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Bengal Hindu Sages PPC.
03/03/2026

Bengal Hindu Sages PPC.

1864 Khoolneah (Khulna) to Calcutta. Martin Type 9.2. The postage rate @ 2.5 annas equal 1.25 tola. Khoolneah postmark 1...
03/03/2026

1864 Khoolneah (Khulna) to Calcutta. Martin Type 9.2. The postage rate @ 2.5 annas equal 1.25 tola. Khoolneah postmark 11 December, Calcutta Oval delivery 14 December.

Village Scene Bengal PPC. Publisher: Thacker, Spink and Co., Calcutta.
22/02/2026

Village Scene Bengal PPC. Publisher: Thacker, Spink and Co., Calcutta.

After August 5, 2024 the Tamabil post office was mobbed. Recently Dhaka Philatelic Club arranged a philatelic tour of Sy...
10/02/2026

After August 5, 2024 the Tamabil post office was mobbed. Recently Dhaka Philatelic Club arranged a philatelic tour of Sylhet, two special covers were issued on the tour dates. This is the second cover issued at Jaintapur UPO, registered from Tamabil post office, also under same UPO. The cds is experimental. Name seal "Tamabil / Branch Office /Sylhet district ".

British India, 1871 – Official Military CoverPacca Dawk / Exchange markingTo Lt. C. M. Seed, 18th Regt. N.I., Gorakhpore...
26/01/2026

British India, 1871 – Official Military Cover
Pacca Dawk / Exchange marking
To Lt. C. M. Seed, 18th Regt. N.I., Gorakhpore
Postage-free “On H.M. Service” mail. Dacca DO cds 23 August, 1871. Hooghly hexagonal cds 24 August. Gorakhpore cds faint, date cannot be discerned but in August. The letter was forwarded by G M Shircore and Son's Exchange Dacca. It was an Armenian owned company who introduced hackney carriages (টিক্কা গাড়ি) in Dhaka. The founder of the G. M. Shircore & Sons, Mr. George Manuk Shircore brought them to Dhaka, and it was the first means of public transport in the city. It became such a success many other Armenian and local businessmen followed suit. The Armenians were the first to introduce European and British goods in the city and setting up departmental stores similar to those of today. C. J. Manook, G. M. Shircore etc. were few of the businessmen in this business. Incidentally, these stores provided the supply of tea in those days and popularised it as a drink to the elites. He was elected Chairman of Narayanganj municipality.

Karuna Banerjee (Bengali: করুণা ব্যানার্জী) was a Bengali actress best known for her role in Satyajit Ray's The Apu Tril...
23/01/2026

Karuna Banerjee (Bengali: করুণা ব্যানার্জী) was a Bengali actress best known for her role in Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959) as the long suffering mother, Sarbajaya. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 1959 BAFTA Awards for her performance in Aparajito (1956), the second part of The Apu Trilogy. She appeared in a number of other films after that, including Ray's Devi (1960) and Kanchenjungha (1962).

She graduated from the Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated women's college of the University of Calcutta. Banerjee's acting career expanded over more than two decades in Bengali cinema and theatre. She is best known for her memorable performance as Sarbajaya, the mother in the first two parts of Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955) and Aparajito (1956). Her performance in the latter earned her a Best Actress nomination at the 1959 BAFTA Awards. She acted in a few more films, including two more by Ray, two by Mrinal Sen, and one by Ritwik Ghatak that was never officially released. A letter dated 25-8-1975 written by Srimati Karuna to reputed writer and teacher, Mr. Shawkat Osman in Dhaka. India 20 paisa inland aerogram uprated with definitive 10 p India.

British India Cooper Type 7 B/54 (Chittagong) and B/158 (Bugwah, Rungpore) now in Kurigram, Bangladesh.
15/01/2026

British India Cooper Type 7 B/54 (Chittagong) and B/158 (Bugwah, Rungpore) now in Kurigram, Bangladesh.

King Rama IX and Rama VI on Thai 100 baht.
08/01/2026

King Rama IX and Rama VI on Thai 100 baht.

Bangladesh philately trivia: The Phila Bangla 2018 overprint has a constant error. Empire Philately in its study found t...
05/01/2026

Bangladesh philately trivia: The Phila Bangla 2018 overprint has a constant error. Empire Philately in its study found that there is a constant error, a red splash/drop of red ink in same position in every sheet. That would mean only 30 such errors exist in the philatelic universe. Boat is a way of life in Bangladesh. That boat with overprint and constant error is definitely a worthy collectible!

Two postcards used in 1972. First one used in May has no overprint on stamps. Second one has same rubber stamp on stamps...
03/01/2026

Two postcards used in 1972. First one used in May has no overprint on stamps. Second one has same rubber stamp on stamps and postcard sent from Rajbari. Tornow catalogues Rajbari overprint with a line on top of "বাংলাদেশ " in Bengali. However this example shows no such line on top of the text.

Commemorative registered letter issued on 30.12.2025, the day Late Begum Khaleda Zia died. Issued from Banani Sub post o...
01/01/2026

Commemorative registered letter issued on 30.12.2025, the day Late Begum Khaleda Zia died. Issued from Banani Sub post office, delivery cds 1.1.2026 Banani PO.

BANK OF ENGLAND, LONDON, EC.24 May 1900A rare piece of philatelic postal and scripophily history. A 1900 letter sent by ...
26/12/2025

BANK OF ENGLAND, LONDON, EC.

24 May 1900

A rare piece of philatelic postal and scripophily history. A 1900 letter sent by Bank of England to the debenture stockholders in Eastern Bengal Railway for the transfer notice of GBP 3333/- value 4% debenture stock. The letter states, "BANK OF ENGLAND, LONDON, EC.

24 May 1900

NOTICE.

The CHIEF ACCOUNTANT begs to inform Mr Martineau that a Deed has been lodged here this day for the Transfer of £3333 EASTERN BENGAL RAILWAY IRREDEEMABLE £4 PER CENT. DEBENTURE STOCK standing in the Names of

P. M. Martineau

D. Martineau.

N.J. Greenhow

A Reply to this communication is required ONLY in the event of objection to the Transfer; in which case the reply should be immediate." The Eastern Bengal Railway started operation in 1867 and was nationalised in 1884. The government of UK continued to honour all previous debt/equity obligations of earlier shareholders. This letter was not delivered to sender with remark "Gone away". There is also a London cds with "RL". An unique museum piece of Bengal Railway from the fag end of 19th century. Later on the Eastern Bengal Railway was. merged with Assam and after partition in 1947, part of it became the East Pakistan Railway, now Bangladesh Railway after 1971.

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