The Rubber Controller of Ceylon
1st May 1941 - Second Advance Issue
ReValue stamped Final Issue Coupons

Ceylon Government Rubber export Restriction Second Advance Issue Coupons dated 1st May 1941 and issued by the Rubber Controller of Ceylon during WWII under of the Rubber Control Ordinance. Counter stamped Final Issue including a revaluation of denomination.

New Value : 10 Ten lbs Denomination : 50 lbs English : Fifty Pounds Sinhala : රාත්තල් පණහයි Thamil : ஐம்பது இறாத்தல் Size : 162 x 120 mm Perforation : Top edge Watermark : Rubber Restriction Serial Prefix : H Status : 2-Corner-clipped SACPM Catalog : Unlisted
New Value : 50 Fifty lbs Denomination : 100 lbs English : One Hundred Pounds Sinhala : රාත්තල් සියයයි Thamil : நூறு இறாத்தல் Size : 172 x 124 mm Perforation : Top edge Watermark : Rubber Restriction Serial Prefix : K Status : 2-Corner-clipped SACPM Catalog : Unlisted
New Value : 100 Hundred lbs Denomination : 1000 lbs English : One Thousand Pounds Sinhala : රාත්තල් දාහයි Thamil : ஆயிரம் இறாத்தல் Size : 184 x 137 mm Perforation : Top edge Watermark : Restriction Serial Prefix : M Status : 2-Corner-clipped SACPM Catalog : Unlisted

Front : Black Text printed on a geometric mosaic of Blue & Pink including about 80 times repeated word RUBBER along blue border within a slightly larger Pink border. At top and bottom center of Border an ellipse with 1941 in Pink.
Drawing of a stack of sheet Rubber in Pink in center within a wreath of leaves in Blue.
Just inside border CEYLON on upper left and lower right corner, and COUPON on lower left and upper right corner. On border top left The Rubber Controller of Ceylon below which Centered authorizes the Bearer to Export subject to Customs Duties and Tax from Ceylon in 2 lines. Centered in middle (WEIGHT) POUNDS / of / DRY RUBBER . Large Numeric (WEIGHT) / Pounds on either side of two plane lines inclined down at 8° between which the Text SECOND Advance Issue, 1941 in English, 1941 කේ විතිය වාරයේදි නිකුත්කරනලදි in Sinhala and 1941 ம் ௵ இரண்ட ஈம்தடவைக் கூப்பன் in Thamil in 3 lines.
Below රාත්තල් (weight) in Sinhala and (weight) இறாத்தல் in Thamil.
At bottom left COLOMBO above date 1st May 1941. At bottom right facsimile signature of P. Saravanamuttu above designation Rubber Controller.
Counter-stamped in Red Text with horizontal FINAL ISSUE 1941 in only English
Numeric Value on both sides cancelled with 3 horizontal bars and new value on top. Weight in English counter-stamped with new value.
Six Digit Serial number with prefix on lower left and upper right.

Back : Blank.

Watermark : On the higher denominations (50, 100 lbs) the words RUBBER RESTRICTION in two lines in middle with words CEYLON above and GOVERNMENT below in two arcs forming an ellipse, using an outline Font lighter than background. The logo is 4 inches wide and 2 inches high and oriented to the right. The logo is repeated every 4 inches giving a 2 inch gap, and is seen twice on larger notes. But as the logos are not centered on coupon, parts of it may have got clipped out by edge of the coupon.

Perforations are seen on the top edge on these higher denominations (50, 100 lbs) indicating these coupons were issued in booklets.

The revaluation may have been either an attempt to reuse printed coupons in needed denominations or to satisfy an emergency need of particular denominations. Note that like overprinting of Stamps, they have been revalued down.

I thank Suresh Kumara of Gampaha for the 300 dpi image of the rare 100lbs on 1000lbs countermarked Rubber Coupon.

These are the only Revalued Rubber coupons I have seen. None are cataloged. Please contribute images, if you have or know of other specimens of Ceylon Revalued Rubber Coupons. Please E-mail kavan @ gmail.com.