1948.BGR.0125th Anniversary of the September Uprising
Bulgaria·1948
Commemorative for the 25th anniversary of the September 1923 uprising; Domfil «September Youth Movement»
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1948.BGR.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Bulgaria (BGR)
- Year
- 1948-09-06
- Event
- Commemorative for the 25th anniversary of the September 1923 uprising; Domfil «September Youth Movement»
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Pavel Valkov; Stefan Penchev; Veselin Tomov
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Line 10¾
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 948.33
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BG 623
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BG 663
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BG 587
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- BG 725
History
On 6 September 1948 Bulgaria issued a commemorative stamp for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 1923 uprising. The 60 lev dark brown design, titled in Colnect «Young Revolutionaries», shows a column of young people marching with flags; Domfil catalogues it as 948.33 under the series heading for the September revolution anniversary, motif line «September Youth Movement» / Movimiento juvenil Septiembre.
Production details match the Colnect record: photogravure, line perforation 10¾, designers Pavel Valkov, Stefan Penchev and Veselin Tomov, print run 200,000, coloured (chamois) paper. Catalogue cross-references: Scott BG 623, Michel BG 663, Yvert BG 587, Stanley Gibbons BG 725.
For Scouts-on-Stamps collectors the interest is Domfil’s youth-movement listing rather than a World Jamboree design: the stamp is kept as the official Domfil 948.33 piece for Bulgarian youth / «September» youth organisations of the late 1940s People’s Republic period. Only this single 60 lev value is catalogued here as the series piece (sheet SCOUT-1948-BUL-01.1).