Bulgaria stamps

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Flag of Bulgaria

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria

Location of  Bulgaria  (green)– on the European continent  (light green & grey)– in the European Union  (light green)  —  [Legend]


1940 bulgaria 10ab1940 bulgaria 20ab-2

Scott: #358-9P

Issued: 19.5.1940

Centenary, Penny Black

1940 bulgaria 5 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


#B18

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


#1044#1045#1046

#1047#1048#1049

Scott: #1044-9P

Issued: 4.5.1959

80th Anniversary, Bulgarian Post

1940 bulgaria 5 Inside #1046: Bulgaria #1O

#1046a#1048a

MI BL #5-6O

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

1940 bulgaria 5 Inside #1570: Bulgaria #1O

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


#1659-1662

#1663

Scott: #1659-63P

Issued: 20.3.1968

9th Youth Festival for Peace and Friendship

1940 bulgaria 5 Inside #1663: Bulgaria #1O


#1755#1756#1757

Scott: #1755-57P

Issued: 15.4.1969

90th Anniversary, Postal Administration

1940 bulgaria 5 Inside #1756: Bulgaria #1O

 Inside #1756: Bulgaria #534P


Scott: #1782PP

Issued: 25.5.1969

Int'l. Philatelic Exhibition, Sofia

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

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

Inside #1782 (In margin): Pseudo Stamp

 (Thanks to Lou)


#B39

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)


#2207

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

#1 Inside #2228: Spain #1P


#2349

Scott: #2349P

Issued: 5.6.1976

50th Anniversary, F.I.P.

Inside #2349: Pseudo Stamp


#2430

Scott: #2430P

Issued: 12.8.1977

SOZPHILEX "77

Inside #2430: Pseudo Stamp


#2525

Scott: #2525O

Issued: 1.9.1978

PRAGA '78, PHILASERDICA '79

Inside #2525: Pseudo Stamp


#2548#2549#2550

#2551#2552

Scott: #2548-52P

Issued: 30.12.1978

Bulgarian Stamp Centenary, Philaserdica '79

#53 Inside #2548: Bulgaria #53P

#534 Inside #2549: Bulgaria #534O

#968 Inside #2550: Bulgaria #968O

#1176 Inside #2551: Bulgaria #1176O

#1223 Inside #2552: Bulgaria #1223O

#2553

Scott: #2553P

1940 bulgaria 5 Inside #2553: Bulgaria #1O


#2560#2561#2562

#2563#2564

Scott: #2560-4P

Issued: 30.1.1979

Philaserdica '79

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


SG #2743

SG #2743O

Issued: 18.5.1979

Philaserdica '79

1940 bulgaria 5 Inside SG #2743: Bulgaria #1O

#2266 Inside SG #2743: Bulgaria #2266P


SG #2755

SG #2755O

Issued: 23.5.1979

Bulgarian Stamp Centenary

Inside SG #2755:

#1

#149

Spain #1P

Brazil #1O

Russia #149O

#1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1940 bulgaria 5

Bulgaria #1O

#1

Germany #1O

France #1O

#1 LJ

Naples #19O

(Thanks to Lou)

G.B. #1

#1

#1

U.S. #1O

Sweden #1O

#1

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


#2678a

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


#2748

Scott: #2748O

Issued: 15.5.1981

WIPA 1981

#40 Inside #2748: Austria #40


#2839

Scott: #2839P

Issued: 28.5.1982

PHILEXFRANCE '82

#1 Inside #2839: France #1O

1940 bulgaria 5 Inside #2839: Bulgaria #1O


MK #3138MK #3139

MK #3140#3141

MK #3138-41O

Issued: 31.8.1982

10th Anniversary, European Security Conference

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

#2206a#2206b#2206c#2206d

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

#MK3142

MK #3142P

MI #2971A Inside MK #3142: Bulgaria MI #2971AO

#2266 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 #3193

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


#2963A

Scott: #2963AP

Issued: 18.4.1984

ESPANA '84

MI #3131

 Inside #2963A: Bulgaria MI #3131O

#2281 Inside #2963A: Spain #2281P


#2980

Scott: #2980O

Issued: 22.5.1984

Essen '84

MI #3049

Inside #2980: Bulgaria MI #3049P

[Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) - Madrid Conference 1980, type ]

 Inside #2980: Bulgaria MI #2869O


Scott: #3203-4O

Issued: 5.12.1986

Union of Bulgarian Philatelists, 14th Congress

Inside #3204: Pseudo Stamp on Tab


#3272

Scott: #3272P

Issued: 3.9.1987

BULGARIA '89

1940 bulgaria 5 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

#1 Inside #3335: Finland #1O


#3362a

Scott: #3362P

Issued: 22.8.1988

PRAGA '88

[Definitives - Inscription:  Inside #3362: Czechoslovakia #2P (in Vermillion)

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


#3363

Scott: #3363P

Issued: 1.9.1988

OLYMPHILEX '88

#1 Inside #3363: Korea #1O


#3379

Scott: #3379P

Issued: 22.11.1988

BULGARIA '89

1940 bulgaria 5 Inside #3379: Bulgaria #1O


#3388a1

Scott: #3388P

Issued: 23.2.1989

BULGARIA '89

#1 Inside #3388: France #1O


#3389a

Scott: #3389P

Issued: 14.1.1989

BULGARIA '89

 Inside #3389: India #200O


#3532

Scott: #3532P

Issued: 6.4.1990

ESSEN '90

#1 Inside #3532: Bavaria #1O


#3533a

Scott: #3533P

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


#3538

Scott: #3538P

Issued: 23.5.1990

BELGICA '90

#1 a Inside #3538: Belgium #1P


#3643

Scott: #3643O

Issued: 11.11.1991

PHILA NIPPON '91

#1 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


1999a

Scott: #4074P

Issued: 15.4.1999

IBRA 1999

#1 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)

#J2 Inside #4088: Bulgaria #J2O

#18 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

125th 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

115th 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

#238 Inside #4377: Bulgaria #238O

 Inside #4378: Bulgaria #2804AP


Scott: #4467-70O

Issued: 22.4.2008

Europa 2008 - The Letter

 

#28  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

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


2008

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 #2985O

 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 #3111O

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 2013bulgaria 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


Best website related:

STAMPS OF BULGARIA

http://stamps.dir.bg/index.htm

http://www.stampsofbulgaria.com/stbg.jpg

http://www.stampsofbulgaria.com/index.html

BULGARIAN STAMP SMALL LION 1889-1901

http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0089/index0089_01.htm

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Bulgaria #1 + for Hungary, Bolivia, Cuba, Mongolia, Spain, Micronesia, Russia

#18

Bulgaria #4

Bulgaria #6O

#J2

Bulgaria #J2O

Bulgaria #97aO

#1046a#1048a

MI BL #5-6

#238

Bulgaria #238

#336

Bulgaria #336

sos bulgaria 349  1939

Bulgaria #349

#968

Bulgaria #968

#1176

Bulgaria #1176O

#1223

Bulgaria #1223O

#B39

Scott: #B39O

Bulgaria #1847O

 

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

sos bulgaria C113  1969

Bulgaria #C113

 sos bulgaria C115  1969 

Bulgaria #C115

sos bulgaria from ss C128  1975

Bulgaria #C128 for Moldova

Bulgaria #2168

#2206a#2206b#2206c#2206d

Bulgaria #2206a-d

MI #2971A

Bulgaria MI #2971AO

#2525

Scott: #2525O

SG #2743

SG #2743O

Mi BL #97O

#2678a

Scott: #2678O

#2748

Scott: #2748O

 

Bulgaria MI #3100

MI #3131

Bulgaria MI #3131

MK #3138MK #3139

MK #3140#3141

MK #3138-41O

MI #3193

Bulgaria MI #3193

sos solomon ss 4v-- bulgaria 3399  1989

Bulgaria #3399 for Solomon Is. and for Chad

#3401

Bulgaria #3401 - for Chad

ss1v margin-- sos bulgaria 3901 1995

Bulgaria #3901 for Uganda

[Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) - Madrid Conference 1980, type ]

Bulgaria MI #2869

#2980

Bulgaria #2980

sos bulgaria 2985  1984 

Bulgaria #2985

sos bulgaria 3111  1985 

Bulgaria #3111

Bulgaria #3203-4

#3401

Bulgaria #3401 for Saint Thomas & Prince

Bulgaria #3508 for Chad

#3538

Bulgaria #3538

#3643

Bulgaria #3643

#3794

Bulgaria #3794

1999

Bulgaria #4088

Bulgaria #4195

#4220#4221

Bulgaria #4220-1

Bulgaria #4242

Bulgaria #4247

#4313

Bulgaria #4313

Bulgaria #4375-8

Bulgaria #4467-70

Bulgaria #4470a

2008A

Bulgaria #4480

Bulgaria #4487b for Monaco

2008

Bulgaria #4493

Bulgaria #4614a for Chad

bulgaria     ss  8 6 15

Bulgaria #4726

bulgaria     12 23 15

Bulgaria #????

Issued: 23.12.2015