#384 Sri Lanka 10/05/24

Thank you, Ravindra, for sending this beautiful cover from Sri Lanka! It was posted on May 24 and arrived on May 31, 2010.

The attached stamp set was issued on September 16, 2008. It depicts buildings and artefacts of the late Anuradhapura Era (6th to 10th centrury AD).

#307 Sri Lanka 10/03/17

Peter Paul sent me another nice cover from Sri Lanka, thank you!

It was posted on March 17 in Wennappuwa and arrived in Graz on March 23.

The stamps are part of the zodiac set, which was issued on October 9, 2007. I already wrote about the stamps and the postal stationery in this post.

#152 Sri Lanka 09/05/22

Thank you, Peter Paul, for this extraordinary cover from Sri Lanka!

It was posted on May 22, 2009, and has attached six stamps of the zodiac series, which was issued on October 9, 2007. The cover itself is a postal stationery depicting a strange creature half lion and elephant. Does anybody know more about this symbol?

Sri Lanka 2008/10/2?

My first cover from Sri Lanka, posted in October 2008.

This nice mini-sheet commemorates the Weheragolla – Udawalawe National Park in Southern Sri Lanka, which was established in 1972 and has an area of 306 km². The stamps have a total face value of 50 rupees (5 + 45) and depict water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) and common langurs (Presbytes entellus).