The fourth stamp of the festivals series is for the month of Tagu and
it was issued on 5 Apr. It is the 1st Waxing of Tagu. One empty first day cover was sold at 200 Kyats.
The stamp for the month of Tagu featured its seasonal flowers Padauk [Pterocarpus macrocarpus] and Gantgaw [Mesua ferrea] and water festival. Burmese New Year festival, known as Thingyan, is held in the month of Tagu (April). It celebrates over a period of four to five days. People splashes water at one another during the celebration and it means washing away one’s sins of the previous year.
The stamp for the month of Tagu featured its seasonal flowers Padauk [Pterocarpus macrocarpus] and Gantgaw [Mesua ferrea] and water festival. Burmese New Year festival, known as Thingyan, is held in the month of Tagu (April). It celebrates over a period of four to five days. People splashes water at one another during the celebration and it means washing away one’s sins of the previous year.
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| Stamp design |
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| Newspaper announcement |
Though the stamp depicts two flowers, the actual seasonal flower is Gantgaw flower according to Burmese old literatures. But, Padauk is well known and famous these days and treated as de facto national flower. So, after rounds of discussions and design drafts, Myanmar Post recommended to design with two flowers.
Technical Details of Stamps
Date of Issue : 5 April 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)
Maxicard
Grab your copies at my eBay store.
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| Official FDC by Myanmar Post (Mandalay postmark) |
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| FDC by Myanmar Philatelic Society (1000 covers) [MPS-FDC-028] |
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| U Mya Thaung |
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