Sri Lanka Philatelic Bureau of the Department of Posts issued two new postage stamps in the denominations of Rs. 10.00, and Rs. 50.00 and a souvenir sheet on Monday (Nov.02) to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Thailand during the state visit of President Maithripala Sirisena to Thailand.
Thailand Post also issued two postage stamps parallel to this issue using the same designs in the same day and this will be the first ever joint stamp issue Sri Lanka has done with a foreign postal administration.
The ceremony was held in Government House, Bangkok, Thailand and W. A. G. Wickramasinghe (Deputy Postmaster General - Operations) and K. Kanagasundaram (Diector, Philatelic Bureau) participated in this ceremony representing Sri Lanka Post.
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