Stamp data values used by Ceylon for `design'

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163 distinct values used for design among 465 stamp types.

Value Uses Things referenced
Queen Victoria (1857) 55 Queen Victoria
King George V (1912 keyplate) 40 King George V
Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 4c) 21 Queen Victoria
King Edward VII (1903 Ceylon b) 18 King Edward VII
Queen Victoria (1886 Ceylon) 15 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 24c) 9 Queen Victoria
King Edward VII (1903 Ceylon a) 8 King Edward VII
Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 16c) 7 Queen Victoria
King George V (1912 common) 5 King George V
Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 2c) 5 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 32c) 5 Queen Victoria
human rights flame (1968 Ceylon) 4 human rights flame
King George V (hi vals) 4 King George V
Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 36c) 4 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 64c) 4 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 8c) 4 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 96c) 4 Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle & King George V 4 Windsor Castle, King George V
Kandyan dancer 3 Kandyan dancer
King Edward VII (1903 Ceylon 2c) 3 King Edward VII
Map of Ceylon 3 Map of Ceylon
Queen Elizabeth & regalia & King George VI 3 Queen Elizabeth, King George VI
Queen Victoria (1858 Ceylon) 3 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 2r50c) 3 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon 48c) 3 Queen Victoria
++on=2.50r´c 2
ancient guard-stone & King George VI 2 King George VI
Buildings Cogwheel 2
caduceus & oil lamp 2 caduceus, oil lamp
Colombo harbor & King George VI 2 Colombo harbor, King George VI
Colombo Plan Exhibition 2
Elephant lamp Ath Pana 2 Elephant lamp Ath Pana
emblem 2 emblem
first stamp 2
flag of Ceylon 2 flag of Ceylon
Freedom from Hunger 2
Gal Oya dam 2 Gal Oya dam
Girl guide badge international scouting flag 2
hand 2
hands reaching 2
harvesting rice 2 harvesting rice
Houses of Parliament & King George VI 2 Houses of Parliament, King George VI
ICY emblem (1965 Ceylon) 2 ICY emblem
ITU emblem (1965 Ceylon) 2 ITU emblem
King Edward VII (1903 Ceylon 5c) 2 King Edward VII
King Edward VII (1903 Ceylon 6c) 2 King Edward VII
King George VI profile (1938) 2 King George VI
lamp 2 lamp
Madirigiriya ruins 2 Madirigiriya ruins
plucking tea & King George VI 2 plucking tea, King George VI
Queen Victoria (1866 Ceylon) 2 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1899 Ceylon) 2 Queen Victoria
Senanayake 2 Senanayake
tea picking 2 tea picking
transportation 2
UPU HQ (1970 Ceylon) 2 UPU HQ (syn. of UPU headquarters)
victory march 2
WHO building 2 WHO building
++on=5c 1
Adams Peak 1 Adams Peak (syn. of Adam's Peak)
Adams Peak & King George V 1 Adams Peak (syn. of Adam's Peak), King George V
Adams Peak & King George VI 1 Adams Peak (syn. of Adam's Peak), King George VI
agriculture symbols 1
Ancient Reservoir & King George VI 1 King George VI
ancient statue 1
Axis axis ceylonensis 1 Axis axis ceylonensis
Bandaranaike 1963 1 Bandaranaike
Bandaranaike 1963 redrawn 1 Bandaranaike
bas-relief 1
black-headed oriole (1966) 1 black-headed oriole
blue peafowl 1 blue peafowl
Buddhist Headquarters 1 Buddhist Headquarters
CARE Package 1
Charles Henry de Soysa 1 Charles Henry de Soysa
Cloud Girl fresco of the Sigiriya-Rock 5th Cty 1 Cloud Girl fresco of the Sigiriya-Rock 5th Cty
coconut palms (1943) 1 coconut palm
coconut palms (1951) 1 coconut palm
coconut palms & King George V 1 coconut palm, King George V
coconuts (1958) 1 coconut
Colombo airport 1 Colombo airport
Colombo harbor & King George V 1 Colombo harbor, King George V
Colonel Olcott 1 Colonel Olcott
Council Building 1 Council Building
D S Senanayake 1
Edward Henry Pedris 1 Edward Henry Pedris
elephant & International Tourist Year emblem 1 elephant, International Tourist Year emblem
fishing boat (1958) 1 fishing boat
flag of Ceylon & mace 1 flag of Ceylon, mace
Gat-Oya 1 Gat-Oya
girls in rice field 1
globe & ribbon & vehicles 1 globe
hill mynah 1 hill mynah
hill paddy (rice) & King George V 1 hill paddy (rice), King George V
house of representatives 1
Hygiene Institute 1 Hygiene Institute
Jayatilaka 1
jungle fowl 1 jungle fowl (syn. of chicken)
Keppetipola Dissawa 1 Keppetipola Dissawa (syn. of Keppetipola Disawe)
king coconuts 1 king coconuts
King Edward VII (1908 Ceylon 5c) 1 King Edward VII
King Edward VII (1908 Ceylon 6c) 1 King Edward VII
King George V (50r) 1 King George V
Lamp of Education 1 Lamp of Education
landscape&elephant 1
Lenin (1971) 1 Lenin (syn. of Vladimir Lenin)
leopard (1970 Ceylon) 1 leopard
loris 1 loris
Map & Emblem 1
Map showing Asian highways 1
memorial 1 memorial
Muhintale Rock 1 Muhintale Rock
Munidasa 1 Munidasa
Ola leaf manuscript 1
Open Koran 1
outrigger canoe (1954) 1 outrigger canoe
Perera 1 Perera
picking tea 1 picking tea
Pirivena University&founders 1
plucking tea & King George V 1 plucking tea, King George V
Queen Elizabeth II (1953 Ceylon) 1 Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Victoria (1857 1d) 1 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1857 2d) 1 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1859 1sh9d) 1 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1868 Ceylon) 1 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1872 Ceylon) 1 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1886 Ceylon 5c) 1 Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (1887 Ceylon) 1 Queen Victoria
reservoir & King George V 1 reservoir, King George V
rice&globe 1
rice&map 1
river scene & King George V 1 river, King George V
river scene & King George VI 1 King George VI
rubber trees 1 rubber tree
Ruhuma National Park 1 Ruhuma National Park
Ruins of Madirigirija 1 Ruins of Madirigirija
rural life 1
S Mahinda Thero 1
Sacred Bo Tree 1 Sacred Bo Tree
Senanayake large head 1 Senanayake
Sigiriya & King George VI 1 Sigiriya, King George VI
Sigiriya fresco 1 Sigiriya fresco
Sigiriya Rock 1 Sigiriya Rock (syn. of Sigiriya)
Sinhalese Scouts badge 1 Sinhalese Scouts badge
star orchid 1 star orchid
star orchids 1 star orchid
Symbols of agriculture & industry 1
Symbols of Science 1
tapping rubber & King George V 1 tapping rubber, King George V
tapping rubber & King George VI 1 tapping rubber, King George VI
Tea Research 1
Tea Tasting 1 Tea Tasting
Temple of the Tooth & King George V 1 Temple of the Tooth, King George V
Temple of the Tooth & King George VI 1 Temple of the Tooth, King George VI
Trincomalee & King George V 1 Trincomalee, King George V
Trincomalee & King George VI 1 Trincomalee, King George VI
UNESCO emblem (1966 Ceylon) 1 UNESCO emblem
UNESCO logo 1
Uranium Atom Diagram 1 Uranium Atom Diagram
water buffalo (1970) 1 water buffalo
wild elephants & King George V 1 King George V
wild elephants & King George VI 1 King George VI
Worshippers 1