Revenue Stamps

This 30p general revenue stamp was printed in India by Nasik for use beginning in 1977. An unusual fold-over of the paper resulted in part of the sheet being printed on the gum side. This is half of the row of stamps. The other half that would have been on the right side would have included possibly two or more complete stamps. To the left is a normal stamp of this issue.

This is the same stamp illustrated above and was printed in 1977.
A block of four of a double impression of the above stamp.

This 50p general revenue stamp was first used in 1981 and was printed in England by Harrison & Sons. Pane of eight stamps all of the top block of four stamps are imperforate except across the bottom. The bottom block is totally perforated.

These blocks of the 2Taka general revenue stamp were printed by the Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Dhaka. They first appeared in 1991.
The block of four on the left is from a single sheet that was discovered with these strange vertical perforations. Allegedly, only ten pairs have been recorded. Note that there are also double perforations horizontally, up to the stamp on the right.
To the right is a misperforated pair of the same 2 taka revenue stamp, but the stamp is in a slightly different shade of brown.

This is a forgery of the 4 Taka general revenue stamp that was first used in 1994. The genuine stamps were printed by the Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Dhaka. Imperforate block of four of the 4 taka revenue stamp. This is a forgery and under high magnification it is obvious that it was not printed by the government. The paper is very thin and very white. The gum is clear and unlike the issued stamp. There is a copy of this also on the SPECIMEN FOR APPROVAL page. I was told that this was printed in India, but I have no evidence for such.

Misperforated blocks of four of the 4 taka revenue stamp that came into use in 1994 and was printed by the Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Dhaka. The four is written as we would write eight.

The left pane had a paper fold-over which caused part of the one stamp to not be printed when the paper was folded back to the correct position. That also accounts for the pointed corner as well.

The center pane of eight stamps has misaligned perforations on the right side due to a paper fold at the time of perforating. The paper had to have been folded over after the stamps were printed as the stamps are as they should be.

The block on the right is missing the blue color.

A block of four with a double impression of the blue on the 4 Taka revenue stamp on the left and a normal block on the right.

The image on the left shows a partial pane of six stamps. The bottom left corner has paper folded over from the back onto the stamp.

The center image shows the same pane with the front paper "opened up"

The right image is the same pane shown from the reverse. The folded over paper had the stamp image printed on it.

This pane has numerous things wrong with it. There is a shift in perforations, The purple is missaligned,the stamps on the left seem to "bend" down and there are paper creases.

Printer's waste from Nasik Security Press in India for the Bangladesh 10 Taka passport & visa stamp. These stamps were put into use in 1972.
The bottom images are the reverse of the ones directly above them.

Printer's waste from Nasik Security Press in India for the Bangladesh 1972 green 5 taka, purple 10 taka and red 25 taka passport and visa stamps. The bottom images are the reverse of the ones directly above them. The 10 taka appears inverted but it was printed in the opposite direction of the reverse side of the paper.

Printer's waste for the 1972 passport & visa stamps from Nasik Security Press in India where these were printed. Notice that the image on the right top is double.
The bottom images are the reverse of the ones directly above them. The image on the left was printed in the opposite direction of the other side. The paper on the right has security paper printing on the revers for a printing job for a different government than Bangladesh.

Printer's waste of Bangladesh passport & visa stamps. The bottom images are the reverse of the ones directly above them. The 2 Taka blue is an imperforate strip of three with the Jammu and Kashmir green treasury bond imprint on India brown treasury bond security background. The 10 Taka is an imperforate strip printed on both sides. Both were done at the Nasik Security Press.

Printer's waste from Nasik Security Press in India. Notice that the underlay design is a security printing for one of the Indian entities. The papers were both printed in the opposite direction on the reverse of the other. The bottom images are the reverse of the ones directly above them. These passport and visa stamps were put into use in 1972.

A tobacco excise fee revenue stamp printed by the Bangladesh Security Printing Press, Dhaka. The date of first use has not yet been established. The top image show the missing green color and a misperforation. The bottom stamp is the normal stamp.

A tobacco excise fee revenue stamp printed by Harrison & Sons of England. This stamp was undoubtedly put into use before the one illustrated above it, as the later stamps were printed within the country. The top image is missing the pink color. The bottom is the normal stamp.

Red 25p stamped revenue paper. This type of revenue stamp is similar to those used in Pakistan and India. One seldom sees these on the philatelic market, but they must be fairly common. Indian stamped paper is very common and frequently offered to collectors.

"SPECIMEN" revenue paper. The dark line across the top is a security thread. Note that the paper would be numbered, but since this is a "SPECIMEN" the number is "0000000". There are two punch holes on the left side of the paper that were put there when the paper was "filed" away. The regular paper would not have the file holes unless someone decided to make them. The actual size of the paper is 8 1/4 ins. by 13 1/8 ins..