Bradbury Wilkinson Essay for
Central Bank of Ceylon
with date 1975-10-06

Appears to be a Proposed series of Flora and Fauna notes designed before issue the 1979 Flora and Fauna series, which included the Rs20 note for the first time.

Denomination : 2 Rupees Base Color : Green Under-print : Pink Violet & Yellow English : Two Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් දෙකයි Thamil : இரண்டு ரூபாய் Size :  108x 60 mm Spink Auction 12023 lot 236 Front Pictorial :  Pelican on lower leftm Banana tree to left. Back Pictorial  :  Pelican right of center facing left front.
Denomination : 5 Rupees Base Color : Red & Yellow Under-print : Violet Blue & Yellow English : Five Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් පහයි Thamil : ஐந்து ரூபாய் Size :  118x 64 mm Spink Auction 13004 lot 300 Front Pictorial :  Leaping Stag facing right on left. Back Pictorial  :  Pair of Walking Deer facing left at center.
Denomination : 10 Rupees Base Color : Green Under-print : Pink Violet & Yellow English : Ten Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් දහයයි Thamil : பத்து ரூபாய் Size :  127x 67 mm Spink Auction 13034 lot 214 Front Pictorial :  Stylised Parrot on lower left, Pineapple with leaves at center. Back Pictorial  :  Pair of stylised Parrots in center
Denomination : 20 Rupees Base Color : Blue Under-print : Green & Yellow English : Twenty Rupees Sinhala : රුපියල් විස්සයි Thamil : இருபது ரூபாய் Size : 137 x 70 mm Spink Auction 13034 lot 215 Front Pictorial :  Peacock at lower left, Araliya flowers with leaves at center. Back Pictorial :  Peacock on display facing left at center.
Denomination : 50 Rupees Base Color : Red & Yellow Under-print : Green Blue & Orange English : Fifty Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් පනහයි Thamil : ஐம்பது ரூபாய் Size :  146x 73 mm Spink Auction 13004 lot 301 Front Pictorial :  Leopard facing right on branch with foliage on left Back Pictorial  :  Leopard facing left on branch with foliage at center
Denomination : 100 Rupees Base Color : Green Under-print : Pink & Blue English : One Hundred Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් සියයයි Thamil : நூறு ரூபாய் Size : 156 x 76 mm Spink Auction 13034 lot 216 Front Pictorial :  Bull at lower left with Hibiscus (Shoe) flowers with leaves at center Back Pictorial :  Pair of Bulls at center with Hibiscus flowers to upper left and right.

Front: At top ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala, with இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON below in English above ශ්‍රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක් ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය in three lines. The Numeric date 1975-10-06 with leading zero below which Facsimile Sinhala signature of N. M. Perera above මුදල් ඈමති, and of Herbert Tennekoon above මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති below. Value in Sinhala රුපියල් Thamil ரூபாய் and English RUPEES Serial No at lower left and upper right shown on Rs10.
Back: On top ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala, இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON in English below. Value in Sinhala රුපියල් Thamil ரூபாய் and English RUPEES At bottom margin in small script
BRADBURY WILKINSON & C^O L^D NEW MALDEN. SURREY, ENGLAND.

The notes at 110,164,224,197,134 and 176 dpi are displayed at about 50 dpi if assuming height of 1979 notes.
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From 2012 October 2nd Spink Auction lot 236 and from 2013 April 10th Spink Auction lots 300-301 and from 2013 December 5th Spink Auction lots 214-216 sold for a grand total of £11900 +44%BP+V
2013 December lots were listed again 2018 October 3rd Spink Auction in PCGS Currency holders as part of Ibrahim Salem collection of World banknotes lots 112-114 with total estimate £4300-£5600 and remained unsold.