Bulgaria 2024

Bulgaria

Date of Issue: 17th May 2024

two stamps (1.35 & 2.70 BGN) and one souvenir sheet (1.35 & 2.70 BGN)

 both stamps are issued in mini sheets of 5 stamps + 1 vignette

both stamps are issued in a booklet of 2 panes (2x 3 stamps). The stamps in the booklet are unperforated

 

a postal stationery is also issued (0.90 BGN)

1. Brown meagre (Sciaena umbra) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

1.1 Gobius - Wikipedia article

2.1 Striped red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

2.2 Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

3.1 Brown algae (Phaeophyta) - Wikipedia article

3.2 Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

3.3 Garfish (Belone belone) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

3.4 Zostera marina - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

Bulgaria 2023

Bulgaria

Date of Issue: 26th May 2023

two stamps (1.25 & 2.70 BGN) and one souvenir sheet (1.25 & 2.70 BGN)

both stamps are issued in mini sheet of 8 stamps (4 stamps of each) tête-bêche

NOTE - there are two types of the 1.25 BGN value ! One with a white border on 3 sides and one with a white border on only 2 sides !

both stamps are issued in a booklet of 2 panes (2x 3 stamps + 1 vignette) - The 1.25 BGN value has 3x different borders

a postal stationery is also issued (0.75 BGN)

 

Bulgaria 2022

Bulgaria

Date of Issue: 7th December 2022

two stamps (1.25 & 2.70 BGN) and one souvenir sheet (1.25 & 2.70 BGN)

 both stamps are issued in mini sheet of 8 stamps

both stamps are issued in a booklet of 2 panes (2x 4 unperforated stamps)

a postal stationery is also issued (0.75 BGN)

Khan Asparuh, the first Bulgarian king, had a sister called Huba. She was held captive in another kingdom. Asparuh sent a message to his sister that he had found a land where they could settle down south of the Danube River, a place that nowadays is Bulgaria.

When Huba got the good news from her brother, she managed to escape from captivity and run away. She rode on horseback without stopping until she reached the Danube River. She looked for some way to cross the mighty river but couldn’t find a ford to pass across. So then she tied a thread of white yarn to one of the legs of a falcon sent by her brother and let him fly up into the air, holding the other end of the thin thread in her hands.

The falcon flew away to find a ford for passage across the river and just then, when he found a place, an arrow shot by an enemy pierced the falcon, and he fell to the ground dead. The yarn became red from his blood. Huba followed the thread she was holding and so she found the way to cross the great river and reach the country where her brother Asparuh had made his new home. Then they lived free and happy in the new land they called Bulgaria.

That day was March 1st, the new year in the tradition of those times. They called the white and red threads of yarn after the name of the month March, and named it ‘Martenitsa.’

The Martenitsa became a symbol of peace and love, health and happiness. The white color symbolizes purity and honesty in relationships, and the red color means life, passion, and cordiality in friendship and mutual love. Source : Europe's not dead

 

Bulgaria 2021

Bulgaria

Date of Issue: 31st May 2021

two stamps (1.10 & 2.30 BGN) and one souvenir sheet (1.10 & 2.30 BGN)

 

 

 both stamps are issued in mini sheet of 5 stamps + 1 vignette

 

both stamps are issued in a booklet of 2 panes (2x 2 stamps).The stamps in the booklet have different perforation

 

 

 

a postal stationery is also issued (0.65 BGN)

Bulgaria 2020

Bulgaria

Date of Issue: 29th June 2020

two stamps (1.10 & 2.30 BGN) and one souvenir sheet (1.10 & 2.30 BGN)

both stamps are issued in mini sheets of 5 stamps + 1 vignette

both stamps are issued in a booklet of 1 sheetlet. Both stamps are printed as one single stamp without horizontal perforation on the top and the bottom. On set is perforated on both sides the others are unperforated

a postal stationery is also issued (0.65 BGN)

Bulgaria 2019

Bulgaria

Date of Issue: 24th April 2019

two stamps (0.95 & 2.- BGN) and one souvenir sheet (0.95 & 2.- BGN)

both stamps are issued in mini sheets of 5 stamps + 1 vignette

both stamps are issued in a booklet of 2 sheetlets with only one-side left vertical perforation

a postal stationery is also issued (0.65 BGN)

NOTE - looks like a version of those stamps and souvenir-sheet also exists with a "0.00" value ! Those stamps are with imitating perforations, have perforated numbers and are printed on a paper with no gum/glue in only 500 copies of each. It is not known as those "stamps" are tests produced by the Bulgarian post or fake stamps produced by private persons.