Min Sun Min

Stamps of Burma

A Historical Record Through 1988

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This imaginative book features each stamp issued in Burma from the British colonial government through the Japanese occupation, the British military administration, Burmese independence, the revolutionary council, and the Burmese Way to Socialism. It ends with a series of stamps Sun Min has designed to commemorate the pro-democracy movement of 1988, to be issued "one day when Burma is free." Writer, educator, freedom-fighter, and artist Min Sun Min teaches graphic design in New York.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 215mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 303g
• ISBN-13: 9789748102436
• ISBN-10: 9748102432
• Artikelnr.: 23444699

Autorenporträt

Min Sun Min

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Timeline
Introduction
1. A Survey of Postal History
2. A Brief History of Burma
3. Stamps of the British Occupation (1937-1942)
4. Stamps of the Japanese Occupation (1942-1945)
5. Stamps of the British Military Administration (1945-1948)
6. Stamps of Independent Burma (1948-1962)
7. Stamps of the Revolutionary Council and BSPP (1962-1988)
8. Stamps as a Historical Record (1988)
List of Stamps
Classification of Stamp Themes
Foreign Printers Used by the Burmese Government
Bibliography