Dates of Usage: 1975 - ca. 1994
It was required that proportional taxes be paid on insurance policies, based on the amount insured.
ca. 1975
Small serrated circle in center with numerical value and text. Panels at sides with stepped indentation at the top.
Printer:
Perf. 14 1/2 x 13 1/2
Sheet size: 50 (10 x 50)
CCM: No
Plate #: No
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
15 May 1975.
DENOMINATIONS
*Tk.1 – blue-green
*Tk.5 – blue-green
*Tk.10 – blue-green.
A complete mint sheet of the Tk.1 value with no markings in the margins.
The above document has five Tk.10 stamps on it and is dated 15 May 1975.
1978
Large vertical stamp with circle with numerical value and text, below oval like panel above it.
Printer:
Perf. 12 1/2
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
9 October 1980.
DENOMINATIONS:
*5p – orange
*10p – orange
*15p – orange
*20p – orange
*25p – orange
*40p – orange
*50p – orange
*75p – orange
*Tk.1 – light blue
*Tk.3 – light blue
*Tk.10 – light blue
This insurance policy has forty 50p. stamps on it, which equals Tk.20. The problem was that the highest demonimation stamp at the time was Tk.3.
1980
Large vertical stamp with value and text in oval. Overall image looks like a female holding up her arms.
Printer: Government Printing & Mint Agency, Korea
Perf. 13 1/2
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
27 June 1980 – 14 December 1989.
DENOMINATIONS
5p – dark blue
*10p – red-brown
*15p – dark green
*20p – dark blue
*25p – orangish-red
*40p – carmine
*50p – green
*75p – blue-green
*Tk.1 – orange
*Tk.2 – yellow-green
*Tk.3 – orange
*Tk.6 – deep purple
*Tk.10 – deep turquoise
*Tk.20 – brown.
1981
Korean printed Foreign Bill stamps overprinted locally. Overprint obliterates “Foreign Bill” and adds “Insurance”.
Perf. 13 1/2
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
4 February 1981 – 22 November 1989
DENOMINATIONS
*50p. – orange
*75p. – orange
*Tk.2 – blue
*Tk.10 – blue
*Tk.20 – blue.
YEAR (?)
Islamic shaped arch in center of stamp with similar dark outline in center of it, with numerical value and text.
Printer:
Perf: 14
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
11 April 1994.
DENOMINATIONS
*Tk.1 – yellow-green
*Tk.5 – orange-brown
*a. shades exist
*Tk.10 – green
*Tk.20 – purple
*a. shades exist.
REPRINTED IN NEW COLORS.
DENOMINATIONS
*Tk.5 – blue
*Tk.10 – reddish-brown.
- On the left are the original printing, with the reprints on the right. Note the different shapes of the number “10” in the two stamps.
- The Tk.5 and Tk.10 stamp were reprinted in different colors as shown above. The Tk.5 stamp is also known in a yellowish-green color, but with the bottom right word overprinted. The question is does it exist and was it issued without the overprint?
This is the upper portion of an insurance fee document dated 1 April 1994 that has four of the Tk.10 green stamps.
1982
The stamp originally had “Insurance Tax” at the bottom of the stamps. No other Insurance set had the word “Tax” on them. It was later blocked out.
Printer:
Perf.: 14
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
6 March 1984 – 23 January 1994.
DENOMINATIONS
*Tk.5 – orange-brown
*a. double impression of the overprint
*Tk.5 – yellow
*Tk.10 – green.
1982-1983(?)
The second set printed by Korean press, Foreign Bill stamp, overprinted locally. Overprint obliterates “Foreign Bill” and has “Insurance” above it in Bangla.
Perf.:
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
28 November 1982 – 22 September 1985.
DENOMINATIONS
*Tk.6 – yellow-green
*Tk.10 – light orange
*Tk.20 – deep chestnut
*Tk.30 – orange.
1983
Korean printed Share Transfer stamps overprinted in black locally for Insurance use. Obliteration at bottom and black “Insurance” at the top.
Perf.: 13 1/2
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
22 September 1985.
DENOMINATIONS
*Tk.5 – pale orange
*Tk.10 – brown.
1984(?)
Oval in center with text with curved bands above and below oval. Second oval below bottom band with numerical value and text.
Printer:
Perf. 12 1/2
Sheet size: 50 (5 x 10)
CCM: No
Plate #: No
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
6 March 1984 – 23 January 1994.
DENOMINATIONS
25p. – color (?)
*50p. – yellow-green
75p. – color (?)
*Tk.1 – light and dark green
*Tk.2 – brown and orange
Tk.3 – vermilion
*Tk.5 – red-purple and pink
*Tk.10 – ochre and yellow
*Tk.20 – blue
*Tk.30 – brown and gray
*Tk.50 – light and dark blue
*Tk.100 – olive-green and tan
Tk.200 – pink and red
Tk.500 – brown and dark brown
Tk.1000 – color (?)
For those who do not know Bangla, this may appear to be an overprint. It is actually an abbreviation (SA BEE K) for the Sadharan Bima Corporation, a general insurance company. This stamp was used for fees on policies by their company and this is their way of cancelling the stamp, indicating it is now a “used” stamp. Many companies had their own cancelling devices to cancel the stamps. Companies purchsed sheets of the stamps and used them as needed.
YEAR (?)
Oval in center with text with curved bands above and below oval. Second oval below bottom band with numerical value and text.
Printer:
Perf. 12 1/2
Sheet size: 50 (5 x 10)
CCM: No
Plate #: No
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
6 March 1984 – 23 January 1994.
DENOMINATIONS
*Tk.1 – green
*Tk.5 – red (Only seen on the Specimen for Approval folder by the author. Not verified that it was issued.)
*Tk.10 – blue-green
*Tk.20 – brown
Other values may exist.
This Specimen for Approval Folder is a forgery. The stamp is genuine but everything else is not.
1981
Small oval at top with text with folded scrolling below on top of circle with numerical value and text. No writing in field below circle. Taka symbol not used.
Printer:
Perf.:
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
DENOMINATIONS
*Tk.2 – olive-brown
*Tk.3 – orange
*Tk.6 – blue
*Tk.10 – green
*Tk.20 magenta.
YEAR (?)
Small oval at top with text with folded scrolling below on top of circle with numerical value and text. Writing in field below circle and Taka symbol on Taka values is within circle.
Printer:
Perf.:
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
4 February 1981 – 6 March 1984.
DENOMINATIONS
*50p – orange
*Tk.2 – brown
*Tk.50 – magenta
*Tk.100 – green
*Tk.200 – gray
*Tk.500 – gray-blue.
YEAR(?)
Scalloped horizontal panel near center with text and design. Text below, with diamond shaped panel with numerical value and text.
Printer:
Perf.:
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
DENOMINATIONS
75p. – color (?)
1990
Elongated diamond shaped panel with “INSURANCE” in it, with pointed horizontal oval below.
Printer:
Perf.: 12
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
DENOMINATIONS
*Tk.50 – magenta and gray.
