PRESS REPORT AND REGISTRY OF THE "BEARS" PHILATELIC SET
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Announcement of the oncoming release of the philatelic set "Bears"
in the national Bulgarian newspaper "Labor Act"
It reads:
LABOR ACT
October 19, 1988
Year LXII, issue 293
Philatelic news
• The Ministry of Communications have released into circulation a new series of entitled "Fauna – Bears".
As a stand alone issue this series is the first of its kind for the entire postage stamp history of Bulgaria.
The values and the respective subjects are as follows: 5 stotinki - Brown Bear; 8 stotinki - Polar Bear;
13 stotinki - Bamboo Bear; 20 stotinki - Malayan Bear; 32 stotinki - Spectacled Bear.
Their format is 28 X 36 mm. Numbers in circulation are 250,000 set sheets and 220,000 small sheets.
The new postage stamps have been created by the artist Vladimir Tzenov.
• Association "Bulgarian Philately and Numismatics" have opened a subscribtion for Bulgarian
postage stamps and for other philatelist collectables, as well as for postage stamps
of other socialist countries released during the year 1989.
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"Bears" philatelic set listed
in the "2000 Scot Catalog"
The dates given here reflect the time when the
set was approved for printing. The actual
release took place late in 1989.
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