Ngaphe'chaung Post Office

Ngaphe'chaung Post Office is loacted in the Inle lake of Shan State, Taunggyi District, Nyaungshwe township.  It is uncommon type of post office because of its location, in the lake.  It is known as floating post office as the PO is fully build above the water.  It is grade 5 PO and its postal code is 06087.

Ngaphe'chaung PO (06087)

The hanging posting box

I have visited Inle lake on 30 October 2014.  But, unluckily, I was a bit late to catch the opening hour of post office.  I just passed through and took the photo.  I had chance to acquire one cover sent from this PO to Australia in 2008 from EBay.  The postmark used on the cover is parcel(delivery) post mark.

Normal mail to Australia (sent on 2 Jan 2008)

Ngaphe'chaung - Parcel(Delivery) postmark dated 2 Jan 2008

Update (2015)

I have another chance to visit this PO in Dec, 2015.  I visited the PO with the boat and meet the helpful and cheerful postmaster, Daw Than Than Shwe and U Tint Shwe.  The postmaster help me to get clear postmark.  

Ngaphe'chaung - Nyaung Shwe postmark dated 29 Dec 2015

The incoming mail from this PO has to be sent to Nyaung Shwe PO for further re-routing and distribution.  The mails to and fro this PO are carried every Monday, Wednesday and Friday of the weeks by boat.

Registered Mail from Ngaphe'chaung PO to Singapore (sent on 31 Dec 2015)

Chaungtha Post Office

Chaungtha PO is located on Chaungtha Road, Shwethaungyan township.  Chaungtha beach is one of the tourist attraction site with long sandy beach in Pathein district.  The PO is near to the express bus terminal.  Click the link for exact location on the map.  It is grade 4 post office and its postal code is 10282.

The Chaungtha Post Office

The interior view of PO

The counter staff sell the picture postcards depicting the scenery and beauties of chaungtha beach.  I found three different designs.

Design 1: Chaungtha Postcard

Design 2: Chaungtha Postcard

Design 3: Chaungtha Postcard

The post office staff is helpful.  I have sent some registered covers and postcards to Singapore.  She help me struck the clear postmarks on the back of the postcards.

Back of the Postcard

The postmark is rubber stamp and it is quite clear.  The staff use two rubber stamps: one for double ring postmark and one for the date, struck separately.  There is no registration marking at this PO. The staff write the registration number and CTA for short.

Chaungtha PO postmark

Registered Mail to Singapore (sent on 15 Jan 2015)

There is one modern type post box at the entrance to the post office compound.   The daily mail collection time is 9:55 AM.

Post Box used at Chaungtha PO

Mayangone Post Office

Mayangone PO is located at 8 mile junction, near Hotel Yangon and Myaing Hay Won park.  It is grade 2 post office and its postal code is 11061.  Please click the link for the location on the map.

Mayangone Post Office

Interior panoramic view of post office

 
There is one post box outside of the compound, on the pavement.

The post box

The experience with this PO is very bad.  I had visited this PO on 13 January 2015.  The counter staff overcharged me for my mail.   When the mail arrives to me, I really amazed their attitude and spirit.  I sent two registered mail to my address to Singapore.  The post office staff stapled two envelops together and send as one mail, though they over-charged me.  The cover they sent to me is shown here.

Registered mail to Singapore (sent on 13 Jan 2015)

There is no registration mark, except hand writing RL number and its PO name, Mayangone in burmese script.   I had sent normal mail from this PO too.  Singapore post usually do not strike arrival postmark or delivery postmark.  But, for this cover, it was struck with arrival mark.  It took 10 days to arrive Singapore.

Ordinary mail to Singapore (sent on 13 Jan 2015)

The postmark of Mayangone PO is readable, but not in high quality.

Postmark of Mayangone PO

 

Bayintnaungzay Post Office

Bayintnaungzay Post Office is located at the entrance of Bayintnaung Market , on bayintnaung road, Mayangone Township.  "Zay" in burmese mean "Market".  It is grade 3 post office and its postal code is 11062.  It is small building with one post box outside.   Click the link for the location on the map. 

Bayintnaungzay Post Office

The post box show the postal code "11062" and its collection time, 10:30AM and 15:30PM.  This type of post box has two room.  The opening on the right is for local mail (Yangon) and the left is for domestic mail (other towns in Myanmar other than Yangon) and foreign mail.

The registered mail was sent from this PO to my address in Singapore.  It is quite clear cover with not much postmarks.  The PO has 1200ks stamps on stock, make my cover affixed with solo stamp.  1200Ks is an exact amount for registered mail, 500ks for postage charge and 700ks for registration fees.

Its registration mark is rubber stamp type.  The mark comes with three box. The first row is for registration number.  The second show Bayintnaungzay Post Office in Burmese script.  And the last row show the postal code.  The postmark is double circle, normal shiny type postmark.  I had visited this PO on 12th Jan 2015.

The registered mail from Bayintnaungzay PO to Singapore, the back is blank.

The registration mark and postmark

My overall experience of this PO is good.

Pyin Oo Lwin Post Office

Pyin Oo Lwin post office is located at the town center, on the Lasho-Muse road, in front of Myanmar Economic bank.  The nearest attraction is Central Market.  Please click the link for the location on the map.  It has the large compound and the building is about 150 m far away from the entrance.  It is grade 1 post office and its postal code is 05081.

Pyin Oo Lwin PO

The PO has two post boxes, one at the entrance of the building and the other at the outside of compound.  The collection time for boxes is 13:00 PM.

I had visited Pyin Oo Lwin post office on 8th Jan 2015 and sent some registered mail to my address in Singapore.  The postmark is double circle, rubber stamp with burmese scripts.  But, the date is unclear.  Due to the low quality of the stamp, the date and outer circle was missing on the striking.

The registration mark and post mark for registration mail

I made the cover with the photo cachet showing the Pyin Oo Lwin post office.

The registered mail from Pyin Oo Lwin to Singapore

My overall experience of this PO is good.

Bagan Post Office

Bagan PO is located at new Bagan area, on the Bagan-Chauk road.  It is grade 3 post office and its postal code is 05232.  The nearest attraction is Loka Nanda pagoda situated on the bank of Irrewaddy river.  Click the link for ocation on the map.

Bagan PO seen from the road

The building is one story building.  It is a bit dark inside the office.  There are two post boxes inside and outside of the compound.  Both looks nice and neat.

I have visited Bagan PO on 7th January 2015.  The counter staff help me a lot.  He is very helpful and energetic.  I have sent registered mail to Singapore.  The sending date actually is 7th Jan 2015, but he set the date of the postmark wrongly and the date you can see on the cover becomes 7th Jan 2005.  You can compare the date of the Yangon Foreign Post mark.

Registered Mail from Bagan to Singapore (sent on 7 Jan 2015)

The registration mark is a bit different from other PO.  It is the combination of two rubber stamps.  Two boxed words, Bagan and Myanmar are on one rubber stamp and RL. is on the another.  When it is struck, the staff do it carefully to be aligned.

Registration mark and postmark of Bagan PO

My overall experience of Bagan PO is excellent.

Updated on : 28 Jan 2018
I revisited Bagan PO on 1 Feb 2017, my experience is satisfactory.  The PO created new post code cachet.

Registered Mail from Bagan to Singapore (sent on 1 Feb 2017)

Stamps issued to commemorate 67th Anniversary of Independence Day

Myanma Posts and Telecommunications released the new stamps set to commemorate 67th anniversary of independence day of Myanmar on 4th January 2015.  The set contails one 200 kyats value and two 100 kyats values.  200k stamp features the birds eye view of Shwe Dagon Pagoda.  100k designs depicts scenery view of Bagan (an ancient city) and U Bein Bridge (1.2 km long wooden bridge).  State news media announced about the new issues on 29th December 2014.

Newspaper Appearances

200K value, Arial view of Shwe Dagon pagoda

100K value, Bagan

100K value, U Bein Bridge

The stamps are printed by Security Printing Works (Myanmar) by 4 color offset printing method.  The perforation is 14, and composition is 50 stamps per sheet.  Total of 200,000 pieces for 200k design and 100,000 pieces each for 100k designs were produced.  First day cancellations are available at Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay POs.

First Day Cancellation

Technical Details of Stamps

Printer : Security Printing Works (Myanmar)
Stamp Size and Format : 42 mm x 30 mm (Horizontal)
Color : 4
Perforation : 14
Denomination : 200K (1 Design) 100K (2 Designs)
Sheet Composition :  50 Stamps per Sheet
Printing Process : Offset
Quantity : 200,000 pcs (200K design) 100,000 pcs each (100K designs)


There is no official first day cover produced by MPT.  Some collectors produced private first day covers, as usual, and maximum cards.

FDC of Stamps Myanmar

FDC issued by Myanmar Philatelic Society (limited edition of 600 covers)

FDC of Bo Group (limited edition of 120 covers)

FDC by Ko Wint Khine (limited edition of 42 covers)

FDC by Toe Kyaw Kyar

FDC by Min Ko Ko (Pyapon)

FDC by Unknown Cachet creator, cancelled at Nay Pyi Taw.

I had made some maximum cards with these stamps also using commercial postcards.  But, unluckily, I have not acquire U Bein Bridge postcard in advanced, so I cannot make maxicard of it.