KAVALA
Cavalla (Kavala), the principal seaport in eastern Macedonia, near the border of Thrace, was in Turkish hands from 1371 to 1912. Kavala was liberated and incorporated into the Greek state on 6 June 1913, after seven months of Bulgarian occupation.
'Souvenir de Cavalla' - T.C.V. (timbre côté vue) cancelled by bilingual KAVALA datestamp on December 1908 (date obscure). Divided back postcard published by 'le Soleil', Cavalla (Edition de la Librairie-Papeterie, 'le Soleil' Cavalla).
'Souvenir de Cavalla' (Turquie) - Postcard published by S.C. Diamantopoulos, le Soleil, Cavalla, No. 9051. Sent from KAVALA to HARMANLY (Bulgaria) in (10 ?) April 1913. Bilingual postmark and faint unit handstamp, Bulgarian occupation of Thrace.
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