British Ceylon, officially British Settlements and Territories in the Island of Ceylon with its Dependencies from 1802 to 1833, then the Island of Ceylon and its Territories and Dependencies from 1833 to 1931 and finally the Island of Ceylon and its Dependencies from 1931 to 1948, was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between 1796 and 4 February 1948.
Initially, the area it covered did not include the Kingdom of Kandy, which was a protectorate, but from 1817 to 1948 the British possessions included the whole island of Ceylon.
In 1972, its formal name was changed to “Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka”. Later, on 7 September 1978, it was changed to the “Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka“.
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- Big Blue 1840-1940: Ceylon 1861-1900 Victorian era – a closer look
- Big Blue 1840-1940: Ceylon 1903-1935 – a closer look
- Big Blue 1840-1940: Ceylon 1935-1947 – a closer look
- Defoneska: Early Postal History of Ceylon and the P&O Steam Navigation Company
- Philatelic Database: Stamps of Ceylon: George VI Definitives (1938-49)
- Stamp Domain: Ceylon to Hong Kong Newspaper Wrapper
- Stamp Forgeries: The Forged Stamps of Ceylon
- Tea Features: TWO FAMOUS COLLECTIONS OF CEYLON STAMPS
- TPO & Seapost Society: TPOs of Ceylon / Sri Lanka
- Treasured Stamps From Colonial Ceylon
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