Sri Lanka (Ceylon): Booklet of Airmail labels

Here is a new stuff for 2013. This is a very nice and complete booklet of 8 stamps and 8 airmail labels from Ceylon(Sri lanka).

Year: before 7.1952, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - SLK-C-1, perforated 11 ¾ , booklets
with sheets of 4(1x4), blue/white, 4****

 

Sri Lanka (Ceylon): Airmail labels 5

Here is a newer airmail label from Sri Lanka.

Year: ?, Ungummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - SLK-A-?, rouletted H, vertival strips, blue/white

Sri Lanka (Ceylon): Airmail labels 4

Another great lot of airmail labels from Sri Lanka.

Year: approx.1975, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - SLK-A-7a, perforated H 11, V strips of 
10, 3.line (Tamil): 29mm, some sheets come with printing blurred, dark violet-blue or dark blue or dark grey-blue or blue or grey-blue or greenish grey-blue or light grey-blue/white, 1*

Year: 1989, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - SLK-A-9, rouletted H 11, V strips of 10
3.line (Tamil): 24mm, dark violet-blue or violet-blue or blue/white, 1*

Year: before 7.1952, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - SLK-C-1, perforated 11 ¾ , booklets
with sheets of 4(1x4), blue/white, 4****

Sri Lanka (Ceylon): Airmail labels 3

Here are the first airmail labels from Ceylon or Sri Lanka.

Year: 9.1928, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - SLK-A-1a, perforated 13 or V 12 ¾ H ½ , 
sheets of 50(5x10), yellow-cream gum, black/bright dark blue or bright black-blue, 4****

Bright dark blue

Bright black-blue

Year: 1934, Ungummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - SLK-A-3a, rouletted H, VL, booklets with
4 sheets of 4(1x4) + stamps, light grey-blue/white, 4****

SriLanka (Ceylon): Airmail labels 2

Another label from Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

Year: approx.1985, Ungummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - SLK-A-8, imperforated, 
bright blue/white, 1*

Sri Lanka (Ceylon): Air Ceylon airmail labels

These are the labels from Air Ceylon.

Air Ceylon was Ceylon's (later Sri Lanka's) national carrier, commencing scheduled operations in December 1947, and was fully state-owned. It ceased operations in 1978 and was replaced by Air Lanka. (Wikipedia).

Year: 1949,  Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - SLK-B-1, rouletted HU, VL, blocks with 25 sheets of 1 pair  tête-bêche, blue/orange-red/white, 3*** 

Year: 1949, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - SLK-B-1,  tête-bêche.

Sri Lanka (Ceylon) : Airmail labels

Here are some nice airmail labels from Ceylon.

The Dominion of Ceylon, known today as Sri Lanka, was a dominion, in the British Empire between 1948 and 1972. In 1948, British Ceylon was granted independence as the Dominion of Ceylon. In 1972, the Dominion of Ceylon became a republic within the Commonwealth, and its name was changed to Sri Lanka. The Dominion of Ceylon was an island country in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres (19.3 mi) off the southern coast of India.

Year: approx.1970, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - SLK-A-6a, perforated H 11,
vertical strips of 10, Bright blue/white, 2**

Year: approx.1965, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - SLK-A-6a, perforated H 11,
vertical strips of 10, Dark blue/white, 2**

Year: approx.1965, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - SLK-A-6a, perforated H 11,
vertical strips of 10, Blue-grey/White, 2**