SRI LANKA

SRI LANKA / ශ්‍රී ලංකා - இலங்கை

Lighthouses.
Galle Lighthouse.
Last stamp in a minisheet of 4, issued on 22.01.1996.
Face value: 20 Sri Lankan rupee.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 29 x 40 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1101.
- Scott No. 1150.
- StampWorld No. 678.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1318.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1090.

The Galle Lighthouse (also known as Pointe de Galle Light) is Sri Lanka's oldest light station. The first lighthouse at Galle was built by the British in 1848 from cast-iron plates, imported from England, designed by British architect Alexander Gordon. In July 1936 it was destroyed by fire. The current 26.5-metre-high (87 ft) concrete lighthouse was erected about 100 m (330 ft) from the original site in 1939.