From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of people on the
postage stamps of
Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon.
The list is complete through 1980.
Ceylon (through 1972)
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Victoria of the United Kingdom (1857)
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Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1903)
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George V of the United Kingdom (1912)
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George VI of the United Kingdom (1937)
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D. S. Senanayake, prime minister (1949, 1966, 1968)
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Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1953)
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John Kotelawala, prime minister (1956)
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Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera, educator (1959)
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Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera, educator (1959)
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Anagarika Dharmapala, Buddhist missionary (1964)
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Solomon Bandaranaike, prime minister (1961)
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Henry S. Olcott, Buddhist reformer (1967)
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D. B. Jayatilaka, Buddhist scholar (1968)
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E. W. Perera, legislator (1969)
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Alexander Ekanayake Goonesinha, trade unionist, politician (1969)
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Ananda Coomaraswamy (1971)
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Vladimir Lenin, Soviet leader (1971)
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Cumaratunga Munidasa (1971)
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Arumuga Navalar (1971)
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Edward Henry Pedris, patriot (1971)
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Ananda Rajakaruna (1971)
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Charles Henry de Soysa, philanthropist (1971)
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S. Mahinda Thero (1971)
Sri Lanka (from 1972)
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Solomon Bandaranaike, prime minister (1973, 1974)
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Muhammad Lafir, billiards player (1973)
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Ponnambalam Ramanathan, lawyer, educator (1975)
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D.J. Wimalasurendra, engineer (1975)
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike, prime minister (1976)
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Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (1976)
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Ponnambalam Arunachalam, educator (1977)
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Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera, poet (1977)
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Mohammed Cassim Siddi Lebbe, lawyer, educator, journalist (1977)
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Veera Puran Appu, revolutionary (1978)
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Sir Ernest de Silva, Philanthropist
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D. S. Senanayake, prime minister (1979)
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Piyadasa Sirisena, patriot, writer (1979)
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Swami Vipulananda, philosopher (1979)
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Rowland Hill, postal reformer (1979)
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Henry S. Olcott, Buddhist reformer (1980)
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A. Ratnayake, educator (1980)
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George E. de Silva, politician (1980)
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H. W. Amarasuriya, politician, educationist, proprietor and philanthropist. (1983)
- Dr.
E. W. Adikaram, educationist, populariser of science, philosopher,
[1] and thinker. (1988)
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Joseph Vaz, Indian Catholic missionary, "Apostle of Sri Lanka" (1992)
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Pope John Paul II, leader of
Catholic Church from 16 October 1978 - 2 April 2005 (1995)
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Kithalagama Sri Seelalankara Thera, Buddhist monk (2005)
- Professor
Seneka Bibile, pharmacologist, politician (2006)
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Sri Narayana Guru Saint, Social Reformer, Poet KERALA (2009)
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Rabindranath Tagore, poet (2011)
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Dudley Senanayake, politician (2011)
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Eddie Jayamanne, comedian (2012)
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Sandhya Kumari, actress (2012)
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Titus Thotawatte, director, editor (2012)
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Joe Abeywickrama, actor (2012)
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Malini Fonseka, actress (2012)
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Gamini Fonseka, actor (2012)
- Prof.
Walpola Rahula Thero, Buddhist monk, scholar and writer (2012)
- Kusuma Gunawardena, politician (2012)
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Swami Vivekananda, Indian Hindu monk (2013)
- Reverend Father
Tissa Balasuriya, Roman Catholic priest and theologian (2013)
- Alec Robertson, Buddhist preacher and lecturer (2013)
- Dr.
Premasiri Khemadasa, composer (2013)
- Dr.
Tissa Abeysekara, filmmaker (2013)
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Dharmadasa Walpola, musician (2013)
- Ven. Baddegama Wimalawansa Nayaka Thero, Buddhist monk (2013)
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