2005 (12 Commemoratives)

15 Jan. - UN International Year of Microcredit, 2005

• Scarce imperforate pair of the two stamps.

05-1 Tk.4 Woman making pottery while kneeling on ground, globe and coin
05-2 Tk.10 Globe, coin with a crank on it it and woman turning crank
2 se-tenant stamps
a. imperforate pair of the two stamps

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100 (50 of each design)
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Mrinal Chakraborty
Printer: Security Printing Corp., Bangladesh
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark. Other
Pmks.: Dhaka, Rajshahi
Insert: Green card stock, printed in reddish-brown
Cachet Designer: Mrinal Chakraborty
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon-Dhaka
Stationary Charge: Tk.6

1 Feb. - South Asia Tourism Year, 2005

05-3 Tk.4 Sunset with palm trees
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Mrinal Chakraborty
Printer: Security Printing Corp., Bangladesh
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark. Envelope design by Anowar Hossain.
Pmks.: Dhaka, Rajshahi
Insert: Green card stock, printed in red
Cachet Designer: Anowar Hossain
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon-Dhaka
Stationary Charge: Tk.6

24 March - Independence and National Day

05-4 Tk.10 Memorial and portrait of military man
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Egg. Amirul Islam Sikder
Printer: Security Printing Corp., Bangladesh
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark
Pmks.: Dhaka, Rajshahi
Insert: Green card stock, printed in red
Cachet Designer: Egg. Amirul Islam Sikder
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon-Dhaka
Stationary Charge: Tk.6

31 March - Co-Operative Against Poverty

05-5 Tk.5 Various photos of people and animals
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Mrinal Chakraborty
Printer: Security Printing Corp., Bangladesh
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark
Pmks.: Dhaka, Rajshahi
Insert: Green card stock, printed in red
Cachet Designer: Mrinal Chakraborty
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon-Dhaka
Stationary Charge: Tk.6

1 June - National Tree Plantation Campaign, 2005

• Scarce imperforate pair of the two stamps.

05-6 Tk.6 - Family planting a tree
05-7 Tk.5 - Three different trees
2 stamps (se-tenant)
a. imperforate pair of the two stamps

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100 (50 of each)
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Anowar Hossain
Printer: Security Printing Corp, Bangladesh
FDC: Yes. Commenorative postmark
Pmks.: Dhaka, Rajshahi
Insert: Blue card stock, printed in red
Cachet Designer: Anowar Hossain
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon-Dhaka
Stationary Charge: Tk.6

5 June - Talented Artists (Musicians and dancer)

• A misregistration of the black give the appearance of double glasses, eyes, etc..

05-8 Tk.6 G.A. Mannan (dancer)
     a. misregistration of colors
05-9 Tk.6 Ustad Phul Jhuri Khan
     a. misregistration of colors
05-10 Tk.6 Ustad Abed Hossain Khan
     a. misregistration of colors
05-11 Tk.6 Ustad Munshi Raisuddin
     a. misregistration of colors
4 stamps in a se-tenant block
a. imperforate block of four of the four stamps

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: : 100 (25 of each)
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Mrinal Chakraborty
Printer: Security Printing Corp., Bangladesh
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark
Pmks.: Dhaka, Rajshahi
Insert: Quadrifold white paper, printed in green
Cachet Designer: Mrinal Chakraborty
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon-Dhaka
Stationary Charge: Tk.6

• Imperforate block of four of the four stamps.

7 Aug. - Fish Fortnight, 2005

05-12 Tk.10 Fisherman and fish
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: Raqibul Moin Rumi
Printer: Security Printing Corp., Bangladesh
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark. Designer of envelope Mrinal Chakraborty.
Pmks.: Dhaka, Rajshahi
Insert: Green card stock, printed in red
Cachet Designer: Mrinal Chakraborty
Cachet Printer: Postal Printing Press, Tejgaon-Dhaka
Stationary Charge: Tk.6
 

4 October - Privately produced cover celebrating 30 Years of Chinese-Bangladesh Relations

• The above cover has stamps and cancellations from both China and Bangladesh. What is unusual is that the Bangladesh stamp on the cover was not issued until 6 March, 2006. The Dhaka, Bangladesh cancellation and the one on the FDCs issued in 2006 are identical except the have different dates. This cover was prepared by the China National Philatelic Corporation and has information in Chinese and Bengali on the reverse. There were 50,000 covers produced for the event and they are each numbered.

4 Dec. - Dr. Nawab Ali

05-13 Tk.8 Portrait of Dr. Ali
     a. paper fold with partial print on back
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: None
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer: A.T.M. Anowarul Quadir
Printer: Security Printing Corp., Bangladesh
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark. Designer of envelope Mrinal Chakraborty.
Pmks.: Dhaka, Rajshahi
Insert: Green card stock, printed in red

2006

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