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Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Bagan stamp from Canouan island
I recently found out that Canouan issued one stamp with Bagan scenary in 2013. It was issued as the souvenir sheet of 6 stamps featuring sites and scences of the world. Canouan is a small island in the Caribbean archipelago nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The issue date is 7 July 2013 and the perforation is at 20. It will be added to the list of Bagan stamp described at this post.
Thursday, 7 March 2019
The month of Tabaung
The third stamp of the festivals series is for the month of Tabaung and
it was issued on 6 Mar. It is the 1st Waxing of Tabaung, first day of
the month of Tobodwe.
The stamp for the month of Tabaung featured its seasonal flower Tharaphi [Calophyllum inophyllum] as depicted on stamp and sand pagodas (stupa) festival. Sand stupa festival is held in Tabaung (March) which is the last month on traditional Burmese calendar. Sand stupas are built by piling up the clean and white sand, shaped using bamboo frames, decorated with umbrella crown and paper banners to be look like with an actual stupa.
One unintentional mistake on this stamp design is the scientific name of the Tharaphi flower. The actual name for Tharaphi is Calophyllum amoenum. But it was mistakenly labeled as Calophyllum inophyllum which is actually Ponenyat flower. For this reason, the flower's scientific name on the stamp for the month of Waso was replaced with its common name "Alexandrian laurel" which is noticeably not italicized.
First Day Covers
The stamp for the month of Tabaung featured its seasonal flower Tharaphi [Calophyllum inophyllum] as depicted on stamp and sand pagodas (stupa) festival. Sand stupa festival is held in Tabaung (March) which is the last month on traditional Burmese calendar. Sand stupas are built by piling up the clean and white sand, shaped using bamboo frames, decorated with umbrella crown and paper banners to be look like with an actual stupa.
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| Stamp design |
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| Newspaper announcement |
Technical Details of Stamps
Date of Issue : 6 March 2019
Printer : Security Printing Works (Myanmar)
Printing Process : Offset
Stamp Size and Format : 84 mm x 30 mm (Horizontal)
Color : 4
Perforation : 14
Denomination : K200
Sheet Composition : 30 Stamps per Sheet
Quantity : 150,000 pcs each design
Stamp Designers : Wai Zin Paing (MPS)
Quantity : 150,000 pcs each design
Stamp Designers : Wai Zin Paing (MPS)
First Day Covers
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Official FDC by Myanmar Post (cancelled at Mandalay)
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| FDC by Myanmar Philatelic Society (1000 Covers) [MPS-FDC-027] |
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| U Mya Thaung |
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