Bulgaria postage stamps year 1953 Mountain and Medicinal Plants MNH
🇧🇬 Bulgaria – 1953 Medicinal Plants / Flora Stamp Issue
📌 General Overview
- Country: Bulgaria
- Year of Issue: 1953
- Theme: Medicinal Plants (sometimes referred to as Flora / Medicinal Flowers)
- Format: Set of individual stamps + a souvenir sheet (miniature sheet)
- Motif: Various medicinal and mountain plants common in Bulgaria
- Purpose: Regular postage, floral thematic issue for collectors and general mail use
- Commercial Listings: Often sold as “Set of 14 stamps & souvenir sheet” in mint condition.
📬 Stamp Set Details (List)
According to philatelic catalog listings, the 1953 Medicinal Plants set includes the following values and plant subjects:
| Value | Scientific Name | Common Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2 stotinki | Atropa belladonna | Belladonna |
| 4 st | Datura stramonium | Jimson weed |
| 8 st | Salvia officinalis | Sage |
| 12 st (green) | Rosa canina | Dog rose |
| 12 st (red-orange) | Rosa canina (repeated design) | Dog rose |
| 16 st (violet-blue) | Gentiana lutea | Great yellow gentian |
| 16 st (red-carmine) | Gentiana lutea (repeated design) | Great yellow gentian |
| 20 st | Papaver somniferum | Opium poppy |
| 28 st | Mentha piperita | Peppermint |
| 40 st | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Bearberry |
| 44 st | Tussilago farfara | Coltsfoot |
| 80 st | Primula veris | Cowslip |
| 1 lev | Taraxacum officinale | Dandelion |
| 2 leva | Digitalis lanata | Woolly foxglove |
| Souvenir Sheet | Plate with all 14 stamps illustrated together | — |
❗ Modern catalogs sometimes list Michel numbers 872–85 for the set, with a souvenir sheet also issued.
🖼️ Design & Characteristics
- Theme: Medicinal and mountain plant species—well-known for traditional uses in herbal medicine.
- Format: Individual stamps plus a souvenir sheet (often collected as a topical block).
- Style: Colourful, realistic botanical illustrations typical of mid-20th-century Bulgarian flora issues.
- Printing: Photogravure (multicolour) on gummed stamp paper typical of the era.
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