Name: Horizontal red SPECIMEN No # ovpt front; horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpt back; all-zero s/n
SKU: 137191

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Horizontal red SPECIMEN No # ovpt front; horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpt back; all-zero s/n

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Obverse Description

English, Sinhala, and Tamil text; temple; scenes of “progress:” doctor and nurse representing free education and health services; woman with scythe (Gal Oya development); electrical power tower; Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall; Victoria Dam (Mahaweli development project); jumbo jet and control tower at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA); telecommunications satellite dishes; young women (Investment Promotion Zone); new parliament complex in Sri Jayewardenepura-Kotte; Colombo port and city; two couples with dove; churches and temples (unity and peace)

Reverse Description

English, Sinhala, and Tamil text; octagon building (paththirippuwa) at Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy; scenes of “national heritage;” advent of Prince Vijaya; arrival of Arahant Mahinda and introduction of Buddhism; King Durugemunu builds Maha Seya; King Kasyapa build palace at Sigiriya rock; King Parakramabahu the Great constructs Sea of Parakrama; invasion by Portuguese and Dutch; conquest by British; Wariyapola Sri Sumangala Thero hauling down British flag at Kandyan convention

Catalog Information

GSID: 137191

Variety: Horizontal red SPECIMEN No # ovpt front; horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpt back; all-zero s/n

BNB #: B121as

Pick #: P114as

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