Bulgarian Postage Stamp Issuing joins the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Rotary Foundation, by issuing a thematic postage stamp. The validation seal was put by the Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Lubomir Hadjiysky and head of the Bulgarian branch of the Foundation Dimitar Dimitrov.
According to information provided by the organization, the number of postage stamps worldwide related to the activities of Rotary surpasses more than 2,000, said at the ceremony, Deputy Minister Hadjiysky. He reminded that the first of them was published in 1931. Since then, more than 130 countries have put into circulation stamps related to the mission of the organization. According to Deputy Minister Lubomir Hadjiysky, Bulgaria is also part of this initiative still in 2005, when was validated an edition entitled "100 years Rotary International".
The artist of the postage stamp "100 years Rotary Foundation" is Emilio Borata. The circulation of the edition outnumbers 11 000 copies and the nominal value is 2 BGN.
