Catalog of Bulgarian Postage Stamps. Issues by artist Doncho Zankov

"Regular." - fifteen postage stamps.

📅 1925 📅 01.06.1925 Regular Stamp 6 pcs.

199 (MI BG 190)

200 (MI BG 191)

201 (MI BG 193X)

202 (MI BG 193Y)

203 (MI BG 194X)

204 (MI BG 194Y)

Artist: Doncho Zankov

Short Description: 194-197 - elements of the state coat of arms; 198 … more

Perforation: Linear 11 1/2

Printing: for BC 199 — 5,020,000, for BC 200, BC 201, BC 202, BC 203 and BC 204 — 2,000,000

Additional Information

194-208 are printed on different paper, including colored: 194 - on pink, 195 - on blue, 197 - on green. * 201 and 203 are on thick paper, 202 and 204 - on thin. * Type I and II differ in the uniform of Tsar Boris III. * From 199 there is oil green and gray. * From 194-197 there is with the designation L 11 1/2, from 197 - with L 11, from 207-208 - with G 11 3/4:11 1/2. There are also reports of other perforations at 194-197 and 205. There is 196 in the color of 194 - 250.00 (200 copies known, see illustration on the cover), as well as 195 in the color of 196 - 1000.00. It is assumed that most varieties of 194-208 are waste paper, taken out of the State Securities Depository, which was destroyed after the bombing of Sofia in World War II. 198 is actually a commemorative one, issued on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the attack on the St. Nedelya Church.

BC №	Nominal	MNH	Used/CTO
BC 199	1 lev olive green type I (01.VIII.1925)	0.26 €	0.05 €
BC 200	1 lev gray type II (1926)	0.72 €	0.05 €
BC 201	1 lev green type II (1926)	0.92 €	0.05 €
BC 202	1 lev yellow-green type II (1928)	4.81 €	0.05 €
BC 203	2 leva light brown (1926)	1.12 €	0.05 €
BC 204	2 leva light brown (1928)	47.45 €	0.05 €
Series Total		55.27 €	0.31 €

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"Airmail Overprints" - red overprint on 2 leva BK 204, green overprint on 10 leva BK 208 - two postage stamps.

📅 1928 📅 15.04.1928 Regular Stamp 1 pcs.

218 (MI BG 207)

Artist: Doncho Zankov

Short Description: Overprinted with the figure of an Aeroplan, with t… more

Perforation: Linear 11 1/2

Printing: 200,000

Additional Information

There are stamps from 219 with both linear and comb perforations. See the note on the issue and use of 216-217. 218-219 were issued additionally to provide the necessary denominations for airmail correspondence abroad. All overprinted quantities of 218-219 were handed over to "BUNAVAD". The company also sold the unused stamps to stamp dealers abroad.