77-1 30p Coronation ceremony – multicolored
77-2 Tk.2.25 Queen Elizabeth II – multicolored
77-3 Tk.10 Queen and Price Phillip – multicolored
3 stamps
CCMs: Yes
Plate #: 1A
Sheet: 50
Quantity printed: 250,000 of each value (A quantity of the Tk.10 stamp was overprinted for the 14 November 1983 visit of Queen Elizabeth)
Designer: Harrison & Sons, Ltd., England
Printer: Harrison & Sons, Ltd., England
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Private covers were produced by the Royal Commonwealth Society, the Westminster Collectors Society and the General Post Office cover. The Royal Commonwealth Society cover has a similar cachet to the Post Office cover but is slightly more detailed. It additionally has the crown and AEIIR@ above the flags. There are other minor differences as well. The Westminster Collectors Society cover is the most attractive of the three, but unfortunately, they only used the 30p and the 2.25TK stamps on each cover, ignoring the 10TK stamp. The same postmark was used for the souvenir sheet as well. See 17 February 1977 for the SS.
Pmks. stamps: Dacca, Chittagong
Pmks. SSs: Dacca
Insert:
Two government issued envelopes with the souvenir sheet. Note the different positioning of the black Post Office logo on the back flaps that are folded up to show the differences. The envelopes had to have been printed at least two times as the other black in the envelopes is the black outlining the poles, etc.. The black color would have been printed with one pass through the press
77-4ss Tk.12.55 Perforated miniture sheet containing the three stamps of the set, with a border
CCMs: None
Plate #: None
Quantity printed:
Designer: Harrison & Sons, Ltd., England
Printer: Harrison & Sons, Ltd., England
FDC: Yes. Only Post Office cover used for the SSs. Commemorative postmark the same as that for the set of stamps. See 7 February 1977 for the set of three stamps.
Pmks.:
Insert:
Additional: Photographic proofs of the three individual stamps exist each mounted on an individual card, and photographic proofs of the souvenir sheet exist, but not on the cardss.
A photographic proof of the Queen Elizabeth II souvenir sheet as designed by Harrison and Sons of London. It is not unusual for a very limited number of photographs to be taken of a proposed design for a stamp or SS and be distributed to those commissioning the design. The Bangla at the bottom has been changed to a smaller size in the issued sheet.
77-5 40p Poet at table – light green and black
77-6 Tk.2.25 Portrait of poet – brown and rose
2 stamps
CCMs: Yes (Separate from plate number in Tk.2.25 value – Horizontal stamp)
Plate #: 1A
Sheet: 50
Quantity printed: 250,000 of each value
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd., England
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark. Only English is the date.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dacca, Jessore, Rangpur
Insert: Bi-folded with a brown and tan image of Nazrul on the front with printing inside in black. Information on back in brown.
The commemorative cancellation exists in two different sizes. The small cancellation is from the Dhaka Philatelic Bureau and is the only small one seen to date.
77-7 30p Pigeon with letter – multicolored
77-8 Tk.2.25 Pigeon with letter – multicolored
2 stamps
CCMs: Yes
Plate #: 1A
Sheet: 50
Quantity printed: 250,000 of each value
Designer: Art & Beauty, Dacca.
Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd., England
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dacca
Insert: Light gray card stock, printed in black. Insert has release date of “22nd September 1977” changed by handwritten pen marking to “29th”
77-9 40p Asiatic black bear – multicolored
77-10 Tk.1 Axis deer – multicolored
77-11 Tk.2.25 Leopard – multicolored
77-12 Tk.3.50 Gayal – multicolored
77-13 Tk.4 Elephant – multicolored
77-14 Tk..5 Bengal tiger – multicolored
6 stamps
CCMs: Yes (Separate from Plate Number in the 40p and Tk.1 values – the vertical designs)
Plate #: 1A (bear)
Sheet: 50
Stamps printed: 150,000 of each value
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Harrison and Sons Ltd., England
FDC: Yes, 1.) Circular generic postmark “FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/9 NOV 1977/city BANGLADESH” and 2.) Similar, but the outer ring is double
Pmks.: Chittagong (2), Dacca (1)
Insert: Wider, bi-folded shiny coloured paper, printed in black with the cover in blue and black.
Note that the Plate Number is not in the same pane of stamps for the vertical images, as the CCM. In the horitontal format they are in the same pane.
