Sri Lanka year 1976 Minerals stamps – Gems of Sri Lanka MSS MNH

📬 1976 Sri Lanka – Gems of Sri Lanka (Minerals / Gemstones Series)

🗓 Issue date: June 16, 1976
📍 Country: Sri Lanka
📜 Theme: Gemstones / Minerals (reflecting Sri Lanka’s famed gem industry)

This was a thematic postage stamp series celebrating the island’s rich gemstone heritage. The set highlights some of Sri Lanka’s most prized precious stones, widely known around the world and closely connected to the country’s gem trade and geology.

📦 Series Contents

🪩 Stamps (Set of 4)

These stamps feature major gemstone types found in Sri Lanka:

Denomination	Gem Depicted
60 cents	Blue Sapphire
(other values)	Star Sapphire
	Cat’s Eye Chrysoberyl
	Ruby

📌 Catalogue numbers for the set (approximate depending on catalog):
✔ Scott: 507–510
✔ Stanley Gibbons: 625–628
✔ Yvert: 474–477
✔ Michel: corresponding numbers for Sri Lanka gem set

These designs are multicolored, printed offset, and were produced by Toppan Printing Company (Japan).