Description: This original 2-cent bicolored definitive postage stamp was issued by the British colonial administration of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Recess-printed by Waterlow & Sons, the vertical design utilizes a two-tone color scheme consisting of a carmine-red outer framework wrapped around a highly detailed black central vignette. The focal scene depicts a local estate worker hunched over the trunk of a Hevea brasiliensis tree, scoring the bark to guide a steady stream of raw liquid latex into a collecting cup. The upper-left corner features a prominent circular medallion containing a formal portrait of King George VI in full military attire. The colony name "CEYLON" is emblazoned in an open-shadow serif typeface at the upper right, while the face value "2c" rests in the bottom-left corner, directly adjacent to a small identification label reading "TAPPING RUBBER".
Circa: 1938-1952
Condition: Used
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