BRADBURY SERVICE PRINTING

The Bradbury printing of the SERVICE overprinted stamps is somewhat confusing until you realize that not all of the values of the definitive set were overprinted SERVICE. The 90p. and Tk.2 with the value in English were not overprinted, but the Tk.2 stamp with the value in Bangla was overprinted. The Tk.1 stamps with the value stated in English and the value in Bangla, were both overprinted. The Bradbury Tk.10 value was never overprinted as a SERVICE stamp.

30 April 1973 - SERVICE overprints in red or black

Color Control Marks:No
Plate Number:No
Imperforate: Yes, but not issued.
No. of stamps in each sheet: 100
Quantity of stamps printed: Unknown
Designer: Unknown
Printer: Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co, Ltd., UK
FDC: At least one cover is known to exists with the 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 60p, 75p, Tk.1 and Tk.5 values only. (Unofficial)
Pmks: Philatelic Bureau, Dacca G.P.O. (black)
Insert: None

Additional: The Tk.1, Tk.2 and Tk.5 values were later redrawn and overprinted SERVICE, with the "Ta" expressed in Bengali, rather than English. See beginning of 1974 for the Tk.1 (74-1s) and Tk.2 (74-2s) and the beginning of 1975 for the Tk.5 (75-1s). The Tk.10 redrawn stamp was not overprinted.
Numerous misperforation varieties can be found in most of the SERVICE overprinted stamps of Bangladesh.

Imperforate darker essay with a larger SERVICE ovpt.
An imperforate essay exists for the Tk.1 Court of Justice stamp with SERVICE slightly larger.

2p. Embroidered quilt - black. (Red overprint)
a. imperforate

• The above cover has ten 2p. and one 5p. of the Bradbury SERVICE overprinted stamps on it. The cover was mailed on the 22 July 1976 from Dacca to Chittagong. The enclosed letter stated that the Crescent Motors did not file the appropriate documents for 1971 - 1973 and the filing fees were not paid. They are given two weeks to explain why proceedings should not be instutited against the company and it's officers to enforce penal provisions.

3p Jute field - bright green
a. imperforate

5p Jack fruit - light brown
a. imperforate

• This cover, bearing two 5p and one 20p stamps was mailed on 22 July and received on 23 July 1976.

10p Plowing field - black (Red overprint)
a. imperforate

20p Hibiscus flower - olive
a. imperforate

25p Tiger - rose-lilac
a. imperforate

60p Bamboo grove - gray (Red overprint)
a. imperforate

75p Women picking tea - orange
a. imperforate

Tk.1 Court of Justice - violet
a. imperforate

Tk.5 Net fishing - light blue
a. imperforate

10 Stamps

? 1974 - Redrawn High Values with value in Bengali, replacing English and issue of Tk.2 stamp in Bengali.

Tk.1 Court of Justice - violet
a. imperforate

• The above cover has the reprinted Tk.1 purple stamp, printed by Bradbury, but the other stamps are all the Ashur printing. It was mailed on 13 (Postmark on the reverse) June and received on 19 June, but the person was not there and it was returned on 23 June 1979

Tk.2 Man climbing date tree - greenish gray
a. imperforate

Tk.5 Net fishing - light blue
a. imperforate

3 stamps

Asher SERViCE Overprinting

Harrison SERVICE Overprinting

Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga SERVICE Overprinting

Security Printing Corporation SERVICE Overprinting

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