Bulgaria Scott 991 Perf Variety

I have found a stamp from Bulgaria Scott 991 from the 1958 bulgarian health resort series with a perf 11.5 instead of the listed perf 13. I have checked a couple online catalogs and none mention a different perf for this stamp.

I am stumped.

Can someone please shed some light on this one if possible?

Dan

I am not surprised. Much like Russia, the Bulgarian stamps have a lot of varieties. In 1958 issued stamps were a mix of perf 11 and 13 and this stamp was likely run through as a perf 11 either intentionally or unintentionally. Can't speak to the value of the variety although it could be quite a lot. The Russian varieties attract a lot of interest and money. Let's see if a Bulgaria expert chimes in.

PS: Pictures always help.

It's a definitive issue that had several prints during the period of its use, and Scott is not the catalogue to be used for such cases.

Michel lists two perforation variations - linear 10¾ and comb 13, nearly the same information contains in the Bulgarian official catalogue - linear 10¾ and comb 12¾ - see here: https://www.mtc.government.bg/archi...=1867&page=5

Other varieties are possible, though

Great website.

Thank you all for your answers. This is what makes this forum so great. I agree that is a great website and saved link.

@rodgcam I did want to post a picture but had a problem and had to leave home for a few hours. Here is the picture.

Dan

...and I stand corrected the perf is indeed 10.75.

Thanks once again!

Dan

Out of curiosity, is there a value difference between the two perf types?

I have not done an extensive search for this perf variety for sale but it seems that all I have seen so far were for the normal perf.

Dan

There was a article in Linn's Stamp News about the difference in perforations . So I do have these in my H.E.Harris album .

If I understand correctly from the link above, this series was issued in 2 parts where the 1st one (16s, 44s, 60s, 80s) and only the 4s from the 2nd part were perfed 10.75?

Thanks Floortrader for showing another stamp with the different perf.

Dan

The perf 10.75 stamps can be found on Delcampe but most of the Spa series listed are perf 13. The example below has the "rare" word in the listing but is selling for half of a Euro.

Thanks Rogdcam but you burst my balloon as I was so glad to own a 'rare' stamp

I thought there was a chance based upon what some 1950s Russia varieties can bring. Sorry.

Unless I'm reading my Michel Europa wrong, it looks like the two perf options share the same catalogue number, 1048, with no further breakdown between them.

Yes