For August 2025, it has reissued the sheetlet from the Myanmar Endemic Birds series, originally released in 2022 and 2023. The new issue, dated 20 August 2025, completes the series of nine stamps, each depicting an endangered bird species native to Myanmar.
The colors of the reissue show slight variations from the originals. Even in the 2025 reissue sheet, two colour variations have been identified. Neither matches the brightness of the 2022–2023 issue; instead, the reissue appears in two forms—a dull version and an even duller version. A comparison of the three colour variations is shown below. A total of 30,000 sheetlets have been printed, each comprising nine 200-kyat stamps, giving a face value of 1,800 kyats per sheetlet.
Due to a tilt in the perforation comb, one row of perforations has shifted, altering the stamp dimensions. In the example below, the first row is tilted, producing stamps measuring 42 × 31 mm, while the second row measures 42 × 29 mm. The third row remains at the correct size of 42 × 30 mm.
Separately, a team from the Myanmar Philatelic Society, including me, had prepared a souvenir sheet on the bird series in an effort to present an improved layout. Although this design was submitted to Myanmar Post in May 2025, it was noted that the official design as shown above had already been forwarded to Wazi Security Printing Works for production, as the sheetlet series had been planned well in advance of May.
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