On the new year day, 1st Jan, I visited Yangon GPO to purchase the official postcards issued by Myanmar Post to commemorate the pre-centenary of Yangon University. Yangon University was opened in 1920 and they celebrates their 100 years birthday in 2020. Pictorial cancellation was provided by Myanmar Post on that day.
I observed two different varieties of postcards. It difference both on the front and back. The comparison of two version is shown below. I have learnt that there were two batch of printing during the production stage. The first batch comes with Designer name in Burmese and the second batch in English. Some color variations and formatting of texts are also easily noticeable.
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| Varieties of postcards |
As the stamp was yet to issue, most collectors used Diamond Jubilee of Yangon University stamps to get the cancellation.
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| Commemorative cancellation |
U Aung Ko commented on the design faults of postmark and shared his view. The Gantgaw flowers on the stamps and postmark during the previous issues represent the years they celebrates. For example, three flowers for 75th anniversary, with one flower representing 25 years. The new postmark has additional flower. And the Gantgaw flower has only four petals, but the flowers on the postmark has five each. These should be take into account during the postmark design process.
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