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Ceylon 1935 KGV Postcard HOLY TOOTH TEMPLE QUEENS HOTEL
Sri Lanka Vintage B/W Old picture post card. Ceylan, The Bund and The Temple of the Sacred Holy Tooth as seen from the Queen's Hotel, Kandy. Palm Trees. Monument, Horse Rider Statue. Postally Used with British Commonwealth King George 5th Stamp 6c Colombo Harbour. Message : Dear friend, I want a complete set of pictorial stamps of your country (Kenya) with clear postal cancellation. I will send you a complete set of pictorial stamps of Ceylon with clear postal cancellation in exch. Sent from Colombo to Kenya Colony. KGV 6c
Published by Plate Ltd
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 | Item 65530
Ceylon Old Postcard Colombo Palm Trees Road A BYE PATH
Vintage B/W Picture Postcard, Sri Lanka Ceylan, Palm Trees. Rural Street Scene. Palm Trees. Colombo. A Bye Path. Published by Plate & Co.
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 | Item 64926
Ceylon Old Postcard Lakeside Scene 2 Natives & Cattles
Vintage Ceylan Sri Lanka Colour Postcard. Lakeside Scene. Ethnic Life. Lake, Palm Trees. Native Men with 2 Cattles. Published by Plates ART Post card
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Ceylon Old Postcard TAMIL LADY Girl in RICKSHAW Colombo
Sri Lanka Ceylon Vintage B/W Postcard. A Tamil Lady in Rickshaw, Parasol, Native Coolie. Ethnic Life. Tamil people, Tamils or Tamilians, are a Dravidian language speaking people from the Indian subcontinent. The oldest Tamil communities are those of southern India and north-eastern Sri Lanka. The music, the temple architecture and the stylised sculptures favoured by the Tamil people are still being learnt and practiced.
Published by M. B. Uduman's / The Travellers Mart
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 | Item 62065
Ceylon Old Postcard Dalada Maligawa KANGY Tooth Palace
Ceylan, Sri Lanka Vintage Colour Postcard. Kandy. Dalada Maligawa, Palace of Tooth Relic. Temple. Palm Trees. Published by The Coop Limited Colombo THE COOP LTD
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 | Item 62040
Ceylon Old Postcard Trees - Talipot Palm Tree in Flower
Ceylon Sri Lanka Vintage black and white picture post card, Talipot Palm in flowers. Published by Plate Ltd
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 | Item 62033
Ceylon Old Colour Postcard THE LIBRARY near LAKE KANDY
Ceylan, Sri Lanka Vintage Colour Postcard. Kandy Library, Lake. Panorama. Published by The Coop Limited Colombo THE COOP LTD
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 | Item 61837
Ceylon Old Postcard - MAIN STREET PETTAH - Colombo TRAM
Ceylon Sri Lanka Vintage c.1900 black and white picture post card, Street Scene. Pettah Main Street Scene, Tramway, Double Bullock Cart, Cheapside Store. Published by Plate & Co. | Price: | £6.99 | €11.88 | US$16.78 |
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 | Item 60917
Ceylon Old Postcard Natives BRAZEN PALACE Anuradhapura
Ceylan Sri Lanka Vintage picture post card. Ethnic Life. Native Men, Woman & Girl. Pilars. Brazen Palace, Anuradhapura. The Brazen Palace is known as the Lovamahapaya or great copper-foofed mansion. Its roof was originally covered with copper-bronze tiles. Duttagamini Abhaya built the massive Lovamahapaya for the monks. The rectangular buidlling had 9 storeys with 100+ windows in each storey, the rooms (1000 in all) were decorated with silver, coral and precious stones. Only parts of the 1600 supporting pillars remain today.
Anuradhapura is the main trading post of ancient Sri Lanka. According to a Sinhala Buddhist chronicle, the ancient town is well planned. Reservoirs are constructed to ensure continuous water supply. The ruins of Anuradhapura are well-preserved.
Published by Plate & Co.
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 | Item 60916
Ceylon Old Postcard Natives BRAZEN PALACE Anuradhapura
Ceylan Sri Lanka Vintage picture post card. Ethnic Life. Native Men, Woman & Girl. Pilars. Brazen Palace, Anuradhapura. The Brazen Palace is known as the Lovamahapaya or great copper-foofed mansion. Its roof was originally covered with copper-bronze tiles. Duttagamini Abhaya built the massive Lovamahapaya for the monks. The rectangular buidlling had 9 storeys with 100+ windows in each storey, the rooms (1000 in all) were decorated with silver, coral and precious stones. Only parts of the 1600 supporting pillars remain today.
Anuradhapura is the main trading post of ancient Sri Lanka. According to a Sinhala Buddhist chronicle, the ancient town is well planned. Reservoirs are constructed to ensure continuous water supply. The ruins of Anuradhapura are well-preserved.
Published by Plate & Co.
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 | Item 60915
Ceylon Old Postcard Scotch Church COLPETTY Road Colombo
Ceylan Sri Lanka Vintage picture post card. Ethnic Life. Street Scene, Bullock Cart, Palm Trees. Scotch Church, Colpetty, Colombo. Published by Plate & Co.
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 | Item 60610
CEYLON Old Postcard Moon Stone King Palace Anuradhapura
Sri Lanka Ceylan Vintage Black and White Picture Postcard, Ruins of Moon Stone and Steps. King's / Kings Palace, Anuradhapura. Published by Plate & Co.
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 | Item 59320
Ceylon Old Colour Postcard Mountain Roads RAMBODA PASS
Vintage Colour Real Photo Postcard. Streets, Roads, Mountains, Panorama. Ramboda Pass - Ceylon. Published by Gevaert| Price: | £6.99 | €11.88 | US$16.78 |
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 | Item 58836
Ceylon 1934 R.P. Postcard Palm Fringed Seashore COLOMBO
Sri Lanka Ceylan Vintage Old Real Photo Photographic Picture Post card, Fisherman. Beach, Palm Trees, Rock. Palm fringed Sea-shore. Seashore. Colombo. Postally used with King George 5th stamp 6c. / Message on back - am just leaving Colombo. It is raining hard here. Hope you are fit. I'm very well. Best Love from Bernard. Sent from Ceylon Oct. 27, 34 to England Tunbridge Well No. 39 Cork Road. KGV 6c
Published by The Amateur Photographic Co. Colombo| Price: | £6.99 | €11.88 | US$16.78 |
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 | Item 57806
Ceylon 1924 Old Postcard Lake Panorama of KANDY LIBRARY
Vintage Ceylan Sri Lanka B/W Postcard. 64, Kandy Library, Ceylon. General View. Published by John & Co. Colombo
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 | Item 56328
CEYLON SRI LANKA Old POSTCARD River Natives & Elephants
Vintage Colour Ceylan Picture Postcard, a herd of elephant, riders & Native workers in the river, Palm trees. Published by Plate & Co. Ceylon
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 | Item 54946
Ceylon Old Postcard Rural Street Scene - Boralesgarmuwa
Vintage Sri Lanka Ceylan Colour Picture Postcard. Boralesgarmuwa Native Street Scene. Ethnic. Natives. Woman with umbrella. Published by Plate & Co. ART Post Card
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 | Item 54945
Ceylon Old Postcard Kandy Temple of HOLY / SACRED TOOTH
Sri Lanka Vintage Colour picture post card. Ceylan, Temple of the SacredTooth, Kandy. Palm Trees. Published by John & co. Ceylon
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Ceylon KGV 5c x3 1927 Postcard ELEPHANTS crossing River
Vintage Old B/W Postcard. Ethnic. Natives riding Elephants crossing river Ceylon. Colombo. used with British Commonwealth King George 5th 5c x 3 (including a pair of 2). Sent from Colombo. KG5 5c x 3
Published by M.B. Uduman's The Travellers Mart
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 | Item 52978
CEYLON 1903 UB Postcard Palm Trees Native Street Scene
Sri Lanka Vintage Ceylan Old B/W Undivided Back Picture Post Card. Natives. Street Scene. Sent to Liverpool. Published by A.W.A. Plate & Co.
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 | Item 51676
CEYLON Old Postcard Ox Bullock Carts LIPTON Tea Estate
Vintage Colour Picture Postcard, Sri Lanka Ceylan, View on Ceylon Tea Estate, Double Bullock Carts transporting tea from Estates. LIPTON SERIES. Published by Photochrom Co. Ltd.
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 | Item 51576
Ceylon Old Postcard Street Clock Tower General Hospital
Vintage Ceylan Sri Lanka Colour Postcard. Clock Tower General Hospital, Ceylon. Trees Street Scene. Published by The Colombo Apothecaries| Price: | £5.99 | €10.18 | US$14.38 |
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Ceylon Old Postcard Tree Layards Folly Wellawatte Canal
Ceylan Sri Lanka Vintage Postcard. Wellawatte Canal (Layards Folly) near Colombo. Bridge, Palm Trees. Published by Plate & Co.| Price: | £5.99 | €10.18 | US$14.38 |
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 | Item 51501
Ceylon Old Postcard - KANDY LAKE General View Panorama
Vintage Ceylan Sri Lanka B/W Postcard. Kandy Lake. Ceylan.
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 | Item 51405
Ceylon Old Postcard Street Scene - Slave Island Colombo
Ceylan Sri Lanka Vintage Colour picture post card, Ethnic. Slave Island. Street Scene, trees. Horse Drawn Carriage & Natives. Published by The Colombo Apothecaries
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 | Item 51398
Colombo 1911 Postcard Volunteer Artillery Headquarters
Ceylon Sri Lanka Vintage Old B/W Picture Postcard. Volunteer Artillery H'quarters. Ceylan. Military. PPC used in the UK with Great Britain King George 5th 1/2d Downey Head stamp. Sent from Glam. to Bukenhead. KG5 1/2d
| Price: | £5.99 | €10.18 | US$14.38 |
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 | Item 51150
CEYLON Old Postcard ETHNIC Natives Tapping Rubber Trees
Early B/W Real Photo Picture Postcard, Sri Lanka Ceylan, Ethnic, Natives, Men & Women, Rubber Tapping. Published by Plate Ltd
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 | Item 51028
CEYLON Old Postcard Loaded Double Bullock Cart Colombo
Sri Lanka Ceylan Vintage Colour Picture Post card of Double Bullock Cart, with Full Load, Colombo, (animals). ETHNIC, Natives. Published by Plate Ltd
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FISH - GIANT DANIO India Ceylon Old Art Drawn Postcard
Early Artist Signed Colour Postcard. Danio Malabaricus (Jerdon, 1849). Giant Danio, Malabaricus. India, Malabar Coast, Ceylon. Published by De Regenboog
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CEYLON Old Color Postcard Man Climbing Elephant at Work
Sri Lanka Vintage Colour Picture Postcard, Ethnic, a native man climbing the elephant. trees. Elephants at work. Published by Plate & Co.
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