The stamp on the left is a used forgery. To the right is a genuine stamp, also used. These forgeries were made to be sold and used for postage, not to fool collectors. Virtually all of the forgeries are slightly smaller than the genuine stamps and the perforations are generally poorly done.
Rare blocks of four of a set of “National Population Day, 1990” that were printed by the Russian firm of Kniga, that printed several of the Stamps for Bangladesh. This set was never issued and only 28 copies of each stamp were found in the file and sold to a dealer.
90-1 Tk.6 Silouette of parents and two children
a. thicker lettering of Bengali and English NATIONAL POPULATION DAY
b. forgery
1 stamp
CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Mahbub Akand
Printer: Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark in Bengali. Only the city and the date is in English.
Pmks.: Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Rangpur (purple)
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Additional: Two stamps, a Tk.5 and a Tk.10 value, were printed by the Russian firm of Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga but were not not delivered in time to the Post Office. The Post Office then designed and printed their own stamps and this set of two stamps was never released.
A First Day Cover missing the black printing in the cachet.
Folder of Approval prepared by Harrison & Sons, Ltd., the company that printed the stamps. The stamps in the folder are imperforate. This is a very rare item.
90-2 50p One gharial
90-3 Tk.2 Four gharials
90-4 Tk.4 Head protruding from water
90-5 Tk.10 Two gharials resting
4 stamps – four different stamps in a block of four
CCMs: Yes
Plate #: 1A and 1B
Sheet: 40 (10 sets of four different designs)
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: K.G. Mostafa
Printer: Harrison & Sons, U.K.
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
A set of four privately produced cachets by the World Wide Fund for Nature exists with a different stamp on each cover and a different cachet. The same group produced four different Maximum Cards for this issue as well, with a different stamp on each card. The cards have “Official Maximum Card” on them and the covers “Official First Day Cover”. The postmarks are printed on these covers and cards and are different from those used at the post offices.
Pmks. – privately produced covers and cards: This postmark is larger than the one used in the post offices. It is a square turned on one end and reads “BANGLADESH” at the top and “DHAKA G.P.O.” at the bottom. In the center are two horizontal lines with a Panda in the top line. Below that, and above the second line is 31 JAN 1990″. The postmark is totally in English and measures 40mm across across the center. All covers and cards are postmarked “DHAKA G.P.O.” in black.
Pmks. – post office envelopes: This postmark is somewhat similar in design but is smaller – 34mm across the center.The Panda is at the top above the horizontal line. Between the two horizontal lines is the date in Western numerals and Bangla. Under the date and below the line is Dhaka GPO in English and Bangla.
Pmks.: Dhaka, Rangpur (purple)
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Additional: Each stamp has the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) panda logo on it.
These are said to be hand painted images of the proposed design. The size of the images is unknown at this time.
The four maximum cards and four covers are all World Wildlife official cards and covers. Tge cabcekkatuib on them is slightly different from the top cover issued by the Bangladesh Post Office.
A pane of six of the stamp with the CCMs at the bottom, indicating how many, and what colors were used for printing the stamps. The black numbers at the bottom of the pane are control numbers and are not plate numbers. Plate numbers are usually only one number and they are engraved into the plate and are the same on all sheets printed with that plate. For the Bangladesh commemoratives, it is rare to have more than two plates for an issue, although some have had three. When they stopped puting plate numbers on the sheets, collectors have no idea how many plates were used.
90-6 Tk.5 Portrait of Murshed
a. brown color missing – country name missing
1 Stamp
CCMs: Yes
Plate #: None
Sheet: 50
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Pranesh Kumar Mandal
Printer: Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, U.S.S.R.
FDC: Yes. Circular generic postmark in Bengali and English “Dhaka GPO 3 Apr, 1990 (Benglai) and the same below in English. There are two half circles in the center with no writing between them.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Rangpur (purple)
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90-7 Tk.6 Child writing on slate on floor
90-8 Tk.10 Boy and girls writing on slate
2 stamps
CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 50
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: KG Mustafa
Printer: Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, U.S.S.R.
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna (purple), Rangpur (purple)
Insert: White card stock, printed in black.
This is a hand painted envelope design, that was rejected, for the First Day Cover illustrated below. The top illustration is the piece of paper folded open. Due to the paper it appears to be darker than it really is. The two lines of text under the image read, “Bangladesh Post Office” in Bengali and English. It is inverted but appears in the right position when the paper is folded up, like an envelope.
90-9 Tk.7 Dove carrying letter and penny black stamp
90-10 Tk.10 Mail runner with image of penny back and Bangladesh stamp
2 stamps
CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka, Rangpur (purple)
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A variety in the upper arm of the player of the 8 taka stamp, of the two stamp set for the World Cup Football, Italy ’90. It is the stamp in the upper left of the block of four.
The top image is an envelope design for the cachet for the First Day Cover that was not accepted.
90-11 Tk.8 Soccer player in red jersey
a. variety in sheet (stamp #9 across top) color on jersey above arm missing. Not a constant variety
90-12 Tk.10 Soccer player in green jersey
90-13ss Tk.25 Colosseum and soccer ball as moon – imperforate miniature sheet
2 stamps and 1 SS
CCMs: Yes (deep brown)
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity of Stamps Printed: Unknown
Quantity of SSs Printed: Unknown
Designer of stamps and SS: Manzare Shamim
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC – stamps: Yes. Commemorative postmark
FDC – SS: Yes Commemorative postmark
Pmks. – stamps: Chittagong, Comilla, Dhaka, Jessore, Rangpur (purple)
Pmks. – souvenir sheets: Chittagong, Dhaka, Rangpur (purple)
Insert: White card stock printed in black. Quantity of stamp printed not given.
90-14 Tk.1 Mangifera indica
90-15 Tk.2 Psidium guayava
90-16 Tk.3 Citrullus vulgaris
90-17 Tk.4 Carica papaya
90-18 Tk.5 Artocarpus heterophyllus
90-19 Tk.10 Averrhoa carambola
6 stamps
CCMs: Yes
Plate #: None
Sheet: 50
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Manzare Shamim (Tk.1 and Tk.2), Nurul Islam (Tk.3 and Tk.4) and Pranesh Kumar Mondal (Tk.5 and Tk.10).
Printer: Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, U.S.S.R..
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Jessore, Rangpur (purple)
Insert:
Additional: Proofs exist on cards for each stamp.
The copy on the left of the 1990 Second U.N. Converence ’90 on the Least Developed Countires is one of the most expensive Bangladesh stamps that one can find. The blue UN Emblem and writing is inverted and there is also a perforation shift to the right. The center stamp, even though the blue emblem and text is missing, costs only one tenth the cost of the stamp on the left. The stamp on the right is the normal issue. This stamp was released on September 3, 1990. This issue and the Butterfly issue are the only Bangladesh inverted colors to date, and are eagerly sought after. It is unusual that both of these were issued in 1990.
90-20 Tk.10 Drawing of farmer working with crop and UN emblem
a. UN emblem and blue writing missing
b. UN emblem and blue writing inverted and in the bottom right corner of the stamp, with the design of the stamp shifted to the left and up so that BANGLADESH appears below the value in Bengali
1 stamp
CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 80
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Mahbub Akand
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Chittagong (purple), Dhaka, Jessore, Rahshahi (purple), Rangpur (purple)
Insert: White card stock, printed in white.
Additional: The stamp with the blue inverted (90-20b) is to date, one of only two Bangladesh issues with part of the design inverted. The other is the 2 December 1990 Butterfly issue of four stamps in a block. These inverts are highly desirable items and the most expensive of all Bangladesh stamps.
90-21 Tk.2 Left side of se-tenant pair – Outline of Asia at the top
90-22 Tk.6 Right side of se-tenant pair – Outline of Australia at bottom
2 stamps – horizontal se-tenant pair with a continuous design
CCM: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 40 sets of pairs
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Chittagong (purple), Dhaka, Sylhet (red), Rangpur (purple)
Insert: White card stock printed in black. Quantity of stamp printed not given.
This is the first and only time this format was used on the back of a FDC.
90-23 Tk.2 Rowing
a. pr. with purple and red shifted to right – Only Bengali value in left stamp, both Bengali and Western values in right stamp
b. forgery
90-24 Tk.4 Kabaddi
90-25 Tk.8 Wrestling
a. missing name of country
b. double perforations across bottom stamp on bottom and sides only
c. black “BANGLADESH” shifted across the top
90-26 Tk.10 Badminton
4 stamps
CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 80
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Jessore, Rangpur (purple)
Insert: White card stock printed in black. Quantity of stamps printed not given.
90-27 Tk.6 Portrait of Shah
1 stamp
CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 80
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Postmark unlike any other. Consists of three circles, two within the outer one. Top of circle reads “Dhaka GPO 17-10-90” in Bengali and the same at the bottom of the circle, but in English. There is nothing within the large center circle. There is no English in the cachet other than “FIRST DAY COVER”.
Pmks.: Dhaka, Rangpur (purple)
Insert:
90-28 Tk.6 Stylized 40, incorporating the UN emblem as the “0”
1 stamp
CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 80
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Mahbub Akand
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka, Rangpur (purple)
Insert:
One of the great rarities of Bangladesh is this block of four of butterflies of Bangladesh, issued on December 3, 1990. At first it is difficult to really tell what is wrong with the block on the left. Notice that the upper left and lower right stamps do not have the name of the country printed on them, but the other two have it twice. That is due to the country name on the right (vertical) sides of the bottom left and upper right stamps having been printed twice. The name, in a different color, was inverted and shifted. The block on the right is normal.
90-29 Tk.10 Ixias pyrene
a. missing brown BANGLADESH on the right side of stamp that is reading down
90-30 Tk.10 Danaus plexippus
a. reading up, rather than down
90-31 Tk.10 Danaus chrysippus
a. brown BANGLADESH on the right side of stamp that reading up, rather than down
90-32 Tk.10 Precis almana
a. missing blue BANGLADESSH on right side of stamps that reads down
4 stamps – block of four
CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 80 (20 sets of four different designs)
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Manzare Shamim
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka
Insert: White card stock, printed in black. Quantity of stamps printed not given.
Additional: This is one of only two Bangladesh issues to date (2002), that has part of the design inverted. The other is the 3 September 1990 2nd U.N. Conference on Least Developed Nations, Paris (90-20b). This block of four is currently the most expensive of all the Bangladesh stamps.
