| 词条 | Dull Rose |
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| common_name = Dull Rose | image = | caption = | country_of_production = Ceylon | location_of_production = | date_of_production = {{Start date|1859|04|23|df=y}} | face_value = 4d | commemorates = | depicts = Queen Victoria | notability = Most valuable stamp issued in Sri Lanka | designer = | engraver = | printer = Perkins, Bacon & Co | dimensions = | perforation = No | nature_of_rarity = | number_in_existence = | estimated_value = £70,000 - £100,000 (mint condition) £4,500 (used) }} The Dull Rose is a Ceylonese (now Sri Lanka) postage stamp that is considered to be the rarest and most valuable stamp issued in the country.[1][2] 7000 stamps were issued on 23 April 1859, bearing a face value of four pence.[2][3] Three others, the 8 pence (chocolate brown), 1 shilling & 9 pence (green), and 2 shilling & 9 pence were issued on the same date as part of a series.[2] These featured a left-facing depiction of a young Queen Victoria in an octagonal framing.[1][2] A mint condition original issue Dull Rose was sold for $71,875 at a Cherrystone Philatelic Auction in January 2008.[2] Very few mint condition stamps (about 10) are known to be in existence, valued at £70,000 - £100,000, while used ones are valued at about £4,500.[2][3] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite news |title=A glimpse of the earliest Ceylon stamps |url=http://www.ft.lk/ft-lite/a-glimpse-of-the-earliest-ceylon-stamps/6-612091 |accessdate=3 June 2018 |agency=Daily Financial Times |publisher=ft.lk |date=29 April 2017}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news |last1=Ellawela |first1=Dulshan |title=159th Anniversary of Ceylon’s most Valuable Stamp, the “Dull Rose” |url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/-th-Anniversary-of-Ceylon-s-most-Valuable-Stamp-the-Dull-Rose--149056.html |accessdate=3 June 2018 |agency=Daily Mirror |publisher=dailymirror.lk |date=25 April 2018}} 3. ^1 {{cite web |last1=Daniel |first1=Shannine |title=Treasured Stamps From Colonial Ceylon |url=https://roar.media/english/life/history/treasured-stamps-from-colonial-ceylon/ |website=Roar.lk |accessdate=3 June 2018}} 3 : Cultural depictions of Queen Victoria|Philately of Sri Lanka|Postal system of Sri Lanka |
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