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Description: | These early stamps of Bulgaria were designed by Georgi Yakovlev Kirkov, show the Loin of Bulgaria Coat of Arms, and were printed by the [Russian] State Printing Works in St. Petersburg.
In the third issue of this design made in 1882, a sheet of the 5 stotinki was printed in error in the colours of the 10 stotinki rose and pale rose, rather than the correct green and pale green.
The 5 stotinki error is shown here, used on an envelope together with a 10 stotinki (the reverse bears seven normal 5 stotinki green and pale green). Few of these errors are known to have survived, including only four recorded used on envelope. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | State Printing Works, St. Petersburg | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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