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.

1945, Military Administration stamps Burma 1 PIE MN H

1945, Military Administration stamps Burma 

1945, Military Administration stamps Burma 1 PIE MN H

Text: MILY ADMN BURMA POSTAGE 1 PIE

Condition: MN H

Title:   King George VI with print

Face value:     1

Stamp Currency:       Anna

Country/area:            Burma

Year:   1945

Set:     1945 King George VI

Stamp number in set:           1

Basic colour:  Orange, Black

Exact colour:  Red orange

Usage:            Franking

Type:   Stamp

Theme:           Kings

Stamp subject:          

Michel number:         36

Yvert number:                       7

Scott number:                        

Stanley Gibbons number:    35

Printing office:             Security Printing Press Nasik

Perforation:    14

Watermark:     Elephant head

Printing:         Offset

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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

MILY ADMN (military administration) Overprint Stamps

During the  period of the Japanese occupation of Burma from 1942 to 1945, British Burma stamps were displaced by stamps introduced by the Japanese. In 1945, the British military recaptured Burma (taking over Rangoon on May 6, 1945) and British civilian authorities  took over the administration from the British Military on January 1, 1946.

 With the British reoccupation, the 1938-40 series of the first definitive stamps set was overprinted with the word "MILY ADMN" in black. Face values were from 1 Pie to 10 Rupees. These stamps were printed by the Security Printing Press, Nasik, 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.