Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday released a commemorative postage stamp, a first-day cover and a data card, marking the 49th Victory Day, reports BSS.
The premier released the stamp and the first-day cover of Tk 10 and the data card of Tk 5 at her official Ganabhaban residence on Monday afternoon. A special canceller was used on the occasion. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Post and Telecommunication Minister Mustafa Jabbar, Post and Telecommunication Secretary Nur-ur-Rahman and Director General of Bangladesh Post Office Sudhangshu Shekhar Bhadra were present on the occasion, among others.
The sale of stamp, first-day cover and data card will start from Philatelic Bureau of Dhaka GPO today and those will be available at other GPOs and head post offices across the country later. There is also an arrangement for special canceller in four GPOs to be used for the first-day cover.