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independence 1st issue of Ceylon

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Short desc: independence 1st

Issuer: Ceylon
Date: 2/4/1949
Occasion: independence (Ceylon)
Number/Year: 1


Consists of 4 stamps: (See stamps as list)

4c orgbrn&car&yel d=flag of Ceylon wmk=mult crown & script CA
5c dkgrn&brn d=Senanayake wmk=mult crown & script CA
15c redorg&car&yel d=flag of Ceylon wmk=lotus & Sri mult
25c bl&brn d=Senanayake wmk=lotus & Sri mult

All are perf=14

Issues with this name: Algeria (1963), Angola (1976), Bangladesh (1972), Barbados (1967), Burundi (1963), Cape Verde (1976), Ceylon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (1961), Ghana (1958), Guinea (1959), Guyana (1967), Ivory Coast (1961), Katanga (1961), Latvia (1919), Lebanon (1942), Lesotho (1967), Macao (1975), Malaya, Federation (1958), Maldive Islands (1966), Mali (1961), Mozambique (1976), Nevis (1984), Nigeria (1961), Rwanda (1963), Samoa (1963), Singapore (1966), Slovenia (1992), Tanganyika (1962), Tunisia (1957), Vanuatu (1981), Zambia (1965)