71st Anniversary of Independence Day

Myanmar Post issued a set of three stamps for 71st anniversary of Independence Day.  As usual, three award winning entries from photo competition organized by the Ministry of Information are used as basic stamp designs.  Three designs includes Htamane making festival of the month Tabodwe, Myanmar traditional high-jump game and the nuns at the heritage monastery.

Technical Details of Stamps

Date of Issue : 4 January 2019

Printer : Security Printing Works (Myanmar)

Printing Process : Offset

Stamp Size and Format : 42 mm x 30 mm (Horizontal)

Color : 4

Perforation : 14

Denomination : K100 three designs

Sheet Composition :  50 Stamps per Sheet
Quantity : 300,000 pcs each design
Stamp Designers : Htay Lwin (Amarapura) [Htamane making festival of the month Tabodwe], Kyi Myo Thet [Myanmar traditional high-jump game], Zaw Zaw Wai (Sinbyugyun) [The nuns at the heritage monastery]

Maxicards

The nuns at the heritage monastery

Myanmar traditional high-jump game

Htamane making festival of the month Tabodwe

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First Day Cover

Official FDC by Myanmar Post

FDC produced by Myanmar Philatelic Society (800 Covers) [MPS-FDC-024]

U Mya Thaung FDC