Algeria, Tunisia

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52 colonial postcards of Batna. Architectural, colonial and local arab interest. Some cards from the War of Independence period. The Algerian revolution started at Batna under the chairmanship of Batnéen Mustapha Benboulaïd (FLN). Batna was the first military region of Algeria (zone 1) (1954–1962). On the night of November 1, 1954, the barracks of the city of Batna were attacked by the mujahedeen. Batna was the command headquarters of the Algerian revolution until independence.

Price: $1560.00

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36 colonial postcards of Bou-Saada, Algeria. Architectural, colonial and local arab interest. A number of cards from the War of Independence period. Interesting pic of a local exposition.

Price: $1080.00

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Complete booklet of 10 late colonial photo postcards of Bou-Saada, Algeria. As Arena it was the site of a city and bishopric in Roman Africa, now after 1933 a Catholic titular see.

Price: $300.00

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52 colonial postcards of Bone, now known as Annaba. Algeria’s leading industrial city, it was one of the main French settlements, and it still has a sizeable minority of the "Pied-Noir". One notable pied-noir from Bône was General Alphonse Juin, a Marshal of France and then the Central European NATO Commander. Architectural, colonial and local arab interest. A number of cards from the War of Independence period.

Price: $1560.00

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34 colonial postcards of Blida and nearby Chiffa Gorge. Architectural, colonial and local arab interest. A number of cards from the War of Independence period. Blida is surrounded by a wall of considerable extent, pierced by six gates, and is further defended by Port Mimieh, crowning a steep hill on the left bank of the river. The nearby Chiffa gorge is one of the few habitats of the endangered Barbary macaque.

Price: $1020.00

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86 colonial postcards of Biskra. Architectural, colonial and local arab interest. A number of cards from the War of Independence period. A garrison town, Biskra was again the scene of anti-French assaults during the Algerian War of Independence where house-to-house battles cost many lives.

Price: $2580.00

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16 colonial postcards of Constantine issued/used during the Independence War.

Price: $480.00

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44 colonial postcards of Constantine. Mainly architectural interest. Colonial, military, arab life as well.

Price: $1320.00

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19 colonial postcards of Colea (Kolea), located in the northeast, was a military centre, with four forts in the area. Architectural and military interest.

Price: $570.00

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43 colonial postcards of Cherchell, a former Roman colony and the capitals of Numidia and Mauretania. Architectural, colonial and local arab interest, with some postcards used during the Independence transitioning period.

Price: $1290.00

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