The Security Printing Corporation, Bangladesh Definitives

Date of Issue: 29 November 1990

Tk.2 EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization) Program

It is unusual that the Post Office provided a printed cachet for the issuance of a definitive stamp.

90-1d Tk.2 EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization) Program – brown

a. imperf.
b. double printing, minor shift to the right
c. double printing, major shift to left and down
1 stamp

CCMs:
Plate #:
Sheet: 200
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer:
Printer: Security Printing Corp., Bangladesh
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark
Pmks: Barisal (purple), Chittagong (purple), Comilla, Jessore (purple), Mymensing (purple), Rangpur (purple)
Insert: None.

Date of Issue: 30 January 1991

Three different shades of this definitive. There are at least two different printings as the paper on the center stamp is a different shade than the other two.

Tk.6 Salimullah Hall – multicolored 1 Stamp CCMs: Plate #: Sheet: 200 for first four printings, then 190 Quantity printed: Designer: Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur FDC: Pmks.: Insert:

Date of Issue: 3 December 1993

Tk. 2 Burdwan House

Two proposed drawings for the stamp. There are subtle differences in the images, such as the clouds and the vegetation in the bottom right corner.

Note that there are two different cancellations, both from Dhaka, for this FDC. There was one at Bangla Academy (A temporary post office) and the regular FDC used at the Dhaka Post Office.

Date of Issue: 28 February 1995

Tk.2 Child injecting himself with insulin, fruit and an adult

95-1d Tk.2 Child injecting himself with insulin, fruit and an adult – multicolored a. imperforate 1 stamp CCMs: Yes Plate #: No Sheet: 200 for first four printings, then 190 Quantity printed: 2 lac (200,000). Later, several reprintings Designer: Nurul Islam Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark. Pmks.: Dhaka (black, purple), Rangpur (purple) Insert: Tri-folded cream colored paper, printed in green. Additional: The quantity of stamps printed was certainly for the first printing of this stamp as it was reprinted numerous times. Numerous misperforation varieties can be found in most of the definitive stamps of Bangladesh.

Date of Issue: 1997

Tk.1 Circle with child

Misperfed block, perforated 14 1/2 x 14, gum?, thin paper.

Strip with heavy inking in the top of the top row, obliterating the name of the country. Perforated 12 1/2 x 12 1/2, dull gum, thin white paper.

98-1d Tk.1 Circle with child – green 1 stamp CCMs: Plate #: Sheet: 200 Quantity printed: Unknown. Reprinted numerous times Designer: Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur FDC: Pmks.: Insert: None

Misperforated margin block of four, perf. 14 1/2 x 14, dull gum, thick paper

Misperforated margin pair, perf. 14 1/2 x 14, dull gum, thick paper.

Strangely perforated strip with the stamp on the left at a different level. Perforation 14 1/2 x 14, Dull gum, thick paper.

Date of Issue: 18 March 1999

Tk.3 Airplanes

This is a reprint of the Russian printing originally issued on 29 April 1989. The new printing is on the left and the upper image in the blow-up above the stamps. The paper is much whiter, there is less detail in the stamp and the values seen slightly larger and darker. Additionally, the name of the country at the bottom is smaller than on the Russian printing.

10 Sixty Dome Mosque

The image on the far right is the Security Press Corporation, Bangladesh printing of the 60 Dome Mosque stamp. The others are shown for comparison as it is not easy for many collectors to notice the differences. A problem is created when only an image is shown of either the Bradbury reprint, or the Asher printing. It is often not possible to know which one is being shown. This is a common occurence in the internet auctions.

99-2 Tk.10 Sixty Dome Mosque
2 stamps

CCMs:
Plate #: No
Sheet:
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer:
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Generic postmark. Privately made covers.
Pmks.: Dhaka
Insert: None.

This cover was designed by Dr. Aleem Al Razee Khan.

Date of Issue: 31 August 1999

Tk.5 Curzon Hall

The Curzon Hall stamp was originally printed by the Russians and issued on 31 March 1989. In the illustration above, the 1989 issue is on the far right. The other two illustrations are of the reissued stamp. There are two images shown to illustrate some of the differences in the printings. In addition to the differences in the central image, there is a wide range of various shades, gums, paper and perforations. The original has a small clean panel with the name Curzon Hall in it in Bangla. The reprint has cloudiness around the panel in all of the printings.

99-3 Tk.5 Curzon Hall 1 stamp CCMs: Yes Plate #: No Sheet: 200?? currently 180 Quantity printed: Unknown Designer: Nazrul Islam Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur FDC: Yes. Generic postmark. Privately made FDC for this reissue of the stamp. Pmks.: Dhaka Insert: None

Date of Issue: 30 August 2003

Tk.4 Chittagong Port – gray-blue

The Chittagong Port stamp was redesigned and reprinted. Note that the vertical text in the left side panel is now in the middle of the stamp, as opposed to the top in the 1992 stamp. Also the vertical writing in the right panel is now reversed and reads down. There are also differences in the size of the numbers and the text and the image itself is slightly larger, as is the overall stamp. The original Kniga (Russian) printing is on the right.