BURMA

1856 India: QV 2as - 5 diff shades (buff - yellow - to orange) all with clear 'B/156' (RANGOON) pmks

1856 #45 QV 4a black/piece pmk octagonal 'B/156' [Rangoon]

1861 Native cover to Calcutta fr: hz pair India ½a blue pmk B/156 in concentric octagons <Actinic:Variable Name = 'Rangoon'/> - b/s red `R...GOON` d.r. cds - b/s red `S.L./ CALCUTTA/ G.P O/ JL 6/ 1861` cds - a little rough at left

1865 India: QV 4a green pmk diamond '156' [Rangoon]

1886 Postal Cover: QV ½a green pmk small sq-circle 'MOULMEIN - NO 25 86 - to Rangoon (arr 3-line 'SECOND DELy /RANGOON/ NOV 26' cdfs

1898 India: QV 9x½a /cover - Regd - pmk 2-ring Rangoon - 25 OC 98 cds to Langnau (Bern) - [arr 19/XI] - b/s 'Sea P.O. 'C' - NO. 5 98' tr cds

1906 India: KE 2x½a on cover pmk Bassein - 21 JA 01 cds to Seaman's Hospital, Greenwich, SE [arr 10/II] - b/s 'Sea PO-B - 27.I.01'

India 1907.12.14 Postcard to Blackpool fr: India 2x 1/2 a pmk LOILEM cds - Message headed "Wan Kung Dec 10th"

1907 India: KE 1a BL/6 [2x3] FU pmk large 'RANGOON - 19 AU 07' cds - on piece only

1931 India: KGV ½a,3a,4a on air cover (7½a rate) pmkd Rangoon - 28 DEC 31 cds - to Edinburgh

1932 Imperial Airways - 1st Flight: 'Burma - Calcutta - India - South Africa - Cover fr India 12a Air - Delhi 1a,3a & KGV 9p pmkd AKYAB - 7 OC 32 - to Capetown (arr 30/X) - b/s Karachi (15/X)

1932 Imperial Airways - 1st conn. Flight: fr India Airs, 4a, 12a & 9p pmkd Rangoon - 6 OCT 32 - to Capetown (arr 23/X)

1933 FFC Rangoon to Paris - violet Cachet on back

1933 Imperial Airways London-Rangoon Extension 'Map' Cover:Rangoon to Gaza (Palestine) - arr 6/X cds

1933 Mu.#233 Imperial Airways: 1st Flight 23.9.33 London to Rangoon - arr 2.X.33. Blue & yellow I.A. 'Map' cover

1933 I.T.C.A. 1st Flight cover: 1.10.33 Akyab to Rangoon - fr 3p & 3a Air - b/s Rangoon 1/X arr cds

1933 Imperial A'ways - 1st Flight - Yellow/blue 'Map' cover: London - Rangoon Flight: IRAQ Stage - 27.9.33 Baghdad to Rangoon (arr 1 10.33) - fr 5,30f - underfranked - marked Circle 'T' - m/s 35 & boxed 'Foreign Postage Due - 3annas 6 pies' - b/s AKYAB - 29.9.33 & octagon 'RANGOON - UNPAID - 2 OCT 33' - SCARCE - VERY FEW FLOWN!

1933 Imperial Airways: 1st Flight 'Opening of Rangoon to Singapore Mail Extension' - Cover fr India ½a & Air 6as pmkd AKYAB - 17 DEC 33 to Alor Star= Kedah (Arr 19 DE 33) - RARE! - See also Malaya-Kedah (1933) for Return Flight cover

1937 KGV ovpts: 3x½a, 1a on cover pmkd - 10 OC 37 - to Kaspaikudi nr Madras (ass 12/X cds)

1937 Ovpt on India: ½a, 2x1a on cover pmk 'MINHL...-THARAKADDY - 19 AUG 37' cds to Karaikudi, India (arr 25/8 cds)

1938 #19/30 KGVI set of 12 [3p to 1R] on FDC pmk 'RANGOON CAMP-15 NOV 38' cds to Sevenoaks - Flap: 'Government House' [addr by Gov. Wife]

1938 KGVI 3 illus FDCs fr 3x3ps, 2x8ps, 9ps pmk Toungoo-15 NOV 38 /Local

1938 KGV ovpts: Air cover fr BL/4 3p, 5x½a,2x1a, 2a pmkd Rangoon - 1 FEB 38 - to Glasgow

1938 HG.1 REGD Cover: KGV 3+1a slanted ovpt with ½a,1a,4a,2x1R ovpt pmk 'PAUNGDE - 23 FEB 38' to Attangudi (via Madras) - arr 3 MR 38 cds - Ins. for 1066Rs.

1939 Cover fr. KGV ovpt ½a & KGVI2x1a, 2x1½a pmk 2-ring 'MAYMYO - 3 FEB 39' to Westham, Sussex - REGD - b/s 2-ring 'WESTHAM SIG, Office - A - 13 FE 39'

1939 India: KGV 3a blue REGD COVER - Size H - with 8a purple both ovptd BURMA & KGVI1a pmkd Rangoon - REG - 17 FEB 39 cds to Dublin

1943 J.88 KGVI 1a brown Postal Cover - ovptd thich red St Andrew's Cross & Burma Seal alongside - with 5s carmine stuck over KGVI pmk Burmese cds - to Burmese address. Sgd: JAC

1943 Stampless Xmas Greetings Airletter: dep 'Holly Leaves & Greetings' - Code I.A.F.F.-1085 (Greetings) - no design inside - pmkd Indian FPO-#82 - 28 NOV 43

1945 Mily Adn: 2x 1a on cover pmkd 'Expml. No.35 - from Insein Road [Soap Factory] to Bombay. Censor 'DG/89' & 'DH3/32' & 'DG9/7'

1945 India KGVI 3a+1½as REGD Cover - Size H - with addl 3a pmkd Indian FPO - No.197 (ZAZAGYO) - 6.10.45 - to Bristol - b/s 2-ring 'EA BASE A.P.O. - REG - 11 OCT 45' tr cds= h/s Crude Boxed 'R - FPO-197'

1945 Lib. Revalued Postal Cover: BMA 2a/1a - Sgd. Tin - pmk 'Wavy Line-595 - 7 JY 45' duplex - (Proud Type M/1 - Rangoon) from Civilian Officer to Dr at Neeyoor, India [arr 24/7] cds. Scarce!

1945 Lib. Revalued Postal Cover:2a/1a - Sgd. Hieu - pmk 2-ring 'BURMA - EXPTL. P.O. No.2 - 20 JUN 45' cds - b/s 'BURMA - 24 JUN 45' arr cds

1945 BMA ovpt: 2a red on cover pmk 2-ring 'BURMA - Exptl PO No.2 - 3 SP 45' [from Rangoon] to Bombay (arr 13.9.45) - Censor Label tied DHC/ 197 & Crown - Passed DHC/17

1945 XMAS AIR LETTER - RAFPOST - POSTAGE FREE - SOUTH EAST ASIA - dep Santa Claus in Sled drawn by Water-Buffaloes - Mosque & Minarets covered by Snow - Slogan 'dreaming of a White Christmas' - from Cpl to 'Future Wife' with poignant Poem - Post-War Blues - How Long to Wait before coming Home. - Inside blue bordered RAF 'Xmas Greetings' - pmkd 2-ring 'RAFPOST - 23 NOV 45' cds - addr to Winton, Bournemouth

1950 6a blue Air letter [Kessler #3] unused

1952 BOAC Comet Jetliner: 16.10.52 S'pore to London. Rangoon to New Delhi stage [arr 17/X cds]

1953 PAA 1st Flight: 12.9.53 Rangoon to Delhi [arr 24/IX] - blue cachet

1953 PAA 1st Flight: 13.9.53 Rangoon to Karachi [arr 14/IX] - Blue Pagoda cachet

1953 PAA 1st Flight 12.9.53 Rangoon to Istanbul, Turkey [arr 13/9] - blue cachet

1953 PAA 1st Flight: 12/9/53 Rangoon to London. Blue Cachet

1953 PAA 1st Flight: 12.9.53 Rangoon to New York [arr 14/9] - blue Cachet

1953 PAA 1st Flight: 11.9.53 Rangoon to Tokyo [arr 13/9] - Blue Cachet

1953 PAA 1st Flight: 12.3.53 Rangoon to Calcutta [arr Dum-Dum 14/9] - blue cachet

1952 12/3 PAA 1st Flight: Brussels to Rangoon. (5/XII arr) - Cachet