Royaume du Cambodge Activities of Sangkum Reastr Niyum - 1960

ROYAUME DU CAMBODGE on 1 September 1960 issued a First Day Cover  set of stamps marking Activities of Sangkum Reastr Niyum (People's Socialist Community).

The Sangkum Reastr Niyum was a political organisation set up in 1955. The Sangkum party was established after Sihanouk abdicated from the throne in 1955 in favour of his father Norodom Suramarit, with the intention of concentrating on politics. The Sangkum retained control of the government of Cambodia throughout the first administration of Sihanouk, from 1955 to 1970.

The Sangkum Reastr Niyum regime, headed by Sihanouk, launched several five-years development plans and Cambodia was developed in many fields during this period especially education, agriculture, industry, infrastructures, health and building as depicted in this set of stamps.

Postes Cambodge Ancient Cambodian Temples - 1966

POSTES CAMBODGE on 1 February 1966 issued a set of First Day Cover  stamps showing five ancient Cambodian temples.The stamps were recess printed and designed/illustrated exclusively by notable French postal engravers. The postmark cancellation for this FDC originated from Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The temples pictured in the set included:

 - Preah Ko (3r) designed by Jean Pheulpin

 - Baksei Chamkrong (5r) designed by Claude Hertenberger

- Banteay Srei (7r) designed by Jacques Gauthier

- Angkor Vat (9r) designed by Michel Monvoisin

- Bayon (12r) designed by Charles Mazelin

Pan American World Airways Cover Damascus to New York - 1947

PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS released on 26 July 1947 a cover commemorating their first direct airmail flight from Damascus to New York using a Boeing 314 Clipper. A cachet in red Arabic/Roman script highlighted the flight. Two Syrian stamps were affixed to the cover: a plane flying over Kattineh Dam, circa 1946-1947; and a plane flying overhead and Kanawat at Djebel Druze, circa 1946. Postmark originated from Damascus.

Malayan Airways "First Friendship Flight Between Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok" - 1963

MALAYSIA (Malayan Airways) issued on 11 September 1963 a First Day Cover cachet marking the Malayan Airways "First Friendship Flight Between Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok". The Thailand stamps on the cover included images of King Rama XI Bhumibol Adulyadjeh with face value of 10 and 25ST, which were issued in 1963. An earlier stamp of King Rama 1X Bhumibol Adulyadjeh with face value of 2 Baht was issued in 1961. In addition to these, a 1963  stamp marking the 80th Anniversary of the Post and Telegraph Department, which had a face value of 50ST, was affixed to the cover.

When Singapore seceded from Malaysia, Malayan Airways eventually became Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines.

Nippon Post Conclusion of WWII Peace Treaty

NIPPON POST on 9 September 1951 issued a First Day Cover commemorating the Conclusion of the WWII Peace Treaty. A variety of stamps appeared on the covers, usually a red  pheasant with a face value of 59¥ and  chrysanthemum (imperial symbol of Japan) with a face value of 24¥. The red pheasant stamp was an air mail issue. The chrysanthemum stamp was printed in two colours: blue and brown. Some covers included a stamp  depicting the flag of Japan. The cachet almost always featured the flag of Japan set within a wreath of chrysanthemums.  In Japan, the  yellow flower symbolises the sun and the light (immortality).

The Treaty of San Francisco  (San-Furanshisuko kōwa-Jōyaku), also called the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Nihon-koku to no Heiwa-Jōyaku), re-established peaceful relations between Japan and the Allied Powers on behalf of the United Nations by ending the legal state of war, military occupation and providing for redress for hostile actions up to and including World War II. It was signed by 49 nations on 8 September 1951, in San Francisco, California, at the War Memorial Opera House.

The treaty came into force on 28 April 1952. It ended Japan's role as an imperial power, allocated compensation to Allied nations and former prisoners of war who had suffered Japanese war crimes during World War II, ended the Allied post-war occupation of Japan, and returned full sovereignty to it. This treaty relied heavily on the Charter of the United Nations[4] and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[5] to enunciate the Allies' goals. In Article 11, Japan accepted the judgments of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and of other Allied War Crimes Courts imposed on Japan both within and outside Japan.

Source: Wikipedia 

Cover of Assorted Stamps from Italy

 

POSTA ITALIANE  cover contains  assorted stamps dealing with themes on the 500th Anniversary of  Christopher Columbus' Discovery of America, to notable personalities in the Catholic faith, Italian landmarks, and Italian modes of communication.

Additionally, this letter was mistakenly sent to Vietnam, judging by the red-lettered box. Vietnam Post (VN Post) in turn re-routed it on to Malaysia. No wonder it took longer than usual to reach me.

British Civil Administration (Burma) - 1946

BRITISH CIVIL ADMINISTRATION (BURMA) in 1946 issued a set of four First Day Cover stamps showing typical Burmese scenes such as masted ships on the Irrawaddy River Royal Barge, elephant moving teak logs and oxen ploughing a rice field, each with an inset cypher of King George VI. This New Year's cover was postmarked with cancellation from Pazundaung, Rangoon (Yangon), which was addressed to a philatelist in this township. 

In 1946, when the civilian administration of Burma was restored, new stamps were issued in the designs of the stamps from 1938 but in different colours. Hence, the reason for the cachet on this cover is printed with the dates 1938 - 1946.

In addition to these stamps, a set of 4 Victory stamps (not shown) were issued. By 1947,  the Interim Burmese Government would replace the British Civil Administration. The 1946 series was overprinted Interim Government in Burmese characters as Burma gained self government.