Sofia, Bulgaria

From the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, a pair of stamps from 2020 featuring caricatures of famous Bulgarians by Bulgarian visual artist Boris Dimovski. On the left is the late Bulgarian film and stage actor Georgi Partsalev. On the right is a self-portrait of Boris Dimovski himself, who died in 2007. Thank You for the cover Pedro!

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Plovdiv: The second largest city in Bulgaria. I can just barely make out the "4004" on the postmark. This year's Europa theme is castles and the castle on this stamp is Asen’s Fortress. It's a very old fortress, mostly in ruins now, in the mountains just a few kilometres south of Plovdiv.

Bulgarian Antarctic Base St. Kliment Ohridski

The postal code 1090 is the Bulgarian postal code for the post office at St. Kliment Ohridski Base. But there are no base markings on this cover. It could have been posted to me from Bulgaria and not returned from the Antarctic continent. I sent this request late last fall. It was postmark in January and just got to me yesterday. The turn around time is certainly long enough for this to have come from the base.

St. Kliment Ohridski Base has had a post office since the mid 90's. The base is located on Livingston Island in the South Shetlands, at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is not far from the Spanish base "Juan Carlos I". The base accommodates about 25 people during the summer months and is a routine stop for tourist ships sailing through the area.

Oryahovo, Bulgaria