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(MI BG 1) | 2
(MI BG 2) | 3
(MI BG 3) | 4
(MI BG 4) | 5
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| 01.05.1879 - " Centimes " Artist: Franz Kepler,
Short description: The order for printing the first Bulgarian postage stamps was placed by the Office of the Russian Imperial Commissioner in Bulgaria, Prince Alexander Dondukov-Korsakov, at the Post Department of Russia with letters No. 2757 of 21.IX.1878 (Plovdiv) and No. 4475 of the Post Office of the Russian Imperial Commissar in Bulgaria (Sofia). The printed stamps were received in Bulgaria on 29.11.1879, two days after the completion of the work of the Constituent National Assembly, on 18.IV. In 1879, certain quantities of the Stamps of all values were sent to all existing post offices in Bulgaria with instructions to put them into use from 1.V.1879 together with the new postal rules, announcing this to the population. The two largest post offices (offices) in Sofia and Varna received 2000 each, the stations in Tarnovo, Ruse and Lom - 1000 each, and the rest - 500 each. of all the values of the series. It is assumed that the artist of 1-5 was the then senior engraver at (Z.Z.G.B.)" Franz Kepler. Information about the publicationBK number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
Nominal value: 5 Santimi, 10 Santimi, 25 Santimi, 50 Santimi, 1 franc,
Perforation: for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - Frame 14 1/2:15
Paper type: for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - normal paper
Printing: for 1 - 250,000 units, 2 - 100,000 pieces, 3 - 500,000 units, 4 - 150,000 pieces, 5 - 90,000 pieces
Tags: centimes
Additional information:In use: 30.09.1901 In practice, the stamps were exhausted by the middle of 1882, for the mark from 5 c. - until 12.1883, 50 c. - until 06.1879, and for 1 fr. - until 1887.BK 1 was printed three times - with orders dated 3.XII.1878 (50,000), 13.VIII.1879 (100,000) and 21.V.1880 (100,000), 2-5 were printed only with the first order. The indicated circulations of the individual values are debatable, as they do not correspond to the documents indicating that under the first order of 3 . XII. 1878, a total of 1,000,000 stamps were requested for printing and arrived in Bulgaria.Of all values, they are found in darker or lighter shades, as well as printed on thin paper.Out of 3 they exist without serration.The watermark also occurs 180° inverted, mirrored, mirrored and 180° reversed. Brands with a larger part of a letter on the watermark are rarer.Immediately after the Liberation, Bulgaria did not have its own currency. In accordance with the requirements of the Universal Postal Union, the nominal values of the first Bulgarian postage stamps are in the currency of the Latin Monetary Union - gold franc, as 1 franc = 100 centimes. By a law of June 4, 1880, the Bulgarian currency of the golden lev was introduced, as 1 lev = 100 stotinki. Until the introduction of postage stamps with values in stotinki and lev, the post offices used the calculation of 1 franc = 1 lev. |
| BK number |
Nominal |
Price for clean |
Price with sticker |
Price with second rubber |
Price with stamp | | for BC number: 1 | 5 Santimi | 550 BGN | 260 BGN | 170 BGN | 40 BGN | for BC number: 2 | 10 Santimi | 2850 BGN | 1300 BGN | 880 BGN | 110 BGN | for BC number: 3 | 25 Santimi | 1000 BGN | 500 BGN | 320 BGN | 30 BGN | for BC number: 4 | 50 Santimi | 2700 BGN | 1240 BGN | 820 BGN | 100 BGN | for BC number: 5 | 1 franc | 400 BGN | 170 BGN | 110 BGN | 26 BGN |
| Total price (without curiosities): | | 7,500.00 BGN | 3,470.00 BGN | 2,300.00 BGN | 306.00 BGN | |
