Return To Catalogue - Ceylon 1857-1867 - Ceylon 1868-1902 - Ceylon 1903-1920
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2 a red 4 a blue 8 a brown 1 R grey 2 R 8 a orange 5 R brown 25 R lilac 50 R red
As for the telegraph stamps of India, used stamps are always cut into two.
12 c green 25 c green 50 c blue 1 R brown 2 R 50 brown (?) 5 R orange 10 R lilac 25 R red 50 R violet Surcharged
(Reduced sizes)
12 c on 25 c green 12 c on 50 c blue '20 cents' on 25 c green '20' on 50 c blue (2 types?) 20 on 1 R brown 25 on 50 c blue 25 on 1 R brown 25 on 50 R violet 40 on 50 c blue 40 on 1 R brown 40 on 2 R 50 brown (?) 60 on 1 R brown 60 on 2 R 50 brown (?) 60 on 50 R violet 80 on 1 R brown (2 types) '80 cents' on 2 R 50 grey 80 on 10 R lilac 80 on 25 R red (2 types?) 80 on 50 R violet 5 R on 25 R red 5 R on 50 R violet
As for the telegraph stamps of India, used stamps are always cut into two.
25 c lilac
5 c violet 10 c yellow 20 c green 40 c blue 60 c brown 80 c green
5 c lilac and blue 10 c grey and yellow 12 c yellow and green 20 c brown and violet 25 c green 40 c lilac and brown 50 c blue and red 60 c green and brown 75 c blue and dark blue 1 R brown 2 R 50 c grey and yellow 5 R orange and red 10 R lilac and green 25 R lilac and red 50 R lilac and blue
In 1871 stamps with Queen Victoria, overprinted 'SERVICE' were prepared. However, they were never put into use.
The values 2p yellow, 6 p brown (red overprint), 8 p brown, 1 Sh violet, 2 Sh blue and 1 p blue and 3 p red of the 1868 were prepared.
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 2 p, 3 p, 6 p, 8 p, 1 Sh and 2 Sh | RR | - | |
| 1 p | *** | - | |
The picture below is probably a forgery of this overprint (it is inverted!).
2 c green 2 c orange 3 c orange and green 3 c green 5 c lilac 15 c olive 15 c blue 25 c brown 30 c violet and orange 75 c black and orange (overprint red) 1 R 12 c red
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 2 p green | *** | * | |
| 2 p orange | *** | * | |
| 3 c orange and green | *** | *** | |
| 3 c green | *** | *** | |
| 5 c | ** | * | |
| 15 c olive | *** | ** | |
| 15 c blue | *** | *** | |
| 25 c | *** | *** | |
| 30 c | *** | ** | |
| 75 c | R | *** | |
| 1 R 12 c | RR | RR | |
(Reduced size)
2 c orange 3 c green 5 c lilac 15 c blue 25 c brown 30 c violet and green
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 2 c | *** | *** | |
| 3 c | *** | *** | |
| 5 c | *** | ** | |
| 15 c | R | *** | |
| 25 c | RR | RR | |
| 30 c | R | *** | |
The 2 c, 3 c, 5 c and 15 c were forged by the forger Fournier. I presume he applied a forged overprint 'On Service' to genuine stamps. He offers them for 2 Swiss Francs in his Fournier Pricelist of 1914.
Forged overprints made by the forger Fournier,
reduced sizes, images obtained from a 'Fournier Album of
Philatelic Forgeries'. Among them a forged 'On Service'
overprint.
I know that the forger Harold Treherne has also made forged 'On Service' overprints. I don't know if he forged this issue or the previous issue (or both?).
From 1 October 1903 onwards official stamps were no longer used in Ceylon.
These stamps exist of three parts with inscriptions: 'FIRST OF EXCHANGE', 'SECOND OF EXCHANGE' and 'THIRD OF EXCHANGE'.
The following values exist: 5 c green and lilac, 10 c grey, 15 c blue and lilac, 20 c violet and blue, 30 c brown, 40 c green and red, 45 c violet, 60 c brown and lilac, 75 c blue, 80 c yellow and black, 1 R red and blue, 1 R 20 c violet and green, 1 R 50 c green, 2 R grey and red, 2 R 25 c violet and 3 R orange. Various overprints exist (about 30), examples:
The following values exist: 5 c green and violet, 10 c grey, 20 c violet and blue, 40 c green and red, 60 c brown and violet, 75 c blue, 80 c yellow and black, 1 R red and blue, 1 R red and brown, 1 R 20 c violet and blue, 1 R 20 c violet and green, 2 R grey and red, 3 R brown, 3 R orange and 5 R brown and red.
(Reduced sizes)
(1882 issue and ???, reduced size)
Several stamp duty stamps of Ceylon exist with overprint 'JUDICIAL'.
Postage stamp, overprinted 'Postal Commisson' and surcharged with value:
ENVELOPES
(Reduced sizes)
1 p blue 2 p green 4 p red 5 p brown 6 p violet 8 p brown 9 p violet 10 p red (1867) 1 Sh yellow 1 Sh 9 p green 2 Sh blue
A forgery of the 2 p green is described in the book 'Album Weeds'.
(Reduced size)
4 c blue (circle) 4 c blue (square) 5 c blue (1887) 10 c red (1893) 12 c red 15 c red (1889) Surcharged
'2' on 5 c 'District Letter Envelope'
'FIVE CENTS' on 4 c, reduced sizes
'FIVE CENTS' on 4 c
'2' and bars on 5 c blue 'FIVE CENTS' (6 types) on 4 c blue '5 CENTS' (4 types) on 4 c blue 'TEN CENTS' on 12 c red 'TEN CENTS' on 15 c red '10 CENTS' on 12 c red '10 CENTS' on 15 c red 'FIFTEEN CENTS' (2 types) on 4 c blue '15 CENTS' (4 types) on 4 c blue
5 c blue
WRAPPERS
(Reduced sizes)
2 c brown 2 c lilac 5 c yellow
Later issues, example:
(Cut from wrapper, reduced size)
POSTCARDS
2 c lilac 2 c blue (1893) Surcharged '2 1/2 CENTS' on 2 c lilac (1884) '10 cents' on 2 c lilac (1884) Overprinted 'Naples, Marseilles or Southampton' '8 cents' on 2 c lilac '12 cents' on 2 c lilac
6 c blue 8 c brown Surcharged '2 1/2 cents' on 2 c lilac '2 1/2 cents' on 6 c blue '2 1/2 cents' on 8 c brown '3 CENTS' on 6 c blue '5 cents' on 6 c blue '5 CENTS' on 6 c blue '5 cents' on 8 c brown '10 cents' on 6 c blue '10 cents' on 8 c brown
3 c lilac 5 c blue 5 c violet (1893) 5 c black (1894) 10 c brown Surcharged 'TWO CENTS' on 3 c lilac (1893) '3 CENTS' on 5 c blue '3' on 5 c blue 'THREE CENTS' (black or red) on 5 c blue 'THREE CENTS' on 10 c brown 'THREE' on 10 c brown '5 CENTS' on 10 c brown
(Reduced size)
2 c blue
Later issues:
What are these (inscription 'CEYLON STAMP')?:
'CEYLON STAMP 1812'
'CEYLON STAMP 1809'
Mute line cancel
'A cancels'
'B cancels'
'F cancel' and 'H cancel'
Numeral cancels '42', '49' and '70' (Trincomalee)
The next 'CAVE' overprints were used by the company H.W.Cave in Colombo (source http://www.cosgb.org/ceylon.htm), and were used in several types and colors from 1884 to 1908 (CAVE perfins also exists):
The overprints seems to exist in at least two types; large in black or violet and small in violet.
Other private overprints mentioned in http://www.cosgb.org/ceylon.htm
are
"AITKEN SPENCE" (violet)
"C&Co" (at least two types, violet)
"C.L.&Co." (violet)
"CARGILLS" (violet)
"CARSON & Co" (violet)
"COLOMBO CLUB" (violet)
"DELMEGE REID & CO COLOMBO" (violet in an ellipse)
"E.P.&E.C." (Eastern Products and Estate Company?
violet)
"LEECHMAN" (violet)
"M.B.I" (Mercantile Bank of India, violet)
"S&Co" (violet)
Private company overprints?