Dates of Usage: 1981 - 1986
This was an internal tax or duty on certain items manufactured, sold, or consumed within the country, such as liquor, perfume, tobacco, etc.
YEAR (?)
Unknown date, but believed to be from the 1970s for foot wear. Proofs of stamp by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, Limited, England
Small rectangular stamp
Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, England
Perf.: roulette
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
Denominations
*Tk.1 – yellow and gray
*Tk.2 – orange and gray
*Tk.5 – green and gray
*Tk.10 – light blue and gray
*Tk.15 – light red and gray
*1Tk.20 – indigo and gray.
1980s
Three different designs of small rectangular shaped stamps. These Excise stamps are also listed and illustrated under Airport stamps as people living outside the country generally have only seen them on Airport tickets. They were used for a variety of luxury items.
Printer:
Perf. 12 1/2
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
DENOMINATIONS
HORIZONTAL RECTANGLES
Tk.1 – purple and pink
Tk.2 – purple-brown and green
*Tk.5 – red and gold
*Tk.10 – green and GOLD
SCALLOPED ENDS OF RECTANGLE
*Tk.15 – blue and oange
*Tk.20 – blue and reddish brown
*Tk.25 – deep blue and gray
*Tk.50 – blue and gold
PARTIAL CIRCLE IN CENTER
*Tk.100 – red, gray and blue.
1984
Small stamp with a circle within a curved geometric form.
Printer:
Perf. 13 1/2 x 13
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
DENOMINATIONS
*Tk.2 – violet
*Tk.10 – turquoise blue
Tk.25 – red-brown (Possibly the larger stamp listed below)
YEAR(?)
Larger stamp with similar design as the small stamp issued in 1984.
Printer:
Perf. 13 1/2 x 13
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
DENOMINATIONS
*Tk.25 – red
*Tk.100 – red
1986
Value and text on scalloped square form, within a circle, with triangular corners out side the circle, giving the impression of a rectangle behind it. Side panels with horizontal markings.
Printer:
Perf. 13 1/2 x 13
Plate #: Yes. #1 known for both values
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
DENOMINATIONS
*Tk.10 – violet
*Tk.25 – red
