2001 (27 Commemoratives, including 1 SS)

23 Jan. - Population & Housing Census, 2001

• Rejected design for the Fourth Census of 2001. Although the issued stamp is somewhat similar, there are several changes in the layout.

01-1 Tk.4 Grid with faces in the grid
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Md. Motior Rahman
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka
Insert: Tri-folded light cream colored paper, printed in light blue. 

17 March - Hunger-Free Bangladesh

• Rejected drawings for the stamp. Note that parts of the drawing on the left were used for the cachet for the First Day Cover. The drawings are actually much brighter. It is the overlaid paper with the inked in values that is dark.

01-2 Tk.6 People harvesting and grinding grain
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Mahmuda Khatun
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark
Pmks.: Dhaka
Insert: Tri-folded light cream colored paper, printed in dark blue. 

1 April - Painting of Bangladesh (3rd series)

• Rejected design for the 3rd series of the Paintings of Bangladesh. The same painting was used in the issued stamp, but the general layout of the stamp was changed. The drawing is actually much brighter. It is the overlaid paper with the inked in values that is dark.

01-3 Tk.10 Painting "Peasant Women" by Rashid Chowdhury
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Not given
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh) Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka
Insert: Tri-folded light cream colored paper, printed in chestnut brown. 

Additional: All envelopes have the writing in the bottom right corner in red, inverted. This is the only time this has happened.

• See insert above showing the inverted writing.

30 April - Archaeological Relics of Bangladesh

• Original drawings for the creation of the stamps. The drawing is actually much brighter. It is the overlaid paper with the inked in values that is dark.

01-4 Tk.6 Lalbach Kella Mosque
01-5 Tk.6 Uttara Ganabhavan, Natore
01-6 Tk.6 Armenian Church, Armanitola
01-7 Tk.6 Panam Nagar, Sonargaon
4 stamps in a se-tenant block

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100 (25 sets of four stamps in each sheet)
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Md. Motiur Rahman, Anowar Hossain, Md. Shamsuzzoha and Sultan Ahmed
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka
Insert: Tri-folded off-white colored paper, printed in dark blue. 

Additional: Misperforations known.

31 May - World No Tobacco Day

01-8 Tk.10 Line of people holding hands with smoking items on left and earth on right
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Anowar Hossain
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
Fdc: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka
Insert: Tri-folded off-white colored paper, printed in dark blue. 

31 May - Talented Artists

• This design was submitted for one of the stamps (Gowhor, Jamil) but the accepted design is somewhat different. The drawing is actually much brighter. It is the overlaid paper with the inked in values that is dark.

01-9 Tk.6 Portrait of Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan
01-10 Tk.6 Portrait of Ustad Khadem Hossain Khan
01-11 Tk.6 Portrait of Gouhar Jamil
01-12 Tk.6 Portrait of Abdul Alim
4 stamps in a se-tenant block

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100 (25 sets of four stamps in each sheet.)
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Muslim Miah (Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan and Abdul Alim), Anowar Hossain (Gouhar Jamil) Motior Rahman (Ustad Khadem Kossain Khan).
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka
Insert: Quadri-folded off-white colored paper, printed in dark blue. 

• Designs for the proposed stamps. The image on the right is cruder than the finished design, but similar. The overlaid paper with the text and value on it is darker and makes the images look dark and dull.

20 June - Begum Sufia Kamal

• A rejected drawing for the stamp.

01-13 Tk.4 Portrait of Begum Kamal
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Muslim Miah
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Barisol, Dhaka
Insert: Bi-folded white paper, printed in chestnut brown. 

• Proposed cachet design for this issue.

• This is the only time the cachet on the front of the envelope and all the printing on the back are in the same color.

9 July - Fishes of Bangladesh (2nd series)

01-14 Tk.10 Hilsa
01-15 Tk.10 Tengra
01-16 Tk.10 Punti
01-17 Tk.10 Khalisa
4 stamps in a se-tenant block

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100 (25 sets)
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Muslim Miah (Hilsa, Tengra, Punti); Anowar Hossain (Khalisa)
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh) Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka.
Insert: Tri folded light cream colored paper, printed in light purple. 

13 July 1st Completion of Full Tenure of National Parliament

01-18 Tk.10 Exterior of National Parliament building
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Motiur Rahman
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi
Insert: White card stock , printed in black. 

30 Sep. - 8th Parliamentary Election

• Two designs for the Parlimentary Elections stamp. The image on the left is much brighter, but appears dull due to the dark overlaid paper on which the value and text would have been written. Elements of the same design can be found on the Parliament Elections 1996 Special Cover of 12 June 1996.

01-19 Tk.2 Exterior view of Parliament building
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Muslim Miah
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh) Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi
Insert: White shiny card stock, printed in black. 

24 Oct. - 2001-United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations

01-20 Tk.10 Stylized points of the compas with figures of different races
1 stamp

01-1ss Tk.30 Perforated souvenir sheet with the stamp superimposed on globe of the world
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Quantity of SSs printed: Unknown
Designer of stamps and souvenir sheet: Urska Golob (Slovenia)
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark on two identical envelopes with a cachet that covers the entire envelope. One cover for the stamp, and the other for the souvenir sheet. The stamp was originally to have been issued on 9 October, but later changed to the 24th. Predated FDCs on the official Post Office printed envelopes exist for the stamp and the souvenir sheet with the original 9 October date. Covers with this date for the stamp are known from Dhaka G.P.O. and the souvenir sheet from Khulna.
Pmks. for stamp : Chittagong, Dhaka (black, blue, purple, red and green)
Pmks. for SS: Chittagong, Dhaka (Also known with blue, purple, red and green postmarks)
Insert: White shiny card stock, printed in black. Original date of 9-10-01 overprinted in purple with new release date of 24-10-01.

13 Nov. - Meer Mosharraf Hossain

• A rejected design for the Meer Mosharraf Hossain stamp.

01-22 Tk.4 Portrait of Meer Hossain
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Anowar Hossain
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka
Insert: Bi-folded cream colored paper, printed in dark blue. 

1 Dec. - World AIDS Day, 2001

01-23 Tk.10 Drop of blood, red ribbon in upper right and circles with images on left
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Anowar Hossain
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka (black, blue, purple, red and green)
Insert: Quadri-folded white paper, printed in dark blue. 

• Two proposed designs for the 2001 AIDS stamp (Top) and the cachet for the FDC, that were not accepted.

16 Dec. - 30th Year of Victory in the War of Liberation

01-24 Tk.10 Gallantry award medal (Bir Protik)
01-25 Tk.10 Gallantry award medal (Bir Sreshto)
01-26 Tk.10 Gallantry award medal (Bir Uttom)
01-27 Tk.10 Gallantry award medal (Bir Bikram)
4 stamps - horizontal strip of four se-tenant stamps

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 16 (4 strips of four)
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Mahboob Akand
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark. The design of the cover covers the entire front of the envelope.
Pmks. Chittagong, Dhaka. (black, blue, purple, red and green), Rajshahi
Insert: Tri-folded, white paper, printed in blue and white shiny card stock, printed in dark blue. 

Additional: Misperforations exist.

• Illustrated is a full sheet of the stamps with the marginal markings and CCMs. In this case there are two CCMs in each sheet. Note that the sheet is misperforated, with the perforations shifted to the left, on a slight angle.

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