Burma

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Burma is a country in Southeast Asia bordered by Thailand, China and India.
 * Once an independent kingdom, it was completely occupied by British troops in 1885. Postal administration was by the Indian post office using Indian stamps. Burmese stamp usages are only recognizable by cancels.
 * In 1937, Indian stamps were overprinted BURMA.
 * In 1938, Burma got its own stamp designs.
 * With the beginning of World War II, Japan occupied Burma along with Burmese independence groups. See occupation issues below.
 * In 1945 at war's end, stamps were overprinted MILY ADMIN.
 * Burma became a republic in 1948 with stamp inscribed bilingually, the English part reading UNION OF BURMA.
 * In 1990, the Union of Burma became the Union of Myanmar.





Japanese occupation issues




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