Bulgaria Airmail 1927-32

 1927 C1-C3

The first airmail stamps of Bulgaria were issued in 1927 by overprinting existing ones.

As this was the height of the stamp packet trade, fakes soon appeared.

Original issues

Care needs to be exercised as this issue was followed by another one where the overprint colors were changed.

The stamps were not issued and the CV is much lower.

Unissued stamps

Fakes

The fakes are easily identified by the poor impression of the plane

The letters are illegible and the plane is tilted downwards

1932 C12-C14

These stamps as genuine are not common and the CV is relatively high

Genuine stamps

The forgeries are plentiful and were lithographed as opposed to the typographed originals.

The printing  details are rather poor

They appeared in Italy and were widely distributed after WWII.

Several areas of concern are outlined on the right stamp

New Additions will be added at a later date