The covers illustrated below were privately produced to commemorate events those producing the covers thought were important, or interesting. They all have privately produced cachets and have regular postal cancellations, as the government did not celebrate the events. Until this section of the catalog was created, I had no idea that so many cricket theme covers existed. By far, they dominate this listing.
1971
22 June 1971 – German Red Cross Assistance.
20 December 1971 – “VICTORY!, Bangla Desh War of Independence”.
21 December, 1971 – “Day of Mail Exchange Between India and Bangladesh, Jessore 21st Dec. 1971”.
1972
17 March 1972 – “53rd Birth Anniversary of Bangabandhu Sk. Mujibur Rahman, 17th March 1972”. Designed by Alhaz Salam.
Designed by Alhaz Salam.
10 April – “First Session of Constituent Assembly,” cover created to go with the commemorative postmark for the event.
Designed by Alhaz Salam.
12 April – “Dacca – London by B.O.A.C.,” first flight cover.
Designed by Alhaz Salam.
19 October 1972 – “Bangladesh Admission to UNESCO on 19th December 1972”..
Designed by Alhaz Salam.
26 January 1973 – “Bangladesh Red-Cross First Anniversary”.
1974
11 – 12 May 1974 – Jessore Philatelic Exhibition 74. This cover was most likely created by the Asianvoice Penpal Association.
17 September 1974 – Bangladesh admitted to the United Nations.
1977
Designed by Alhaz Salam.
30 May 1977 – “Referendum ’77 on President Major General Ziaur Rahman and his policies and programmes”.
1977
21 June 1979 – I.C.C. Trophy, Bangladesh. The few covers seen , similar to this, have poor cancellations and even partial cancellations without a date.
1979 – “International Year of the Child”. This is a privately printed cachet on a postal card celebrating the event. Such items as this are rare and seldom seen.
1979 – “International Year of the Child” privately printed cachet on envelope. Such items are seldom seen.
1979 – “International Year of the Child”. This is a privately created rubber stamp cachet on an aerogramme celebrating the event. Such items as this are seldom seen. The strange background of the aerogramme is the result of the scan. Due to the wavy lines it is difficult to get a good scan.
1983
28 April 1983 – SS Deutschland visits Chittagong on its Asian Tour.
1986
A very rare, original drawing/work-up for a Special Postmark that was prepared for Pope John Paul II’s visit to Bangladesh. For some unknown reason it was not used.
Cover designed by Zihad Husain.
19 November 1986 – Papal Visit 1986. Visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Bangladesh. The covers illustrated above are for the same event, but the one directly above has a label cachet.
1988
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
26 January 1988 – “Australian Bicentennial 1788 – 1988”.
1990
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
25 April 1990 – “Australia Cup Cricket. Sharjah, U.A.E.. Australia, 25th April 1990”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
18 March 1990 – “President Cup International Cricket, Bangladesh, 18th March 1990”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
17 November 1990 – “First Six a Side Cricket Tournament – 1990, Dhaka Cricket Players Association, R.V. Cup, 17th November 1990”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
17 November 1990 – “Sharjah-Cup Cricket, U.A.E.”.
1991
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
1 March 1991 – “Australia – V(s) – West Indies, First test, Kingston”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
20 March 1991 – “Late President Zia-ur-Rhaman Gold Cup Cricket, Mymensingh, Bangladesh”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
25 March 1991 – “Youth Cup Cricket, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 25th March 1991”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
26 March 1991 – “Independent Day Cricket 26th March 1991”. The term “Special Cover” is seldom used properly and people have used it for every type of cover they produce, event, FDC, etc..
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
17 October 1991 – “Sharjah Cup Cricket, U.A.E., 17th October 1991”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
30 November 1991 – “2nd R.V. Cup, Six A Side Cricket, 30th November 1991”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
6 December 1991 – “World Series Cricket, Australia, 6th December 1991”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
12 December 1991 – “Victory Day, Cricket, 12th December 1991”.
1992
23 February 1992 – 135th Anniversary of birth of Baden-Powell. This hand-drawn cover is actually postmarked the day after his birthdate.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
14 June 1992 – “South Asia I.C.C. Cricket, Singapore, 14 June 1992”. Postmarked the 12th of June.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
28 September 1992 – “World XI V(s) Pakistan XI, Skydome, Canada, 28 Sept. 1992”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
5 October 1992 – “Six-A-Side Cricket, White Holding, Hong Kong, 5th October 1992”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
4 December 1992 – “SAARC Cricket, Bangladesh, 1992”.
Covers designed by Ahmed Hasan.
15 – 17 December 1992 – “Noahex-92”. Evidently the exhibition held in Noakhali was a three day event, although I have not seen a cover for the 16th. The covers with the green cancellations are interesting as the cancellation is a private cancellation created for the show and was not provided by the Postal Department.
1993
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
1 February 1993 – “Shibaji Cup Cricket, India”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
27 September 1993 – “Dubai Cup Cricket, U.A.E., 27th September 1993”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
1 October 1993 – “Six-A-Side, International Cricket, Hong Kong, 1 October 1993”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
28 October 1993 – “Sharjah Champion, Trophy, U.A.E., 28th October 1993”.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
3 November 1993 – “Bangladesh – V(s) – Zimbabwe, One Day Cricket, 3rd November 1993:.
This cover was produced by Mr. Zahid Husain.
21 January (?) 1995 – “I.C.C. Trophy, Kenya”.
17 June 1994 – “World Cup ‘94”. This is a privately printed cachet on the government envelope. Such items are scarce and seldom seen.
1995
4 December 1995 – “Children’s Day cachet and cancellation”. The cover has the cancellation for Children’s Day from Philex ’95. It was one of a set of different cancellations for Philex ’95. A stamp with the same theme was used.
1997
29 September 1997 – “Children’s Rights Week”. One in English and the other in Bangla.
1998
10 – 19 1998 – Coca Cola Independence Cup, Dhaka, 1998
Cover designed by Motier Rahman.
See Special Covers for 19 – 25 November 1999 – “PABEX 99”. The same envelope design was used as this cover, with some modifications. Also note that this cover says “FIRST DAY COVER”. It is not a FDC, but an event cover.
31 December 1999 – “Last Day Cover of 1999, 31 December”.
2000
Covers designed by Ansar Uddin.
20 March 2000 – “President Clinton’s Visit to Bangladesh”.
2001
Cover designed by Syed Ahsan Habib.
13 March 2001 – “Visit of Honourable UN Secretary General Mr. Kofi A. Annan on 13th March, 2001”.
2002
Covers designed by Tuhin Salam.
29 – 31 July 2002 – “Welcome to Bangladesh Mr. Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan”. Two different covers for the event.
Cover designed by Mosharaf Husain.
22 February 2002 – “22.02.02”.
2002
Designed by Tuhin Salam.
11 September 2002 – “1st anniversary of the tragic event of September 11, 2001 & missing of 50 Bangladeshies at the World Trade Center 11 September 2002:.
2003
Designed by Tuhin Salam.
18 June – “Visit of Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri to Bangladesh”.
2004
The covers were created by Dr. Aleem al-Razee Khan
13 October 2004 – “XXVIII Olympic Games, Athens, 2004, Inaugural Day Cover”. The cover above has a circular sticker on it and the one above it a square sticker.
2005
Designed by Ansar Uddin.
31 January 2005 – “First One Day Test Series Win (3-2),. Bangladesh Defeat[sic] Zimbabwe by 8 wickets. Venue: Bangabandhu National Satdium, Dhaka. Date: 31 January 2005”.
Designed by Ansar Uddin and printed by the Philatelic Association of Bangladesh.
8 April 2005 – “150th Stamp Auction by the Philatelic Association of Bangladesh”. This cachet was privately printed by the Philatelic Association of Bangladesh to advertize the event.
Designed by Ansar Uddin and printed by the Philatelic Association of Bangladesh.
19 – 22 April 2005 “2nd Solo stamp Exhibit of Haj M. A. Salam”. This is a privately printed cachet by the Bangladesh Philatelic Association used on mail advertising the event. The top illustration has a double printing of the cache, that is why is seems out of focus. The cachet exists in brown and green.
4 May 2005 – Auction announcement cachet for the Philatelic Association of Bangladesh.
