After attaining Independence in 1948, Burma planned to issue its first own air letter sheet. The overall design was modeled closely to its predecessor the 1946 air letter sheet. The new design air letter sheet was issued by independent Burma on 11 January 1950. The imprint depicts a flying mythical Hintha bird, and tablet values of 6 Annas. 6 Annas rate is enough for the basic air mail fees. The printer for this air letter sheet type was unknown previously. Fortunately, a 1950 sample folder from Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd was discovered.
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| Sample Air Letter (left) and Folder (right) |
A 1950 Flying Hintha type air letter specimen was stuck in the folder, together with six specimens of Pakistan and one specimen of Sudan. All these postal stationeries were issued in 1950 and were pin overprinted “CANCELLED” with the holes touching the imprints. The same type of perfins “CANCELLED” were also observed on specimen paper monies printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd. This folder is the proof of where the 1950 Flying Hintha type air letter sheets were printed. The total number of sheets printed is unknown. The sheets are in four fold format and sheet size is 125 x 95 mm when folded. These air letters were printed on un-watermarked paper.
To study more about 1950 Hintha air letter sheet, please read the following article.
The Burma Fantail is quarterly journal published by
Burma (Myanmar) Philatelic Study Circle.
Toe Kyaw Kyar, "1950 Flying Hintha type air letter",
The Burma Fantail, Vol. 17, No. 2, Whole Number 64, pp. 28-31, April 2020.
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