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Post by Jen B on Apr 29, 2014 3:06:56 GMT
This 10s Ferdinand in 1887 & 1907 issue showed up in a recent auction lot of Bulgaria that I received.  I thought the postmark was interesting. So I used the Rogo and Ryan trick to try to figure out the town name. In the process I found another trick. You can go into Google translate and select Bulgarian as the source language. If you click on the input tool icon in the lower left-hand corner you'll get a option to select a keyboard with the Bulgarian alphabet in it. Then just click on the letters to spell out the word. The town харманли translates to Harmanli (Turkish) . This is partially spelled out in the bottom part of the cancel. It looks like it is spelled as Harmanly--maybe the English version? Harmanli is located near the Turkish border and has been in the news in recent months over tensions between the locals and large numbers of Syrian refugees that have sought asylum in the town. There are 12,000 locals and 5,000 refugees. |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 29, 2014 3:22:06 GMT
The town харманли translates to Harmanli (Turkish) . This is partially spelled out in the bottom part of the cancel. It looks like it is spelled as Harmanly--maybe the English version? Harmanli is located near the Turkish border and has been in the news in recent months over tensions between the locals and large numbers of Syrian refugees that have sought asylum in the town. There are 12,000 locals and 5,000 refugees. Bravo Jen, excellent, Philately at work! will look at my Bulgaria in a new light, from now on. Look at the route from Anatolia to Central Europe, hence the quote.... writer Gencho Stoev to say that: "Harmanli does not need to travel because the world goes through it" At 6 o'clock is shown Canakkale, about 100Km away, the site of Anzac Cove, where the Australians fought the Turks in WW1  |
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Post by Ryan on Apr 29, 2014 19:28:38 GMT
I thought the postmark was interesting. So I used the Rogo and Ryan trick to try to figure out the town name. In the process I found another trick. You can go into Google translate and select Bulgarian as the source language. If you click on the input tool icon in the lower left-hand corner you'll get a option to select a keyboard with the Bulgarian alphabet in it. Then just click on the letters to spell out the word. Excellent! I use Google Translate often enough that I have it as one of the direct links in the bookmark bar at the top of my browser, but I've never noticed that before. Some languages have keyboards, some don't (like Japanese), some have the ability to enter the character graphically with the mouse, some allow you to speak into a microphone - lots of fun to be had with these features, I think. Ryan |
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Post by rogo on Apr 29, 2014 22:59:25 GMT
I tried to use "quote" but I couldn't see my response.......
Excellent Jen....... the more you use the Cyrillic keyboard, the easier it will be to translate without it.....
Older Bulgarian town postmarks will have both Cyrillic/Bulgarian and Latin/English names |
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Post by Philatarium on Apr 29, 2014 23:11:14 GMT
I tried to use "quote" but I couldn't see my response.......
Excellent Jen....... the more you use the Cyrillic keyboard, the easier it will be to translate without it.....
Older Bulgarian town postmarks will have both Cyrillic/Bulgarian and Latin/English names Mike, it took me a while to figure out that a reply has to appear outside of that quote box with the rounded corners in order to be differentiated from the original quote. If you move your cursor to a place just below (and outside of) the bottom of the quote box, then your remarks will show up differentiated, and not get lost within the original quote. (I'm sure there was an easier and clearer way to explain that. Unfortunately, since those words haven't come to me, I'll rely on the talents of others to make my comments clearer.) -- Dave |
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Post by rogo on Apr 29, 2014 23:14:22 GMT
I tried to use "quote" but I couldn't see my response.......
Excellent Jen....... the more you use the Cyrillic keyboard, the easier it will be to translate without it.....
Older Bulgarian town postmarks will have both Cyrillic/Bulgarian and Latin/English names Mike, it took me a while to figure out that a reply has to appear outside of that quote box with the rounded corners in order to be differentiated from the original quote. If you move your cursor to a place just below (and outside of) the bottom of the quote box, then your remarks will show up differentiated, and not get lost within the original quote. (I'm sure there was an easier and clearer way to explain that. Unfortunately, since those words haven't come to me, I'll rely on the talents of others to make my comments clearer.) -- Dave I know what you meant Dave...... this was the 1st one I've ever had a problem with....... I edited the 1st post, deleted it, and tried a 3rd........ could not get my response to show......
I didn't realize it got caught up in the quote...... I just seen it.
Thanks.....
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Post by Philatarium on Apr 29, 2014 23:18:38 GMT
Mike, it took me a while to figure out that a reply has to appear outside of that quote box with the rounded corners in order to be differentiated from the original quote. If you move your cursor to a place just below (and outside of) the bottom of the quote box, then your remarks will show up differentiated, and not get lost within the original quote. (I'm sure there was an easier and clearer way to explain that. Unfortunately, since those words haven't come to me, I'll rely on the talents of others to make my comments clearer.) -- Dave I know what you meant Dave...... this was the 1st one I've ever had a problem with....... I edited the 1st post, deleted it, and tried a 3rd........ could not get my response to show......
I didn't realize it got caught up in the quote...... I just seen it.
Thanks.....
Yeah, I've had a couple where I had apparently so totally botched it, that I ended up having to cancel the post, reload the page, and start all over again. But I think these last several posts have demonstrated that we may have vanquished the beast! -- Dave |
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Post by rogo on Apr 29, 2014 23:40:48 GMT
we may have vanquished the beast! -- Dave if only that was the last beast to be slain.......seems I'm struggling more as technology get easier for us to use |
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Post by antoniusra on Apr 30, 2014 19:22:55 GMT
Here is an intersting tidbit I learned to day concerning shipping stamps to Bulgaria. I have a customer in Sofia that I have sold several items in the past too without any problems. Last night he placed a nice order for several of the 1884-5 Lion ovpts. One of them being a mint 50/1fr which is the second most valuable stamp in the country.
We were both concerned about safe delivery so I went to the USPS site to check out options. Of course none of the option were very affordable but I did notice something that laid me back in my chair. Clicking on a link for additional info on Bulgarian shipments the following rule is revealed :
"Postage stamps may only be exchanged between philatelists through the intermediary of the Postal Philatelic Service of Bulgaria. The articles must be addressed to that service, which delivers them to the addressees."
I wonder how many people actually do this? You can be sure it is one rule I have broken in the past out of ignorance and one i shall ignore in the future just out of common sense.
What could be the purpose of it and how long do they keep your stamps?
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Post by Zuzu on Apr 30, 2014 20:44:27 GMT
"Postage stamps may only be exchanged between philatelists through the intermediary of the Postal Philatelic Service of Bulgaria. The articles must be addressed to that service, which delivers them to the addressees." My guess is that this restriction is out of date. A Google search of "Postal Philatelic Service of Bulgaria" brings up only the USPS site and a Google Books link to the 1967 Code of Federal Regulations of the United States. The Bulgarian Posts website has a section about Bulgarian Philately and Numismatics (BFN), the philatelic division, but it doesn't mention anything about such a restriction, at least not on the English version of the site. |
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Post by antoniusra on May 1, 2014 18:13:30 GMT
Zuzu, Your probably right. The USPS site is usually a waste of time in finding correct information. Much of their information does not coincide with what they tell me at my local post office. You'd think they would be working off the same info but it sure does not seem to be the case. Anyway that regulation is still on the USPS site and it was probably was not enforce when they made their site. You'd think that an organization that is so hung up on rules and regulations would try and get them right. They seem to change them so often that P.O. clerks rarely have a clue to what is going on. I've worked in 60-70 different post office around the country. Working for IBM, Installing the bar code sorting machines (CSBCS) and training employees how to use them. My first hand knowledge can testify to the robot style mentality, if their programing is faulty then you simply get a glazed over look in the eyes. They do know how to get the mail out, though, and that's the thing.
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