Description: This vintage definitive postage stamp from Ceylon features a vibrant photogravure design composed of a dense bister-brown backdrop layered over a warm buff base with golden-orange highlights. The main vignette showcases a heavy, clustered bunch of King coconuts (locally known as Thambili) resting prominently against the textured background of a broad palm frond. Trilingual country inscriptions are displayed in the upper-left corner, featuring the name in Sinhalese, Tamil, and English reading "CEYLON". The bottom baseline identifies the face value with the large numeral "10", paired with multilingual text reading "10 CENTS". Along the lower left corner, a formal administrative inscription written in Sinhalese reads "Revenue and Postage" (තැපැල් ගාස්තු හා ආදායම්). The specimen is bounded by standard comb perforations and carries a light, weathered black ink cancellation mark arcing vertically down the right border.
Circa: 1950s
Condition: Used - Hinged
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