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

"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
"Dedication of the Shipka Monument. ("First Shipka")" - six postage stamps. БК273
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
"Dedication of the Shipka Monument. ("First Shipka")" - six postage stamps. БК274
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
"Dedication of the Shipka Monument. ("First Shipka")" - six postage stamps. БК275
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
"Dedication of the Shipka Monument. ("First Shipka")" - six postage stamps. БК276
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
"Dedication of the Shipka Monument. ("First Shipka")" - six postage stamps. БК277
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
"Dedication of the Shipka Monument. ("First Shipka")" - six postage stamps. БК278
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.