Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga Definitives

21 December 1983

83d Definitives - various values and colors
10 stamps

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer:
Printer: Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, U.S.S.R.
FDC: Yes. Commemorative postmark for World Communications issue used.
Pmks: Dhaka, Mymensingh
Insert: None

 

• TOP: A cover sent from Dhaka (Temporary P.O.) to Reutligen, West Germany on 11 November 1985. All of the stamps are Russian printed definitives. There are no receiving markings.
  BOTTOM: A nice example of the Tk.1 and Tk.5 stamps used on cover. The cover also has two Harrison definitives on the right. The cover was mailed at Dacca on 3 October 1988 and is addressed to an address in Pullman, Washington, USA. There are no receiving markings on the cover.
  

 

• First Day Covers of the definitive set are known from the Dhaka GPO and the Mymensingh HO. The latter is very rare and may even be unique.

• Since the Post Office does not provide any printed envelopes for the issue of it's definitive stamps, I do not know if this envelope was a rejected design for the World Communications Year stamps, or if it was designed for this set of definitive stamps. There is a possibility that a collector used an envelope designed for the World Communication Year stamps that was rejected. It is a larger envelope and makes no mention of definitive stamps. One explanation given is that the stamps all show the methods of communication regarding mail. The two sets were issued on the same day, but the envelope is a different design from that used for the stamps. The wording on both envelopes is identical as is the cancellation.

5p Mailboat - light bluish-green

10p Dacca Post Office counter -magenta

15p IWTA Terminal - blue

Varieties

20p Sorting (mail) in running railway van - gray
 

25p Mail delivery - slate
 

30p Postman at mailbox - purplish-brown
 

Varieties

50p Mobile post office - light brown
 

Varieties

Tk.1 Kamalapur railway station - blue
 

Varieties

Tk.2 Zia International Airport - dark greenish-blue

9 stamps
 

Varieties

Tk.5 Khulna G.P.O. -

11 January 1986

86-1d Tk.3 Sorting machine - light olive

1 stamp

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer:
Printer: Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, U.S.S.R.
FDC: Yes (Unofficial)
Pmks: Dhaka
Insert: None

Varieties

7 April 1987

87-1d Tk.1 Immunization - gray-blue
1 stamp

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 200
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer:
Printer: Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, U.S.S.R.
FDC: Yes (Unofficial)
Pmks: Dhaka
Insert: None
Additional: 200 stamps per sheet, rather than 100 as for the other issues.

• This is one of those covers that poses problems for collectors. It appears to be a perfect cover with a cachet, cancellation and stamp that fit together perfectly. The problem is that the envelope and cancellation are for a Special Cover (It is stated in the cachet Special Cover). The immunization stamp was issued the same day, but no First Day Cover envelope was prepared as it is a definitive. Some collector took the newly issued stamp and used it on the Special Cover envelope because the theme is the same, and they were issued on the same day. This Special Covers exists with other Bangladesh stamps on it as the cover and cancellation were created to celebrate World Health Day, not the issuance of the new stamp.

16 January 1988

88-1d 25p Oral rehydration - brown
1 stamp

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer:
Printer: Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, U.S.S.R.
FDC: Yes (Unofficial)
Pmks: Dhaka
Insert: None

31 March 1989

• Note that this stamp was reprinted on 31 August 1999 in Bangladesh. Refer to the Security Printing Corporation, Bangladesh page for further information and images of the two printings.

89 Tk.5 - Curzon Hall - Chestnut and black
1 stamp

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer:
Printer: Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, U.S.S.R.
FDC: Yes (Unofficial)
Pmks: Dhaka
Insert: None

Additional: It is somewhat difficult to state if the First Day Cover is "official" or "unofficial" as a Special Cover celebrating Dhaka University Day was issued the same day with an image of Curzon Hall in the cachet. It was most likely done intentionally because of the release of the new definitive Curzon Hall stamp on the same date, but realistically it was made for the Special Cover subject.

• Original drawing for the proposed postmarks for the First Day Covers of the Curzon Hall stamp. The drawings are for the Dhaka GPO. The one on the cover illustrated below is from Dhaka University and would be considered a "Camp P.O. cancellation", a term used for postmarks created for, and used at, special sites other than regular post offices.

• This cover serves two purposes. Firstly, it is a First Day Cover of the Curzon Hall stamp, and secondly, it is a cover celebrating Dhaka University Day '89.

30 April 1989

• Note that this stamp was later reprinted by the Security Printing Press of Bangladesh and released 18 March 1999. Refer to the Security Printing Corporation, Bangladesh page for illustrations of the differences in the stamps.

89-2d Tk3 – Loading cargo plane - multicolored
1 stamp

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer:
Printer: Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, U.S.S.R.
FDC: Yes (Unofficial)
Pmks: Dhaka
Insert: None

8 July 1989

Varieties

89-3d Tk.10 Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Factory - carmine

89-4d Tk.20 Postal Academy Rajshahi - multicolored
2 stamps

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer:
Printer: Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, U.S.S.R.
FDC: Yes (Unofficial)
Pmks.: Dhaka
Insert: None

15 July 1992

• Note that this stamp was reprinted in 2003 by the Security Printing Corporation, Bangladesh with some changes in the design panel around the central image. See the Security Printing Corporation, Bangladesh page for 30 August 2003 for differences in the designs.

92 Tk.4 Chittagong Port - gray-blue
1 stamp

CCMs: No
Plate #: No
Sheet: 100
Quantity printed: Unknown
Designer:
Printer: Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, U.S.S.R.
FDC: Yes (Unofficial)
Pmks.: Dhaka
Insert: None

• At the top is an essay of the stamp in brown. Below it is a proof of the stamp in the color used.

Harrison Definitives

Security Printing Corporation, Bangladesh Definitives

Definitive Stamps

Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga SERVICE Overprinted Stamps

SERVICE Overprinted Stamps

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