Bulgaria

Bulgaria Salt Stamp
The 2 stotinki denomination from the "Third World Philatelic Exhibition"
issue of April 15, 1974 depicts a children's drawing of salt pans.

The oldest salt production center in Europe (5500-4200 BC) is found at the prehistoric complex of Provadia-Solnitsata, near the town of Provadia. In 2012 Bulgaria produced 2,100,000 metric tonnes of salt, ranking 22nd in the world, accounting for 0.76 % of production. Salt pans such as the ones pictured on the 2 stotinki denomination from the "Third World Philatelic Exhibition" issue of April 15, 1974 are found in places such as Burgas' Atanasovsko Lake where the salt pans are a major tourist attraction.

Sources

"Branch Museum of Salt." Museum of History Municipality of Pomorie. 20 Mar. 2023. Web. 20 Mar. 2023.
pomorie-historical-museum.com/obekti-kam-muzeya/filial-muzey-na-solta.html.

"Burgas-Salt Pans." inyourpocket ESSENTIAL CITY GUIDES. nd. Web. 20 Mar. 2023.
www.inyourpocket.com/Burgas/Salt-pans_116846v.

"List of countries by salt production." Wikipedia. 3 Oct. 2022. Web. 20 Mar. 2023.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_salt_production.

Nikolov, Vassil. "The prehistoric salt-production and urban center of Provadia-Solnitsata, Northeastern Bulgaria." Mediterranee. 2016. Web. 20 Mar. 2023.
journals.openedition.org/mediterranee/8246.

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