Special first day stamp cover on birth centenary of Duncan White

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Mar 2, 2018
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The hundredth birth anniversary of Duncan White, the first Ceylonese athlete to win an Olympic medal, took plaec recently where a special first day stamp cover was launched at the Presidential Secretariat, under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena.

Deputy Head of Post (acting) V. Vivekananda Lingam handed over this to the President.

Minister for Sports, Dayasiri Jayasekara, Secretary to the ministry, Jayantha Wijerathna, and senior officials of Sports Ministry and Postal Department joined this occasion, the government news portal reported.