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Ceylon & Sri Lanka Stamps Banknotes Coins, Vesak (8) |
Collection of Banknotes, Stamps and Coins for Sri Lanka (& Ceylon before 1972). Collectors items related to Vesak. Vesak (Sinhalese) is an annual holiday observed by practicing Buddhists. The word Vesak itself is the Sinhalese language word for the Pali variation, 'Visakha'. Vaishakha is the name of the second month of the lunar Hindu calendar. Vesak is a public holiday in many Asian countries like Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and also Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The exact date of Vesak varies according to the various lunar calendars used in different traditions. In Theravada countries following the Buddhist calendar, it falls on the full moon Poya day (typically the 5th or 6th lunar month). The date varies from year to year in the Western Gregorian calendar but falls in April or May. It actually encompasses the birth, enlightenment Nirvana, and passing (Parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha. In Sri Lanka, stamps are issued every year for Vesak or Wesak as it is known. |
Ceylon & Sri Lanka - First Day Covers (FDCs)
Date: 30-Apr-04
Denomination: 4r, 4r50c, 16r50c, 20r
Country: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Stamp FDC - Vesak 2004 (1) in collection of First Day Covers and belongs to Catagories: Vesak, Buddhism.
FD-LK-00220
Ceylon & Sri Lanka - First Day Covers (FDCs)
Date: 30-Apr-04
Denomination: 26r
Country: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Stamp FDC - Vesak 2004 (2) in collection of First Day Covers one of many items in Catagories: Vesak, Buddhism.
FD-LK-00230
Ceylon & Sri Lanka - First Day Covers (FDCs)
Date: 12-May-05
Denomination: 4r50c, 5r, 10r, 50r
Country: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Stamp FDC - Vesak 2005 in collection of First Day Covers an item in the Catagories: Vesak, Buddhism.
FD-LK-00390
Ceylon & Sri Lanka - First Day Covers (FDCs)
Date: 20-Apr-07
Denomination: 5r, 5r, 20r, 20r
Country: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Stamp FDC - Vesak 2007 in collection of First Day Covers one in large number of items in Catagories: Vesak, Buddhism.
FD-LK-00900
Sri Lanka used stamps
Date: 07-May-76
Denomination: 5c
Country: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Used Stamp - Vesak. paintings from the Dambava Temple. Multicoloured from 1976 in collection of Used Stamps and belongs to Catagories: Vesak, Buddhism, History & Archology.
US-LK-76031
Sri Lanka used stamps
Date: 07-May-76
Denomination: 10c
Country: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Used Stamp - Vesak. paintings from the Dambava Temple. Multicoloured - King Suddhodana from 1976 in collection of Used Stamps part of Catagories: Vesak, Buddhism, History & Archology.
US-LK-76032
Sri Lanka used stamps
Date: 16-May-78
Denomination: 15c
Country: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Used Stamp - Vesak. Rock Carvings from Borobudur Temple. from 1978 in collection of Used Stamps an item in the Catagories: Vesak, Buddhism.
US-LK-78011
Sri Lanka used stamps
Date: 03-May-79
Denomination: 25c
Country: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Used Stamp - Vesak. Kelaniya Temple Paintings from 1979 in collection of Used Stamps one of many items in Catagories: Vesak, Buddhism, History & Archology.
US-LK-79021
Sri Lanka used stamps
Date: 03-May-79
Denomination: 1r
Country: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Used Stamp - Vesak. Kelaniya Temple Paintings - Theri Sanghamitta from 1979 in collection of Used Stamps an item in the Catagories: Vesak, Buddhism, History & Archology.
US-LK-79022
Sri Lanka used stamps
Date: 23-May-80
Denomination: 1r60c
Country: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Used Stamp - Vesak. Details from Temple Paintings, Purvaramaya, Kataluwa from 1980 in collection of Used Stamps an item in the Catagories: Vesak, Buddhism, History & Archology.
US-LK-80021