Catalog of Bulgarian Postage Stamps for 1879 year.

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Catalog of Bulgarian Postage Stamps for 1879 година 1 emissions

Centimes

📅 01.05.1879 Regular Stamp 5 pcs.

1 (MI BG 1)

2 (MI BG 2)

3 (MI BG 3)

4 (MI BG 4)

5 (MI BG 5)

Artist: Frants Kepler

Short Description: The order for the printing of the first Bulgarian … more

Perforation: Framework 14 1/2:15

Paper: plain paper

Printing: for BC 1 — 250,000 pieces, for BC 2 — 100,000 pieces, for BC 3 — 500,000 pieces, for BC 4 — 150,000 pieces, for BC 5 — 90,000 pieces

Additional Information

In use: 30.09.1901. In practice, the stamps were exhausted by the middle of 1882, for the stamp from 5 p. - until 12.1883, 50 p. - until 06.1879, and for 1 fr. - until 1887BC 1 was printed three times - with orders from 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 disputed, as they do not correspond to the documents indicating that under the first order of 3 .XII. 1878 were applied for printing and a total of 1,000,000 stamps arrived in Bulgaria.Of all values, they are found with darker or lighter shades, as well as printed on thin paper.Of 3 exist without serrations.The watermark is also found inverted 180°, mirrored, mirrored and inverted 180°. Stamps with a larger part of a letter in the watermark are rarer.Immediately after 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 monetary unit of the Latin Monetary Union - the gold franc, as 1 franc = 100 centimes. By law of June 4, 1880, the Bulgarian monetary unit golden lev was introduced, as 1 lev = 100 cents. Until the introduction of postage stamps with values in cents and BGN, the post offices used calculations of 1 franc = 1 BGN.

BC №	Nominal	MNH	MLH	RG	Used/CTO
BC 1	5 centime	281.21 €	132.94 €	86.92 €	20.45 €
BC 2	10 centime	1 457.18 €	664.68 €	449.94 €	56.24 €
BC 3	25 centime	511.29 €	255.65 €	163.61 €	15.34 €
BC 4	50 centime	1 380.49 €	634.00 €	419.26 €	51.13 €
BC 5	1 franc	204.52 €	86.92 €	56.24 €	13.29 €
Series Total		3 834.69 €	1 774.18 €	1 175.97 €	156.46 €

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