22 May – UN Environment Program
82-1 50p Palm trees and river
1 stamp
CCMs:
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Quantity Printed: 500,000 (A quantity of the stamps were later overprinted for the 3 December, 1986 SAARC Seminar on Postal Mechanization)
Designer: Pranesh Kumar Mandal
Printer: Ueberreuter, Austria
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dacca, Jessore, Rajshahi
Insert: White card stock, printed in black.
In 1982 the spelling of the capital was changed from DACCA to DHAKA in English and is reflected in the cancellatioins in English.
82-2 50p Portrait of Dr. Hossain
1 stamp
CCMs:
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Qazi Rownak Hossain
Printer: Ueberreuter, Austria
FDC: Yes. Circular generic cancellation “FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/9.10.1982 (between two lines)/city”. What looks like a different cancellation for Khulna, it appears to be a double ring around the outside, may just be a faulty cancel, or cancellor.
Pmks.: Chittagong (purple), Dhaka, Khulna (purple), Rajshahi (purple), Sylhet
Insert:
Privately printed card (not an envelope) with one value of the Scout set. The cancellation is much clearer and is slightly different.
82-3 50p Emblem within knots
82-4 Tk.2 Portrait of Baden-Powell
2 stamps
CCMs:
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Quantity Printed: 50p – 500,000; Tk.2 – 250,000
Designer: Pranesh Kumar Mandal and Ahmed Fazlul Karim
Printer: Ueberreuter, Austria
FDC: Yes. Two different postmarks exist (?). Circular generic postmark “FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/ 21.10.1982/(between two lines)/city.
A private FDC was created for The Official World Scout Stamp Collection and the postmark is a generic one reading – FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/Date/DHAKA GPO. It is actually a piece of quality card stock with the specially prepared cachet on the front and an overview of scouting on the back in English and French.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka
Insert: White card stock, printed in black.
82-5 50p Black overprint on stamp (Man holding rifle and flag of country)
a. shift in overprint upward and angled, at top and bottom of stamp
1 stamp
CCMs:
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Quantity Overprinted: 30,000*
Designer: Pranesh Kumar Mandal
Printer: Bruder Rosenbaum, Austria
Printer of overprint: Government Security Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dacca
First Day Cover: Yes. Circular generic postmark – FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/date between two lines /city.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi (purple)
Insert:
Additional: *Quantity provided by Mosharaf Husein who was verbally told this amount.
82-6 50p Portrait of Capt. Mohiuddi Jahangir – orange tablet
82-7 50P Portrait of Hamidur Rahman – pale green tablet
82-8 50P Portrait of Sepoy Mohammed Mustafa Kamal – Rose tablet
82-9 50P Portrait of Mohammed Ruhul Amin – deep yellow tablet
82-10 50P Portrait of M. Matiur Rahman – bister tablet
82-11 50P Portrait of Lance-Naik Munshi Abdur Rob – dull gold tablet
82-12 50P Lance-Naik Nur Mouhammad – yellow green tablet
7 stamps – seven different stamps in each strip
CCMs:
Plate #:
Sheet: 35 (5 strips of seven different designs)
Quantity Printed: 250,000 each design
Designer: Ahmed Fazlul Karim
Printer: Ueberreuter, Austria
FDC: Yes. Generic postmark – FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/date/DHAKA GPO. These covers are very awkward in size (30.6cm x 14cm, 12 inches x 5 and a half inches) due to the seven stamps being in a horizontal strip.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Comilla, Dhaka, Rajshahi
Insert: Twenty-two page booklet, plus cover of cream colored paper, printed in black. These are too large to fit inside the covers and many were not saved. It is recommended that one remove the staples in the booklet as they rust and stain the booklet.
To date (2009), this is the smallest Post Office logo, in relation to the size of the envelope, on the largest envelope.
