CEYLON – Postage Stamps

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Ceylon Stamps and Ceylon Postal History – For some 2,000 years the island was ruled by a local kingdom. In 1517 the Portuguese founded a fort at the port city of Colombo and gradually extended their control over the coastal areas.
In 1638 the Dutch made a treaty with Rajasinghe II, the king of Kandy, to get rid of the Portuguese. By 1660 the Dutch controlled the whole island except the kingdom of Kandy and it was not until 1656 that Colombo fell. In 1796 Great Britain occupied the coastal areas of the island (which they called Ceylon). In 1802 the Netherlands ceded the parts of the island they still occupied to Great Britain. The remainder of the island, the Kingdom of Kandy, was occupied by Great Britain in 1815 and the native king of Kandy was deposed and exiled. Ceylon became an independent country on 4 February 1948. On 22 May 1972 the name Ceylon was changed to Sri Lanka. LINK to the complete article – www.stampdomain.com/country/ceylon/

TPOs of Ceylon / Sri Lanka – LINK – www.tpo-seapost.org.uk/tpo2/downloads/Ceylon_TPOs_2023.pdf

Forged stamps of Ceylon / Sri Lanka – LINK – stampforgeries.com/forged-stamps-of-ceylon/