M. P. until recently Minister of Posts of the British Government, and Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, bb envoy to the U. K. More than S 23,000 dollar's worth of stamps were sold on the opening day in England.
The stamps are designed by the Bengali artist Biman Mullick who designed Britain's Gandhi stamp in 1969. They have been printed in England by the Format Security Printers Ltd.
Bangladesh postage stamps are used for internal and external mail. Post offices are operating in the liberated territories of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh mail, bearing Bangladesh Stamps, is accepted by the Government of India for onward transmission. (This is exactly the same relationship as existed for Nepal's postage stamps from 1881 to 1959, during which time mail from Nepal bearing Nepalese stamps were accepted by the Government of India for onward transmission.)
