Service Overprinted Stamps

All of the stamps below have been overprinted with an overprint in Bengali that reads "SERVICE". They are not genuine errors no matter who tells you they are. They were created by dishonest individuals to defraud stamp collectors.
The 10p value was issued with a single red overprint and the 20p with a single black overprint - both in Bengali. The overprints were most likely applied at the Security Press with the aid of one or more postal employees of high rank.
None of the other stamps were officially issued with this overprint.
Other examples exist and if you will send me scans of them, I will include the images on this page.

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