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(MI BG 206)217
(MI BG 208) | 07.11.1927 - "Overprints for air mail" - 1 BGN red overprint on 6 BGN BC 207, blue overprint on 4 BGN BC 206 - two postage stamps. Artist: Georgi Zhelezarov, Hristo Lozev,
Кратко описание: Printed with the figure of an Aeroplane, with the inscription "Air Mail 1927". On 206, a new value 1 over 6 is overprinted. Information about the publicationBK number: 216, 217,
Nominal value: 1 lev red on 6 leva , blue on 4 leva ,
Perforation: for 216, 217 - Linear 11 1/2
Printing: for 216, 217 - for 50 000
Tags: History, Air Mail, Plane, Planes, Aviation
Additional information:From 216-217 exist without serration on one side, and from 216 - a pair, without perforation in between. Of the 216 there are also with an inverted overprint, partially or completely without the new face value, and a pair - one without an overprint. The stamps were issued for the needs of the First Bulgarian National Aviation Joint Stock Company "BUNAVAD", which under a contract operated the aeroplane postal service in the interior of Bulgaria. According to the contract, the State subsidized the company by providing it with special stamps for the performance of the service instead of providing it with special stamps for the performance of the service, with which to charge for correspondence transported by air. Of the 50,000 series issued, 40,000 were handed over to "BUNAVAD", and part of the rest were given to the post offices in Sofia, Varna and Ruse exclusively for pasting the letters transported by airplane mail. The letters were stamped with regular stamps according to the tariff and were additionally charged with aeroplane stamps: for newspapers - BGN 1; for a postcard - 2 BGN, for a closed letter and a registered letter - 4 BGN. The first flight with aeroplane mail was carried out on the line Sofia-Ruse-Varna on 8.XI.1927 and back to Sofia - at 11 c.m. The company sold the unused stamps to sellers of postage stamps abroad. |
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Price with stamp | | for BC number: 216 | 1 lev red on 6 leva | 1.5 BGN | 0.6 BGN | for BC number: 217 | blue on 4 leva | 1 BGN | 0.4 BGN | | Total price (without curiosities): | 2.50 BGN | 1.00 BGN |
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