Catalog of Bulgarian Postage Stamps for 1884 year.

📌 Postage Stamps 1 📍 Postal Cards 1 🔄 Regular Stamps 1

◀ 1882 1885 ▶

Catalog of Bulgarian Postage Stamps for 1884 година 1 emissions

"Overprints - New Denominations - Typographic"

📅 01.05.1884 Regular Stamp 3 pcs.

21 (MI BG 21I)

22 (MI BG 22I)

23 (MI BG 23I)

Artist: Unknown

Printing: 20,000 pieces

Additional Information

In use since October 30, 1884. Dimensions of overprints: 21-22 - height 7.5 mm (double-line numerals, type "Latin initials"), 23 - height 12.5 mm (single-line numerals, type "roman capital"). From 22 exists with black instead of cherry red overprint. Fewer than 15 pieces are known. Reverse and double overprint stamps exist. From 23, there is a non-static defect in the cliché of the digit "1", which is located in several positions. So far, five such specimens are known. Distinctive features: clear outlines of overprint, faint relief impression on reverse of stamp. In practice, the relief shows well on unwashed 22 and 23. Stamps of this type of overprint were almost entirely used for affixing correspondence, unstamped ones are very rare. With the same plots 24-26.

BC №	Nominal	MNH	MLH	RG	Used/CTO
BC 21	3 in 10 stotinki	255.65 €	153.39 €	61.36 €	33.23 €
BC 22	5 in 30 stotinki	398.81 €	255.65 €	102.26 €	40.90 €
BC 23	15 in 25 stotinki	1 585.00 €	920.33 €	511.29 €	56.24 €
Series Total		2 239.46 €	1 329.36 €	674.91 €	130.38 €

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◀ 1882 1885 ▶