Philately Bulgaria - New Generation

293-298 were issued by Decree III of the Council of Ministers of 21.V.1935 (SG, issue 121/1.VI.1935) on the occasion of the VIII Youth Festival on 12-14 July 1935. The income from the sale of 35,000 series (1, 2, 4, 7 and 14 leva) and 9,000 pieces of 50 leva were to be given to the Union of Bulgarian Gymnastics Societies "Younak" for the repair of the union playground and to cover the expenses of the festival. The stamps were sent for sale to the post offices in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Ruse, Burgas and Veliko Tarnovo. The largest quantities were sent to p. t. t. Sofia station - 24,000 of the low values ​​and 6,300 of 50 leva, since a temporary post office was opened at the "Yunak" playground. The 14 leva stamps unsold in Sofia were sent for sale in Burgas, Varna, Plovdiv and Ruse, and 5,112 were given to a newspaper dispatch at Sofia station. Of the 298, there are counterfeits on original paper with a watermark and original gum.