SRI LANKA

 SRI LANKA / ශ්‍රී ලංකා - இலங்கை.

Ancient Maps of Sri Lanka. 
Map of Ceylon Island (1560-65 A.D.)
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 22.09.2020.
Face value: 15 Sri Lankan rupee.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 300,000 copies.
Size: 41 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- StampWorld No. 1912.

The map reproduced on the stamp belongs to the time of the Jaffna Kingdom or Kingdom of Aryachakravarti (1215-1624) and Portuguese domination of Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) from 1505 to 1658. Its author was Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), and was published by Jodocus Hondius in 1609, and its son Henricus in 1630. The map is part of a large collection of rare old cartographic items. The legend reads: Ceilan quæ incolis Tenarisin dicitur.