73-1 20p Flower emerging from skull – multicolored
a. imperforate
73-2 60p Flower emerging from skull – multicolored
a. imperforate
73-3 Tk.1.35 Flower emerging from skull – multicolored
a. imperforate
Total Stamps: 3
Color Control Marks: [Not specified]
Plate Number: [Not specified]
Imperforate: Yes, but not issued
Sheet Size: 50
Quantity Printed: 500,000 of each value
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company Ltd., UK
FDC: Yes, with commemorative postmark
Postmarks: Chittagong, Dacca
Insert: [Not specified]
It is not uncommon to find First Day Covers of the early stamps featuring only one or two stamps from a larger set. This was because many people could not afford the complete set of stamps
Martyrs of the Liberation War: The images are proofs, and the sheet bears the handwritten note ‘As Submitted 9 12 72’, prepared by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company Limited.
The image shows color trials for the Martyrs of the Liberation War
Unapproved essays for the 25 March 1973 Martyrs of the Liberation War stamps
Essays by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company Limited for the two 25th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights stamps, issued on 10 December 1973. The front bears the handwritten notation: ‘Approved subject to the changes pointed out separately,’ signed by A.M. Ahsunullah, Director-General, Bangladesh P.O. The reverse of the card has the date ‘30 7 73,’ written in the same hand as the front notation
Note that the cancellations on the two covers illustrated above are different
These are believed to be fraudulent SPECIMEN overprints. This type of overprint is also known on the Bangladesh in the UN issue
73-4 10p Flame within a wreath – blue background
a. imperforate
73-5 Tk.1.25 Flame within a wreath – purple background
a. imperforate
Total Stamps: 2
Color Control Marks: Yes
Plate Number: None (?)
Imperforate: Yes, but not issued
Sheet Size: 50
Quantity Printed: 10p – 600,000; Tk.1.25 – 400,000
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd., UK
FDC: Yes, with commemorative postmark
Postmarks: Chittagong, Dacca, Khulna
Insert: Essays exist
