Bangladesh Institute of Philatelic Studies (BIPS) a non-profit organisation established at Dhaka in 1988 to promote stamp collecting by using philately as an aid for the broader appreciation of history, culture and human events. Its founder director-cum-Chairman of the Institute is Siddique Mahmudur Rahman, a researcher, an author, a translator and an editor. Mr. Siddique has 36 publications in his credit, since 1988.
The institute encourages study and research on stamp collection through promoting exchange of ideas among stamp collectors and philatelists worldwide and through the development, publication, and distribution of books, monographs, periodicals, directories, bibliographies, checklists, audio-visual aids, and other educational materials.
Publications of the Institute include
Bangladesh Stamps and Postal History (by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman), 1988;
Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore through Philately (by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman), 1990;
Rotary Movement in Bangladesh (by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman), 1991;
Meter Franking Cancellation of Bangladesh (by Istiaque Ahmed Khan)1993;
Bangladesher Dakbyabostha (in Bangla) (by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman) 1995;
Bangladesher Daktikit (by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman) (bilingual- English and Bangla), 1995;
Bangladesh Postage Stamps (A multimedia program in CD) (by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman), 2002 and 2003;
Paper Money of Bangladesh (by Md. Zahidul Islam) 2003;
Eminent Personalities of Bangladesh (A multimedia program in CD) (by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman), 2003
KG Mustafa and his Exceptional Designs (by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman), 2008
Bangladesher Dakbyabostha (in Bangla) (by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman), 2nd edition, 2009
Postage Stamps of Bangladesh 1971-2008, (by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman), 2009;
Cowri to Taka -Evolution of Coins and Currencies of Bangladesh (by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman et. al.). 2011;
Bangladesher Muktijuddhey Dakbyabostha O Daktikit (by Siddique Mahmudur Rahman), 2012.