1937, KING George VI Indian Postage overprint Burma 1 Anna

1937, KING George VI Indian Postage overprint Burma 

1937, KING George VI Indian Postage overprint Burma 1 Anna

Text: 1937, KING George VI Indian Postage overprint Burma 1 Anna

Condition: Ø = used/cancelled

Title:   King George V

Face value:     1

Stamp Currency:       Anna

Country/area:            Burma

Year:   1937

Set:     1937 King George V

Stamp number in set:           1

Basic colour:  Brown

Exact colour: 

Usage:            Franking

Type:   Stamp

Theme:           Kings

Stamp subject:          

Michel number:         4

Yvert number:                       4

Scott number:                        

Stanley Gibbons number:   

Printing office:            

Perforation:    14

Watermark:     Stars

Printing:         Letter-press printing

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The currency used on stamps was Rupia, Anna Paisa & Pies

This represented the currency arrangements during the transition period upto the establishment of the Indian Republic. The Monetary System remained unchanged at One Rupee consisting of 192 pies.

1 Rupee = 16 Annas

1 Anna = 4 Pice

1 Pice = 3 Pies

The First Provisional Stamp Design 

"Provisional" is a term descriptive of a stamp of a temporary nature and deemed to be a short-issue stamp employed pending the omission of definitive issue. The first provisional stamps of Burma were sold on April 1, 1937, which was the day of political and administratively separation of Burma from India.

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Union of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

Burma is the largest country by geographical area in Indochina (mainland Southeast Asia). The country is bordered by China on the north-east, Laos on the east, Thailand on the south-east, Bangladesh on the west, India on the north-west and the Bay of Bengal to the south-west with the Andaman Sea defining its southern periphery.

Starting in 1854, Burma used the stamps of British India without any form of overprinting. The stamps may be identified by the postmarks used which, after 1856, were specially prepared for Burma post offices

The first stamps of Burma were stamps of British India overprinted BURMA from 1 April 1937. 

Stamps inscribed Burma 

The first stamps inscribed Burma in the design, rather than simple overprints, were definitive stamps of King George VI issued between 1938 and 1940. On 6 May 1940 a commemorative stamp was issued to celebrate the centenary of the first postage stamp. The stamp was created by overprinting a regular 2 Anna, 6 Pies, definitive stamp with a special design.

During World War II, Burma was occupied by the Japanese between 1942 and 1945. Stamps were issued by the Japanese Army and by the Burma Independence Army in 1942. In 1943 and 1944 stamps were issued by the Burma Government with the permission of the occupying forces. 

British Military Administration 

After the liberation of Burma, normal postal services were gradually restored under a British Military Administration. Pre-war stamps of Burma from 1938 were overprinted MILY ADMN in 1945.