The commemorative Bulgarian stamps of 1912 to 1919 celebrate the reign of Tsar Ferdinand, the end of the Balkan War, the accession of Tsar Boris III, and the National Assembly in Sofia.
The three portrait commemorative stamps shown above (Sc. #101-103) were issued on August 2, 1912 to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Reign of Tsar Ferdinand.
The common design features a portrait of Tsar Ferdinand.
The seven overprinted pictorial definitive Bulgarian stamps of 1911 shown above (Sc. #104-111) were issued on August 6, 1913 to celebrate the Victory over the Turks in the First Balkan War.
The overprint reads "освоб[одителна] война / 1912-1913", meaning "WAR OF LIBERATION / 1912-1913".
The basic designs of these pictorial definitive stamps are as follows.
The First Balkan War was fought between the Balkan Alliance and the Ottoman Empire during 1912 and 1913. The war was an overwhelming success for the Balkan Alliance, resulting in the loss of almost all the Ottoman territories in Europe and the partitioning of Southeastern Europe into sovereign nations.
The seven commemorative Bulgarian stamps shown above (Sc. #122-127) were issued between 1917 and 1919 to celebrate the Liberation of Macedonia.
The stamp designs are as follows.
The Liberation of Macedonia, as it is used here, refers to the Bulgarian military intervention, on the Macedonian Front, during the Central Powers' invasion of Serbia in World War I. Serbia was again liberated by the Allied Powers, at the end of World War I.
The three commemorative Bulgarian stamps shown above (Sc. #128-129, #134) were issued in 1917 and 1918, as an extension of the Liberation of Macedonia stamps of 1917.
The stamp designs are as follows.
The four portrait commemorative Bulgarian stamps shown above (Sc. #130-133) were issued on July 1, 1918 to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Reign of Tsar Ferdinand.
The common design features a portrait of Tsar Ferdinand.
The two pictorial Bulgarian stamps shown above (Sc. #135, #137) were issued on October 3, 1919 to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Parliament Building in Sofia.
The common design features a view of the Parliament Building, also called the National Assembly Building, in Sofia.
The seven commemorative Bulgarian stamps shown above (Sc. #138-144) were issued on October 3, 1919 to celebrate the 1st Anniversary of the Accession of Tsar Boris III.
The common design features a portrait of Tsar Boris III.
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