SPECIAL POSTMARKS 1995 - Present

1995

21 April - "Charter Presentation Ceremony/Rotary Club of Dilkusha, Dhaka/SERVICE ABOVE SELF" in English. (Also see Special Postmarks with Privately Prepared Cachets).

31 December - "Century of Cinema" in Bangla and English (Also see Special Postmarks with Privately Prepared Cachets).

1996

1 October - "MUKTIPEX - 96" in Bangla and English. (Also see Special Postmarks with Privately Printed Cachets).

1997

19 February - "3rd SAARC Cricket Tournament 1997" in English. (Also see Special Postmarks with Privately Printed Cachets).

14 July - "6th ASIA CUP CRICKET 97" in English. (Also see Special Postmarks with Privately Printed Cachets).

2000

22-28 May 2000 - "The Stamp Show 2000, London." This postmark was seen by the Editor of this catalog for the first time in April 2015. Prior to that he had not known of it's existence. Does anyone know what other cancellations exist for the other days and if this is genuine?

2001

29 July - "30 Years of Bangladesh Postage Stamps" (Also see Special Postmarks with Privately Printed Cachets).

2002

9 October - "World Post Day 2002" in Bangla nd English. (Also see Special Postmarks with Privately Printed Cachets).

2004

8 - 12 January - "OLYMPEX". The cancellations were officially done in various colors, representing the different organizations. Some were done in black. Above are the official colors for the cancellations.

2005

Once the Bangladesh Post Office began participating in international stamp shows, and having created different pictoral cancellations for each day of the show, international dealers began to create their own privately printed envelopes with quality cachets. As a result, many high quality covers exist from most of the shows.

21 - 24 April - "World Stamp Expo, Sydney, Australia, 21-24 April 2005".

19 - 24 August - "Taipex 2005, 18th Asian International Stamp Exhibition".

2007

27 August - "20 Years of PAB (Philatelic Association of Bangladesh. (Also see Special Postmarks with Privately Prepared Cachets)

2009

China 2009 Covers with Privately Produced Cachets

10 - 16 April - "China 2009 World Stamp Exhibition". Seven different cancellations, one for each day of the show.

2010

• The above is the postmark for the First Day Cover. In this instance, the postmark is from Chittagong and exists from several cities. Do not confuse this with the series below as the series below is only for the Phila Jamboree 2010.

• The entire cover is being illustrated here as it can be confusing for collectors as many of the covers were cancelled using the same government printed envelope for the Scout First Day Cover. This cover bears the same date as the date of issue of the stamp - 16-1-2010. While the Jamboree lasted from the 14th through the 22nd of January, the Phila Jamboree lasted from the 16th through the 22nd. The cancellations are also known in purple and red. The entire series is known from the Camp P.O. Mouchak, in purple. These must be considered scarcer than the Dhaka cancellations.

16 - 22 January - "Phila Jamboree 2010".

25 February - "We Mourn Philatelist Ishtiaque Ahmad Khan" in English (Also see Special Postmarks with Privately Printed Cachets).

4 - 12 August - "Bangkok 2010 Asian International Stamp Exhibition". Nine different cancellations, one for each day of the Exhibition (Also see Special  Postmarks with Privately Printed Cachets).

1 - 10 October - "Portugal World Stamp Exhibition 2010". A set of ten different cancellations exist, one for each day of the show (Also see Special Postmarks with Privately Printed Cachets.)

2011

INDIPEX Covers with Privately Produced Cachets

12 - 18 February "INDIPEX - 1011, World Philatelic Exhibition". Seven different cancellations, one for each day of the exhibition (Also see INDIPEX Covers with Privately Produced Cachets).

28 - 31 July, 1 - 2 August "Philanippon 2011." A very scarce set of cancellations used at the show that were unknown to most collectors. The top illustration is of the 28 July cancellation but differs in that it is totally in English and the text at the top is different. This is the only cancellation seen by the author to date but others exist for the other dates and images. The "Bangladesh Post" cancellations were used only at the stamp shows.

11 November - "11.11.11".

2012

29 February - "Leap Year"

18 - 24 June - "Jakarta Stamp Exhibition". SEE "FAKE AND QUESTIONABLE BANGLADESH ITEMS" PAGE

24 - 29 November "24th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference, Bangladesh." Again the Scout issue has created confusion for collectors. On the 24th, the beginning day of the conference, a stamp honoring the event was issued. For each of the following days the same cancellation, as that used for the FDC, was used, with only the date changed. Most covers that were stamped for each of the days were made using the FDC envelope and the new stamp. Since the envelope is the same, and the cancellation is the same (with only a date change), most people will think these are all FDCs, as the envelope states "First Day Cover."

12 December - "12.12.12".

25 December - "PAB Celebrating 25 years" (Philatelic Associatioin of Bangladesh).

2013

• This cancellation was designed by Mushfiqul Haque. Above it are the four designs he submitted, of which the one directly above was selected and used.

29 July - "1971/29 July/Stamp Day/2013"

2 - 14 August "Thailand 2013" Thirteen different cancellations, one for each day of the exhibition. It is interesting that all the cancellations read, "Dhaka GPO, except the one for August 5 (The P.O. logo), which reads, "Bangladesh Post". Generally the "Bangladesh Post" cancellations were only used at the shows, and were not available in the Dhaka GPO.

2014

25 - 27 April - "Tokyo Stamp Show 2014." SEE "FAKE AND QUESTIONABLE BANGLADESH ITEMS" PAGE

• Unfortunately, this very nice cover was created by Md. Mushfiqul Haque, but due to the shortness of time, was never printed and made available to the public. The image above belongs to the designer and is a computer designed image. Fortunately, the cancellation was made available but is found on plain envelopes, or possibly other privately printed cacheted envelopes if any were made. If the envelope had been printed and sold to the public, it would have been listed under SPECIAL COVERS in this catalog, but since only the cancellation was made available, it is listed under SPECIAL POSTMARKS, with the illustration and information shone so collectors will know about it.

12 September - "Celebrating Stamp Day/1971 - 2014"

2016

January 22 - 27 - 8th National Cub Camporee, 2016. The same envelope for the issuance of the stamps (FDC) was used for most of these postmarks, thus creating some confusion among novice collectors. The FDC postmark is totally different. Only the date was changed for the different days of the Camporee.

Commemorative 1980 - 1994

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