Postal museum is a Sri Lanka's national museum of post that located at the Postal Headquarters in
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo m ...
,
Sri Lanka. Firstly, the
postal museum
A postal museum is a museum dedicated to the display of objects relating to the postal service. A subcategory of postal museums are philatelic museums, which focus on philately and postage stamps.
List of postal and philatelic museums
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was functioned at the Central Telegraph Office during 1918–1925, and moved to
General Post Office in 1994. Again, a national postal museum was opened on 6 July 2010.
The museum has basic information on Dutch period post offices, rare stamps, equipment, pillar boxes, etc. Overall, the museum gives the picture of
Sri Lanka Post's history.
See also
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List of museums in Sri Lanka
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Postage stamps and postal history of Sri Lanka
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Sri Lanka, formerly known as ''Ceylon''.
Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 km off the southern coast of India. After over two thousand years of rule by ...
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President inaugurates new Postal Museum in Sri Lanka{{Museums in Sri Lanka , state=collapsed
Museums in Colombo
Postal museums