Sri Lanka 1983 Birds

From Stamps of the World
  • Issue date: 22nd November 1983
  • four values and a miniature sheet
  • Designed by: G Ratnavira
  • Printed by: Format International, London, England
  • Print process: lithography
  • stamp format height 29mm x width 39mm. Miniature sheet format height 93mm x width 183mm
  • Perforations: 14.4 x 14.4
  • Note. A R7 stamp in the design of the 35c was issued in 1988

Birds of Sri Lanka


25c ~ Ceylon wood pigeon, Columba torringtoni
35c ~ large Sri Lanka white-eye, Zosterops ceylonensis
R2.00 ~ dusky blue flycatcher, Muscicapa sordida
R20.00 ~ Ceylon coucal, Centropus chlororhynchus

Sheet stamps

25c
35c
R2.00
R20.00

First Day Cover

First Day Cover

Miniature sheet

miniature sheet