Bulgaria - Maybe - ID Help - Another One!

Interesting :
I'll keep a database flag on that issue of 1927--1929
I'm still preferring 1929



Your unissued in Violet :


Your Star in Circle Postmark :

Michel says that the 15-stotinki stamp was issued on regular paper in 1929 and on coated paper in 1932.

Clearer now? Didn't think so.

Thanks.....I think

Now then, coated? how do we tell?
the silver wire test?
Was chalk coated that early?
or am I way off target.


BTW, I am continually impressed with Michel,
if I had my time over, I would have catalogued
all my stamps via Michel.

For further translation or interpretation:

plain...gewoehnliches Papier (oe=o-umlaut)

coated...gestrichenes Papier

[edit: and a total of 6,000,000 were issued, not further broken down by type.]

Here's something that readers may enjoy,
Bulgaria Large Lion on Newspaper "Cerna More"

Sent from Varna to Ruse

Illustrating, whilst the mode has changed to mobile phones,
we have always valued, and paid for communication.

Nice one Rodney!

Cherno More = Black Sea

Thanks everyone for the great discussion. Rod your star in circle show up so much clearer on those colors. I really think that is one of my favorite postmarks. (Please send newspaper, I have not read that issue!)

Confirmation of chalky paper for the 1932 set:
Always curious as to dig deeper
I now wonder if these early stamps were "chalky paper"
that is, immersed in a solution of suspended chalk,
or just surface coated, but we shall leave that for another day.


A good Wikipedia article on different papers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamp_paper


The 1932-5 lion stamps (SG 275-79) exiist on both
ordinary (Michel 201x to 205x) paper and also on
chalky (Michel 201y to 205y) paper.

Values are the same for both.
Blair