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◀ 1885 1889 ▶

Catalog of Bulgarian Postage Stamps for 1886 година 1 emissions

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"Big Lion - II"
📅 26.08.1886 Regular Stamp 3 pcs.
БК 28 28 (MI BG 25)
БК 29 29 (MI BG 26)
БК 30 30 (MI BG 27)
Artist: unknown
Printing: for BC 28 and BC 30 — 15,000,000 pieces, for BC 29 — 4,000,000 pieces
Additional Information In use: until 30.09.1901.

28 and 29 differ from 12-13 in the grammatically correct textual spelling of the values: "ONE HUNDRED" (28) and "TWO HUNDRED" (29), instead of "ONE HUNDRED" and "TWO HUNDRED". 30 is the same as 5, but the inscription is "ONE LEV" instead of "ONE FRANKE".

Of all the values, there are darker or lighter shades, as well as those printed on very thin paper.

The watermark is also found inverted 180°, mirrored, mirrored and inverted 180°. Stamps with a larger portion of a letter in the watermark are rarer.

29 with overprint, see 44.

There are counterfeits of the 1 leva stamp.
BC № Nominal MNH MLH RG Used/CTO
BC 28 1 stotinka 5.11 € 2.05 € 1.53 € 0.77 €
BC 29 2 stotinka 5.11 € 2.05 € 1.53 € 0.77 €
BC 30 1 lev 76.69 € 43.46 € 33.23 € 4.09 €
Series Total 86.92 € 47.55 € 36.30 € 5.62 €
◀ 1885 1889 ▶