Bulgaria

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Bulgaria is a country in the Balkans on the Black Sea. In 1947, the inscription became РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРНЯ or НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРНЯ. By 1949, this had become abbreviated to '''Н.Р. БЪЛГАРНЯ or НР БЪЛГАРНЯ with some values in Latin lettering as N.R. BULGARIA'''. By the 1960s, some sets alternated Cyrillic and Latin inscriptions on its stamps.
 * Previously part of the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria was made an autonomous principality in 1878. Its first stamps followed in 1879 with the design of a lion rampant. They were inscribed БЪЛГАРСКА ПОША.
 * Beginning in 1910, stamps were inscribed БЪЛГАРНЯ, often in highly stylized lettering.
 * Beginning about 1989, issues were inscribed bilingually, БЪЛГАРНЯ and BULGARIA.

 File:Bulgaria lion.jpg|1879 5c lion. File:Bulgaria cannon.jpg|1901 independendence. File:Bulgaria two heads.jpg|1907 20th anniversary, showing stylized lettering. File:Bulgaria wedding.jpg|1920 royal wedding stamp. Note the highly stylized country name. File:Bul 1L OF airm.webp|1946 1L airmail. there are three overprint/surcharge designs File:Bul 1945 75 on 100 air.webp|1946 75L on 100L air File:Bulgaria king.jpg|1991 Tsar Ferdinand definitive. File:Bulgaria flower A.jpg|From the 1966 flowers issue. File:Bulgaria flower B.jpg|From the same set as above, but with Latin lettering. 