King George VI's coronation covers of Burma

The coronation of King George VI was a historic event that took place on May 12, 1937, in Westminster Abbey, London. To commemorate the occasion, philatelists in Burma produced private commemorative covers on the same day.

Mrs. Reardon from Meiktila created several covers, cancelled on May 12, 1937, at Meiktila PO. She used newspaper cut-out portraits of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as cachets. Each cover has different cachets and is unique due to the use of cut-outs. I have two examples from my collection, which I have displayed below.

Famous philatelist Naigamwalla also produced several types of covers to commemorate the coronation. The two basic types are displayed below, with two variations for each type that have been documented in Steven Zwillinger's Naigamwalla cachet catalogue.

To date, I have only come across the commemorative covers produced by Mrs. Reardon and Mr. Naigamwalla. It is possible that other types were produced by other philatelists, but I have yet to discover them.

1937 High Values (up to 5Rs) on the First Day Cover

First Day usage of 1937 Provisional Burma overprinted issues. It is the large cover, probably used to send document unfolded.  The cover is affixed with the stamps up to 5Rs.  2Rs, 5Rs, 10Rs, 15Rs and 25Rs are hardly seen on cover.  The letter arrives to London, England on 27th Apr 1937. 

Wrong usage of India stamp after separation

Wrong usage of India stamp after separation. Burma separated from India on 1 April 1937. After that day, not only the political administration, but the postal administration had also been separated. Provisional set of stamps was issued by overprinting 'Burma' on India stamps. On this cover, sent on 5 May 1937, the sender wrongly mixed and franked the Burma overprinted stamps (2Rs) and India postage stamp (1A). The cover was sent from Kyonpyaw, lower Burma, to Karaikudi, India.