Ottoman Balkans and Greece

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Interesting postcard of a German zeppelin shot down on May 5, 1916 on display at the White Tour during the war.

Price: $25.00

OTBA 066

WW1 humor postcard from the Salonica army.

Price: $40.00

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Vintage postcard of Eleftherios Venizelos.

Price: $30.00

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Collection of 31 WW1 era postcards of view of Salonica. Shown are the muslim cemetary, propaganda cinema offered to pupils in French schools, city panoramas, arc de triomphe, mosques, churches, various street scenes, watering places, Turkish quarter, town clock, han mermer, village women gossiping at the water fountain, Greek orphanage, train station, Venizelos street, the white tower, washerwomen, tombs by the Vardar river, more.

Price: $260.00

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OTBA 062

Group of 4 vintage postcards on the church of St. Sophia.

Price: $80.00

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Group of 15 postcards from 1916-1917 on different Types of Salonica. Shown are old Turks, a licorice water seller, waiting for permits in front of the former German bowling club, refugee quarter, a cow chariot, different costumes, Turkish lady, attic peasant women, an aristocratic Turk, Greek costume, a sieve seller, villager fetching water, more.

Price: $300.00

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Rare French chromo on fighting in Larissa, Cyprus. M

Price: $30.00

SCW 545Very early Catalan auca telling the story of the 1877-1878 Balkan War. Appears to be critical of Russia. Very rare. Professionally restored. Very rare. B

Price: $800.00

Note: An auca is a graphic format popular in Spain and especially in the region of Catalonia around Barcelona. The genre dates at least to the 17th century but was banned during the 18th century before experiencing a renewal during the 19th and later the 20th centuries as a uniquely Catalonian form of expression. It takes the form of a cartoon or a comic strip, typically with 48 blocks of image and text, although some may have less. An auca is generally produced as a single sheet, but occasionally a booklet form is used. The captions tend to have some sort of consistent rhyme to assist with the flow and storytelling. Many times the term “auca” appears in the title, but another term, “aleluya,” is used, apparently interchangeably. Some sources indicate that the aleluya originated in Castile and originally included religious elements that were shed over time. Auca was a very popular form of anti-Nationalist propaganda during the Civil War.

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Group of 7 postcards of the war in Salonica. Features Russian officer disembarking from Salonica; proclamation of martial law; aftermath of the fire of August 18, 1917; war in the Macedonian mountains; disembarking French artillery; British soldiers going to the front; a Serbian convoy. M ds

Price: $140.00

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