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