Privately Produced Cachets for This Issue -  All Have Forged Cancellations

The following covers were purchased from Indian dealers and all turned out to have forged cancellations on them. It is believed they were produced by Mr. Kamrul, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and sold to Indian dealers who would not know they were not genuine. Unfortunately, the cachets are well done and they are attractive items.

• This is the genuine cancellation. Notice the position of the date in English on the bottom right under the black central image. It is evenly spaced around the image.

• Notice the position of the date in the forged cancellation. The spacing is crooked, the letters and numbers are not in the same alignment as on the genuine cancellation, and the printing not as clear. The most telling feature is that there are no stars outside the ring separating the Bangla from the English text.

• A set of the four covers exists with this cachet.

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