Bulgaria Poster Stamp - 1931, Gorna Oryahovitsa Sample Fair

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Bulgaria
Event Publicity Poster Stamp
Publicity poster stamp issued for the
ГОРНО-ОРЪХОВСКИ МОСТРЕНЪ-ПАНАИРЪ
(Gorna Oryahovitsa Sample Fair). The year is not indicated, but the dates on the stamp state that the Autumn fair was held September 17-27 and the Spring fair was held March 26 - April 5. The year 1931 is most logical, because the fair dates would run from a Thursday to a Sunday, although it could also have been from 1930, with the fair running from a Wednesday to a Saturday.
According to Wikipedia:
The sample fair in Gorna Oryahovitsa is the first sample fair in Bulgaria.
The idea of ​​holding the sample fair came from the trader Stefan Obreshkov. A Fair Committee is being established. The newspaper "Dawn" of April 26, 1925 wrote:
"On March 26, the first sample fair of its kind in Bulgaria opened in Gorna Oryahovitsa. An excellent idea, born in the heads of several people led by the mayor of the city, to turn the traditional Sir-bazaar into a sample fair of the Western European type....”
Companies from all over Europe and the USA participate in the fairs, the most famous of which are "Krupp", "Siemens", "Philips", "Ford", "Fiat" and others. They arrange permanent representative pavilions where they exhibit the novelties of their production. The initiative contributes to increasing the volume and variety of production in the city and the import of new modern machines and technical equipment.
The world economic crisis of 1929 led to the end of financial assistance from the state for the fair. The last fair was held in 1932. Plovdiv bought the rights to hold the fair in 1932.
The stamp is denominated 2 Leva, and may have served as a receipt for an admission fee, or it may have been a fundraising stamp in support of the fairs.
This example is F/VF, OG, NH with some gum creasing.
Approximate Image Size: 29 x 40 mm.
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