Bulgaria Stamps : On Steiner Pages.

Georgi Dimitroff (George Dimitrov)

1972 Steiner Page 16.



1972 Steiner page 17.

Thanks for sharing the "Life of a King" article, very interesting. They've missed some sets in this scope. ;)

As for the set above, dedicated to Georgi Dimitrov, I've always wonder do people know who is this person?

Well, philately led me to him, I could not find initially, a "Dimitroff" in the catalogue, so I googled.
Reading of his courage in court, I was immediately reminded of the courage of the young German Lass, Sophie Scholl.
I found his overall history complex.

As an aside, would this be King Boris on the far left of picture please?

Capture from youtube 80 pictures you need to see before you die.

"Nine Kings" (I could only recognise 5)

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No, it is not King Boris here. His father Ferdinad is here.

The photograph is taken in 1910. The kings are in England because of
the funeral of Edward VII.

On the back row from left are:
Haakon VII of Norway / Ferdinand I of Bulgaria / Manuel II of Portugal / Wilhelm II, German Emperor / George I of Greece / Albert I of Belgium

On the front row are:
Alfonso XIII of Spain / George V / Frederick VIII of Denmark

Thank you.

Mutilated Stationery Fragments, all with handwriting on reverse.



Lettercard 15s

As for the Postal stationery you posted on the previous page:

1. The green one is a postal card with reply card, issued in 1889.
2. The red one is a postal card with reply card, issued in 1884.
3. The Letter Card was issued in 1893. (There is a version of this issued in 1898).

1970 Steiner Page 70.



1971 Steiner Page 6.

Thanks for the Stationery ID, MPR.

1966 Steiner Page 2.



1966 Steiner Page 8.

Unknown. Looks like Sc# J20 Postage Due.
Gibbons has it as Green
Scott as Yellow Green.
Looks to me as Prussian Blue....Colour changeling perhaps?

1902 Steiner Page 6.



1911 Steiner Page 8.

So I have to ask, since this thread is abut Bulgaria. What are your thoughts on CTO's.? Do you mind keeping them, or would you intend on upgrading them to either MNH or postally used?
I'm opportunistic. If I have a CTO, I keep it, but if MNH or used come along I will generally upgrade.

Your posts are a continued inspiration to me.

Yours, to me also 1850.

I am happy with my level, the next level up is "Postmaster GS" ...way beyond me.




Identical, the world wide collector has to be fluid in the way he/she is organised, and accept some short cuts on the way.

I keep it simple, whatever passes over my desk, I place in marked envelopes, then when it starts to bulge, I take out that country and mount.
CTO's are fine, but update as better examples come along, hence the "open top" Hawid mounts (or cut Showguard in half)

As you see Bulgaria is a second tier collection, mixed hinged and mounted,
I'd like to mount all, but time does not permit.
Being a WW collector, you are never going to get to the end
Just enjoying the journey.

... and Michel has it as both: Yellowish-Green and Bluish-Green.

I think the above can be described as bluish-green. I have a bit darker version of it.

Yes, it is part of Postage Due set of 5 stamps, issued firstly in 1901-02.
Later, additional quantities are produced in 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911 and 1913. That's why, variety of shades can be found.
This is written in a Bulgarian source.

Michel catalog has additional note exactly for this stamp 10st.
There are fake ones colored blue.

MPR, Aha! thank you very much.
Good old Michel catalogue...hard to beat sometimes.

About the last set you present here. The one of 1911. Do you know that the 50st face value stamp is among the "super-stars" in the philately?

The stamp depicts King Ferdinand I with his sons on horses.

Some batch of this stamp was printed with the upside-down image inside the frame. This error is considered for the most expensive Bulgarian stamp.
It is thought that about 30 of these are somewhere in the world as 5-6 of them in Bulgaria.

Here is a photograph I took from the Bulgarian office of Nat.Geo: