King Edward VII One Anna Post Card of British India, used in Burma

The King Edward VII One Anna Postcard was issued in 1907 for international usage.  The card is sized 139 x 89 mm and printed with Carmine on Buff paper.  The post card rate for UPU at the time is one Anna.  5760 cards were distributed to Rangoon in 1908.

The following postcard was sent from Mohnyin on 22 Aug 1910 to Cape Town, south Africa.  South Africa is considered a rare destination of items from Burma.  The card arrived at Cape Town on 3 Oct 1910.  Proud has seen and recorded only one date for Mohnyin postmark (KD3), so this is the second recorded copy with this postmark.

The second example was sent from Rangoon on 27 Feb 1913, sorted and cancelled at the stationery Rangoon Railway Mail Section Sorting Office.  The card was addressed to Surabaya, Indonesia and arrived on 9 Mar 1913.  The arrival postmark is on the reverse.

In 1921, UPU postcard rate was increased to One Anna Six Pies.  Obsolete One Anna postcards stocks were surcharged with the figures 1½ in black and released as an emergency or provisional issue.   Total of 26,880 cards were distributed to Rangoon in 1922 and 1923.  The following card was sent from Rangoon on 5 May 1924 to Germany.  There is no arrival postmark on the card.