Thursday 31 December 2020

Panyun (The Art of Making Lacquerware)

 Last stamp in the Art series is the Art of Panyun stamp.


The art of Panyun is the art of making lacquerware using bamboo, wood and thick black varnish. The artisans produce alms food bowl, drinking cup, betel box, bowl of pickled tea leaves and more. The lacquerwares are decorated with gold or colourful drawings. Most famous lacquerware from Myanmar are produced in Bagan.

 

Postcard showing the Art of Panyun

Technical Details of Stamps

Date of Issue : 18 December 2020
Printer : Security Printing Works (Myanmar)
Printing Process : Offset
Stamp Size and Format : 30 mm x 42 mm (Vertical)
Color : 4
Perforation : 14
Denomination : K200
Sheet Composition :  50 Stamps per Sheet
Quantity : 300,000 pc
Stamp Designers : Shwe Yoe Yar, Thiha Lwin (TMH)

First Day Covers

Official FDC


Panchi (The Art of Painting)

To release the whole set of Art stamps series completely within a year, Myanmar Post released final two stamps of the series on 18 Dec.  In considering the consistency of blog post format, I will write about each stamp in a post.  

 


The art of Panchi means painting. The artists paint the figures of human beings, objects, scenery, jatakas, and many more on different mediums. Early paintings can be found as murals in Bagan. Bagan's mural paintings are mostly on jataka stories, scenes on life of Buddha, Hinduism, floral designs and are quite well known.

 

Postcard showing the Art of Painting

Technical Details of Stamps

Date of Issue : 18 December 2020
Printer : Security Printing Works (Myanmar)
Printing Process : Offset
Stamp Size and Format : 30 mm x 42 mm (Vertical)
Color : 4
Perforation : 14
Denomination : K200
Sheet Composition :  50 Stamps per Sheet
Quantity : 300,000 pc
Stamp Designers : Shwe Yoe Yar, Thiha Lwin (TMH)

 First Day Cover

Official FDC