75th Anniversary of Independence Day

On 4th Jan 2020, Myanmar Post issued a stamp to commemorate 75th anniversary of Independence Day.  This year, the stamp design depicts the white elephant named Rattha Nandaka.  

Stamp Design

Technical Details of Stamps

Date of Issue : 4 January 2023

Printer : Security Printing Works (Myanmar)

Printing Process : Offset

Stamp Size and Format : 42 mm x 30 mm (Horizontal)

Color : 4

Perforation : 14

Denomination : K200

Sheet Composition :  50 Stamps per Sheet

Quantity : 300,000 pc per design

Stamp Designers : Myanmar Post

First Day Cancellation

FDCs

Official FDC

FDC by Ko Sein Minn

Postcard by Ko Sein Min

Official Folder

Asia Pacific Postal Union 60th Anniversary Stamp issued by Pakistan

Pakistan Post issued a new stamp to commemorate 60th anniversary of Asia Pacific Postal Union on 28 Dec 2022.  The design depicts the flags of the member nations of the postal union and Myanmar flag is one of them.   Thanks, Kevin, for sharing the information to me.  The stamp and FDC are shown below.

FDC

Salient Features

Size of stamp: 56 x 56 mm

Size of print: 52 x 52 mm

Number in a sheet: (3x7) 21 stamps

Perforation: 13C

DenominationL Rs. 20/-

Colours: CMYK

Printing Technology: Lithography (Offset)

Paper: 100 GSM W/M Gummed Paper

Gum: PVA

Quantity: 200,000

Printer: National Security Printing Company, Karachi

FourNations Stamp Exhibition Singapore 2022

Ko Toe participated in FourNation Stamp Exhibition Singapore 2022.  The exhibition was held from 16 to 18 December 2022 at Safra Toa Payoh, 293, Lor 6 Toa Payoh, Singapore 319387.  This is the first ever FourNation exhibition after the COVID-19 pandemic.  Together with FourNations namely Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, Vietnam was invited to participate in this exhibition as well.

Ko Toe's new exhibit titled "British Burma Postal Stationeries 1857 - 1937" scored 93 points and won Gold Medal.  The award made this exhibit qualified for international and world stamp exhibitions.  

It is a great opportunity to meet with our philatelic friends and I had a wonderful time. For more information about the exhibition, please browse the Chinese version report by Philately Museum. 

Costumes ~ Bagan Era

Stamps featuring Bagan era costumes are the second sets in the costume series and were issued on 27 Oct 2021.  The set includes two stamps depicting man and woman in Bagan era costumes.  At Yangon GPO, Mandalay GPO and Naypyitaw CPO, the envelopes with cachet are sold at 200 Kyats each.  In addition to the envelopes, the folding card with the design facts is also sold at 200 Kyats each.

Essay 1 by U Aung Than Htay

Essay 2 by U Aung Than Htay

Technical Details of Stamps

Date of Issue : 27 October 2021

Printer : Security Printing Works (Myanmar)

Printing Process : Offset

Stamp Size and Format : 30 mm x 42 mm (Horizontal)

Color : 4

Perforation : 14

Denomination : K200 two designs

Sheet Composition :  50 Stamps per Sheet

Quantity : 300,000 pc per design

Stamp Designers : U Aung Than Htay, Prof Myat Tun Aung

Two official FDCs were produced.

Official FDCs

FDC by Ko Myo Oo

Maxicard set by Ko Thein Tun Kyaw

Last Day of Operation - Mandalay Nantwin PO

We have learnt that Mandalay Nantwin post office was permanently closed in 2019.  Its last day of operation is 31 August.  Ko Sein Min prepared and made some "Last Day of Operation" covers.  Thanks for Ko Sein Minn for his efforts.  Mandalay Nantwin, Man Nantwin in short, has two postmarks used in last day.  I want to record the covers in this post.

Costmes ~ Amarapura

The fifth set of costume series was issued on 29 Apr 2022.  The set includes two stamps depicting man and woman in Amarapura era costumes.  No official FDCs and folding cards were sold.  Collectors made their own FDCs and maxicards.

Technical Details of Stamps

Date of Issue : 29 April 2022

Printer : Security Printing Works (Myanmar)

Printing Process : Offset

Stamp Size and Format : 30 mm x 42 mm (Horizontal)

Color : 4

Perforation : 14

Denomination : K200 two designs

Sheet Composition :  50 Stamps per Sheet

Quantity : 300,000 pc per design

Stamp Designers : U Aung Than Htay, Prof Myat Tun Aung

FDCs

FDC produced by Ko Sein Min, cancelled at Mandalay.

FDC by Ko Aung Kyaw Tun, cancelled at Yangon.

FDC by Ko Chan Myae Aung, cancelled at Mandalay

Maxicards

Maxicard set by Ko Thein Tun Kyaw

The Burma StaMPS Volume 1

Myanmar Philatelic Society initiated publishing the brand new "The Burma StaMPS" journal quarterly.  It is also the newsletter of the society.  Each issue has 20 pages and published in full color.  Ko Toe is the editor of the journal.  The editor hopes Burmese language journal can attract new collectors to philately, and keep the society active. 

 

In 2022, four issues for Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct were published.  The digital copies of the journal is distributed to MPS members.  In Mandalay, Ko Sein Min kindly printed every issues in color and distributed to Mandalay members at no charge.  The editor compiled four issues, together with the contents, author index, subject index and post office index, and produced the softbound printed book.  The whole volume includes 92 pages.