Showing posts with label 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2014. Show all posts

Saturday, 26 September 2015

Population and Housing Census Set II

On 10th March 2014, Myanmar Post issued second set of census stamps.  On 6th March, government media released press announcements.

Press Announcements
Day of Issue Postmarks

Technical Details of Stamps
Printer : Security Printing Works (Myanmar)
Stamp Size and Format : 42 mm x 30 mm (Horizontal) (5 Designs) 30 mm x 42 mm (Vertical) (1 Design)
Color : 4
Perforation : 14
Denomination : 100K (6 Designs)
Sheet Composition :  50 Stamps per Sheet
Printing Process : Offset

Myanma Post did not issue official First Day Cover.  As usual, we have to rely on privately produced covers.

FDC of Stamps Myanmar
FDC issued by Myanmar Philatelic Society (Limited Edition of 700 Covers)
FDC of Bo Group (Limited Edition of 70 Covers)
FDC of Ko Wint Khine (KWK)

Friday, 25 September 2015

Population and Housing Census Set I

In the year 2014, Myanmar Government take the nation wide Population and Housing Census.  To commemorate this, MPT released two set of stamps on 24th February 2014.  This post is featuring the first set containing five 200K stamps.  Government paper announces the issuing news on 20th February 2014.  The designs are not really nice, just simply texts and logo.  
Newspaper announcements
Myanma Post created two types of first day cancellation, one in Burmese and another in English.

Yangon First Day Cancellations
Technical Details of Stamps
Designer : MPT
Printer : Security Printing Works (Myanmar)
Stamp Size and Format : 84 mm x 30 mm (Horizontal)
Color : 4
Perforation : 14
Denomination : 200K (5 Designs)
Sheet Composition :  30 Stamps per Sheet
Printing Process : Offset

Myanma Post did not issue official First Day Cover.  The private covers are big to accommodate five long stamps.

FDC of Stamps Myanmar

FDC issued by Myanmar Philatelic Society (Limited Edition of 500 covers)
FDC of Bo Group (Limited Edition of 100 Covers)
FDC of Ko Wint Khine (KWK)



Thursday, 23 April 2015

New registration process

One more new process adapted is that all the registered mail going out from Myanmar has pasted the registration label with bar code and Registered Article Number (tracking number) ending with MM on the cover (Fig 1).  Please not that, the actual date of posting of that cover (Fig 1) is 7 Jan 2015, but Bagan PO postmark comes with wrong date, 7 Jan 2005.  The post office staff wrongly set the date.

Fig 1: registered cover sent from Bagan PO (Myanmar registration label pasted)

In November 2014, I have received some covers send from post offices outside of Yangon, all leaves Myanmar without the registration label with bar codes and no tracking number.  Singpost (Singapore Post) pasted the registration label (Fig 2), with the tracking number ending with SG, on the time the cover arrives to Singapore as it has no label.  The new process enable all covers have the registration label and tracking number ending with MM.  It could be pasted in Yangon mail sorting and Singpost do not paste any label on the recent covers. 
    
Fig 2: registered cover from Taunggyi PO with Singapore registration label

To reference this article, please cite:

Toe Kyaw Kyar, "New issues and developments: New registration processes (1)", The Burma Fantail, Vol. 12, No. 2, Whole Number 44, pp. 21, April 2015.

Tuesday, 7 April 2015

Taunggyi Post Office

Taunggyi PO is the state grade PO and is located on Bogyoke Aung San Road, near the Taunggyi City Hall, Taunggyi Township, Shan (South) State.  The exact location on the map is here.  Its postal code is 06011. 

Taunggyi PO
Taunggyi PO
 Under the portico, there is one mail box with old MPT logo and its post code "06011".  The mail collection time stated is 2:00 PM.


I have visited this PO on 29 October 2014.  The postal staff is helpful.  She help me struck on my booklet so that I can get clean and clear postmark.  I had sent out some registered mail to my address in Singapore.

Registered Mail to Singapore (sent on 29 Oct 2014)
Registration Mark
Postmarks of Registration Department (Taunggyi PO)
My overall experience with this PO is good.

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Mandalay General Post Office

Mandalay GPO is located at the corner of 22nd and 81st street. The exact location on the map is here.  It is the Region grade PO (Mandalay Region) and its postal code is 05011.  It is quite near to the brick walled fort of Mandalay palace and water moat (kyone).  I have visited this GPO on 3rd November 2014.

Mandalay GPO
The interior view of Mandalay GPO
There is postcard and old stamps shop in the building.  I have sent some registered mail from this GPO to Singapore.  The staff is helpful and patient.
Registered Mail to Singapore (sent on 3 Nov 2014)
The cover leaves Myanmar without registration label. Singapore post (Singpost) affixed the trackable registeration label on arrival.
Registration Mark of Mandalay GPO
Mandalay GPO postmark
Mandaly GPO Parcel Post postmark

 My overall experience with this GPO is excellent.

<Updates>

2018 Oct - new postmarks are introduced.