Postal museum, Colombo

Postal museum is a Sri Lanka's national museum of post that located at the Postal Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Firstly, the postal museum 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.[1]

National Postal Museum
Name board at the entrance
Postal museum, Colombo is located in Central Colombo
Postal museum, Colombo
Location in central Colombo
Established6 July 2010
LocationColombo, Sri Lanka
Coordinates6°55′40.9″N 79°51′29.1″E
TypePost
WebsiteDepartment of Post

The museum has basic information on Dutch period post offices, rare stamps, equipment, pillar boxes, etc.[2] Overall, the museum gives the picture of Sri Lanka Post's history.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Sri Lanka's snail mail history". Ceylon Today. Archived from the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. "Sri Lanka Post - Our Museum". Department of Post. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  3. "When pigeons carried mail from place to place". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 2 June 2015.
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