  Psilopogon haemacephalus Common Emerald Dove  Chalcophaps indica Blue-faced Malkoha  Phaenicophaeus viridirostris Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler  Pomatorhinus melanurus Painted Francolin  Francolinus pictus Red-backed Flameback  Dinopium psarodes Malabar Pied Hornbill  Anthracoceros coronatus
4.50r     64     Black-necked Stork    Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus     
4.50r     30     Grey-headed Swamphen    Porphyrio poliocephalus     
4.50r     70     Grey Heron    Ardea cinerea     
4.50r     90     White-throated Kingfisher    Halcyon smyrnensis     
4.50r     70     Black-crowned Night Heron    Nycticorax nycticorax     
4.50r     154     Orange Minivet    Pericrocotus flammeus     
4.50r     227     White-rumped Shama    Copsychus malabaricus     
4.50r     83     Malabar Trogon    Harpactes fasciatus     
4.50r     165     Indian Paradise Flycatcher    Terpsiphone paradisi     
4.50r     93     Asian Green Bee-eater    Merops orientalis     
4.50r     80     Brown Wood Owl    Strix leptogrammica     
4.50r     78     Crested Serpent Eagle    Spilornis cheela     
4.50r     78     Crested Goshawk    Lophospiza trivirgata     
4.50r     80     Jungle Owlet    Glaucidium radiatum     
4.50r     78     Rufous-bellied Eagle    Lophotriorchis kienerii     
4.50r     234     Tricolored Munia    Lonchura malacca     
4.50r     27     Sri Lanka Green Pigeon    Treron pompadora     
4.50r     108     Plum-headed Parakeet    Psittacula cyanocephala     
4.50r     99     Coppersmith Barbet    Psilopogon haemacephalus     
4.50r     27     Common Emerald Dove    Chalcophaps indica     
4.50r     24     Blue-faced Malkoha    Phaenicophaeus viridirostris     
4.50r     207     Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler    Pomatorhinus melanurus     
4.50r     13     Painted Francolin    Francolinus pictus     
4.50r     102     Red-backed Flameback    Dinopium psarodes     
4.50r     87     Malabar Pied Hornbill    Anthracoceros coronatus     

2005.01   21.03.2005   Various surcharges   4v set   
Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
0.50r     168     Sri Lanka Blue Magpie    Urocissa ornata     1979.01
0.50r     78     Bald Eagle    Haliaeetus leucocephalus     1989.02

2006.01   04.01.2006   Wilpattu national park   4v set   
White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
10r     78     White-bellied Sea Eagle    Icthyophaga leucogaster     

2006.02   04.01.2006   Wilpattu national park      2006.01
White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
10r     78     White-bellied Sea Eagle    Icthyophaga leucogaster     MS

2010.01   07.09.2010   Horton Plains national park   4v set   
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi
5r     227     Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush    Myophonus blighi     

2010.02   07.09.2010   Horton Plains national park      2010.01
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush Myophonus blighi
5r     227     Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush    Myophonus blighi     MS

2013.01   28.07.2013   Yala national park   6v set   
Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
30r     64     Black-necked Stork    Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus     

2013.02   28.07.2013   Yala national park   2v sheet   2013.01
Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
30r     64     Black-necked Stork    Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus     

2013.03   28.07.2013   Thailand 2013   2v sheet   2013.01
Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
30r     64     Black-necked Stork    Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus     

2014.01   22.08.2014   Pigeon Island national park   6v set   
Rock Dove Columba livia
7r     27     Rock Dove    Columba livia     

2014.02   22.08.2014   Pigeon Island national park   6v sheet   2014.01
Rock Dove Columba livia
7r     27     Rock Dove    Columba livia     

2016.01   26.01.2016   Kumana national park   7v set   
Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
15r     64     Black-necked Stork    Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus     
25r     64     Painted Stork    Mycteria leucocephala     

2016.02   26.01.2016   Kumana national park   7v sheet   2016.01
Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
15r     64     Black-necked Stork    Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus     
25r     64     Painted Stork    Mycteria leucocephala     

2016.03   02.02.2016   World wetlands day      
Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
7r     8     Fulvous Whistling Duck    Dendrocygna bicolor     
10r     35     Greater Flamingo    Phoenicopterus roseus     
35r     8     Indian Spot-billed Duck    Anas poecilorhyncha     
50r     52     Caspian Tern    Hydroprogne caspia     

2016.04   02.02.2016   World wetlands day      2016.03
Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
7r     8     Fulvous Whistling Duck    Dendrocygna bicolor     MS

2016.05   02.02.2016   World wetlands day      2016.03
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
10r     35     Greater Flamingo    Phoenicopterus roseus     MS

2016.06   02.02.2016   World wetlands day      2016.03
Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
35r     8     Indian Spot-billed Duck    Anas poecilorhyncha     MS

2016.07   02.02.2016   World wetlands day      2016.03
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
50r     52     Caspian Tern    Hydroprogne caspia     MS

2016.08   02.12.2016   Unseen Sri Lanka   12v set   
Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
25r     70     Western Cattle Egret    Ardea ibis     

2016.09   02.12.2016   Unseen Sri Lanka   12v sheet   2016.08
Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
25r     70     Western Cattle Egret    Ardea ibis     

2016.10   02.12.2016   Unseen Sri Lanka   4v sheet   2016.08
Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
25r     70     Western Cattle Egret    Ardea ibis     

2017.01   16.12.2017   Endemic birds of Sri Lanka      
Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum Sri Lanka Bush Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri Sri Lanka Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus
4r     189     Black-capped Bulbul    Rubigula melanictera     
10r     80     Chestnut-backed Owlet    Glaucidium castanotum     
15r     200     Sri Lanka Bush Warbler    Elaphrornis palliseri     
35r     163     Sri Lanka Drongo    Dicrurus lophorinus     

2017.02   16.12.2017   Endemic birds of Sri Lanka   Sheet   2017.01
Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanictera Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum Sri Lanka Bush Warbler Elaphrornis palliseri Sri Lanka Drongo Dicrurus lophorinus
4r     189     Black-capped Bulbul    Rubigula melanictera     
10r     80     Chestnut-backed Owlet    Glaucidium castanotum     
15r     200     Sri Lanka Bush Warbler    Elaphrornis palliseri     
35r     163     Sri Lanka Drongo    Dicrurus lophorinus     

2018.01   24.05.2018   Wild animals   3v set   
Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
100r     13     Sri Lanka Junglefowl    Gallus lafayettii     

2018.02   24.05.2018   Wild animals   3v sheet   2018.01
Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii
100r     13     Sri Lanka Junglefowl    Gallus lafayettii     

2019.01   05.10.2019   Wasgamuwa national park   6v set   
Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
45r     24     Red-faced Malkoha    Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus     

2019.02   05.10.2019   Wasgamuwa national park      2019.01
Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
45r     24     Red-faced Malkoha    Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus     MS

2020.01   03.03.2020   Wild species threatened by trade in Sri Lanka   20v set   
Serendib Scops Owl Otus thilohoffmanni
15r     80     Serendib Scops Owl    Otus thilohoffmanni     

2020.02   03.03.2020   Wild species threatened by trade in Sri Lanka   20v sheet   2020.01
Serendib Scops Owl Otus thilohoffmanni
15r     80     Serendib Scops Owl    Otus thilohoffmanni     

2021.01   09.10.2021   Endemic birds of Sri Lanka      
Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
25r     102     Crimson-backed Flameback    Chrysocolaptes stricklandi     
25r     149     Sri Lanka Woodshrike    Tephrodornis affinis     
25r     226     Spot-winged Thrush    Geokichla spiloptera     
25r     87     Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill    Ocyceros gingalensis     
25r     190     Sri Lanka Swallow    Cecropis hyperythra     
25r     99     Crimson-fronted Barbet    Psilopogon rubricapillus     

2021.02   09.10.2021   Endemic birds of Sri Lanka      2021.01
Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis Sri Lanka Swallow Cecropis hyperythra Crimson-fronted Barbet Psilopogon rubricapillus
25r     102     Crimson-backed Flameback    Chrysocolaptes stricklandi     MS
25r     149     Sri Lanka Woodshrike    Tephrodornis affinis     MS
25r     226     Spot-winged Thrush    Geokichla spiloptera     MS
25r     87     Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill    Ocyceros gingalensis     MS
25r     190     Sri Lanka Swallow    Cecropis hyperythra     MS
25r     99     Crimson-fronted Barbet    Psilopogon rubricapillus     MS

2025.01   11.02.2025   Earth Summit      
50r     78     Brahminy Kite    Haliastur indus     

2025.02   11.02.2025   Earth Summit      2025.01
50r     78     Brahminy Kite    Haliastur indus     MS

2025.03   06.06.2025   Minneriva national park   10v set   
50r     78     Brahminy Kite    Haliastur indus     
50r     64     Painted Stork    Mycteria leucocephala     
50r     64     Asian Openbill    Anastomus oscitans     

2025.04   06.06.2025   Minneriva national park      2025.03
50r     78     Brahminy Kite    Haliastur indus     MS
50r     64     Painted Stork    Mycteria leucocephala     MS
50r     64     Asian Openbill    Anastomus oscitans     MS

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Location: Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean
Population: 21.1 million
Climate: tropical monsoon
Terrain: mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior

Birds: 433 species. 26 endemic species.
National bird: Ceylon Junglefowl

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