The Stamps Of Burma.

I have a cover sent registered from Bandoola Square PO in Yangon but little modern. It is a FDC of the set issued by the Union of Burma on December 15, 1973 to publicize the constitutional referendum. The cover was sent to Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania.

Arrival postmark was applied on the back on December 24, 1973:

Here are better resolution of the stamps:



Another FDC with same postmark but different cachet:

Rod, hope you can see these items, they are all around 150-190kb.

Hi Phil



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I am still using a 10 year old thumb drive to access internet
I was thinking perhaps Christmas, all the kids in town may be
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Previous it was 3 minutes and the page had still not fully opened.

On 1 April 1937, Burma was separated from British India and became an administered colony of Great Britain. On the same day, Indian stamps from 1926 show King George V were overprinted "BURMA" and were reissued in the new colony. The set contains 18 stamps, 12 are small format and the rest are large format with identical design. Here are the small format stamps, show the same image of the King but the margin decorations are different in each one of them:






Next time I will show an early use of these stamps

Here is a cover franked with stamps of the first Burma set I posted above. It was sent registered from Paumode (not sure it is the correct name), Burma to India. Arrival postmark from Trichinopoly, Southern India, was applied on January 28, 1938:

@LaoPhil



The cancels are from Paungde (18.4932°N 95.5066°E), now in Pyay district, Bago region, Myanmar.

@LaoPhil



The delivery postmark is of Iramachchandirappuram Tiruchchirappalli SPO & TO in Iramachchandirappuram (10.2457°N 78.8104°E), now in Pudukkottai district, Tamizhnadu state.

The then district name Tiruchchirappalli was included in the post office name to differentiate it from the other post office with same name, what is now in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh state.

@LaoPhil



The cover was not sent registered as from Apr 1,1937 to Apr 1939, the basic letter rate from Myanmar to India for weight upto 28.25gm (1oz) was 2½A which was here paid by Myanmar 1937 ½A SG 2×3 & 1937 1A SG 4.

Joy,

First, thanks for all the information about the postmarks provided. Want to ask if you have a book about Burmese post offices and postmarks?

As a Laos stamp collector, I have several catalogues and magazines and I am a member in two associations, all together are my sources of information. What about Burma? do you know good sources for information? I have other covers but don't post since I have no information about them.

(I just checked Wikipedia and find that Trichinopoly is the English name of the city Tiruchirappalli. The photos of the city in Wiki are great, especially the temple)

Eli, I have these references, not including the WW2 occupation postal history on which I have 4 more.

1. India Used in Burma
Jal Manekji Cooper.
private, Mumbai 1950

2. Burma Postal History
Gerald Davis & Denys Richard Martin.
Robson Lowe Limited, London, England 1971

3. The Indian Post Office in Burma
Gerald Davis.
Christie's-Robson Lowe Limited, Bournemouth, England 1987
ISBN 9780853974239

4. The Postal History of Burma
Edward Wilfrid Baxby Proud.
Proud-Bailey Company Limited, Heathfield, England 2002
ISBN 9781872465265

5. Burma The Stamps and Postal History under the Reign of the Three British Kings 1901–1947
James Song.
James Song Philatelics, Singapura, Singapura 2020
ISBN 9789811485954

6. Great Philatelic Collections Classic Burma Postal History 1817–1858 Formed by Santpal Sinhchavla
Ed. Santpal Sinhchavla.
David Feldman Société Anonyme, Genève, Suisse 2020

I also have all the issues of The Burma Peacock (Nos.1–77 Vol.I No.1–Vol.XX No.3 1979–2000), the quarterly journal of The Burma Philatelic Study Circle.

Wow!!! Thank you very much, Joy, for this comprehensive list of books. I didn't decide yet whether I want to specialize in Burmese philately (well, I feel Laos is enough), but if I will expand my collection, for sure I will search for one basic book from the list. Meanwhile, I asked for sample back issue of the Burma Philatelic Study Circle.

The Sixth Buddhist Council - Yangon, Burma 1954-1956


Here is a set issued by the Union of Burma in 1954, in the beginning of the 2500th anniversary of Buddhism. I like it very much since it has connection to other SEA countries, like Laos.

Sangha of Cambodia - Wat Maniratanaram, Phnom Penh, Cambodia:

Sangha of Burma - Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay, Burma:

Kaba Aye Pagoda and Meeting Cave, Yangon:

Sangha of Thailand - Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand:

Sangha of Ceylon - Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy, Ceylon:

Sangha of Laos - Pha That Luang, Vientiane, Laos:

@LaoPhil



The set was actually issued in 1954.

The 35 pya stamp was issued on May 17 and the rest on Nov 15.

Thanks, I corrected the year. Looked at other page. Here is the album page;

The 5th Southeast Asian Peninsula Games, Rangoon, issued by Burma on December 1, 1969:

Opening of 1st People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw), 1974




Opening of the 1st People's Assembly, issued on March 2, 1974:

Flags of Burma between years 1820-1974:

People Asembly:

The Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) logo:

The January 1, 1946 set of stamps I posted in my first post of this thread, was reissued on October 1, 1947 overprinted "Interim Government" in Burmese inscription:


Here are two stamps from the set in high resolution. I still don't have a commercial cover franked with stamps of this set: