Philately Study during the British Colonial Period in Ceylon – Dulshan Ellawela

p.s – (does not include the wooden cover)

The third book by veteran philatelist Dulshan Ellawela. The product is a result of his MPhil thesis completed at University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The book focuses number of areas including:

• Evaluation of Ceylon Colonial Stamps
• Design of Colonial postage stamps
• Evaluation of the printing, counterfeiting and error stamps utilized during Queen Victoria era
• Evaluation of Ceylon Revenue and Telegraph stamps
• Evaluation of Ceylon patent envelopes based on the discovered historical envelope

The reader would be left with new findings that would question the existing literature produced prior to this book being published and ensure to keep an open mind about the history of Philately in Sri Lanka