80-1 40p Rotary emblem in red and black
a. black normal but red and tan shifted down so “BANGLADESH” in English is at the top
80-2 Tk.5 Rotary emblem in blue and gold
2 stamps
CCMs:
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Quantity Printed: Unknown (A quantity of the stamps were later overprinted for the 12 January, 1987 Rotary Conference for Development issue).
Designer: Pranesh Kumar Mandal
Printer: Bruder Rosenbaum, Austria
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Chittagong (purple, black), Dacca, Khulna (purple. One stamp only – 40p, or both stamps), Rajshahi
Insert:
Additional: For Khulna, the complete set of two stamps most likely exists on cover as well, but have not been seen by the author.
A normal stamp is illustrated on the left. On the right is a stamp commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Rotary International. There is a color shift of the red and the tan, downward, thus “BANGLADESH” is at the top in English and Bangla. This is not a perforations shift as the black is printed in the correct position.
A very strange cover as it is not a FDC. It appears that the cancelling device was used to cancel regular mail. The date in the cancellation must have been the date this cover was mailed as no stamps were issued on 15 June, 1981. This is the First Day cancellation that is always available in the Philatelic Bureaus. Obviously someone used it to cancel a letter.
80-3 40p Canal digging
a. green printed double
1 stamp
CCM:
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Quantity Printed: 1,000,000
Designer: Ahmed Fazlul Karim
Printer: Bruder Rosenbaum, Austria
FDC: Yes. Two different postmarks.
Pmks.: Chittagong (purple), Dacca, Jessore
Insert: Light gray card stock, printed in black. Quantity of stamps printed not given but the quantity was given in the “Brochure on Bangladesh Stamps”, issued by the Bangladesh Post Office around 1980.
Additional: A folder exists.
A scarce presentation booklet for the stamp. Many of the early booklets are not in good condition due to the quality of paper and the lack of interest of many collectors in such things.
Note that there are two different postmarks used for the First Day Covers
A shifting of colors due to poor registration. It is somewhat blurry but is very visible at the bottom of the stamp. This is not an error, it is an oddity.
80-4 40p Portrait of A.K. Fazlul Haque
1 stamp
CCM:
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Stamps Printed: 500,000
Designer: Pranesh Kumar Mandal
Printer: Bruder Rosenbaum, Austria
FDC: Yes. Generic postmark – FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/April 27, 1980 (between two lines)/city.
Pmks.: Bogra, Chittagong, Comilla (purple), Dacca
Insert: Light gray colored card stock.
Left margin pair with a misperforation. Below it is what is believed to be a unique item with the pink green, light and dark blue colors missing, meaning much of the printing on the sheet is missing.
Note the two types of cancellations used above at Dacca.
80-5 Tk.1 Runner, sailboat and horse rider
80-6 Tk.10 Airplane, boat, bus and train
80-7ss Tk.11 Perforated souvenir sheet with the two stamps and a decorative border
2 stamps and 1 SS
Souvenir Sheet
a. pink, green, light and dark blue colors missing
CCMs:
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Quantity of Stamps Printed: 250,000 each value
Quantity of SSs Printed: 20,000
Designer: Ahmed Fazlul Karim
Printer: Bruder Rosenbaum, Austria
FDC: Yes. Two different cancellations 1) Generic postmark “FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/May-5, 1980 2) Date between two lines)/city”. Souvenir sheets can be found on plain envelopes with no cachets, provided by the collector.
Pmks. – stamps: Chittagong, Dacca (two types of postmarks), Ranjpur, Sylhet
Pmks. – SS: Dacca
Insert: Light gray card stock, printed in black.
Two blocks of four showing the different positions of the CCMs and a plate number on one of them.
A privately produced First Day Cover of the stamp, with a Chittagong cancellation.
80-8 50p Dome of the Rock Mosque – violet
1 stamp
CCMs: Yes
Plate #: 1A
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: 1,000,000
Designer: Ahmed Fazlul Karim
Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd., UK
FDC: Yes. Circular generic postmark – FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/date between two lines/city.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dacca , Jessore, Khulna (magenta)
Insert: Gray card stock, printed in black
Additional: Essay on card and presentation folder.
Very rare essay for the stamp. Note that the value in the essay is 40p. The value of the issued stamp was 50p. There is a punch mark in the upper left corner with some slight damage to the card, which would have little effect on the value.
IN MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS & COMBATANTS OF PALESTINE (Presentation Folder)
The image of the First Day cover looks different because there is a sheet of opaque paper that is over it and it was not lifted when the scan was made.
80-9 50p Man writing on blackboard in front of outdoor class
1 stamp
CCMs:
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Quantity Printed: 1,000,000
Designer: Pranesh Kumar Mandal
Printer: Bruder Rosenbaum, Austria
FDC: Yes. Generic postmark – FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/AUG.23.1980/DACCA G.P.O.
A privately produced FDC on quality paper also exists, prepared by the “International Society of Postmasters/ Association Internationale des Receveurs de la Poste”. The covers have a cachet with a light blue rectangle with a picture of a boy reading to a girl inside of it. They are sitting under a tree with mountains in the background. Most likely all of these covers bear typewritten addresses as they were sold on a subscription basis. They were not sent through the mails unprotected, but were mailed under separate cover. The postmark is the same as that of the general government issued cover. The reverse flap bears the logo of the organization and their name. The back of the envelope has a “CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY” printed on it in English and French.
This cover also exists with “Stamps of all Countries” in English and French above the cachet. Those seen are not addressed.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dacca
Insert:
Presentation folder
The Education stamp was put in a presentation folder with hard covers, unlike the Agriculture stamp issued earlier in the year on 27 March.
80-10 50p Right side of se-tenant pair – Beach scene with two umbrellas
80-11 Tk. Left side of se-tenant pair – Beach scene with one umbrella
80-12ss Tk.5.50 Perforated miniature sheet with two stamps and a decorative border with water sports
2 stamps – se-tenant horizontal pair of stamps, and 1 SS
CCMs:
Plate #: 1A
Sheet: 40 (20 sets of two different designs)
Quantity of Stamps Printed: 250,000 of each value (a quantity of these stamps were overprinted for the 1 February, 1984 First Bangladesh National Philatelic Exhibition – 1984).
Quantity of SSs Printed: 50,000
Designer: Ahmed Fazlul Karim
Printer: Bruder Rosenbaum, Austria
FDC -stamps: Yes. ss?Generic postmark – FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/date/DACCA G.P.O.
Pmks. – stamps: Chittagong, Dacca, Khulna (purple)
Pmks. – SS:
Insert:
Rare gutter pair of which only two pairs have been reported. It is not known if others still exist
Illustration is of the folded out folder of the drawing for the image on the brochure (Referred to as the insert in the catalog) that was produced for the issue. It reads, “1) Border – Writing, drawing of Hill, Solid deep colours,” and, “2) Background of Monogran, Light Colours”
80-13 50p Mosque and Ka’aba
a. gutter pair
1 stamp
CCMs:
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Quantity Printed: 500,000
Design: Supplied by Islamic Secretariate & reproduced by Ahmed Fazlul Karim
Printer: Bruder Rosenbaum, Austria
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dacca, Chittagong, Khulna (purple), Rajshahi (purple) Day missing and written in.
Insert: Large bi-folded white paper with an image on the front in brown and light blue. The inside printing is in black.
Additional: Presentation folder exists.
PRESENTATION FOLDER OF ADVENT OF 15TH CENTURY HIJRI
80-14 50p Portrait of Begum Roquiah – light green background
80-15 Tk.2 Portrait of Begum Roquiah – orange background
2 stamps
CCMs:
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Quantity Printed: 50p 600,000; Tk.2.00 400,000
Designer: Ahmed Fazlul Karim
Printer: Bruder Rosenbaum, Austria
FDC: Circular generic postmark “FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/DEC.9,1980 (between two lines)/city”
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dacca, Jessore, Khulna (purple), Rajshahi
Insert:
Additional: Note that a stamp honoring Begun Roquiah was issued on 9 November 1998 but her last name was spelled in English “Rokeya”. Since these are transliterations from a different alphabet, there are often more than one way of spelling names and no one way is “correct”.
