1938 KG6 Sigiriya (Lion Rock) 10c Ceylon

Ceylon 1938-49 KG6 Sigiriya (Lion Rock) 10c

 1938 KG6 Sigiriya (Lion Rock) 10c Ceylon 

Text:           10c SIGIRIYA CEYLON

Condition:    Ø = used/cancelled

Title:   Lion Rock

Face value:     10

Stamp Currency:        Ceylonese cent

Country/area:                     Ceylon

Year:   1938-02-01

Set:     1938  Landsmotieven

Stamp number in set:           1

Basic colour:      Black / Blue

Exact colour:       Light blue, Black

Usage:                           Definitive

Type:               Stamp

Theme:           Rocks

Stamp subject:   King George VI and views

NVPH number:                     

Michel number:         234Y

Yvert number:                         255

Scott number:                         281

Stanley Gibbons number:    389

Printing office:          

Perforation:    K 11½ : 11

Size:                            90 x 177 mm

Watermark:     CA crown, written and failing (multiple)

Paper:            

Printing:             Steel gravure

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Sigiriya

Sigiriya (Lion Rock Sinhala: සීගිරිය, Tamil: சிகிரியா, pronounced see-gi-ri-yə) is an ancient palace located in the central Matale District near the town of Dambulla in the Central Province, Sri Lanka. The name refers to a site of historical and archaeological significance that is dominated by a massive column of rock nearly 200 metres (660 ft) high. According to the ancient Sri Lankan chronicle the Culavamsa, this site was selected by King Kasyapa (477 – 495 CE) for his new capital. He built his palace on the top of this rock and decorated its sides with colourful frescoes. On a small plateau about halfway up the side of this rock he built a gateway in the form of an enormous lion. The name of this place is derived from this structure —Sīhāgiri, the Lion Rock. The capital and the royal palace was abandoned after the king's death. It was used as a Buddhist monastery until the 14th century.of the Regency of Marie de' Medici was designed and painted entirely by Rubens on the spot to replace another, far more controversial depiction of Marie's 1617 expulsion from Paris by her son Louis. Completed in 1625, this is the final painting in the cycle in terms of chronological order of completion.