Stamp Bulletin No. 784 Commemorative Issue
25 Years of Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers Sri Lanka Branch 
- Date of Issue : 9th February, 2012
- Denomination : Rs. 5.00
- Stamp Designer : Ruwan Upasena
- FDC Designer : Isuru Chathuranga
- Stamp Size : 82mm * 30mm
- Format : Horizontal
- Printing Process : Offset Lithography
- Sheet Composition : 50 stamps per sheet
- Perforation : 14 * 13 1/4
- Printers : Department of Government Printing, Sri Lanka
- Color : 2 Colors
- Paper : 102 gsm security stamp paper
- Gum : PVA
- Quantity Printed : 1,000,000
Being an island nation, SRI LANKA was heavily depend on her Shipping Industry for promotion of the export/import trade with her overseas trading partners and for the development of her economy. No wonder therefore, the local shipping industry was buzzing with activity day in/ day out. Up to about the early nineteen eighties professionals in shipping were rarely found in the island. It was around this time and sensing the Lacuna, the management of the Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSC) - the National Carrier - formulated a policy decision which made it mandatory for its staff (clerical and middle management level) to qualify the examinations conducted by the “Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS) - UK” to be eligible for promotion in the hierarchy of the organization. In order to facilitate this process and also assist the aspirants who desired to qualify; the management of CSC provided a well-equipped library including study material required for these examinations.
Having followed a traditionally set process of shipping practices that existed in the local industry which had evolved over the decades; this move by the CSC was to revolutionize the approach to many issues that emanated in the industry, come future. And it did as it subsequently turned out to be.
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