24
(MI BG 21II) | 25
(MI BG 22II) | 26
(MI BG 23II) | 27
(MI BG 24) |
| 05.04.1885 - " Overprints - New Nominal Values - Lithographic " Artist: unknown,
Short description: Information about the publicationBK number: 24, 25, 26, 27,
Nominal value: 3 in 10 Stotinki, 5 in 30 Stotinki, 15 to 25 Stotinki, 50 Art. in 1 franc,
Printing: for 24, 25, 26, 27 - for 10,000 pieces
Tags: lithographic overprints
Additional information:In use: until 30.09.1901
Type and size of overprints: 24-25 - height 7.5 mm (two-line digits, type "Latin initial"), 26-27 - height 12.5 mm (single-line digits, type "Roman capital").
Distinctive features: dense print, vague and blurry contours of the overprint, no embossed print on the reverse side, a lighter shade of red on 25-26.
Catalogue "DIGE 1941" provides for information an act of the State Printing House - Sofia from 12.VI.1884, in which it is noted that even then, in addition to 3/10, 5/30 and 15/25 st. stamps of 50 st./1 franc were also overprinted. There are no documents confirming that the "lithographs overprints" were made at the Military Cartographic Institute - Sofia, as indicated in some catalogs. Their "lithographic" appearance may have been obtained from low pressure during typographic printing.
With the exception of 27, the remaining values of this type of overprints were practically not in postal use. One of them was purchased in 1889 directly from the Ministry of Finance and sold abroad. The rest in the vault were sold to collectors in 1918 at auction, and in 1931 and the following years through the post offices in Sofia. Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas and Ruse.
With the same plots 21-23.
There are fakes of all brands. |
| BK number |
Nominal |
Price for clean |
Price with sticker |
Price with second rubber |
Price with stamp | | for BC number: 24 | 3 in 10 Stotinki | 200 BGN | 120 BGN | 80 BGN | 30 BGN | for BC number: 25 | 5 in 30 Stotinki | 220 BGN | 120 BGN | 80 BGN | 45 BGN | for BC number: 26 | 15 to 25 Stotinki | 320 BGN | 220 BGN | 100 BGN | 55 BGN | for BC number: 27 | 50 Art. in 1 franc | 2220 BGN | 950 BGN | 650 BGN | 320 BGN |
| Total price (without curiosities): | | 2,960.00 BGN | 1,410.00 BGN | 910.00 BGN | 450.00 BGN | |
