Fake Bulgarian maxicards |
Fake Kiupria T overprints |
There are quite a lot of forgeries of Bulgarian stamps. Most of the forgeries, however, are of cheaper stamps and do not receive much interest in philatelic litterature.
An important characteristic of Bulgarian forgeries is the method of perforation. Often the forgers of Bulgarian stamps have been careful to create the correct perforation dimension, but on many of the forgeries the method of line perforation has been used. These can then easily be distinguished from the originals with comb perforation.
- I would like to express my sincere thanks to Henning Pedersen, Denmark, for lending me many of the forgeries you can see in these galleries!
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Fake Bulgarian maxicards |
Fake Kiupria T overprints |
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1879
Mi 1-5 / Sc 1-5 Large lion (first issues in Centimes/Franc) |
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1881
Mi 6-11 / Sc 6-11 Large lion (second issues in Stotinki/Leva) |
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1884/85
Mi 21-24 / Sc 19-22 Surcharged |
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1892
Mi 38 / Sc 38 Surcharged |
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1896
Mi 44 / Sc 41 Small lion |
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1901
Mi 46-47 / Sc 55-56 Surcharged |
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1901
Mi 48-49 / Sc 53-54 25th anniversary of the April uprising 1876 |
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1902
Mi 62-64 / Sc 70-72 25th anniversary of the Battle of the Schipka Pass |
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1903
Mi 65 Surcharged |
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1909
Mi 70 Surcharged |
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1909
Mi 71-75 / Sc 77-81 Overprint 1909 |
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1916
Mi 107 / Sc 113 Surcharged for Balkan postcards |
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1927
Mi 206-09 / Sc C1-C4 Airmail overprints |