This is a Bulgaria SC B3. Not really up to speed on Bulgaria so I don't really know if these inverted surcharges are fairly common or fairly rare. Not sure of a value on something like this either. Any guidance would be much appreciated!
Nigel: I have a 2012-2013 Michel, and was going to look up a (slightly) more current price, but I wasn't confident in my determination of the Michel number.
If you could provide that, and also provide how the inverted overprint is listed (specific catalog number, footnote, etc), I'll take another stab at it for the original poster. Thanks!
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"Nigel: I have a 2012-2013 Michel, and was going to look up a (slightly) more current price, but I wasn't confident in my determination of the Michel number.
If you could provide that, and also provide how the inverted overprint is listed (specific catalog number, footnote, etc), I'll take another stab at it for the original poster. Thanks!"
The basic stamp with the surcharge is Mi 137 "5 a. 10 St. rot" (5 on 10 stotinki red).
The variety is shown inline in parentheses as (V 120.-) where "V" is actually an inverted "A" with an arrow through the centre.
This "A plus arrow" is Michel's symbol for overprint (Ausdruck).
Another approach Michel take sometimes when giving an inverted overprint a full listing is to use the letter K as a suffix to the main catalogue number.
If they did that here you might see an entry with the number Mi 137 K
"K" here stands for "Kopfstehender" (basically: standing on its head).
Wow! Thanks for the education! I know that many times, Scott will caution you to beware of forgeries. I didn't see anything like that. Are these stamps frequently forged? And just out of curiosities sake, why would the listing or mention be dropped?
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