Tin Can Mail to Burma

Most collectors will be familiar with Tin Can Mails which is fascinating due to its nature of carrying method.  The cover I want to share with this post is a registered Tin Can Mail sent from doughnut-shaped Niuafo'ou Island of Tonga to Rangoon, Burma.  It was redirected to Rangoon Cantonment upon arrival to Burma.

The cover bears many handstamp cachets made by Walter George Quensell and postmarks.  Quensell created varieties of cachets in different languages and applied to the mails.  These can be seen on the example shown above.  It took about 11 months to deliver the mail to the addressee.  The datestamps on the covers read

• 10 Aug 1939 Put in the sea
• 28 Aug 1939 Niuafo'ou, Tonga
• 6 May 1940 GPO Sydney
• 20 May 1940 Perth, West Australia
• 12 Jun 1940 Rangoon GPO Registration Dept
• 14 Jun 1940 Rangoon Cantonment

The cachet on the upper left corner tell when the tin can containing this letter is dropped into the sea.  It reads "This letter, enclosed in a water-tight tin was put into the sea from the Union Line Cruise Steamer "Maunganui" off Niuafoou or "Tin Can Island", in the Tongan Group - Lat 15° 33' South. Long 175° 39' West. on the 10th August 1939.   G.B. MORGAN, D.S.C. COMMANDER"

Three stamps, recessed-printed by De La Rue, affixed on the cover depicted Queen Salote of Tonga and were issued to commemorate 20th anniversary of her accession.  One of the cachet reads "Jubilee Cover, HM Queen Salote of Tonga, 1918-1938, 11 Octb 1938".  HM Queen Salote Tubou, D.B.E., ascended the throne in 1918.  Regardless of being the philatelic cover, it is lovely and still hard to find one sent to Burma.

New Sri Lanka stamp features Myanmar Flag

 A new addition to the Burmanica collection is the circular shaped stamp issued by Sri Lanka post.  It is to commemorate 60th anniversary of Asia-Pacific Postal Union and Myanmar is one of the members.  As of 2022, APPU has 32 member countries.

Specifications

Date of Issue: 1 Apr 2022

Dimension: 30 x 30 mm

Sheet Composition: 20

Print Color: Four Color Process

Print Quantity: 300,000

Denomination: LKR 45

Shape: Circle

BANGABANDHU 2021 FIAP 1st Virtual International Stamp Exhibition

BANGABANDHU 2021 FIAP 1st Virtual International Stamp Exhibition was virtually held from 10 Dec 2021 to 30 Dec 2021.  The exhibits were hosted on http://www.exhibit.bangabandhu2021.com.  Initially, it was planned to hold as Regional exhibition at Dhaka, Bangladesh.  But, due to COVID-19 situation, it was changed to virtual exhibition.  It was later recognized by FIAP as its 1st virtual exhibition.

BANGABANDHU 2021 was organized to celebrate Golden Jubilee Independence of Bangladesh and to commemorate birth centenary of its founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.  It displayed 543 frames of 160 exhibitors from 21 countries.  

Award Medal

 

Ko Thein Tun Kyaw exhibited his PPC exhibit titled Nostalgia of Burma in British Colonial Time.  His exhibit scored 78 points and won Large Silver medal.  Ko Toe's PPC exhibit titled People of Burma and Their Lifestyles scored 79 points and won Large Silver medal.

Anti-Tuberculosis fundraising labels 1966

These multicolored anti-TB labels are the latest labels produced ever since 1949.  The sheet format is 5 by 4 - four stamps for each designs.  

The designs feature the worker in the fields in the background, and a person in the foreground.  The year of issue and a small lion logo is on the top left and right.

First Row : Chin boy

Second Row: Karen girl (the remarkable  mount Zwekabin is in the background)

Third Row: Kachin girl

Fourth Row: Shan man

Fifth Row: A girl with white hat

For further reading on these labels, please browse https://www.revrevd.com/burma--myanmar.html and go to Label section.

Costumes ~ Ava Era

The second set of costume series is issued on 8 Dec 2021.  The set includes two stamps depicting man and woman in Ava era costumes.  

Technical Details of Stamps

Date of Issue : 8 Dec 2021
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 :

Two official FDCs were produced.

<More photos of FDCs to be posted>

Costumes ~ Pyu Era

The first set of costume series is issued on 27 Sep 2021.  The set includes two stamps depicting man and woman in Pyu era costumes.  At Yangon GPO, Mandalay GPO and Naypyitaw CPO, the envelope 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.

Pyu Era Costume Stamps Design

Newspaper Appearance

Technical Details of Stamps

Date of Issue : 27 September 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 :

Two official FDCs were produced.

Maxicards

Maxicard set made by Ko Thein Tun Kyaw

Received in Damaged Condition Instructional Marking, 1978

Recent find on eBay attracts my eyes.  The cover is not in good condition, but the front shows some texts in rectangular box.  It is found on the inland ordinary letter sent from Toungoo on 26 Jun 1978 to Rangoon.  The marking and its translation is shown below.

 The envelope is displayed below.