Londonbus1
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 14, 2013 19:39:38 GMT
Bulgaria......1940 Air issue.  |
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Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 14, 2013 19:43:15 GMT
One of my favourite Bulgaria sets. The airmail issue of 1932  |
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Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 14, 2013 19:50:11 GMT
Bulgaria, 1927  1945.  |
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marki
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Post by marki on Feb 12, 2021 9:09:51 GMT
Londonbus1 very good scans showing some nice early Bulgarian airmail stamps. As a Bulgarian and tempted by this topic, I would add some info regarding your 1940 series. Disappointed with its philatelic production (there are some famous diplomatic cables from Bulgarian diplomatic missions in Rome and elsewhere giving a negative feedback for some Bulgarian sets, issued between 1935 and 1937) Bulgarian Post decided to embark on a new adventure. In 1938, it commissioned an artist and aviator to design its new airmail stamps. Konstantin D. Ikonomov wouldn't finish his commission before 1940. Now, it is believed that he first took pictures while flying over the country and than recreated from them the scenes. While the scenery itself is quite accurate, there's the question what type of planes are pictured. At that time, Bulgaria hadn't any stable airmail post service. There was only 'international airmail post' served by foreign three companies, C.I.D.N.A. (until 1933 and Air France after that date), LOT and Lufthansa. However, the planes on the stamp bear the 'LZ' initials, used by the Bulgarian Civil Air Service. By that time it operated two types of planes similar to the ones on the stamps, the French built Caudron C.444 Goeland and the German Junkers Ju52/3m Sova. I am not positive which of the two was chosen by Ikonomov as a model.
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