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).
🖼 Souvenir / Miniature Sheet
In addition to the individual stamps, a miniature sheet (souvenir sheet) was issued featuring all four gemstone designs together: LastDodo+1
Also appears in Michel catalogues as a souvenir sheet/block.
Scott # often referenced as 510a
Stanley Gibbons Block: MS629
