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Postal issues by artist Kosta Krastev 1 emissions

"Regular." - fifteen postage stamps.
📅 1925 📅 01.06.1925 Regular Stamp 1 pcs.
БК 205 205 (MI BG 190)
Artist: Kosta Krastev
Short Description: 194-197 - elements of the state coat of arms; 198 … more
Perforation: Linear 11 1/2
Printing: 14,536,400
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 205 2 leva gray-green (15.VII.1925) 0.27 € 0.05 €