Stamps from Bulgaria catalogue

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Bulgaria was liberated from the Ottoman yoke in 1878. It remained autonomous for a while until the declaration of full independence in 1908. Since the Restoration, it has acted de facto as an independent country. The stamps issued from 1879 were written in Bulgarian Cyrillic and commemorated, among other things, the 25th anniversary of the April Uprising against the Turks (1901) and the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Shipka, celebrated in 1902. Bulgaria thus became independent in 1908, although early stamps still depicted Tsar Ferdinand and Tsar Boris III (1910).

The Bulgarian Post (Balgarski poshti) is the national postal service of Bulgaria. The company was founded after the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman rule. The Russians handed over all post and telegraph offices to the newly established Bulgarian state on May 14, 1879. Bulgaria was incorporated into the "Universal Postal Union" on July 1, 1879.

In 2005, the company has 3,008 post offices and a total of 80,060 km of postal routes. The Bulgarian Post is a limited liability company since March 31, 1997.

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage stamps and postal history of Bulgaria
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_Posts

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