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Bangladesh first issued its own postage stamps upon gaining independence in 1971. [1] A set of eight stamps, with various motifs including a map of the country, were issued. [2] [3] Shortly after, stamps in eight values were overprinted "Bangladesh Liberated" in both English and Bengali were prepared in the United Kingdom, but only three values were issued in Bangladesh.
On 26 January 2013, Bangladesh Bank issued a ৳ 25 note to commemorate the 25th anniversary (silver jubilee) of the Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd. On the front is the National Martyr's Monument in Savar, the designs of the previous series of the Bangladeshi taka notes and its postage stamps, three spotted deer and the magpie ...
Its clients for high quality four colour postage stamps include Nepal. [6] The corporation's 25th anniversary in 2013 was commemorated by the Bangladesh Bank issuing a ৳25 note showing its headquarters on the reverse. [7] [8] [9]
The Bangladeshi taka is the currency of modern Bangladesh. It was officially introduced in 1972 by the Bangladesh Bank to replace the Pakistani rupee at par following the end of the Bangladesh Liberation War and is produced by Bangladesh's Security Printing Corporation. The Bangladeshi taka carries the symbols ৳ and Tk.
Bangladesh Post Office started with 6667 offices and nearly 25 thousand personnel. [6] Local post offices were ordered to rubber stamp Bangladesh on existing inventory of Pakistan stamps. [9] On 19 February 1984, the Guaranteed Express Post was started. [6] On 30 January 1985 a post museum was established in Dhaka. [6]
Bangladesh first issued revenue stamps in 1972, the year after independence, and continues to do so to this day. Previously there was no country named Bangladesh and it was part of India (till 1947) and part of Pakistan (from 1947 to 1971) and respective revenues were used.
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Assay offices are institutions set up to assay (test the purity of) precious metals. This is often done to protect consumers from buying fake items. Upon successful completion of an assay (i.e. if the metallurgical content is found be equal or better than that claimed by the maker and it otherwise conforms to the prevailing law) the assay offices typically stamp a hallmark on the item to ...