BANGLADESH

(1971-1972) "Pakistani Rupees Overprints" Provisional Issue

NOTE regarding "BANGLADESH" - Stamped Pakistani Banknotes

Pick lists a series of Pakistani banknotes, rubber stamped with the word "BANGLADESH", either in English or in Bengali (P-1, P-1A, P-2, P-2A, P-3, P-3A and P-3B).

I would like to draw readers' attention to the BANGLADESH PAPER MONEY CATALOGUE, written by Mohammed Jahirul Islam, a valuable local expert on this matter, where he explains:

After nine months of Liberation War against Pakistan Army Rule, East Pakistan (i.e. Bangladesh) became liberated on 16.12.1971. A special order was issued, proclaiming the Deputy Governor's Office as "Bangladesh Bank" (i.e. the Central Bank of Bangladesh).
Pakistani Rupees bank notes of 1, 5, 10 and 50 were accepted as legal tender in Bangladesh, because the country could not issue its own currency notes until 04.03.1972.

It was an unofficial practice of some Bengalis to protest Pakistani rule by stamping banknotes with "BANGLADESH" in either Bengali or English during the a.m. period.
It may be mentioned that Pakistani postage stamps were rubber-stamped and used all over Bangladesh until 30.04.1973, but Bangladesh Bank or the Ministry of Finance never issued an order to overprint or rubber-stamp Pakistani currency.
On 08.061971, the Pakistani government declared that all banknotes bearing such stamps ceased to be legal tender. Furthermore, to prevent looted high-denomination notes from disrupting the Pakistani economy, the government also withdrew the legal tender status of all 100- and 500-rupee notes.

P-1

P-1A

P-2

P-3

P-3A

P-3B

P-3D

ND (1972-2001) & 2002-2017 Issues

P-4

P-5
a(1) a(2)
b

P-6

P-6A

P-6B
a(1) a(2) a(3)
a(4) a(5) a(6) a(7)
b c

P-6C
a(1) a(2) a(3) a(4)
 b(1) b(2)
c d
e(1) e(2)
f g h [i] j k l m n

ND (1972) "Mujibur Rahman" Issue

P-7

P-8

P-9
a b

ND (1972-1973) "Mujibur Rahman at Left" Issue

P-10

P-11
a b

P-12
a b

ND (1972-1973) "Mujibur Rahman at Right" Issue

P-13
a(1) a(2)

P-14
a(1) a(2)

ND (1976-1977) "Star Mosque" Issue

P-15

P-16

P-17

P-18

P-19

ND (1978-1982) "Printing over Watermark Area" Issue

P-20

10 Taka

P-21

P-22

P-23

P-24

ND (1982-2006) "Clear Watermark Area" Issue

P-25
a(1) a(2)
b(1) b(2) b(3)
c(1) c(2) c(3)

P-26
a
b(1) b(2)
c(1) c(2) c(3)

P-27
a(1) a(2)
b(1) b(2)
c

P-28
a(1) a(2) a(3)
b c

P-29

P-30
a(1) a(2)
b(1) b(2)
c

P-31
a(1) a(2)
b(1) b(2)
c(1) c(2) c(3)
d(1) d(2)
e

ND (1996) "Victory Day Silver Jubilee" Commemorative Overprint Issue

P-32

ND (1997-2000) "Mujibur Rahman" Issue

P-33
(1) (2)

ND (1998) "National Monument" Issue

P-34

1999-2001 Issue

P-35
with flower
without flower

P-36

P-37

P-38

2002-2010 Issue

P-39
a b c d

P-39A
a b
2008

P-40
a b c d

P-41
a b c d e f

P-42
a b c

P-43
a b

2003-2008 Issue

P-44

P-45
a b c d e f g h

2006-2011 Issue

P-46

P-46A
a
b(1) b(2)
[c]

P-47
a b c

P-48
a b c d

P-49
a b c d
e(1) e(2)
f(1) f(2)
g

P-50
a b

P-51
a b c

2011-2024 "Mujibur Rahman" Issue

P-52
a b c d e f
2018(1) 2018(2)
2021 2022 2023

P-53
a b c

P-53A
a b

P-54
a(1) a(2)
b c d e f g h
2018 2019 2020 2021
2022(1) 2022(2)
2023

P-55
a b
 

P-55A
a(1) a(2)
b c d e
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
2022(1) 2022(2)
2023

P-56
a b c d e f g
2018 2019

P-W56A
2019 2021 2022 2023

P-57
a b c d e
f(1) f(2)
g(1) g(2)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

P-58
a b c d e f1 f2
g(1) g(2)
2018 2019 2020 2021
2022(1) 2022(2)
2023

P-59
a b c d e f1 f2 g
2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024

2011 "40th Anniversary of Independence" Commemorative Issue

P-60

2012 "60 Years of Language Movement" Commemorative Issue

P-61

2013 "25 Years Security Printing Corporation" Commemorative Issue

P-62

2013 "100 Years Bangladesh National Museum" Commemorative Issue

P-63

2016-2024 "Peoples Republic 5 Taka" Issue

P-64

P-64A
a b
2018(1) 2018(2)
2021 2022 2024

2018 "Developing Bangladesh" Commemorative Issue

P-65

2020-2023 "Father of the Nation Mujibur Rahman Birth Centenary" Commemorative Issue

P-W66

P-W67
2020 2022 2023

2021 "Golden Jubilee of Independence" Commemorative Issues

P-W68

P-W69

2022 "Padma Bridge" Commemorative Issue

2022 "Golden Jubilee of the Constitution and the Supreme Court of the PDR of Bangladesh" Commemorative Issue

50 Taka

P-W71

2022 "Dhaka Metro Rail" Commemorative Issue

P-W72

2023 "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel" Commemorative Issue

P-W73