The Kandy General Post Office (Sinhala: මහනුවර ප්රධාන තැපැල් කාර්යාලය - கண்டி பிரதான அஞ்சல் அலுவலகம்) is the main post office in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
The first post office was opened in Kandy in 1820,[1][2] under the direction of the Postmaster General of Ceylon, Louis Sansoni. The first mail coach service, between Colombo and Kandy, began operations in 1832.[3]
^Wickramasinghe, Nira (2015). Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History. Oxford University Press. p. 35. ISBN 9780190225797.
^"Ceylon Pre-stamp markings". Prestige Philately. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^Gaveshaka, "Our Heritage", Colombo, Sunday Times Online, v. 1, No. 36 (Feb. 4 2007). ISSN 1391-0531
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