ECHO'S PHILA HOUSE

1980

7 April – “Smoking or Health, The Choice is Yours” in English
9 October – “11th UPU Day” in English Also known from Chittagong (purple)
12 December – “FEBAPEC Philatelic Exhibition”, (Also see Commemorative Postmarks with Privately Prepared Cachets).

1981

7 January – “150th Birth Anniversary Heinrich Von Stephan, founder of UPU” Also known from Chittagong (magenta, black). Note that black cancellation illustrated is missing the first three letters of the city.
11 February – “Commonwealth Agricultural Minster’s Conference”. Two separate cancelations exist, one in Benngali and one in English (Also see Commemorative Postmarks with Privately Prepared Cachets).
17 – 20 April – “BANPEX Philatelic Exhibition” in Bengali and English. The exhibition dates were 17 – 19 April, but the last cancelation is dated the 20th for some reason.

1982

18 February – “BAPEX -82, DACCA, 18 FEB., ’82” (Also see Commemorative Postmarks with Privately Prepared Cachets).
29 October – 4 November – “United Nations Stamp Exhibition” in Bengali and English.
21 December – First Decade of Diplomatic Relations Between Bangladesh and the USSR and 60th Anniversary of Formation of the USSR (Also see Commemorative Postmarks with Privately Prepared Cachets).

1983

1 January – “World Communication Year 1983”

22 – 24 April – “PHILEX – ’83”, (Also see Commemorative Postmarks with Privately Prepared Cachets).

9 October – “14th Universal Postal Union Day 1983” in Bengali and English. Note that the long line on the bottom appears broken. Covers exist with the line undamaged.

1984

9 October – “Nothing Can Replace the Post/World Post Day – 1984” in Bengali and English (Also see Commemorative Postmarks with Privately Prepared Cachets). Also known from: Chittagong

1985

9 October – “Worldwide Post is at Your Service World Post Day ’85” in Bengali Also known from Chittagong.
1986
Note that the top illustration has no city name in the bottom of the circular cancellation. The lower two illustration are from Dacca, black and purple.
6 October – “World Habitat Day” in Bengali.
1 November – “National Youth Day” in Bengali.

1987

9 October – “Distance Is No Problem for the Post/World Post Day – 87” in Bengali.
16 October – “World Food Day” in Bengali

1988

13 March – “ROTARACT – FELLOWSHIP THROUGH SERVICE” in Bengali and English (Also see Commemorative Postmarks with Privately Pripared Cachets).
This illustration is from Dacca.
9 October – “The Post, Always and Everywhere” in Bengali and English (World Post Day). Also known from: Chittagong

1989

9 October – “The Post, Always and Everywhere in Bengali and English (World Post Day)

1990

9 October – “The Post, Awlays and Every Where” in Bengali and English (World Post Day). Also known from: Chittagong

1991

9 October – “The Post, Your Universal Partner” (World Post Day) in Bengali and English
24 October – “40th Anniversry of UNPA”, (Also see Commemorative Postmarks with Privately Prepared Cachets).

1992

13 – 15 March – “ROTAPEC – 92 (Also see Commemorative Postmarks with Privately Prepared Cachets).
9 October – “World Post Day”

1993

4 October – “World Habitat Day” in Bengali except for Dhaka GPO and the date.
9 October – “The Post, Your Universal Partner” (World Post Day) in Bengali and English.
Above is the commemorative cancellation for “Tourism Month”. Note that is has a date span of 16 October – 15 November, 1993. The design is identical to that used on the First Day Cover for the Tourism Month Stamp, issued on 6 November 1993.

Directly above is the cancellation used on the “Tourism Month” First Day Cover, dated 6 November 1993. Note that there is the single date, not a span as in the commemorative cancellation that is almost identical to it.
16 October – 15 November – “Tourism Month”.

1994

9 October 1994 – “World Post Day”. Note that this postmark is different from the one used on the Special Cover for the same date.
31 October – “Dhaka-Dubai-Amsterdam” in English. First flight. Cancellation also known in red (Also see Commemorative Postmarks with Privately Prepared Cachets).
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