£39.00
Sri Lanka P 86 / 20 Rupees 1979 – UNC
Out of stock
Description
| Issued by | Central Bank of Ceylon |
| Issue | 26.03.1979 “Animals” Issue |
| Size | 137 x 70 mm |
| Watermark | Chinze |
| Obverse | A wood pigeon (Columba torringtoni) atop a ‘Batapath-damba’ tree (Syzygium rotundifolium), with a purple-faced langur (Pithecus vetulus monticola) at top right. |
| Reverse | Ceylon blue magpie (Kitta ornata) flying over a rare native tree fern (Cyathea sinuata), with rhino-horned lizard (Ceratophora stoddarti) and ‘dalawa medilla’ snake (Aspidura trachyprocta) beside |
