A listing of postage stamps of Bulgaria depicting design errors.
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1930 November 12
Bulgaria
2- and 6-lev stamp depict Queen Ioanna, the same portrait as used on the 1- and 4-lev stamps but flipped left-right.
Catalog numbers: Scott 224,226
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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1945 (month unknown)
Bulgaria
2- and 4-lev stamps depict large crown close to coat of arms; also as smaller crown higher above the coat of arms. Is one an error that was quickly corrected?
Catalog numbers: Scott 472-73
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1957 October 4
Bulgaria
44-stotinki stamp for the 4th International Trade Union Congress depicts two globes of the Earth showing the land masses, but omits Antarctica. (is this an oversight or because there is no trade union representation on Antarctica?)
Catalog numbers: Scott 987
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1964 January 27
Bulgaria
1-stotinki stamp for 100th anniversary of International Red Cross depicts world map on two circles, but omits Antarctica.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1306
Approximate value: US$0.20 (Scott 2010).
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1985 August 2
Bulgaria
60-stotinki stamp depicts a synchronized swimmer, with the image upside down (legs sticking out of water). A fixed version also exists.
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1990 August 30
Bulgaria
5-stotinki postage stamp depicts an Airbus A310 aircraft (3 side doors), labelled "A300".
25-stotinki postage stamp depicts the "CONCORDE" but looking much different from the actual Concorde.
Catalog numbers: Scott 3557,3559; Stanley Gibbons 3705,3707
Approximate value: US$0.45 (Scott 2010).
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2012 April 10
Bulgaria
100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic passenger liner.
1.40-lev stamp depicts the Titanic with red star on white tail flag instead of white star on red, no flag on the forward or rear masts, and the star flag should be on the rear mast, not the tail.
Catalog numbers: WNS BG012.12
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