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Provisional "Bangaldesh" overprints on Pakistan
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 ) |
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Provisional "Bangaldesh" overprints on Pakistan
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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