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Bulgaria (pre-1956) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Bulgaria (pre-1956) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Bulgaria (pre-1956) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Bulgaria (1944) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
At the bottom of the ladder, Neil Armstrong said "I'm going to step off the LEM now" (referring to the Apollo Lunar Module). He then turned and set his left boot on the surface and spoke the words "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." The stamp captures that moment.
BULGARIA liberated itself from the Ottoman Empire in 1878 and, although it remained de jure autonomous until the proclamation of full independence in 1908, it acted as a de facto independent country. From 1879, stamps were issued in Bulgarian Cyrillic script and some of the stamps—such as those issued in 1901—commemorated the 25th anniversary of the April Uprising against the Turks and, in 1902, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Shipka. Bulgaria become a de jure independent state in 1908, even though early stamps issued in the 1910s still depicted Tsar Ferdinand and Tsar Boris III.
LINK to - Bulgarian Stamps (excellent!!) - www.stamp-collecting-world.com/bulgarianstamps.html
Bulgaria released its very first stamps on 1st May 1879. The stamps show a crowned lion, Bulgaria’s national symbol. The same design in slightly differing varieties was then used for most of the country’s 19th century stamps. Bulgaria’s premier issue was printed in St. Petersburg, Russia. The 10-centime and 1-franc values had the lowest printings of only 100,000 copies each. Half a million 25-centime stamps were printed. This was the rate for ordinary letters and obviously the most needed value. If you look closely at the stamps you will discover strong similarities with contemporary Russian stamps. LINK - www.philatelicdatabase.com/postal-history/bulgaria/
As a security measure the stamps had a watermark. It was quite large and is composed of wavy lines and the letters EZGV in Cyrillic script. A block of several stamps is needed to get the complete watermark.
The Bulgarian currency was the lev which is divided into 100 stotinki. In 1881, Bulgaria issued six new stamps with denominations in stotinki. As with the previous issue, the 1881 stamps were also printed in two colours. The 5 stotinki stamp exists with inverted background and this is one of the major rarities in Bulgarian philately.
Additional stamps in the same design were released in December 1882. Once again there was an inverted background error but this time it was the 3 stotinki stamp. Also the 5 stotinki exists printed in the wrong colour. These two errors are great rarities.
For the sake of accuracy we need to add some 20 postage due stamps during Bulgaria’s period as a principality. All in all there were some 100 different stamps from 1879 until 1908 which makes this quite a handy collecting specialty. LINK - www.philatelicdatabase.com/postal-history/bulgaria/
Lots of good information on Bulgaria stamps - LINKS - (page 1) - thestampforum.boards.net/thread/1544/bulgaria-stamps - (page 2) - thestampforum.boards.net/thread/1544/bulgaria-stamps?page=2 (page 3) - thestampforum.boards.net/thread/1544/bulgaria-stamps?page=3
PLOVDIV / PHILIPPOPLE - cancel
- pentagram cancels - The Bulgarian Star Cancels - LINK - bjornb.seymourfamily.com/bhb1/bg-star.htm
The Stamps and History of Bulgaria - 879 - 1946 (cancels) - bjornb.seymourfamily.com/bhb1/bulgar-e.htm?Back=Back#Covers
Bulgarian forgeries - LINK - bjornb.seymourfamily.com/bhb1/bg-forg.htm?Button12=Forgeries
LINK to - EXHIBIT: BULGARIAN STAMP SMALL LION 1889-1901 / EXHIBITOR: ORLIN TODOROV, BULGARIA - www.japhila.cz/hof/0089/index0089_001.htm
Bulgaria 1879-1901 - a closer look - bigblue1840-1940.blogspot.com/2018/12/bulgaria-1879-1901-...
Bulgaria 1902 Battle of Shipka Pass Issue- Genuine or Forgery? - LINK - bigblue1840-1940.blogspot.com/2015/03/bulgaria-1902-battl...
TPOs of Bulgaria - LINK - www.tpo-seapost.org.uk/tpo2/tpbulgaria.html
Forged Stamps of Bulgaria - LINK - stampforgeries.com/forged-stamps-of-bulgaria/
Forged stamps of Bulgaria - Fournier Forged Postmarks - LINK - stampforgeries.com/forged-stamps-of-bulgaria-fournier-for...
British Guiana (1953) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Belgian Congo (pre-1955) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Austria: The Evil of Fascism - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
British Guiana (1953) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Bulgaria (pre-1956) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Yi 42.5mm 1:1.8 Prime (M43 Mount) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Azerbaijan - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Komine Vivitar 1:2.8 55mm Macro Prime (Fotodiox OM to M4/3 Adapter) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Austria - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Azerbaijan - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Komine Vivitar 1:2.8 55mm Macro Prime (Fotodiox OM to M4/3 Adapter) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Russian Empire - Peter the Great enacted reforms making the postal system more uniform in its operations, and in 1714 the first general post offices opened in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. “Regular post-service” was established along the Moscow and Riga routes. In February 1714, the postal service started biweekly runs from St. Petersburg to Riga; in June it started runs from St. Petersburg to Moscow. The field post office was founded in 1716, and the so-called ordinary post service in 1720, for the fast conveyance of state ordinances and papers. Regular delivery of private parcels (the so-called heavy post) was organized in the 1730-40s. In 1746, parcels and private correspondence were first delivered by courier, and starting in 1781 money, too, could be delivered to one's door. The earliest known Russian postmark dates from July 1765; it is a single line reading "ST.PETERSBURG" (in Latin letters), but the first official recommendation to use postmarks did not come until 1781.
Mailcoaches appeared in 1820. In 1833, the St. Petersburg City Post was created, and the city was divided into 17 districts with 42 correspondence offices, which were located in trade stores. In 1834, reception offices appeared in the suburbs (in St. Petersburg there were as many as 108). Periodical press delivery in Russia was organized in St. Petersburg in 1838. The Department of Coaches and T-carts was opened in 1840 at the Moika Embankment; light cabriolets carried surplus-post, coaches delivered light post, and T-carts dealt with “heavy" post. Green coloured street mailboxes were installed in 1848, the same year stamped envelopes were issued; orange mailboxes for same-day service appeared near railway stations in 1851, and postage stamps appeared in 1857. In 1864, the City Post started sending printed matter and catalogues, and in 1866, they sent packages.
Postal stationery made its first appearance in 1845, in the form of envelopes that paid the 5-kopeck fee for local mail in St. Petersburg and Moscow. The idea worked well and was extended throughout Russia on December 1, 1848. Local postal systems used stamps referred to as Zemstvo stamps, from the term for local government begun under Alexander II in 1864. Russian Post is a founding member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) created in 1874. In 1902 Chief Postal Service was made part of the Internal Affairs Ministry and in 1917 under the Provisional Government it became part of Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs.
Russia, was an independent federal socialist state from 1917 to 1922, and afterwards the largest and most populous constituent republic of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1922 to 1991.
LINK to - Russian Stamps (and USSR Stamps) - (excellent link!!!) - www.stamp-collecting-world.com/russianstamps.html
LINK to - Postmarks used for cancelling postage stamps of Russian Empire (excellent!!!) - thephilately.com/postmarks-used-for-cancelling-postage-st...
LINK to - Imperial Russia - Numerical cancels - www.russianstamps.com/results.cfm?start=1&gp=rz1a
Austria: Reconstruction - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
King Faisal II on a 1954 Iraq postage stamp. He was murdered in 1958 during the 14 July revolution which ended the hashemite monarcy in the country. Therefore he was the last king of Iraq.
Cayman Islands (pre-1956) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Nikon Micro-Nikkor-P.C Auto 1:3.5 55mm (F Mount) with Fotodiox Pro Nic-M43 adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Apollo 8, the second human spaceflight mission in the United States Apollo space program, was launched on December 21, 1968, and became the first manned spacecraft to leave Earth orbit, reach the Earth's Moon, orbit it and return safely to Earth. The three-astronaut crew — Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders — became the first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit, the first to see Earth as a whole planet, the first to directly see the far side of the Moon, and then the first to witness Earthrise. The 1968 mission, the third flight of the Saturn V rocket and that rocket's first manned launch, was also the first human spaceflight launch from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, located adjacent to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. [Source: Wikipedia]
I don't suppose children collect stamps these days, but when I was a kid, most people had an album.
I wasn't obsessive, but I was quite interested for a while, and got a really manky tatty old album at a jumble sale for a few pence when I was about 10. It had about 300 old stamps in, so my collection had a lot of older stuff in it than most kids in the 80s. I had quite a lot of more modern colourful stamps too, but I was quite drawn to these stamps from another era.
I haven't looked at them in donkeys' years. I got them down now because I was looking for an interesting old stamp to put in a matchbox for a matchbox-stuffing challenge.