Following the Yangon University pre-centenary issue of postcard set, Myanmar Post issued the miniature sheet to commemorate the centenary celebration on 20 May 2020. Yangon University was opened in 1920 and they celebrates their 100 years birthday in 2020. Yangon University, located in Kamayut, Yangon, is the oldest university in Myanmar's modern education system and the best known university in Myanmar. Yangon University has its own University Post Office, also known as Kamayut Post Office.
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| Miniature Sheet Design |
Featured on the MS are convocation hall of YU, symbolic Thitpok tree (Tetrameles nudiflora), Gantgaw flowers (Mesua ferrea), them emblem of YU and the poem by Maung Sein Win (Padigon). All related to the historic icons of Yangon University. Thiha Lwin (TMH) is credited as designer.
The MS are sold as uncut strips of three miniature sheets. One pack contains 50 uncut strips with the total of 150 sheets and costs 30,000 Kyats. On the first day, Mandalay GPO sell 6,000 sheets. Empty FDCs were sold at 200 Kyats. Yangon GPO sold 1500 empty FDCs and Mandalay GPO sold 1100.
Technical Specifications
Date of Issue : 20 May 2020Printer : Security Printing Works (Myanmar)
Printing Process : Offset
Sheet Size : 117 x 69.5 mm
Stamp Size : 84 x 30 mm
Color : 4
Perforation : 14
Denomination : K200
Sheet Composition : 3 Miniature Sheets per Strip
Quantity : 300,000 sheets.
Stamp Designers : Thiha Lwin (TMH)
FDC
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Attractive issue. Is the Convocation Hall original from 1920?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. The iconic convocation hall was completed in 1927.
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