2010 (52 Commemoratives, 5 SS's, 2 Special sheets, 4 Postcards, 4 Large cards for stamps, 4 Folders)

16 January - 8th National Scout Jamboree

• Note that there are two different types of CCMs on the right side of this pane. The top ones are rectangular and are partially cut off. Below them are the circular CCMs.

10-1 Tk. 10 - Child's drawing of scouts at camp
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Muhammad Ashraf Shiddike
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Mouchak (purple), Rajshahi
Insert: Shiny white card stock, printed in black
Cachet Designer: Muhammad Ashraf Shiddke
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

 

• Misperforated block of four with the perforations shifted to the right, cutting the white text on the left of the stamps down the middle.

• This cover is canceled in purple and was canceled at Mouchak the Scout camp on the First Day of Issue.

• This is the First Day Cover canceled at Dhaka. The location where the cancelation was applied is directly above the date.

11 February - Roses, Cultivated Varieties in Bangladesh

10-2ms1 Tk.10 - Alec's Red
10-2ms2 Tk.10 - Royal Highness
10-2ms3 Tk.10 - Queen Elizabeth
10-2ms4 Tk.10 - Ballerina
10-2ms5 Tk.10 - Alexander
10-2ms6 Tk.10 - Blue Moon
10-2ms7 Tk.10 - Papa Meilland
10-2ms8 Tk.10 - Double Delight
10-2ms9 Tk.10 - Iceberg
10-2ms10 Tk.10 - Sonia
10-2ms11 Tk.10 -Sunblest
10-2ms12 Tk.10 - Piccadilly
10-14ms13 Tk.10 - Pascali
13 different stamps in a miniature sheet

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Min. Sheet: 13
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Jashim Uddin, advisor - Professor Mohammed Amin
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert: Shiny white card stock, printed in black
Cachet Designer: Jashim Uddin
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6 per envelope 

Additional: The miniature sheet was released with a folder. The folder exists with the mint sheet of stamps, and with the sheet with a FDC cancelation..On the back of the folder, at the bottom, is the Bangladesh postal runner image, with "Bangladesh Post Office" in Bengali and English. An individual insert was also printed for the issuance of these stamps and is listed above in the description of the stamps.

The postal authorities also sold the miniature sheet of stamps on a large card at the Portugal stamp exhibition. This card was created for the Portugal exhibition and was not sold in Bangladesh when the stamp was issued. The card has the salient features of this issue, printed on the back. The card exists with the original FDC cancelation or with just a mint sheet. See this item under 27 September 2010, under the Birds issue.
 

• A privately printed booklet for a block of four from the sheet of stamps. This booklet, along with several other appeared in the Indian market in 2014, along with privately printed booklets for the 2011 Instruments stamps and the 2013 Flower stamps.

• Notice that the person creating the first cover with the single stamp on it used the label from the sheet of stamp with it.

Roses, Cultivated Varieties of Bangladesh Folder

21 February - International Mother Language Institute

10-3 Tk. 15 - Image of the institute
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 50
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Jashim Uddin
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert: Tri-folded shiny white paper, printed in blue. No month is printed in the issue date in the English portion of the insert.
Cachet Designer: Jashim Uddin
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

8 March - International Women's Day

10-4 Tk. 5 - Two women with their arms raised
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer:
FDC Designer: Jashim Uddin
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Bandaran, Barisal, Bogra, Chittagong, Comilla, Dhaka, Dhaka Sadar, Dinajpur, Faridpur, Jamalpur, Jessore, Kulna, Kushtia, Molvi Bazaar, Mymensingh, Narayanganj, Noakhali, Pabna, Patuakhali, Rajshahi, Rangamati, Ranjpur, Siraganj, Sylhet, Tangail
Insert:
Cachet Designer: Jashim Uddin
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

17 March - National Children's Day, 2010

• Sheet misperforated.

10-5 Souvenir Sheet
10-5ss Tk. 10 - Portrait of the Father of Bangladesh
Cost of SS Tk.25
1 stamp in souvenir sheet

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 1
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Jashim Uddinand Design Advisor - Bangladesh Post Office
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert: Shiny white card stock, printed in black
Cachet Designer: B(angladesh) P(ost) O(ffice)
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

26 March - Independence and National Day

• When the above printed image was sent for approval it was discovered that the word "Independence" in English was misspelled. It was circled with the notation that the design was approved, pending the correction. What is interesting is that the stamp design was also changed. In the final design there are two black lines at the bottom of the sheet, instead of one.

10-6ss Tk. 20 - Contains four stamps

10-6ss1 Tk. 5 - Monument on Public Library Campus, Brahman Baria
10-6ss2 Tk. 5 - Monument of Shafipur, Gazipur
10-6ss3 Tk. 5 - Monument at Jagannath Hall, Dhaka University
10-6ss4 Tk. 5 - Monument at Training Institute, Rangpur
1 SS containing four different stamps

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 4 different stamps in sheet
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Motiur Rahman and Jashim Uddin
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka (black, green, red), Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert: Shiny white card stock, printed in black
Cachet Designer: Motiour Rahman
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

22 April - ICC World 20

10-7 Tk. 15 - Twelve emblems
    a. major misperf. - vertical strip of 3 of the misperforation
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 88
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Aminul Haque Mallick
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert: Shiny white card stock, printed in black
Cachet Designer: B(angladesh) P(ost) O(ffice)
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

2 May - 12 Years of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

10-8ss Tk. 20 - Stylized number 12
1 stamp in a SS 

CCMs: N/A
Plate #: No
Sheet: 1 stamp
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Manzare Shamim
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka (black, green, red), Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert: Shiny white card stock, printed in black with the original date of issue 30 April, 2010, with a hand drawn line through it in both languages. No new date added
Cachet Designer: Manzare Shamim
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

1 June - National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair, 2010

10-9 Tk. 6 - Image of industry and houses and trees
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Anowar Hossain
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka(black, green, red), Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert: Shiny white card stock, printed in blue
Cachet Designer: Anowar Hossain
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

16 June - Celebration of 400 Years of Capital Dhaka

10-10ms1 Tk.1- Mughal Dhaka
10-10ms2 Tk.1- British Dhaka
10-10ms3 Tk.10 Dhaka in Pakistan Period
10-10ms4 Tk.10 Dhaka 2008
4 stamps printed se-tenant in a miniature sheet with 16 stamps
     a. misperfed bottom three rows at left

CCMs: Yes (upper left and lower right corners)
Plate #: No
Sheet: 16 (4 sets)
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Jashim Uddin
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Bogra, Chittagong, Dhaka (black, green, red), Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert:
Cachet Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

• Misperfed sheet with bottom three rows angled at left. This is the only sheet known like this.

The FDC at the top is the issued cover. The cover below it with the green bar in the upper right corner was not issued.

Postcards for Celebration of 400 Years of Capital Dhaka

20 June - Celebrating 50 Years of ICCDR'B

10-11 Tk.5 - Logo incorporated into the number 50
    a. misperforation
    b. lighter color of stamp
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 88
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Asem Ansari and Design Advisor - Bangladesh Post Office
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka (black, green, red), Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert: Shiny white card stock, printed in black
Cachet Designer: B(angladesh) P(ost) O(ffice
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

• Missperforation of the stamp (10-18a). This is really the darker version of the stamp. It is the scanner that made it lighter. Above is a philatelic cover created to show the two color variations found in this stamp.

11 July - 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa

10-12 Tk.10 Two soccer players
10-13 Tk.20 Drawn image on a blue background
10-14 Tk.10 Three players
3 stamps printed se-tenant

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 90 (30 sets of 3)
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Anowar Hossain
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka (black, blue), Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert: Shiny white card stock, printed in blue
Cachet Designer: Anowar Hossain
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

2 August - Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh

10-15ms1 Tk.5 Chakma woman with blue top
10-15ms2 Tk.5 Marma woman in white with sash of cloth across upper body
10-15ms3 Tk.5 Mru woman in red top with necklace
10-15ms4 Tk.5 Tripura woman in red top with design scarf aroundneck
10-15ms5 Tk.5 Pangkhua woman in white top with hedband
10-15ms6 Tk.5 Chakma woman in dress with stripes
10-15ms7 Tk.5 Marma woman with black skirt and white top and headress
10-15ms8 Tk.5 Mru woman with red top and silver colored bracelets
10-15ms9 Tk.5 Tripura woman with white top and scarf and necklace
10-15ms10 Tk.5 Pangkhua women, one with hand on hip
10-15ms11 Tk.5 Chakma woman weaving
10-15ms12 Tk.5 Marma women, one with basket on back picking vegitation
10-15ms15 Tk.5 Pangkhua woman weaving basket
10-15ms16 Tk.5 Two Chakma women with dresses with red sashes
10-15ms17 Tk.5 Two Marma women dancing
10-15ms18 Tk.5 Mru man with spear and animal in pen
10-15ms19 Tk.5 Tripura woman dancing
10-15ms20 Tk.5 Pangkhua woman holding animal skull
a. misregistration of yellow and black colors
b. Vertical perforation missing at top and double at the bottom
20 different stamps printed se-tenant in a minature sheet

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Min. Sheet: 20
Quantity printed: 100,000 sheets
Designer: Motiur Rahman (15 stamps) and Jashim Uddin (5 stamps)
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert: Shiny white card stock, printed in blue. No day is printed on the card for the date of issue.
Cachet Designer:B(angladesh) P(ost) O(ffice)
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6 per envelope

• This miniature sheet of stamps is miscut at the top and bottom and on the sides.

• Page with insert information printed on the reverse, stating there were only 1000 sheets with the overprint, seen on the sides of the sheet. It is for the Bangkok 2010 Asian International Stamp Exhibition, Bangladesh Participation.

Items Produced for Bangkok 2010 - 25th Asian International Stamp Exhibition - Thailand. 4 - 12 August

2 August - Bangkok 2010 - 25th Asian International Stamp Exhibition - Thailand

10-16 Souvenir sheet
10-16ss1 Tk.10 - White temples
10-16ss2 Tk.10 - Golden temple
2 different stamps in sheet
10-16ss Tk. 100 imperforate (Not numbered)
Cost of ss Tk. 100

10-16 Souvenir sheet N (Numbered) 
10-16ssN1 Tk.10 - White temples
10-16ssN2 Tk.10 - Golden temple
2 different stamps in sheet
10-16ssN Tk. 100 imperforate (Numbered)
Cost of ssN Tk. 100

10ss Tk. 10
two stamps in imperforate SS

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 2 different stamps
Quantity printed: 25,000***
Limited Edition (Imperforate and numbered) 2,000
Designer: Jashim Uddin and Bangladesh Post Office
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert: Shiny white card stock, printed in blue
Cachet Designer: B(angladesh) P(ost) O(ffice)
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

Additional: The cost of the sheet was Tk. 100

The date of issue was 2 August, at the Bangkok exhibition. The stamps and SSs were not put on sale in Bangladesh until 4 August, two days later.
The Post Office took 2,000 imperforate sheets and numbered them. These were only available at the Bangkok exhibition, not in Bangladesh.
The Post Office received 2,000 FDCs and the Philatelic Bureau 750. An unknown quantity was taken to Bankok and sold at the Post Office booth at the exhibition.
 

• The scarce numbered SS sheet in it's folder, that was sold only at the Bangkok philatelic show. The folder calls it a "Limited Edition" of 2,000 pieces.

27 September - Birds of Bangladesh

10 -17ms1 Tk.10 House sparrow - Passer domesticus
10 -17ms2 Tk.10 Red munia - Estrilda amandva
10 -17ms3 Tk.10 Spotted dove - Streptopelia chinensis
10 -17ms4 Tk.10 Common myna - Acridotheres tristis
4 different stamps printed se-tenant in a miniature sheet of 16

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Min. Sheet: 16
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Anowar Hossain
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk. Small envelopes to accomodate a block of four of the stamps and the souvenir sheet were made by the Post Office. Private envelopes were used for the full sheet of stamps.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert: Shiny white card stock printed in blue
Cachet Designer: Anowar Hossain
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

10-18 Souvenir Sheet
10-18ss1 Tk. 10 House sparrow - Passer domesticus
10-18ss2 Tk. 10 Red munia - Estrilda amandva
10-18ss3 Tk. 10 Spotted dove - Streptopelia chinensis
10-18ss4 Tk. 10 Common myna - Acridotheres tristis
4 se-tenant stamps in souvenir sheet

Cost of sheet was Tk.100
Insert: Shiny white card stock, printed in blue (The same insert as the sheet of stamps listed above)
 

• The sheet of Birds of Bangladesh stamps was issued with a large card. The card can be found with only the sheet, or with the FDC cancelation on the sheet. This was not a limited item. The salient information about the stamp is printed on the back of the card.

Items Created for the 2010 World Stamp Exhibition - Portugal, 1 - 10 October

• A scarce FDC of the overprinted miniature sheet, that was limited to 3000 copies.

• The sheet of stamps was overprinted for the show and was limited to 1000 copies. Above is a scarce FDC of the sheet on a privately provided envelope.

• First Day Covers of the souvenir sheet and full sheet of this issue, and the cardboard sheet with a mint souvenir sheet. The insert information is printed on the back and it states the SS is limited to 3000 copies with the overprint.

• This large card of the Rose issue of 11 February 2010, was issued at the Portugal exhibition. It exists with the original FDC cancelation date or with just the mint sheet. The salient facts of the stamp are printed on the back of the card.

The Post Office continued it's policy of disposing of old stamps by creating special folders to sell to the public, and collectors in general. The following folders were sold at the Portugal World Stamp Exhibition in 2010 and were not put on sale in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Souvenir Pack Folder

Archaeilogical Relics of Bangladesh Folder

Natural Beauty of Bangladesh Folder

Reptiles of Bangladesh Folder

28 September - 35 Years of Bangladesh - China Relations

• Notice that there are no markings in the margins on the sheet of stamps.

10-50 Tk.50
1 stamp

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Min. Sheet: 16
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Motiur Rahman
Printer: Printed in China
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert: Shiny white card stock, printed in black
Cachet Designer: Motiur Rahman
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

10-ss Tk.50 - Image of a tiger
1 stamp in souvenir sheet

• A privately produced cover from China with the postmarks and stamps of each country.

• Note that the upper cover is made using the stamp from the full sheet of stamps. The bottom cover is the souvenir sheet.

China-Bangladesh 35th Anniversary Diplomatic Relations 1975 - 2010 Folder

14 December - Shaheed Freedom Fighter Abu Nayem Md. Nazibuddin Khan (Khurram), 1954 - 1971

• There must be at least two different sheets of thie stamp, each with a diferent pattern of misperforations. The top image is the more visually interesting, but the bottom one has a row of straight perforation on the right side, vertically. From that point on the rows are angled.

10-51 Tk.3 - Portrait of Abu Nayem Md. Nazibuddin Khan
     a. angled perforation
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet:
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer:
Printer: The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative pmk.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi
Insert:
Cachet Designer: Moti ur Rahman
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon, Dhaka
Stationery charge: Tk.6

Numerous other items were created by the Bangladesh Post Office to sell more stamps.

• This is the annual Collector's Pack that is generally created at the end of each year and contains the stamps issued that year. It does not include any of the limited edition items.

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