Perfins

Ceylon (British crown colony) stamps perfins 1855 - 1948

No. Town Firms Initials Years  
01.  Kelaniya  A. Bauer & Co. Ltd. A.B. 1912 - 1927 Pic
02.  Colombo  Armitage Bros A.BROS 1875 Pic
03.  Colombo  Aitken Spence & Co. Ltd. A.S/&Co. 1904 - 1941 Pic
04.  Colombo  Brodie & Co. Ltd. B , B.M 1904 - 1923 Pic
05.  Colombo  Bartleet and Co. B&Co 1932 Pic
06.  Colombo  Brown and Co. Ltd B.C./Ld 1904 - 1936 Pic
07.  Colombo  Bank of Madras BANK OF MADRAS 1889 - 1925 Pic
08.  Colombo  Brooke Bond Co. (Ceylon) Ltd BBC 1921 - 1948 Pic
09.  Colombo  British Ceylon Corporation BCC 1921 - 1927 Pic
10.    Bank of Ceylon BOC 1921 - 1949 Pic
11.  Colombo  Coates & Co C&Co. 1904 - 1949 Pic
12.     C&S 1903 - 1925 Pic
13.  Colombo  Carson and Co. Ltd. C.&/C.L. 1921 - 1927 Pic
14.  Colombo  Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China C.B.I. 1904 - 1948 Pic
15.  Colombo  Colombo Commercial Co. C.C.C. , CC/Co 1904 - 1948 Pic
16.  Colombo  Ceylon Company Ltd. C.C.L 1872 - 1899 Pic
17.  Colombo  Cargills (Ceylon) Ltd. C.Ltd. 1886 - 1948 Pic
18.  Colombo  Carey Strachan and Co. C.S/&Co. 1872 - 1927 Pic
19.  Colombo  Colombo Apothecaries Ltd. CA , CA/Co 1938 - 1949 Pic
20.  Colombo  H.W. Cave & Co. Ltd. CAVE , CAVE/

COLOMBO

1872 - 1948 Pic
21.  Colombo  Colombo Municipal Council CMC 1921 - 1927 Pic
22.  Colombo  Colombo Stores Ltd. CS/Ltd 1912 - 1926 Pic
23.  Colombo  Clark Young CY/&Co 1904 - 1925 Pic
24.  Colombo  Dodwell and Co. Ltd. D&Co/Ltd 1912 - 1948 Pic
25.     D.A&Co/5 12 74 1874 Pic
26.  Colombo  Dalmege Forsyth and Co. Ltd. DF/&/Co. , DF/&Co 1903 - 1948 Pic
27.  Colombo  E.B. Creasy and Co. Ltd. E.B/C.C 1912 - 1949 Pic
28.  Colombo  E. John and Co. E.J./&Co 1921 - 1927 Pic
29.  Colombo  Eastern Product and Estate Co. EP/EC 1904 - 1949 Pic
30.  Colombo  Freudenberg and Co. F&C 1872 - 1898 Pic
31.  Colombo  Forbes and Walker F&W 1912 - 1929 Pic
32.  Colombo  F.J. and G. de Saram FJ&G/DES 1938 - 1960 Pic
33.  Colombo  Gordon and Wilson G&W 1908 - 1927 Pic
34.  Colombo  Gordon Frazer and Co. Ltd. G.F. 1912 - 1949 Pic
35.  Galle  Galle Gymkhana Club G.G./C. 1912 - 1927 Pic
36.  Colombo  Somerville and Co. Ltd. GSCOY/LTD 1921 - 1949 Pic
37.  Colombo  Heath and Co. H 1938 - 1949 Pic
38.  Colombo  Henderson and Co. Ltd. H&/Co 1904 - 1948 Pic
39.  Colombo  Harrison Crossfield & Co Ltd H&C/LD 1903 - 1927 Pic
40.  Colombo  H. Vavasseur and Co. H.V 1904 - 1948 Pic
41.     HD/hieroglyphs 1904 - 1905 Pic
42.  Colombo  Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking corporation HS/B 1903 - 1948 Pic
43.  Colombo  J.P. Green and Co. J.P.G/Co 1872 - 1880 Pic
44.  Colombo  J.D. Mclaren and Co. Ltd. JD/M 1938 - 1948 Pic
45.  Colombo  Keel and Waldock K&W 1912 - 1949 Pic
46.  Colombo  Lee Hedges and Co. Ltd. L.H./&Co. 1912 - 1927 Pic
47.     M 1912 - 1948 Pic
48.  Colombo  Miller and Co. Ltd. M&Co/LD 1912 - 1948 Pic
49.  Kandy  Kandy Municipal Council M.C.K 1921 - 1927 Pic
50.    The Mercantile Bank of India MBI , M.B.I. 1904 - 1948 Pic
51.     MK/Sco 1908 Pic
52.  Colombo  Mackinnon Mackenzie and Co. MM/&Co. 1912 - 1949 Pic
53.    The National Bank of India N.B.I. 1884 - 1949 Pic
54.  Colombo  Oriental Government Security Life - Assurance Co. Ltd. ORI/ENT/AL 1908 - 1927 Pic
55.  Colombo  P&O Banking Corporation Ltd. P&O/BC 1912 - 1949 Pic
56.  Colombo  Probable Ltd. PLTD. , P/LTD 1912 - 1937 Pic
57.     R&H 1910 - 1911 Pic
58.  Colombo  Rowlands Garages R.G 1921 - 1927 Pic
59.  Colombo  R. Gordon and Co. RG/&Co 1912 - 1949 Pic
60.  Colombo  Skrine and Co. S&Co. , S&Co./

COLOMBO

1879 - 1925 Pic
61.     S.D.M 1886 Pic
62.  Colombo  Tarrant and Co. T/&Co. 1904 - 1927 Pic
63.  Colombo  The Times of Ceylon T/OF/C 1910 - 1934 Pic
64.  Colombo  Thomas Cook and Son Ltd. TC/&/S 1904 - 1948 Pic
65.     U.D.C 1927 - 1929 Pic
66.  Colombo  Volkart Bros V.B. 1910 - 1948 Pic
67.  Colombo  Vacuum Oil Co. V.O.Co. 1912 - 1925 Pic
68.  Murunken and Jaffna  The Reverend V.R. Tarcisius O.M.I. VRT 1938 - 1948 Pic
69.     W 1904 - 1925 Pic
70.  Colombo  Whittall and Co. W&/C 1908 - 1949 Pic
71.  Colombo  Walker, Sons and Co. Ltd. W.S/&Co. 1912 - 1927 Pic
72.  Colombo  Whiteaway Laidlaw and Co. Ltd. WL/&Co/C 1904 - 1925 Pic

Ceylon Dominion (independence) 1948 - 1972

No. Town Firms Initials Years  
01.  Colombo  Brooke Bond Co. (Ceylon) Ltd BBC 1948 - 1963 Pic
02.  Colombo  Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China C.B.I. 1948 - 1964 Pic
03.  Colombo  Cargills (Ceylon) Ltd. C.Ltd. 1948 - 1952 Pic
04.  Colombo  H.W. Cave & Co. Ltd. CAVE 1948 - 1963 Pic
05.  Colombo  Chartered Bank CB 1951 - 1972 Pic
06.  Colombo  Colombo Commercial Co. CC/Co 1948 - 1954 Pic
07.  Colombo  Colombo Municipal Council CMC 1948 - 1972 Pic
08.  Colombo  Dodwell and Co. Ltd. D&Co/Ltd 1948 - 1957 Pic
09.  Colombo  Dalmege Forsyth and Co. Ltd. DF/&Co 1948 - 1961 Pic
10.  Colombo  Henderson and Co. Ltd. H&/Co 1948 - 1964 Pic
11.  Colombo  H. Vavasseur and Co. H.V 1948 - 1957 Pic
12.  Colombo  Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking corporation HS/B 1948 - 1961 Pic
13.  Colombo  J.D. Mclaren and Co. Ltd. JD/M 1948 - 1959 Pic
14.     M 1948 - 1950 Pic
15.  Colombo  Miller and Co. Ltd. M&Co/LD 1948 - 1967 Pic
16.    The Mercantile Bank of India MBI 1948 - 1959 Pic
17.  Colombo  Thomas Cook and Son Ltd. TC/&/S 1948 - 1961 Pic
18.  Colombo  Volkart Bros V.B. 1948 - 1962 Pic
19.  Murunken and Jaffna  The Reverend V.R. Tarcisius O.M.I. VRT 1948 - 1972 Pic

 

Sri Lanka stamps perfins 1972 -

No. Town Firms Initials Years  
01.  Colombo  Chartered Bank CB , C.B. 1972 - 1985 Pic
02.  Murunken and Jaffna  The Reverend V.R. Tarcisius O.M.I. VRT 1972 - 1980 Pic

 

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