It is with infinite sadness that I learn about the death of Mr. Francis Gunasekara, Sri Lanka's foremost philatelic journalist since the 1950s to date. He was 87 when he died.
A man of boundless energy and always passionate about stamps, Francis was the penultimate stamp collector, collecting everything under the sun and always keen on handing over the flame to the next generation -- children.
The news of his death surprised me since it never occurred to me he could die one day. Such people are truly immortal.
The picture shows a booklet he published for children.
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