REVENUE

Dates of Usage: 1973 - present (?)
Used to collect fees for certain bills, such as hotel, clothing stores, some bank transactions, etc.

1973

Map of Bangladesh.
Printer: Nasik Security, India
Perf.:
Quantity printed: 50,000,000

Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
7 June 1975

DENOMINATIONS

*15p. - red

1974

Numeral design in plaque.
Printer: Nasik Security, India
Perf.:
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
16 June 1974

DENOMINATIONS

*15p. - red

1977

Same design as above but value changed.
Printer: Nasik Security, India
Sheet size: 160 (10 x 16)
CCM: Yes
Plate #: No
Perf.:
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:

Varieties

DENOMINATIONS

*30p. - red
*a. double printing
*b. miscut and printed on gum side

1978

Numeral design in oval.
Printer: Harrison and Sons, England
Perf.:
CCM: Yes
Plate #: No
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
31 October 1980

DENOMINATIONS

*30p. - red

1980

Provisional surcharge on Harrison 1978 30p stamp.
Printer: Tongi Postal Printing Press, Bangladesh
Perf.:
CCM: Yes
Plate #: No
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
31 October 1980

Varieties

DENOMINATIONS

*20p. on 30p - red
*a. surcharge and obliteration shifted upwards, does not cover original value

• Mentioned in the top section above the stamps in box numbered "10" is "Hair cutting & washing @ 15/- P.M." It has been suggested that this is a document submitted by a government employee for daily expenses he/she has occurred while travelling on the job.  It is dated 31 October 1980.

1981

Numerical design in oval.
Printer: Harrison and Sons, England
Perf.:
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:

Varieties

DENOMINATIONS

*50p. - red
*a. imperf pair
*b vertical pair, top stamp imperf

• A savings certificate receipt with the 50p stamp on it when the person withdrew money.

1983

New "eye-shaped" design.
Printer: Mezdonarodh Niya Kniga, USSR
Perf.:

Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
24 July 1984

Varieties

DENOMINATIONS

*50p. - purple and pink
*a. missing pink

1987

Scroll above value design.
Printer: Mezdonarodh Niya Kniga, USSR
Perf.:
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:

DENOMINATIONS

*50p. - purple

• This cover is a total fake. It gives the appearance of revenue stamps having been used to send it through the mail. The first clue that it is not genuine is that the cancellations on the front and the reverse are in English. At this time in the history of the Bangladesh Post Office, all cancellations were in Bangla, and had been so for several years. The reverse of the cover has two similar cancellation from Charsindur. For those familiar with Bangladesh stamp collecting you know that several of the English cancelling devices were illegally purchased by Dr. Muzammel Haq after they became obsolete. He then created covers with these cancellors. He was a veterinarian who worked in the Narsindji area and unusual covers from that area are immediately suspect.

1990

Image of a tiger above denomination.
Printer: Mezdonarodh Niya Kniga, USSR
Perf.:
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:

Varieties

DENOMINATIONS

*Tk.1 - violet-blue

• A savings certificate receipt with two Tk.2 stamps on it when the person withdrew money.

1991

Shapla (water lily). TheTk.4 stamp was reprinted in 1993 in a slightly different shade of blue.
Printer: Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Bangladesh
Perf.:

Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
20 April 1993

Varieties of Tk.2

DENOMINATIONS

*Tk.2 - brown
*a. various misperforation varieties
*Tk.4 - blue
*a. various misperforation varieties

• A savings certificate reciept with the Tk.2 stamp on it when the person withdrew money.

1993

Reprint of the Tk.4 denomination in a slightly different shade of blue.
Printer: Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Bangladesh
Perf.:

Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
19 June 1994

Varieties of Tk.4

DENOMINATIONS

*Tk.4 - blue

YEAR (?)

Shapla (water lily) in center circle with a panel on each side.
Printer: Security Printing Press, Bangladesh
Printed in Sheets of 200 (10 x 20)
Examples known printed on thick paper and shiny gum (Printer's waste ?).
Perf.:
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:
4 April 2006

Varieties

DENOMINATIONS

*Tk.4 - blue and purple
*a. purple center only
*b. double printing of blue
*c. imperforate
*d. various misperforations
*e. various paper folds and creases

YEAR (?)

Shapla (water lily) in center circle with a panel on each side. This value was created to make up the change in rates to Tk.5. With quantities of the Tk.4 stamp plentiful, it was more economical to print this stamp to add to the Tk.4 stamp. The next issue was the Tk.5 stamp, illustrated below.
CCM: yes
Printer: Security Printing Press, Bangladesh
Sheet size: 200 (10 x 20)
CCM: Yes
Plate #: No
Margin inscription: None
Perf.:
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:

DENOMINATIONS

*Tk.1 - green and pink
a. imperforate

YEAR (?)

Shapla (water lily) in the center below arch of black text.
CCMs: Yes. Printer's waste seen with no CCMs or just pink.
Printer: Security Printing Press, Bangladesh
Printed in Sheets of 200 (10 x 20)
Perf.:
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:

• Approved revenue design along with 4 different other essay designs. Approve by “Senior Additional Secretary”, Internal Resource Department, Government of Bangladesh. Note that the word "REVENUE" in English was added to the design. Some of the essays do not have it, nor do they have a value stated.

Varieties

DENOMINATIONS

*Tk.5 - pink and black
*a. imperforate of black frame only
*b. imperforate
*c. various misperforations

YEAR (?)

Shapla (water lily) in a circle under an arch of green text.
CCM: (?)
Printer: Security Printing Press, Bangladesh
Printed in Sheets of 200 (10 x 20)
Perf.:
Earliest and latest dates of documented usage:

Varieties

DENOMINATIONS

*Tk.10 - green and blue

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