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1883 (January 23), 20pa black & rose, tied to postal card by blue Pechtera c.d.s., year date incorrectly set to "82”,  sent via Constantinople to Tatar with Constantinople Yeni-Djani transit and blue c.d.s. arrival backstamp, a few trivial stains, but an uncommon cancellation.

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1883 (March 10), 20pa black & rose, tied to cover to Sheravna by blue "Poststation Schipka” Russian-type c.d.s., indistinct free strike alongside, toned and opening tear to reverse, but a scarce usage of this datestamp, with Sheravna continuing to use the Russian hammer after most other towns had replaced theirs with bilingual examples .

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1883 (June 6), cover franked with 20pa black on rose horizontal pair, paying the 1pi foreign letter rate to Schumen, adhesives tied by blue Haskoy c.d.s., matching free strike at lower left, alongside Gaborovo c.d.s. transit (Jun 10), second Gabrovo backstamp (Jun 12), and Schumen c.d.s. receiver (Jun 13), somewhat roughly opened through back flap, else a fine and unusual cover, the adhesives being cancelled by a c.d.s., contrary to regulations, and both the Haskoy and Gabrovo postmarks showing inverted day or year slugs.

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1883 (September 8), 10pa black & green, perforated 13.5, paying the 10pa inland postcard rate, tied to stationery card by blue Achielo c.d.s., reverse with Plovdiv c.d.s. arrival backstamp, light horizontal crease, else fine.

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1883 (December 18), 5pa black & olive, tied by green grid cancel to December 15 edition of the "South Bulgarian” newspaper, with blue Plovdiv despatch c.d.s., the odd small edge tear to paper, a choice franking illustrating this inland newspaper rate. 

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1884 (April 1), 10pa black & green, tied by circular grid cancel to March 28, 1884 edition of the "South Bulgarian” newspaper, with blue Plovdiv despatch c.d.s., to Tirnovo, typical small edge tears to news paper, the adhesive with some perf toning, else a fine example of the scarce foreign newspaper rate.

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1884 (June 18), 1pi black & blue, tied to cover from Kazanluk to Dresden by green grid cancel, Kazanluk c.d.s. despatch, dual Gabrovo transit marks, with both Russian (Jun 19) and bilingual type (Jun 21), reverse with Russe transit (Jun 22) and Dresden (Jul 7) c.d.s. arrival backstamps, light wrinkles, else a fine single franking paying the foreign letter rate.

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1884 (July 31), 20pa black & rose, dark shade, perforated 13.5, tied to postal card to Vienna by green circular grid cancel, matching green Tatar Pazardjik despatch c.d.s. at lower left, neatly-struck Constantinople-Galata / Départ transit (Aug 5) on front and Istanbul c.d.s. backstamp, redirected upon receipt in Vienna to Vardenberg, with c.d.s. receiver (Aug 10), fine.

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1884 (September 5), 5pa black & olive, perforated 13.5, tied to cover by scarce green triangular Post Horn local cancel of Plovdiv, corresponding c.d.s. struck above, light vertical fold, else a desirable franking of the 5pa local post rate for printed matter, and demonstrating the recurrence in 1884 of the triangular handstamp originally introduced in 1880-81; with 2022 Hitzler certificate.

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1884 (October 3), 5pa black & olive, tied to front cover of newspaper "Science” by green circular grid cancel, below struck with ornate crossed Post Horn negative seal "Eastern Rumelian Post Plovdiv”, trivial edge flaws as commonly seen, not detracting from the tremendous visual appeal of this scarce franking, illustrating the domestic printed matter rate.

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1884 (October 20), 10pa green and light green, tied to large newspaper piece by blue circular grid cancel, faint "Poste Kasanlik” despatch c.d.s. alongside, a scarce franking, paying the inland newspaper rate for the 15g to 30g weight class, fine.

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1884 (November 9), three 1pi black & blue, perforated 13.5, tied to registered cover to Prague by blue grid cancel, fine Poste Slivno c.d.s. despatch above, black "Constantinople-Galata / Départ” (25 Nov) transit on front, reverse with two faint c.d.s. and Prague c.d.s. receiver (28 Nov), a few trivial edge flaws of no importance given the scarcity of this striking cover, paying the 1pi registered letter fee and 2pi foreign letter rate for the second weight class. 

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1884 (December 17), cover franked with 5pa lilac on pale lilac, perforated 11.5, tied to Plovdiv local cover by triangular "Plovdiv City Post” Post Horn handstamp, blue c.d.s. alongside, light vertical fold, else fine.

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1884 (December 30), postal card to from Burgas to Kotal, franked with 10pa green on light green, perforated 11.5, tied by blue circular grid cancel, matching blue c.d.s. despatch below, reverse with unusual intaglio sender’s seal, a fine example of the 10pa inland postcard rate.

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1885 (January 10), 20pa black & rose, perforated 13.5, tied to stationery card by green circular grid cancel, Kavakli c.d.s. despatch strike below, carried to Vienna via Burgas, with blue c.d.s. transit backstamp, oval Landstrasse/Wien receiver on front, name erased from address panel, else a fine example of the foreign postcard rate with a small village origin in present-day Turkey.

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1885 (February 2), postal stationery card franked with 5pa lilac on pale lilac, perforated 11.5, tied to Plovdiv local cover by triangular "Plovdiv City Post” Post Horn  in blue, with c.d.s. struck at left, an uncommon local usage, attractive and fine.

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1885 (February 20), 10pa green & light green, perforated 11.5, two singles, each tied to stationery card by blue circular grid cancel, corresponding "Poste Jambol” despatch c.d.s., to Arthur Maury in Paris, with Constantinople transit and c.d.s. arrival backstamp (Mar 11), a fine example of the 20pa foreign postcard rate.

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1885 (February 24), 5pa black & olive, perforated 13.5, two singles affixed at either side of postal card, paying the 10pa inland postcard rate, 5pa paying only the rate for local delivery, tied by circular grid cancels, postmarked with Kazanluk c.d.s. despatch, to Tatar Pazardjik, two small tears and diagonal crease at upper right, else fine.

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1885 (March 1), 10pa black & green, perforated 13.5, and 10pa green & light green, perforated 11.5, each tied to postal card to Guadalajara, Mexico, by circular grid cancels, neatly-struck Poste Yambol c.d.s. despatch, Constantinople-Galata (Mar 17) and New York F-D (Mar 30) transit datestamps on front and further Istanbul transits on reverse, some small edge faults, but a rare 1881/84 mixed issue franking to an exotic destination.

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1885 (March 20), cover to Hamburg, franked on reverse with four 5pa lilac & pale lilac horizontal pairs, perforated 11.5, tied by green circular grid cancels, struck on front with bold Poste Yamboli despatch c.d.s., equally crisp sender’s handstamp "S. Georgieff / Yamboli”, backstamped Istanbul and Hamburg (Apr 8), some light tone spots, else an attractive franking paying the 40pa foreign letter rate; signed Sorani.

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