Catalog of Bulgarian Postage Stamps. Issues by artist Nikola Kozhuharov

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Postal issues by artist Nikola Kozhuharov 2 emissions

"Dedication of the Shipka Monument. ("First Shipka")" - six postage stamps.

📅 1934 📅 26.08.1934 Stamp 1 pcs.

276 (MI BG 263)

Artist: Nikola Kozhuharov

Short Description: 273 - the battle of Shipka; 274 - the monument of … more

Perforation: Linear 11 1/2

Paper: glossy paper

Printing: 150,000

Additional Information

Of all the values, there are those with the designation L 10 3/4, as well as with the other watermark. With the same plots 279-284. The two series 273-278 and 279-284 were issued by Decree IV of the Council of Ministers of 31.VII.1934 on the occasion of the celebrations surrounding the consecration of the Monument of the Liberation on Mount "St. Nikola" (today Shipka), held on 26.VIII.1934. Part of the amount received from the sale of the stamps was to be provided to the Ministry of War to cover the costs of the construction and decoration of the monument and the chapel in it and for the celebrations for their consecration. The stamps unsold within the specified terms in the amount of 46,438 leva, in the second half of 1936. were provided to the dispatch of the post office at Sofia Railway Station (Mobile Writing Desks) for payment of the newspapers, magazines and printed works being sent. They are stamped with the "Sofia Railway Station" stamp and have preserved gum.

BC №	Nominal	MNH	Used/CTO
BC 276	4 leva	1.12 €	0.51 €

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"Consecration of the Shipka Monument. ("Second Shipka", with changed colors)" - six postage stamps.

📅 1934 📅 21.09.1934 Stamp 1 pcs.

282 (MI BG 269)