1995 (45 Commemoratives, 1 Definitive, 1 SERVICE overprint and 1 Withdrawn)

2 Jan. - 20th Anniversary of World Tourism Organization

95-1 Tk.10 Ancient building on lake and logo
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 90
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Anower Hossain
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka, Rangpur (purple)
Insert: Tri-folded cream colored paper, printed in brown.
 

7 Jan. - Dhaka International Trade Fair - 95

95-2 Tk.4 Trade products
95-3 Tk.6 Factories
2 stamps

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 90
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Md. Mozammel Hoque
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark. There is also an "on-site" postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka International Trade Fair P.O. - on-site postmark, Dhaka, Khulna, Rangpur (purple)
Insert: Bi-folded cream colored paper, printed in blue.
 

10 Jan. - Bicentennial Celebration of BDR

95-4 Tk.2 Two soldiers and shield with emblem
95-5 Tk.4 Batallion building
2 stamps

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 90
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Md. Shamsuzzoha and Motiur Rahman
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka, Khulna (purple), Rangpur (purple)
Insert: Tri-folded cream colored paper, printed in brown. Quantity of stamps printed not given.
 

28 Feb. - Definitive - National Diabetes Awareness

Security Printing Corporation, Bangladesh Definitives

1995 (?) - SERVICE overprinted on definitive in red in Bengali

Security Printing Corporation printing of SERVICE overprinted stamps

7 April - Fight Against Cancer

95-6 Tk.2 Surgical instruments and radiation
1 stamp

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Motiur Rahman
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka, Khulna (purple), Rangpur (purple)
Insert:

7 June - Munshi Mohammad Meherullah

95-7 Tk.2 Painting of Meherullah
1 stamp

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Mozammel Hoque
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka (black and purple), Rangpur (purple)
Insert: Bi-folded cream colored paper, printed in brown. Quantity of stamps printed not given.
 

23 Aug. - Rajshahipex-95 (Overprint on the Tk.6 value of the 30 March, 1994 Ancient Mosques stamp)

95-8 Tk.6 Red overprint on stamp with image of Chota Sona Mosque, Nawabgonj
1 stamp

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Overprinted: Unknown
Designer: Mozammel Huq
Printer: The Security Printing Corpn. (Bangladesh) Ltd., Gazipur
Printer of Overprint: Postal Printing Press, Tongi, Dhaka
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks,: Dhaka, Rajshahi (purple)
Insert: White card stock, printed in black. The insert is larger than the envelopes and many may not have been saved.

Additional: Specimen for Approval folder with overprint in black

9 Oct. - Flowers of Bangladesh (2nd series)

95-9 Tk.6 Bombax Ceiba L.
95-10 Tk.6 Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
     a. missing black Taka sign
95-11 Tk.10 Canna indica L.
95-12 Tk.10 Gloriosa superba L.
95-13 Tk.10 Bauhinia purpurea L.
95-14 Tk.10 Passiflora incarnata L.
6 stamps

CCMs: Yes (Some colors cut in half
Plate #: No
Sheet: 90
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Anower Hossain, Md. Shamsuzzoha, Jasimuddin and A.F.M. Moninuzzaman Shipu
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka
Insert: Tri-folded cream colored paper, printed in blue. Quantity of stamp printed not given.
 

• This newly brought to light error missing the black Taka sign comes from a fold-over in the sheet and 12 stamps did not received the black printing at the top. The stamps have been in the hands of a collector for many years and a few have been sold in April 2014.

(Withdrawn) 16 Oct. - Shaheed Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain

95-1w Tk.2 Image of Hossain
1 stamp

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Muslim Miah
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark. Numerous FDCs were made before the issue was withdrawn a few hours after it was put on sale.
Pmks.: Chittagong, Dhaka, Narsingdi (The covers from Narsingdi.H.O. does not have the commemorative postmark but a rectangle, in purple, with the date of "16 Oct 1995". Above it is "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE" and below it "NARSINGDHI H.O." in Bengali and English), Pabna, Rajshahi
Insert: Tri-folded cream colored paper, printed in blue.

Additional: In 2002 the American, Scott Catalog producer decided to list the stamp based on the fact that it was actually placed on sale for a few hours and indicated the listing would appear beginning with the 2003 catalogs. Prior to the decision the author of this catalog was asked to provide evidence that the stamp had actually been placed on sale, and such was provided to them. The producers of the Lindner albums always illustrated the stamp on their album pages, thus, the stamp will always be in demand by collectors. It is estimated that about 1,000 stamps were sold before they were withdrawn. They are frequently seen in internet auctions with widely ranging prices. They appear to be fairly common and it is this author's opinion that more sheets have made it to the market over the years..

• The FDCs for this issue are all quite scarce. The stamp was issued on October 16, 1995 and was withdrawn within hours. A few FDCs were sold as well as a few of the stamps. It is believed that only a few hundred of the stamps were sold and the majority of them, if not all of them, were sold to collectors and dealers.

• The above cover from Narsingdi is the only one with a different cancellation from the others.

16 Oct. - 50th Anniversary of FAO

95-15 Tk.10 Circle with grans and water pump, people planting outside of the circle
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, Khulna (purple), Rangpur (purple)
Insert: Tri-folded cream colored paper, or white paper, printed in blue. Quantity of stamps printed not given. The insert is slightly longer than the envelope and many may not have been saved. Some were folded in half and placed inside the covers.
 

24 Oct. - 50th Anniversary of the United Nations

95-16 Tk.2 Dove of Peace and UN building
95-17 Tk.10 Clasping hands of different colors and ages with UN building in center
95-18 Tk.10 Three circles of doves in a line with dates and earth in the circles
3 stamps

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 and purple.)
Insert: Tri-folded cream colored paper, printed in green. Quantity of stamps printed not given.
 

29 Oct. - 18th Eastern Regional Conference on Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases

95-19 Tk.6 Microscope, lungs, globe, etc.
     a. imperforate
     b. BANGLADESH green, rather than black
     c. color shift
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, Khulna (purple)
Insert: Tri-folded cream colored paper printed in blue. Quantity of stamps printed not given.

Additional: imperforate essay - "Bangladesh" in green. By mistake at least one sheet of the Bangladesh in green, imperforate, and the normal stamp, but imperforate, were sold across the counter. Copies are known used.

8 Dec. - 10th Anniversary of South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation SAARC

95-20 Tk.2 Doves forming Bangla "1" and people forming "0", with flags below
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.: Barisal (purple), Dhaka, Rajshahi (purple)
Insert: Tri-folded cream colored paper, printed in brown.
 

14 Dec. - Shaheed Intellectuals (4th series)

• Sheet 1 (95-22b - 95-29b). Note that the horizontal perforations are shifted up above the name of the country "Bangladesh". Only three or four copies are known with this misperforation.

Sheet 1
95-22 Tk.2 Shaikh Habibur Rahman
95-23 Tk.2 Dr. Major Naimul Islam
95-24 Tk.2 Md. Shahidullah
95-25 Tk.2 Ataur Rahman Khan Khadim
4 labels
95-26 Tk.2 A.B.M. Ashraful Islam Bhuiyan
95-27 Tk.2 Dr. Md. Sadat Ali
95-28 Tk.2 Sarafat Ali
95-29 Tk.2 M.A. Sayeed
     a. imperforated sheet
     b. horizontal perforations shifted upwards

Sheet 2
95-30 Tk.2 Abdul Ahad
95-31 Tk.2 Lt. Col. Mohammad Abdul Qadir
95-32 Tk.2 Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury
95-33 Tk.2 Rafifqul Haider Chowdhury
4 labels
95-34 Tk.2 Dr. Azharul Haque
95-35 Tk.2 A.K. Shamsuddin
95-36 Tk.2 Anudwaipayan Bhattacharjee
95-37 Tk.2 Lutfunnahar Helena
     a. imperforated sheet

CCMs: Yes. Color Control Markings appears at either the top of a sheet or at the bottom. When the sheets were cut the markings were between two sheets, thus only half an impression of the marking appears on the edge of a sheet.
Plate #: No
Sheet: 8 - two horizontal strips of 4 with a strip of labels between them
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: (1) Mozammel Hoque: Dr. Major Naimul Islam, Ataur rahman Khan Khadim, Rafiqul Haider Chowdhury, AK Shamuddin, Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury, Sarafat Ali. (2) Nurul Islam: Md. Shahidullah, ABM Ashraful Islam Bhuiyan, Anudwaipayan Bhattacharjee. (3) Anowar Hossain: Lt.Col. Mohammad Abdul Quadir, Shaikh habibur Rahman. (4) AFM Moniruzzaman (Shipu): Dr. Azharul Haque. (5) Saleh Mahmud: Abdul Ahad. (6) Nazrul Islam Dulal: Lutfunnahar Helena. (8) Md. Shamsuzzoha: Dr. Md. Sadat Ali.
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark
Pmks,: Dhaka
Insert: Booklet - 24 pages, plus covers. The booklets have been printed on two types of paper. One is whiter and a better quality. These were probably made for presentation to officials.

Additional: The margins of the sheets have a continuous line of gold colored writing with "Shaheed (Martyrd) Intellectual" and the year, in Bengali, outlined by two thick black bands.

• Imperforated sheets for this issue. It is believed they are unique. Note the circular CCMs on each sheet.

18 Dec. - 2nd Asia-Pacific Community Development Scout Camp (COMDECA)

95-38 Tk.2 Scout emblem at bottom of stamp with circles with images in them
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Md. Shamsuzzoha
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Comdeca T.S.O., Dhaka
Insert: Small cream colored bi-folded paper printed in green. Quantity of stamps printed is not given.

Additional: A set of four privately produced post cards exist with the First Day postmark, but they do not have the Scout stamps affixed to them. The cards are yellow, blue, light green and pink and have the Scout emblem in the upper left corner and "Bangladesh Scouts" in Bangla and English. There is also a red line running around the cards, near the edges.Running vertically through the center of the cards is "POST CARD" in Bangla and English. There are lines indicated for "Name", "Address", "Post Office" and "District" in Bengali and English. All printing on the cards is in red.

• The top card is evidently a Ham Radio operator's card and the image shows the front and the back of the card. It has the First Day cancellation and the issued stamp on it. Below it are four privately printed Boy Scout post cards with the First Day cancellation, but not the issued stamp. Also see January 5, 1994 for an additional Scout card.

25 Dec. - Centenary of Volleyball

95-39 Tk.6 Three boys playing vollyball
1 stamp

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: None
Sheet: 100
Quantity Printed: unknown
Designer: Anowar Hossain
Printer: The Security Printing Corp. (Bangladesh), Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka, Khulna (purple), Rajshahi (purple), Rangpur (purple)
Insert:
 

25 Dec. - Traditional Costumes of Bangladesh

95-40 Tk.6 Man (Punjabi and Lungi)
a. green color shifted upwards, giving blurry image of man
95-41 Tk.6 Woman (Sari)
95-42 Tk.10 Couple (Bridal Dress- Muslim)
95-43 Tk.10 Couple (Bridal Dress - Christian)
95-44 Tk.10 Couple (Bridal Dress - Hindu)
95-45 Tk.10 Couple (Bridal Dress - Buddhist)
6 stamps

CCMs: Yes
Plate #: No
Sheet: 90
Quantity Printed: Unknown
Designer: Mozammel Huq, Anowar Hossain, Shamsuzzoha and Motiur Rahman
Printer: The Security Printing Corpn. (Bangladesh) Ltd., Gazipur
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark that resembles a general use postmark.
Pmks.: Dhaka, Khulna (purple), Rajshahi (purple)
Insert:

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