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Old March 22nd 08, 07:51 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Rodney
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Default (RCSD) Pakistan "overprint" ?


"malcolm"

FYI
Blair's earlier reponse on these 30th July 2006
there may be something to assist.


MP wrote:

Hi,




I have some Pakistan stamps, overprinted with "Bangladesh" in different


types. I know, that they were issued in 1971 after independence of


Bangladesh. Do you know an internet address, where are these stamps


listed, with pictures, that I can separate the different types. Maybe I


can find in which cities these stamps were issued. I tried Google, but


did not find a good homepage.




Best wishes from Germany


Manuel )




Hello Manuel:

Immediately after the establishment of Bangladesh's

Government , the post office could not afford printing

new stamps for Bangladesh. Instead, they overprinted

Pakistani stamps and postal stationery with the new

country name "BANGLADESH".

(valid March 26, 1971 until April 30, 1973)

http://knegal.8m.com/2003/May/Bangla...tamponPak1.jpg

http://knegal.8m.com/2003/May/Bangla...tamponPak2.jpg

The overprints we in English only (as shown at:

http://homepage3.nifty.com/~mariamma/tak-p11i.jpg and

http://www.malariastamps.com/images/...amp2_z_z.jpg);

in both English and Bengali letters (see:

http://www.malariastamps.com/images/...Stamp4_z_z.jpg

and http://i22.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/99/f7/f8_1.JPG) ;

and in Bengali letters only (see:

http://i6.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/ca/e4/9a_1_b.JPG ).

In the latter half of 1972, new Bangladeshi stamps were

provided to post offices in the country. As a result, in 1973,

Pakistani stamps, even with "BANGLADESH" overprints,

became invalid throughout Bangladesh.

I also collect these overprints and have several hundred varieties.

Unfortunately. I could not find a good web site (I was looking a

couple of years ago) or catalogue of these overprints.

I am not sure if Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue:

Bangladesh, Pakistan & Sri Lanka, lists the overprints.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bangladesh-Pakis...QQcmdZViewItem

None of the catalog makers seem to want to touch these

stamps because of the major scope of cataloging the overprints.

There were 14 former eastern districts plus a few others and

all issued their own handstamps. I guess, that when order was

restored and regular stamps were issued, they threw away the

overprint devices and thus no combined record of who or where

had that particular handstamp seems to exist.

Blair




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