Bulgaria stamps

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Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria is a country in south-eastern Europe. Bulgaria borders five other countries: Romania to the north (mostly along the Danube), Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south. The Black Sea defines the extent of the country to the east.

1940 bulgaria 10ab 1940 bulgaria 20ab-2

Scott: #358-9P

Issued: 19.5.1940

Centenary, Penny Black

Inside #358-9: Bulgaria #1O

Thanks to Tore Sørensen for the scans

Scott: #501P

Issued: 12.4.1946

50th Anniversary, Bulgarian Postal Savings

Inside #501: First Bulgarian Postal Savings Stamp

Scott: #B18P

Issued: 6.6.1947

Communication Methods

Inside #B18: Stamp on Envelope

#CB1

Scott: #CB1P

Issued: 24.5.1947

5th Philatelic Congress, CIPEX

Inside #CB1: Pseudo Stamp

#1045

#1047 #1048 #1049

Scott: #1044-9P

Issued: 4.5.1959

80th Anniversary, Bulgarian Post

Inside #1046: Bulgaria #1O

#1046a

MI BL #5P

MI BL #6O

Issued: 16.5.1959

#1424

Scott: #1424P

Issued: 23.7.1965

Balkanphila 1965 Philatelic Exhibition

Inside #1424: Stamp on Envelope

#1429

Scott: #1429P

#1570

Scott: #1570P

Issued: 4.2.1967

Bulgarian Philatelic Union, 10th Congress

Inside #1570: Bulgaria #1O

STAMPS UNDER GLASS - http://www.stampsonstamps.org/sugrv.htm

#1663

Scott: #1659-63P

Issued: 20.3.1968

9th Youth Festival for Peace and Friendship

Inside #1663: Bulgaria #1O

#1755 #1756

Scott: #1755-57P

Issued: 15.4.1969

90th Anniversary, Postal Administration

Inside #1756: Bulgaria #1O

Inside #1756: Bulgaria #534P

Scott: #1782PP

Issued: 25.5.1969

Int'l. Philatelic Exhibition, Sofia

Inside #1782 (In margin): Netherlands #9O

#3_1 Inside #1782 (In margin): Austria #3P

Inside #1782 (In margin): Pseudo Stamp

(Thanks to Lou)

Scott: #B39O

Issued: 10.7.1971

11th Congress of Bulgarian Philatelists

Inside #B39: Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #1975P

Issued: 20.09.1971

25th Anniversary, Bulgarian People’s Republic

Inside #1975: Bulgaria #534O

Scott: #????, Mi BL #40-1O

Issued: 04.05.1973

IBRA ’73 Exhibition

Bulgaria #1782 overprint with green (#40) and grey (#41)

(Thanks to Lou)

Scott: #2207P

Issued: 20.11.1974

Introduction of Postal Zone Numbers

Inside #2207: Stamp on Envelope

#2228

Scott: #2228P

Issued: 4.4.1975

Espana '75

Inside #2228: Spain #1P

Scott: #2349P

Issued: 5.6.1976

50th Anniversary, F.I.P.

Inside #2349: Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #2430P

Issued: 12.8.1977

SOZPHILEX "77

Inside #2430: Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #2525O

Issued: 1.9.1978

PRAGA '78, PHILASERDICA '79

Inside #2525: Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #2548-52P

Issued: 30.12.1978

Bulgarian Stamp Centenary, Philaserdica '79

Inside #2548: Bulgaria #53P

Inside #2549: Bulgaria #534O

Inside #2550: Bulgaria #968O

Inside #2551: Bulgaria #1176O

Inside #2552: Bulgaria #1223O

Scott: #2553P

Inside #2553: Bulgaria #1O

Scott: #2560-4P

Issued: 30.1.1979

Philaserdica '79

Inside #2560-4: As Bulgaria #2548-52

SG #2743P

Issued: 18.5.1979

Philaserdica '79

Inside SG #2743: Bulgaria #2266P

Inside SG #2743: Bulgaria #1O

SG #2755O

Issued: 23.5.1979

Bulgarian Stamp Centenary

Inside SG #2755:


Spain #1P	Brazil #1O	Russia #149O
	Bulgaria #1O
Germany #1O		France #1O

Naples #19O (Thanks to Lou)		G.B. #1

U.S. #1O		Sweden #1O

Japan #1O	Canada #1O	Netherlands #1P

First Issues collection

http://www.numones.com/

http://www.firstissues.org/ficc/main/index.shtml

http://www.snap-dragon.com/first_issues.htm

bulgaria Mi Block 91

Michel Block #91

bulgaria Michel bl 91 I no number

Michel Block #91 I

bulgaria Mi bl 91--noted uncut block of 4

Michel Block #91 - an uncut block of 4

Lou wrote: There are two S/S. The regular issue is Michel Block #91 which is numbered, the S/S without a number is a listed variety, Michel Block 91 I. According to the Michel catalog, 24,000 Bl 91 sheets were issued and only 2,000 Bl 91 I. Also, Bl 91 was issued in an uncut block of 4. I have all three in my collection.

sos u. s. # 1--hand painted essay

On the sheets, the representation of the U. S. #1 is actually that of a hand painted essay, see scan.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Mi BL #97O

Issued: 28.11.1979

Espana 82 World Cup

Inside Mi BL #97: Bulgaria #1847O

Inside Mi BL #97: Bulgaria #2168O

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert and Lou Guadagno

Scott: #2678P

Issued: 24.4.1980

London '80

#1 LJ Inside #2678: G.B. #1 [S-G]

Visit: The Penny Black Plate project http://www.arcieriminerva.it/SOS/homeSOS.htm

bulgaria mi 2886-kb II sheetlet - 6.18.80

MI #2886O

Issued: 16.06.1980

Kleinbogen II

As Scott #2678 sheetlet (Michel #2886 Kleinbogen I) with added inscriptions

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #2748P

Issued: 15.5.1981

WIPA 1981

Inside #2748: Austria #40

[International Stamp Exhibition SOZFILEX, type ]

Scott: #2837P

Issued: 07.05.1982

International Stamp Exhibition SOZFILE

Inside #2837 (in margin): Pseudo Stamps in logos

#2839

Scott: #2839P

Issued: 28.5.1982

PHILEXFRANCE '82

Inside #2839: France #1O

Inside #2839: Bulgaria #1O

MK #3138-41O

Issued: 31.8.1982

10th Anniversary, European Security Conference

Inside MK #3138-41: Bulgaria #2266P (SG #2743)

Inside MK #3138-41: Bulgaria #2206a-dO

#MK3142

MK #3142P

Inside MK #3142: Bulgaria MI #2971AO

Inside MK #3142: Bulgaria #2266P (SG #2743)

1984

MI #3133P

Issued: 10.12.1982

UPU Congress 1984

Scott: #2678 overprint in black "XIX CONGRES UPU HUMBURG 1984"

MI #3193O

Issued: 31.8.1982

World communication year

Inside MI #3193: Stamps on envelope

Scott: #2905P

Issued: 24.6.1983

BRASILIANA '83

Inside #2905: Brazil #1787P

Inside #2905: Bulgaria MI #3100O

(Thanks to Lou for the scans)

Scott: #2905P

Scott: #2963AP

Issued: 18.4.1984

ESPANA '84

Inside #2963A: Bulgaria MI #3131O

#2281 Inside #2963A: Spain #2281P

Scott: #2980O

Issued: 22.5.1984

Essen '84

Inside #2980: Bulgaria MI #3049P

Inside #2980: Bulgaria MI #2869O

[International Stamp Exhibition PHILATELIA `85, Cologne, type ]

Scott: #3114P

Issued: 4.11.1985

International Stamp Exhibition PHILATELIA `85, Cologne

Inside #3114: Pseudo Stamp in margin - logo

Scott: #3203-4O

Issued: 5.12.1986

Union of Bulgarian Philatelists, 14th Congress

Inside #3204: Pseudo Stamp on Tab

Scott: #3272P

Issued: 3.9.1987

BULGARIA '89

Inside #3272: Bulgaria #1O

Scott: #3273P

Issued: 8.9.1987

HAFNIA '87

Inside #3273: Pseudo Stamp and Emblems

Inside #3273 (on label): Denmark #224P

B0C3A172

Scott: #3335P

Issued: 7.6.1988

FINLANDIA '88

Inside #3335: Finland #1O

Scott: #3362P

Issued: 22.8.1988

PRAGA '88

Inside #3362: Czechoslovakia #2P (in Vermillion)

http://www.manresa-sj.org/stamps/2_CzechRep_2.htm

Scott: #3363P

Issued: 1.9.1988

OLYMPHILEX '88

Inside #3363: Korea #1O

Scott: #3379P

Issued: 22.11.1988

BULGARIA '89

Inside #3379: Bulgaria #1O

#3388a1

Scott: #3388P

Issued: 23.2.1989

BULGARIA '89

Inside #3388: France #1O

#3389a

Scott: #3389P

Issued: 14.1.1989

BULGARIA '89

Inside #3389: India #200O

Scott: #3532PPP

Issued: 6.4.1990

ESSEN '90

Inside #3532: Bavaria #1O

#3533a

Scott: #3533PP

Issued: 10.4.1990

150th Anniversary, Penny Black

#1 LJ Inside #3533: G.B. #1 [B-G]

Visit: The Penny Black Plate project http://www.arcieriminerva.it/SOS/homeSOS.htm

Scott: #3538PP

Issued: 23.5.1990

BELGICA '90

#1 a Inside #3538: Belgium #1P

Scott: #3643P

Issued: 11.11.1991

PHILA NIPPON '91

Inside #3643: Japan #1O

#3794

Scott: #3794O

Issued: 16.11.1993

Centenary of Organized Philately in Bulgaria

Inside #3794: Pseudo Stamps

#3936

Scott: #3936P

Issued: 4.7.1996

Olymphilex '96

Inside #3936: Pseudo Stamp in Margin

Scott: #4074P

Issued: 15.4.1999

IBRA 1999

Inside #4074: Bavaria #1O

1999

Scott: #4088O

Issued: 5.10.1999

European philatelic exhibition Bulgaria 1999
120th anniversary of Bulgarian Post
120th anniversary of the first Bulgarian stamp
125th anniversary of Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Inside #4088: Bulgaria #J2O

Inside #4088 (In margin – upper right): Bulgaria #4O

Scott: #4195O

Issued: 9.10.2001

Dialogue among Civilizations

Inside #4195: Pseudo Stamp on Envelope

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert

#4220 #4221

Scott: #4220-1P

Issued: 26.4.2002

Bulgarian Stamp Disigners

Stefan Kanchev (1915-2001) & prof. Alexander Poplilov (1916-2001)

Inside #4220: Pseudo Stamp

#1909 Inside #4221: Bulgaria #1909P (modified)

#4313

Scott: #4313O

Issued: 16.7.2004

125^th Anniversary, Stamps of Bulgaria

Inside #4313: Bulgaria #6O

Inside #4313 (in margin): Bulgaria #4242O

Inside #4313 (in margin): Bulgaria #4247O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #4375-8O

Issued: 31.1.2006

115^th Anniversary of Bulgarian Philately Press
Famous Bulgarians - stamp collectors

0.35 Leva - Elin Pelin (Writer, 1877-1949),
0.55 Leva - Lazar Dobrich (Circus figure, 1881-1970),
0.60 Leva - Boris Christov (Opera singer, 1914-1993),
1.00 Leva - Bogomil Nonev (Writer, 1920-2002)

Inside #4375: Bulgaria #97aO

Inside #4376: Bulgaria #54P

Inside #4377: Bulgaria #238O

Inside #4378: Bulgaria #2804AP

Scott: #4467P, #4468O, #4469P, #4470O

Issued: 22.4.2008

Europa 2008 - The Letter

Inside #4467-8: Russia #28O

Lou Guadagno wrote: Bulgaria # 4467 is Russia #28, 8k, grey and rose. If you see the inverted cancel next to the stamp, the year date is (18)78, the year before the same color 7k stamp was issued. Only the Scott Type A4 stamps like #28 have the value written in Cyrillic in a horizontal line below the arms of the Russian Empire--I can make out the first letter as a B which would make it восемь (eighrt). The stamp is not rectangular as it should be, but no square Russian stamps were issued before or during this period.

Bulgaria was a province in the Ottoman Empire that revolted in 1876, and after a year of harsh reprisals resulting in great losses of life, Russia declared war on the Ottomans and by the beginning of 1878 had driven them from most of Bulgaria. As a result of the 1878 peace treaty, Bulgaria became an autonomous principality. During this period, the Russian Empire took over the Ottoman post offices and Russian stamps were used until Bulgaria issued its first stamps in May 1879.

Inside #4469-70: Bulgaria #C20P

Scott: #4470aO

2008A

Scott: #4480O

Issued: 16.6.2008

70th anniversary of the Union of Bulgarian Philatelists

Inside #4480 (In Margin): Bulgaria #336O

Scott: #4493O

Issued: 23.1.2009

European Philatelic Exhibition Bulgaria 2009

Inside #4493: Pseudo Stamp

bulgaria ss 8 6 15

Scott: #4726O

Issued: 06.08.2015

100th Anniversary, Birth of Stefan Kanchev, Stamp Designer

Inside #4726 - 7 Bulgaria stamps created by Kanchev:

sos bulgaria 2985 1984 Inside #4726: Bulgaria #2985P

sos bulgaria C113 1969 Inside #4726: Bulgaria #C113O

sos bulgaria C115 1969 Inside #4726: Bulgaria #C115O

sos bulgaria 3197 1986 Inside #4726: Bulgaria #3197P

sos bulgaria 3111 1985 Inside #4726: Bulgaria #3111P

sos bulgaria C120 1969 Inside #4726: Bulgaria #C120P

sos bulgaria 580 1947 Inside #4726: Bulgaria #580PP

Lou wrote: The other illustrations are various icons and logos he created. In 2002, Bulgaria issued a sos stamp to note his death anniversary.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno and Prof. Plinio Richelmi

bulgaria 12 23 15

Scott: #????O

Issued: 23.12.2015

Postcrossing

Stamp design is taken from Europa, the Letter stamp of 2008

note that first day cancel is upside down

sos bulgaria 4656b 2013 Inside #????: Bulgaria #4656bO

bulgaria impr card 2013 bulgaria impr card indicia

Inside #????: 2013 imprinted postal card

Lou wrote: On taking a closer look, I saw the reproduced stamp is not #4656b. The value is 0.65 s, not 1.00 L and it is actually a portion of a 2013 imprinted postal card which has been modified by removing all the address inscriptions and two address lines.

With a little search on line, I was able to find and buy a card to display with my SOS, but sadly, not with the inverted first day commemorative cancel!

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

[The 80th Anniversary of the Birth of Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, type HCK]

Scott: #4812O

Issued: 16.06.2017

The 80th Anniversary of the Birth of Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 2017

sos bulgaria 349 1939 Inside #???? (On label): Bulgaria #349O

bulgaria 4812a ss

Scott: #4812aO

Scott: #????O

Issued: 11.12.2020

Famous Bulgarian Philatelists and the 80th Birth Anniversary of Ivan Slavkov

1940 bulgaria 5 Inside ???? (On label): Bulgaria #1O

Lou wrote: The 2 lev stamp shows a line drawing of Slavkov, and the setenant label has a painting of him with a portion of Bulgaria #1 behind him. His biographies do not mention his being a stamp collector, but he had a variety of careers and is most infamous for being banned by the International Olympics Committee for nefarious activities.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Bulgaria #????O

Issued: 02.12.2023

The 130th Anniversary of Organized Philately in Bulgaria

Inside #????: Pseudo Stamps

Inside #???? (In Margin): Bulgaria #97O

Inside #???? (In Margin): Bulgaria #167O

Inside #???? (In Margin): Bulgaria #272O

Inside #???? (In Margin): Bulgaria #580P

Lou wrote: A little added knowledge, Bulgaria #580, the stamp with the knight image, was the first stamp issued for the theme of Chess.

Inside #???? (In Margin): Bulgaria #6O

Inside #???? (In Margin): Bulgaria #148O

Inside #???? (In Margin): Bulgaria #281O

Inside #???? (In Margin): Bulgaria #439P

Inside #???? (In Margin): Bulgaria #96O

Inside #???? (In Margin): Bulgaria #3O

Inside #???? (In Margin): Bulgaria #98O

Bulgaria #????O (imperf)

Lou wrote: On December 2, 2023 Bulgaria issued two limited edition s/s to commemorate the 130th Anniversary of Organized Philately in Bulgaria. According to new issue info, there were 1800 perforated and 1800 imperf s/s released, both have perforated (needle) numbering, 1-1800 for the ungummed imperf and 1801-3600 for the perfed, which is printed on a special rubberized paper. The SoS are all in the margins of the s/s surrounded by caricatures of what I assume are past and/or present members of the Bulgarian Philatelic Federation.

I'm not a fan of cartoon stamp designs and I wish that the very interesting group of SoS were reproduced larger, so that they can be seen better. There are some very good looking engraved stamps from the Monarchy period.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

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