"Dedication of the Shipka Monument. ("First Shipka")" - six postage stamps.
📅 Issue Date: 26.08.1934
BC 273
BC 274
BC 275
BC 276
BC 277
BC 278
Stamp
6 items
Short Description:
273 - the battle of Shipka; 274 - the monument of the Liberation on Mount Shipka; 275 and 277 - "The Samara Flag", a painting by Yar. Veshin; 276 - a volunteer and the Shipka monument; 278 - the Shipka testament.
Total MNH price:
15.34 €
Total Used/CTO price:
8.18 €
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🏷 Main Products of the Series
BC 273
MI BG 260
Stamp
MNH: 0.82 €
Used/CTO: 0.31 €
| Nominal | 1 lev |
| Artist | Dimitar Gyudzhenov |
| Printing | 100,000 |
| Paper | glossy paper |
| Perforation | Linear 11 1/2 |
BC 274
MI BG 261
Stamp
MNH: 0.41 €
Used/CTO: 0.10 €
| Nominal | 2 leva |
| Artist | Vesselin Staykov |
| Printing | 1,250,000 |
| Paper | glossy paper |
| Perforation | Linear 11 1/2 |
BC 275
MI BG 262
Stamp
MNH: 1.74 €
Used/CTO: 1.02 €
| Nominal | 3 leva |
| Artist | Nikola Bisserov |
| Printing | 50,000 |
| Paper | glossy paper |
| Perforation | Linear 11 1/2 |
BC 276
MI BG 263
Stamp
MNH: 1.12 €
Used/CTO: 0.51 €
| Nominal | 4 leva |
| Artist | Nikola Kozhuharov |
| Printing | 150,000 |
| Paper | glossy paper |
| Perforation | Linear 11 1/2 |
BC 277
MI BG 264
Stamp
MNH: 1.74 €
Used/CTO: 0.61 €
| Nominal | 7 leva |
| Artist | Nikola Bisserov |
| Printing | 150,000 |
| Paper | glossy paper |
| Perforation | Linear 11 1/2 |
BC 278
MI BG 265
Stamp
MNH: 9.51 €
Used/CTO: 5.62 €
| Nominal | 14 leva |
| Artist | Nikola Bisserov |
| Printing | 30,000 |
| Paper | glossy paper |
| Perforation | Linear 11 1/2 |
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.