Bradbury Wilkinson Essay for
Central Bank of Ceylon
with date 1966-11-22

A series of notes designed for the replacement of the SWRD Image after the victory in the Parliamentary elections held on 1965 March 20th of the UNP led by Dudley Senanayake son of D. S. Senanayake.
Only a Rs 100 Sri Lanka currency Notes were issued with that date using the existing design with the drawing of statue of Sage Pulasthi in medieval city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka as adopted for notes of all denomination notes in 1964, and continued for the lower denominations with post 1970 election date starting 1971-2-1.

Denomination : 2 Rupees Base Color : Brown (Default Color) Under-print : Unknown English : Two Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් දෙකයි Thamil : இரண்டு ரூபாய் Size :  114x 59 mm Spink Auction 16011 lot 814 Front Pictorial :  Statue of Sage Pulasthi in medieval city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (Popular known as King ParakramaBahu 1053-1086) Back Pictorial  :  New Building for the Central Bank of Ceylon which moved to it in 1964.
Denomination : 5 Rupees Base Color : Red (Default Color) Under-print : Unknown Sinhala :  රුපියල් පහයි Thamil : ஐந்து ரூபாய் Size :  125x 64 mm Spink Auction 16011 lot 820 Front Pictorial :  Late S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike(1899-1959), Prime Minister of Ceylon (1956-1959) SLFP Back Pictorial  :  Reservoir and Castlereigh Dam across Kehelgamu Oya, a major tributary to the Kelani River, few km south-west of Hatton, Sri Lanka.
Denomination : 10 Rupees Base Color : Green (Default Color) Under-print : Unknown English : Ten Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් දහයයි Thamil : பத்து ரூபாய் Size :  140x 70 mm Spink Auction 16011 lot 824 Front Pictorial :  Late D. S. Senanayake (1883-1952), First Prime Minister of Independent Ceylon(1948-1952). Back Pictorial  :  University of Peradeniya Campus, Sri Lanka. Administrative Block and Arts Faculty.
Denomination : 50 Rupees Base Color : Blue (Default Color) Under-print : Unknown English : Fifty Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් පනහයි Thamil : ஐம்பது ரூபாய் Size : 151 x 79 mm Spink Auction 16011 lot 825 Front Pictorial :  Lankan Statesmen (Identity needs to be confirmed) Unlikely to be another of D. S. Senanayake as listed by Spink. Back Pictorial :  Three ships in Sri Lanka Colombo harbour with three tug boats. Sun low in western horizon behind clouds in Background.
Denomination : 100 Rupees Base Color : Dark Brown (Default Color) Under-print : Unknown English : One Hundred Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් සියයයි Thamil : நூறு ரூபாய் Size :  162x 86 mm Spink Auction 16011 lot 825 Front Pictorial :  Late Anagarika Dharmapala (1864-1933) Back Pictorial  :  Rubber Tapper in rubber plantation, Two Tea pluckers next to bushes, Three coconut trees in background next to two huts, and two farmers replanting Rice. All Females.

Front: Portrait of Lankan Statesmen on Right facing left.
At top ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala. ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක් ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය in a single line of Microprint. The Numeric date 1966-11-22 without leading zero right of Protrait. Facsimile signatures in Sinhala of U. B. Wanninayake above මුදල් ඈමති, and of W. Rajapatirana above මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති. left of portrait. Value in Sinhala රුපියල් Thamil ரூபாய் and English RUPEES Serial No at lower left and upper right.
Back: Pictorial on the theme Lankan Statesmen.
On top ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala, Value in Sinhala රුපියල් Thamil ரூபாய் and English RUPEES

Name of essayer not given but clearly Bradbury Wilkinson & C^o Ltd by Association with other Photographic essays with name.

Who is shown on Rs50 note. At first glance seems to be another of D.S.Senanayake, but IMHO that it is unlikely for them th propose 2 notes out of 5 the have same personality with the rest different, unless it was a place holder. His son Dudly Senanayake who was Prime Minister at the time was most often shown with spectacles.

The Gray-scale photographic essays are presented as Sepia tone as they did not print well when colorized to default color as in that denomination note of era.
The notes at xx,xx,xx,xx and xx dpi are displayed at about 50 dpi if assuming height of 1971 notes.
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In 2016 January 16th Spink Hong Kong Auction 16011 lots 814,820,824,825 Photographic Essays Unsold for about Total US$1000+20%BP.