Ceylon - Prisoner of Boer War
Ceylon Ice and Cold Storage Company

Overseas Prisoner of War Ragama Camp, Ceylon. Produced by the Ceylon Ice & Cold Storage Company who were given the concession to have a store at the Ragama Camp. Second type. Undated and Issued after the camp opened on 1901 January 8th and before the notes dated 1901 August 1st.

Denomination : 10 Cents Size : 127 x 83 mm Cardlike paper Color : Yellow Brown Value Color : Red Known Serial Range : 405 to 723 Ineson Catalog : 220
Denomination : 15 Cents Size : 127 x 83 mm Cardlike paper Color : Light Pink Value Color : Red Known Serial Range : 397 to 582 Ineson Catalog : 221
Denomination : 25 Cents Size : 127 x 83 mm Cardlike paper Color : Orange Value Color : Red Known Serial Range : 325 to 436 Ineson Catalog : 222
Denomination : 50 Cents Size : 127 x 83 mm Cardlike paper Color : Red Value Color : Black Known Serial Range : 76 to 479 Ineson Catalog : 223
Denomination : 1 Rupee Size : 127 x 83 mm Cardlike paper Color : Light Blue Value Color : Red Known Serial Range : 5 to 199 Ineson Catalog : 224
Denomination : 5 Rupee Size : 127 x 83 mm Cardlike paper Color : Pink Value Color : Red Known Serial Range : 13 to 48 Ineson Catalog : 225

Front: Royal arms top centre, value in Color in numerals within square on either side with under-print on upper left and right in numerals. Black text GOOD FOR SUPPLIES
FROM
The Ceylon Ice & Cold Storage Company,
to the Value of
Value in words within rectangle with under-print.


Payable to Prisoners of War at the Company's

Store, Ragama Camp.

Hand-stamped Black serial number top left (erased),
Hand-signed gray signature of I.R.MacKenzie with Manager below on lower right
Purple hand-stamp diagonal (11 O'clock) across face of note


THE CEYLON ICE AND COLD STORAGE Co.

(Illegible Hand-signed Manuscript signature)

Agents and Secretaries.

Back: Blank


Spink Auction listing states that the type 2 Ragama notes were printed on card-like paper.

Known Serial Range from Paper Currency of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 by John Ineson, published by Spink in 1999.
Image at 214 dpi displayed at 50 dpi. Text edited from Online Auction Listing.

I thank Johannes G De Kok (11603-R) for cotributing Ineson 225 image from Brian Hern's 2016 catalog; South African Banknotes & Papermoney.