1959.BGR.0115th Anniversary of the Liberation
Bulgaria·1959
Commemorative series for the fifteenth anniversary of 9 September 1944, September 1959
Series details
Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1959.BGR.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Bulgaria (BGR)
- Year
- 1959-09-08
- Event
- Commemorative series for the fifteenth anniversary of 9 September 1944, September 1959
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 959.43
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- BG 1067
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- BG 1134
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- BG 986
History
Bulgaria issued a set of six on 8 September 1959 for the fifteenth anniversary of 9 September 1944. One value carries the theme and is catalogued here: the 1.25 leva, which Domfil lists as 959.43 «Guías desfilando / Guides marching». The other five are recorded below as non-scout companions.
The design shows three Pioneers in neckerchiefs marching behind a red flag, with the dates 9 СЕПТ. 1944-1959 up the right side and НР БЪЛГАРИЯ along the foot. The rest of the set gives the official account of those fifteen years: partisans on trucks, partisans meeting Soviet soldiers, the Lenin metal works, a tank and a combine harvester — the war, the liberation, heavy industry, the army and collectivised agriculture, with the Pioneers as the generation raised inside it.
Domfil gives the set as 959.38/43. Further references for the Pioneer value are Michel BG 1134, Scott BG 1067 and Yvert BG 986.