1976 (17 Commemoratives, 2 SSs and 11 Definitives)

15 January - Definitives (Asher Printing)

Asher definitives

11 February - Definitive (Asher Printing)

Asher definitives

10 March - Centenary of 1st Telephone

• The stamp on the right shows a shift in athe gold color, leaving a space between the image and the right side. While this is minor it is very collectible due to the small quantities of stamps printed for most commemorative issue. 

76-1 Tk.2.25 Old and new telephones - multicolored
76-2 Tk.5 Alexander Graham Bell - multicolored
     a. gold shifted slightly to the right
2 stamps

CCMs:
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Quantity printed: 125,000 of each value
Designer: Art & Beauty, Dhaka
Printer: Asher & Co., Melbourne, Australia
FDC: Yes. Generic postmark FIRST DAY OF ISSUE/date/DACCA BANGLADESH
Pmks.: Dacca, Jessore
Insert: Light gray card stock, printed in black.

Additional: Imperforate progressive proofs exist
Tk.2.25
1. Gray telephone image
2. Tan background
3.Gray outlines of telephones
4. Printed on #2 above
5. Red alone
6. All above combined in completed image

Tk.5
1. Gold background
2. Red added to the above
3. Black added to #2 above for completed stamp
The image of the black text has not been seen but must exist.

• This set of progressive proofs did not surface until mid-December 2014 and were in a "senior" collectors collection. More than one set is known. Note that two of the proofs that should exist for one of the stamps is not shown - the bottom stamp. Missing are the single proofs of the black and the red. There is speculation that the owner is holding onto them to increase the price when other sets are offered.

17 April - Prevention of Blindness

• Imperforate progressive proofs for the 1976 World Health Day issue.

76-3 30p
     a. imperforate
76-4 Tk.2.2
     a. imperforate
2 stamps

CCMs:
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Quantity printed: 125,000 of each value
Designer: Ahmed Fazlul Karim
Printer: Asher & Co. Melbourne, Australia
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dacca
Insert: White card stock, printed in black.

Additional: For some reason this stamp is often described as a Revenue Stamp in internet auctions by foreign dealers, but it is a postage stamp.
Imperforate progressive proofs exist:
1.Yellow and black
2 Red denomination
3. Orange and black
4 Red denomination

• Note that the Chittagong cancellation has the name of the city at the top in English. The Dacca cancellation below has it in Bangla on the bottom, and
  no English. It is not known at this time what covers exist from other cities and what the cancellations are like.

28 April - Definitive (Asher Printing)

Asher definitives

29 May - Bicentennial of US Independence

76-5 30p Liberty Bell - multicolored
76-6 Tk. 2.25 Statue of Liberty - multicolored
76-7 Tk.5 Mayflower - multicolored
76-8 Tk.10 Mt. Rushmore (President=s heads) - multicolored
76-9ss Tk.20 SS - perf. Sheet contains the four stamps
76-9ssi Tk.20 SS - imperf. Sheet contains the four stamps
4 stamps and 1 SS

CCMs:
Plate #:
Imperforate: No. Imperforate singles that one occasionally sees are from the imperforate souvenir sheet.
Sheet: 50
Quantity of stamps printed: 1,000,000 of each value, or the total of the four (?).
Quantity of perf. SS printed: unknown
Quantity of imperf. SS printed: It is believed that 500 sheets made it to the philatelic market. They were not officially issued by the Post Office.
Designer of stamps and SS: E.W. Roberts (Australia)
Printer: Heraclio Fournier, Spain
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmarks - three different. FDCs most likely exist for the individual stamps, but only the Statue of Liberty (that matches the cachet design) is the most common, the four on one cover, the SS sheet (and stamps ?) cancelled on the special envelope from the U.S. stamps show and the SSs, both perforated and imperforate on the large sized envelope with the Spanish provided cancelling device.
Pmks.: Dacca, Philadelphia/Interphil - Stamps and souvenir sheet, Rajshahi, Liberty Bell postmark - scarce.
Insert: Light gray card stock, printed in black (For stamps only).

Additional: The souvenir sheet was not available for making FDCs in Bangladesh. Although the imperforate SS was not oficially issued, it appeared on the market and is not difficult to find. It is often said to be "rare", but that is not really the case. It is definitely more expensive than the issued perforated sheet. The original artwork for the individual stamps exist.
ALSO SEE: Special Postmarks for 1976. A special cancellation was created for a stamp expo at the American Cultural Center, Dhaka, on 11 June 1976 commemorating the American Bicentennial. It is a very rare cancellation that many collectors know nothing about and have never seen.

• Original art work for the Statue of Liberty stamp.

• A First Day Cover of the U.S. Bicentennial souvenir sheet, cancelled on the date of issue, but in Philadelphia, USA at the INTERPHIL stamp show. This cover is signed by the individual who designed the stamps, souvenir sheet and this cover, E.W.Roberts, who is an Australian. This cover does not have the Post Office logo printed on the reverse flap and is privately printed. I have been told that there are FDCs with the four stamps on them on this envelope.

More U.S. Bicentennial Information

Presentation Booklet for 1975 - 1976

View Presentation Booklet

8 June - Definitives (Asher Printing)

Asher definitives

29 July - 25th Anniversary of Colombo Plan

76-10 30p Various occupations and emblem in the center - multicolored
     a. imperforate
76-11 Tk.2.25 Various occupations and emblem in the center - multicolored
     a. imperforate
2 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: None
Sheet: 50
Quantity printed: 125,000 of each value (A quantity of the Tk.2.25 value was overprinted for the 27 December, 1984 KHULNAPEX-84 issue)
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Asher & Co. Melbourne, Australia
FDC : Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dacca, Rajshahi
Insert: White card stock printed in black.

10 November - Definitives (Asher Printing)

Asher definitives

1976 SERVICE overprinted definitives in black and red - smaller in size (Asher printing)

Asher Printing

29 Nov. - XXI Olympic Games, Montreal

• I have been told that this 29 November, 1976 imperforate Montreal Olympic set is not easy to find. It is believed that single imperforate stamp with the margin were probably sold by Indian dealers as the Bangladesh dealers sell them in blocks of four or pairs.

76-12 25p Jumping hurdles - multicolored
     a. imperforate
     b. on green paper
76-13 30p Running - multicolored
     a. imperforate
     b. on green paper
76-14 Tk.1 High jump - multicolored
     a. imperforate  
     b. on green paper
76-15 Tk.2.25 Swimming - multicolored
     a. imperforate  
     b. on green paper
76-16 Tk.3.50 Gymnastics - multicolored
     a. imperforate
     b. on green paper
76-17 Tk.5 Soccer - multicolored
     a. imperforate
     b. on green paper
6 stamps

CCMs: There is a color control mark on the sheets but they were trimmed so that only a small portion of the colors show. Examples have only been seen to date on the Tk.2.25 (#76-15) value where there is an extra wide margin and the entire color guide is visible.
Plate #:
Sheet: 50
Quantity printed: 300.000 of each value
Designer: K.G. Mustafa (Art & Beauty, Dhaka)
Printer: Asher & Co. Melbourne, Australia
FDC:
Pmks.:
Insert:

• The majority of the sheets for the Montreal Olympics were cut so that only part of the CCM was showing. The block on the right is the less common. It is ot known if the other values of the set exist with the wider margin.

Read the Brochure

• Brochure on the history of Bangladesh and how to order the stamps.

Read the Brochure

• This brohure lists the stamps that have been issued to date, and how to order stamps for one's collection. This brochure was designed by E.W. Roberts, the individual who designed the U.S. Bicentennial stamps and cachets on the covers. Note that the four Bicentennial stamps are illustrated on the cover.

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