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1959 Ceylon – Institution of Pirivena Universities

This commemorative stamp from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) was issued in 1959 to celebrate the Institution of the Pirivena Universities, distinguished Buddhist centres of learning, which had been given university status following the University Act No 45 of 1958, namely Vidyodaya Pirivena, at Maligakanda, Colombo, and the Vidyalankara Pirivena in Kelaniya.

The stamp depicts the Maligakanda Vidyodaya Pirivena on the left - first established in 1873 under the guidance of the Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thero, who is shown in a vignette above his school, with the Vidyalankara Pirivena, established in 1875 by the Kalapaluvawe Dharmarama Thero shown on the right.

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Posted: March 26th, 2008 by Debs

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Winston Churchill at Race Track

World leaders have always been an obvious choice as subjects on commemorative stamps but this stamp issued on 25 November, 1974 by Dominica on the occasional of the Centenary of Winston Churchill's birth on 30th November, 1874 is unusual in the informality of the setting.

The one-half cent issue pictures Winston Churchill at the Race Track and was printed on unwatermarked paper by
Format International Ltd, London.

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