Pioneers marching with the flag — 1.25 leva
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1959.BGR.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 15th Anniversary of the Liberation
1959.BGR.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Bulgaria (BGR)- Year / date
- 1959-09-08
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 1.25 l
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicoloured
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
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
Notes
Three Pioneers in neckerchiefs marching behind a red flag, the dates 9 СЕПТ. 1944-1959 up the right side and НР БЪЛГАРИЯ across the foot. Domfil 959.43 «Guías desfilando / Guides marching».
Series 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.