Ceylon-perfin2

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TITLE="Booklets"><U>Booklets</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Perfins"><U>Perfins</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>     - <A HREF="id213.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Australia perfin"><U>Australia</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div>    - <A HREF="id359.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Honduras Perfin"><U>British Honduras</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id361.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Canada Perfins"><U>Canada</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id214.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ceylon perfin"><U>Ceylon</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great Britain"><U>Great Britain</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 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Perfin"><U>South Africa</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div>    - <A HREF="id380.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SWA perfin"><U>South West Africa</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div>    - <A HREF="id381.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SR perfin"><U>Southern Rhodesia</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div>    - <A HREF="id360.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Straits Settlements Perfins"><U>Straits Settlements</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dates of Issue"><U>Dates of Issue</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WAD"><U>Classification</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="045fa583.png"> <div> <I><B>Ceylon</B></I></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="the_hong_kong___shanghai_banking"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <B>The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation</B>. </div> <div> The agency was opened in Colombo in approximately 1892. The perfin 'HS/B' (note it looks like HR but in fact is HS) was in usage between 1903 and 1961.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="552" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 166 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="373f4a00.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="id214.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ceylon perfin"><U><I>return to Ceylon</I></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>