Bulgarian Government in Exile | |
![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First Day Cover for buq-19640105-i-001 First day of issue: January 05, 1964 Width: 173 mm Height: 113 mm Cachet maker: Unknown Location: Ice Hockey Volume VI From Wikipedia The Bulgarian National Government-in-exile (Bulgarian: Българско нанионално правителство в изгнание) was a right-wing Bulgarian government-in-exile after the monarchist government of Bulgaria was deposed in a communist backed coup d'état on September 9, 1944, and was replaced by the communist Fatherland Front, which later formed the People's Republic of Bulgaria. The Bulgarian government in exile had very little support among Bulgarians and commanded Bulgarian troops loyal to the Germans. It was dissolved in May 1945, and its prime minister, the Bulgarian nationalist Aleksandar Tsankov, fled to Argentina. |