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2. Postage stamps and postal history of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon . Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 km off the southern coast of India. After over two thousand years of rule by local kingdoms, parts of Sri Lanka were colonized by Portugal and the Netherlands beginning in the 16th ...

3. Former General Post Office, Colombo - Wikipedia

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   Main contractor. Arasi Marikar Wapchi Marikar. The former Colombo General Post Office (abbreviated: GPO ), at 17 Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo Fort, was the headquarters of the Sri Lanka Post and the office of the Postmaster General for over one hundred years, from 1895 until 2000.

4. Sri Lanka Post - Wikipedia

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   The Department of Posts, functioning under the brand name Sri Lanka Post ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා තැපැල් Shri Lanka Tæpæl ), is a government operated postal system in Sri Lanka. The postal headquarters is the General Post Office which is located in Colombo. The department itself comes under the purview of the ...

5. List of people on the postage stamps of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   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) Victoria of the United Kingdom (1857) Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1903) George V of the United Kingdom (1912) George VI of the United Kingdom (1937) D. S. Senanayake, prime minister (1949, 1966, 1968)

6. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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   Postal rates to 1847. Initial United States postage rates were set by Congress as part of the Postal Service Act signed into law by President George Washington on February 20, 1792. The postal rate varied according to "distance zone", the distance a letter was to be carried from the post office where it entered the mail to its final destination.

7. Postage is going up again. You should care, even if you ... - AOL

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   You should care, even if you don’t send mail. Chris Isidore, CNN. July 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM. On Sunday, the cost of a stamp is going up for the second time this year, jumping 5 cents for first ...

8. Mattakkuliya - Wikipedia

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   Western Province. District. Colombo District. Time zone. UTC+5:30 ( Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) Postal Code. 01500 [1] Mattakkuliya is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is part of an area referred to as Colombo 15 .

9. Postage stamp prices are about to increase for second time ...

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   After increasing the price of a first-class postage stamp to 68 cents in January, the U.S. Postal Service is planning to increase the cost again in the coming days.. The USPS will bump the cost of ...