The time has come to announce the results of the "Competition for the Most Beautiful Bulgarian Postal Issue for 2024" held in the Facebook group "Philateliya Bulgaria - New Generation" . 44 users participated in the voting, including philatelists from all over the country and respected artists. 123 votes were cast. Unfortunately, due to the small number of participants in the voting, the Competition cannot be representative and reflect the attitudes of the entire Bulgarian philatelic community. Here are the results:
1. First place, deservedly and without appeal, with 25 votes, goes to the publication "75 Years of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Bulgaria and the People's Republic of China" by the artist Todor Angeliev.
2. Second place went to the publication by the artist Svetlin Balezdrov "Bulgarian Churches Abroad - 175 Years of the First Bulgarian Church "St. Stephen" in Constantinople" . 12 votes were cast for it.
3. Third place with the votes of 10 users goes to the postal edition "Wildlife Conservation. Egyptian Vulture" by the artist Emilian Stankev.
4. In fourth place, users placed Assoc. Prof. Stoyan Dechev's publication "The Dragon in Bulgarian Mythology" with 8 votes .
5. Fifth place with the votes of 7 users is the publication "Cosmos - 100 years since the announcement of the existence of other galaxies - Edwin Hubble" by the artist Ivan Kashlakov.
Here are the rest:
6th place : "Europe 2024 - Underwater Fauna and Flora" - 6 votes
6th place : "Europe 2024 - Underwater Fauna and Flora" - 6 votes
7th place with 5 votes each:
- "Four Seasons"
- "Bulgarian National Awakeners"
- "Bulgarian Football Legends"
8th place with 4 votes:
- "Dogs helping humans"
- "History of World Cinema. 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Marcello Mastroianni"
9th place with 3 votes:
- "Transport: Automobiles from the Mid-20th Century"
- "Olympic Glory 2024"
- "History of World Cinema. 100th Anniversary of Marlon Brando's Birth"
- "Roman emperors connected to the Bulgarian lands"
10th place with 2 votes:
- "Bulgarian Natural Phenomena"
- "Dobrich Filex 2024" - illustrated postcard
- "200 years since the printing of Petar Beron's "Fish Primer""
- "150 years since the founding of the Peter and Paul Theological Seminary"
11th place with 1 vote:
- "XV National Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs – September 13-14, 2024, Plovdiv"
- "125th anniversary of the birth of Dechko Uzunov"
- "Businska ceramics"
- "75 years since the founding of the State Opera - Ruse"
- "Christmas 2024"
- "150 Years of Impressionism"
- "200 years since the discovery of the Braille alphabet"
12th place without votes cast:
- "50 years of Medical University - Pleven"
- "100th anniversary of the birth of the composer Konstantin Iliev"
- "The Architecture of Sofia"
- "Cinema: 100 years since the birth of Vili Tsankov, 100 years since the birth of Dimo Kolarov"
- "20 years since the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to NATO"
- "100th anniversary of the birth of Tsvetan Tsekov - Karandash"
- "150 Years of the Universal Postal Union"
