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Envelopes

15 July 1972

Design: 20 P., brown Shapla (Water Lily)
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Indian Security Press, Nasik
Quantity printed: The order to Nasik was for 9,540,000 envelopes.
Comments: There are two color variations of the Shapla. One is a brown-orange and the other a darker brown. Both are known with the same First Day Cancellation. The image of the Shapla is a flat printing.


7 April 1973

Design: 20 P., red embossed Shapla (Water Lily)
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Indian Security Press, Nasik
Comments: The image of the Shapla is now embossed. The brown, previous issue was a flat printing.

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? July 1974

Design: 25 P., red embossed Shapla (Water Lily)
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Indian Security Press, Nasik
Comments: A rate increase of 5 P. and the Shapla is embossed.

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10 February 1976

Design: 25 P., red embossed Shapla (Water Lily)
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Government Printing and Mint Agency, South Korea
Comments: The "25" is larger than that of the previous issue. Clean copies of this envelope, without stains and foxing, are nearly impossible to find in Bangladesh, due to the weather. Some collectors in Bangladesh try to purchase a clean copy on the internet from Europe or America. As a result, a clean copy of this issue is quite expensive. Also, due to the high quality of the printing process, virtually no errors, other than an occasional albino envelope have been found.


2 October 1976

Design: 30 P., red embossed Shapla (Water Lily)
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Printed in West Germany
Size:130 x 91 mm.
Comments: New value. Clean copies of this envelope, without stains and foxing, are nearly impossible to find in Bangladesh, due to the weather. Some collectors in Bangladesh try to purchase a clean copy on the internet from Europe or America. As a result, a clean copy of this issue is quite expensive. Also, due to the high quality of the printing process, virtually no errors, other than an occasional albino envelope have been found.

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10 October 1979

Design: 40 P., red embossed Shapla (Water Lily)
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Printed in West Germany
Size:130 x 91 mm.
Comments: New value of 40 P. Due to the high quality of the printing process, virtually no errors, other than an occasional albino envelope have been found.

 

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Bangladesh was now prepared to print it's own envelopes and no longer was placing orders with foreign printers. Below is a letter to the Deputy Controller, Printing and Stationary Department from the Senior Sales and Shipping Officer of the Khulna Newsprint Mills Limited, regarding an inquiry into paper for printing the envelopes.

The second letter is from the Assistant Controller in the government to the Controller of Stamps at the Bangladesh Post Office, regarding the letter and samples of paper received from Khulna Newsprint Mills, Limited. He also states that a copy of the letter had been forwarded to the Manager of the Bangladesh Security Press, Tejgaon.
Note that there is a typing error in the letter as it refers to the date 7.9.1959.


Specimen Envelope Papers



1 March 1983

Design: 50 P. blue Doyel (Mockingbird)
Designer: Ahmed Fazlul Karin
Printer: Bangladesh Government Press, Tejgaon
Size: 130 x 92
Comments: This envelope was reprinted many times and there are multiple images that have slight differences in them. Also, due to poor quality control, thousands of envelopes made it to the post offices with over-inking, albino prints, partial prints, mis-folding of the envelopes, etc. They are not rare, nor expensive.


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15 October 1985

Design: Tk.1, deep brosn Monument of Sepoy Mutiny of 1857
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Bangladesh Government Press, Tejgaon
Size: 130 x 92
Comments:
During the five years of it's use, this envelope was reprinted many times. As a result, many different variations in the image exist. Due to the poor quality control, thousands of envelopes with albino images, overinked images, partial images, mis-folds, etc., made it to the post offices and were sold. These variations are not rare nor are they expensive. Different shades of paper exist. Unfortunately, it is not known when the various die variations appeared. Only someone living in Bangladesh, who would have access to thousands of used covers would be able to do such research.

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9 January 1990

Design: Tk. 2 barown Jatiya Smriti Shoudha (National Monument) of Savar.
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Bangladesh Government Press, Tejgoon
Size: 131 x 90 mm.
Comments: Again, due to poor quality control thousands of albino, over inked, partiall printed, mis-folds, etc. were shipped to the post offices and sold. They are not scarce and not expensive. Paper shades exist.

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29 July 1992

Design: Overprinted, brown Jatiya Smriti Shoudha (National Monument) of Savar.
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Bangladesh Government Press, Tejgaon
Size: 131 x 90 mm.
Comments: The previous envelope was overprinted in green and gray with the logo of Banglapex-92 and a slogan in Bengla that reads, "Join the National Philatelic Exhibition".

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10 October 1993

Design: Tk. 2 grown on yellow, overprint in green. Jatiya Smriti Shoudha monument of Savar.
Designer: K G. Mustafa
Printer: Bangladesh Government Press, Teigaon
Size: 131 x 90 mm.
Comments: National Philatelic Week - 93 overprint done by the Postal Printing Press, Tongi
 

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1 June 1994

Design: Tk. 2, green, embossed, Jatiya Smriti Shoudha (National Monument) of Savar. The image is somewhat a negative image of the previous envelope, wth the monument in white and the background green.
Designer:K.B. Mustafa
Printer: Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Gazipur
Size: 188 x 110 mm.
Comments: This issue is generally described as existing in two colors, Olive Green and Dark Green. The reverse of the envelope has printing on it for the name, address and postal code of the sender. Additionally it appears that the printing of the address code on the front and all the printing on the reverse is brown on many envelopes. This may be a combination of the color of paper used and the reaction of the green ink, although if that were the case it should affect the color of the stamps image, which it apparantly does not do. Due to poor quality control at the printing office thousands of envelopes were sold at the post offices with partial images, overinked, albino, angled printing, etc. They are not scarce and are not expensive. Paper shades and varieties exist.

Envelope EFOs



Date Unknown

Design: Tk. 2, Green Jatiya Smriti Shoudha of Savar monument
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Gazipur
Size: 144 x 100
Comments: Double line slogan, "Two newly released services of the Bangladesh Post Office - Express Parcel Post and E-mail Post"

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Date Unknown

Design: Tk. 2, green Jatiya Smriti Shoudha of Savar monument
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Gazipur
Size: 144 x 100
Comments: Double line slogan with six digit post code box "Two newly released services of the Bangladesh Post Office - Express Parcel Post and E-mail Post." At this point the Postal Code changed from four numbers to six, requiring a change to six boxes for the postal code.

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12 November 2002

Design: Tk.2 Jatiya Smriti Shoudha of Savar monument
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Gazipur
Size: 144 x 100mm.
Comments: Eid Mubarak envelope with six small squares for the postal code.
 

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Date Unknown

Design: Tk.2 Jatiya Smriti Shoudha of Savar monument
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Gazipur
Size: 144 x 100mm.
Comments: Eid Mubarak envelope with four small squares for the postal code. From this issue on, the Postal Code has gone back to being four numbers, requiring four boxes on the envelopes.
 



Date Unknown

Design: Tk.2 Jatiya Smriti Shoudha of Savar monument
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Gazipur
Size: 144 x 100mm.
Comments: New value with single line slogan with four digit post code, "Taking and Giving of Dowery is a Punishable Offence"



26 January 2009

Design: Tk. 3, green
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Gazipur
Size: 144 x 100
Comments: New value with single line slogan, "Taking and Giving of Dowery is a Punishable Offense."
 

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Registered Envelopes

1 November 1972

Design: 80 P + 20 P., green, on off-white, not embossed
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Indian security Press, Nasik
Quantity printed: The order to Nasik was for 40,000 envelopes.
Size: 188 x 110 mm.
Comments
 




1 March 1973

Design: 80 P + 20 P., violet, on off-white, embossed
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Indian security Press, Nasik
Size: 188 x 110 mm.
Comments

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2 October 1973 - Possibly

Design: 80 P + 20 P., surcharged to Tk. 1, violet, on off-white, embossed
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Indian security Press, Nasik
Size: 188 x 110 mm.
Comments: Surcharged to new rate.



- - 1974

Design: Tk. 1 + 20 P., violet, on off-white, embossed
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: Indian security Press, Nasik
Size: 188 x 110 mm.
Comments: New Denomination - Tk. 1



20 February 1980

Design: 1.00 P + 20 P. green on orange, embossed
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer: McCorquadale Printers, Limited, England
Size: 188 x 110 mm.
Comments: New denomination Tk. 1.



17 July 2003

Design: 1.00 P + 20 P. green on orange, embossed
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer:
Size: 188 x 110 mm.
Comments: Additional printing in the upper left corner for the 25th Anniversary, 1978 - 2003 Bangladesh National Philatelic Association



22 July 2003

Design: 1.00 P + 20 P. green on orange, embossed
Designer: K.G. Mustafa
Printer:
Size: 188 x 110 mm.
Comments: Additional printing in the upper left corner promoting the other major philatelic Association in Bangladesh - The Philatelic Association of Bangladesh and their approaching show CHILDPEX-2003.


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