"Englische Feldbäkerei in Soloniki" showing an English field bakery in color, unused, corner & edge wear, lightly toned back, small scrapes on back only. $15.00 mfcm(b)**

"Macedonia, Greece" well done, home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1964 at Vernon New Jersey, showing a family gathering. $1.75 m*

    "Macédoine 1916  LE BOBITCH / Les doailles vides attestent qu'il s'est passé quelque chose" black & white, rough left edge due to removal from booklet, unused. $5.00 m*+%

"Macédoine 1916  L'HIVER, LES TROUPEAUX DESCENDENT DANS LA PLAINE" showing sheepherding. unused, black & white, from booklet, 2 worn corners. $4.25 m*+%

    "Macédoine 1917  LE DIMANCHE AU VILLAGE" showing a street scene, unused, black & white, from booklet. $5.00 m*+*%

    "Macédoine 1917  LES BUFFLES" showing steers, black & white, from booklet, unused. $4.75 m*+%

    "Macédoine 1917  REVITAILLEMENT PAR FIL AÉRIEN" showing military resupply by an overhead wire, black & white, unusual subject matter. $7.50 m*+*%

"OHRID" our transliteration of the caption which is only in Cyrillic, continental showing a street scene, large almost transparent adherence on front, mailed there 1959 but stamp removed. 2 small corner creases, slight curl to paper, as is. $0.75 m

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"Palair Macedonian / Fokker F28 Mk 4000 / ... / at Zurich... / Photo Rolf Wallner" showing a side view of the jet aircraft, unused continental, fresh appearance. $2.00 a(j)m

    "THESSALONIKE" (captions in Greek lettering) real photo multiview showing 5 famous buildings, 3 small light indentations to surface. $3.75 (m)*+

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"YU5OE" Kumanovo QSL card with bureau label affixed, used 1956. $3.00 (m)*

To strengthen its claim to Macedonia (against rivals Serbia and Greece) Bulgaria established a Macedonian Commission in 1899. Run from Sofia, this commission's objective was to make Macedonia autonomous but controlled by a Bulgarian inspector, with the permission of the Ottoman Empire. Part of the Bulgarian plan included covert terrorist activity. Bulgarian revolutionary bands called komitadji went on raids into Macedonia, helping to precipitate insurrection in 1902-03. In 1902 Russia and Austria-Hungary forced Serbia and Bulgaria to cut ties with IMRO, the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization. In 1903 Macedonian liberation forces staged a widespread revolt, called the Ilinden-Preobrazhensko uprising. Despite strong Bulgarian public support for the Macedonian cause, Bulgaria sent no help, and unopposed Turks suppressed opposition with violence. Large numbers of refugees now entered Bulgaria from Macedonia. After the death of leader Gotse Delchev in the 1903 uprising, the influence IMRO decreased. Bulgarian public sympathy for the Macedonian cause also diminished, and by 1905 the government's attention turned to internal matters. 27. See D. Kosev, "The Ilinden-Preobrazenie Uprising 1903", Bulgarian Historical Review 64 (1978), 14-30 and N. Todorov, "La lutte de liberation des Bulgares en Macedonie et dans la region d' Andrinople 1903", Bulgarian Historical Review 64 (1978), 30-39. The Macedonian refugees referred to in this historical note include those shown on the following postcard--the only image we have ever seen documenting these events:

"13. Refugies des environs d'Andrinople." color on undivided back, circa 1904, toned back, corner & edge wear. $15.00 Please see above explanation & illustration. mb**

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    "113. Tananarive -- Le Piquage du Riz - MADAGASCAR" showing a group of six planting rice, sepia-tone with red caption, corner crease, pertinent message written on back in French. $20.00 ma

    "21. - TANANARIVE. - Marché au bois, au Zoma / Edit. E. L." showing the outdoor wood market at Zoma, sepia-tone within an embossed border, mailed circa 1910 from Tananarive to Marseille France (light cancel on 5-c green stamp), lightly toned front, 3 very small corner crease. $30.00 m-m

"394. MADAGASCAR - Femme Zafimaniry / et son nouvvisson" showing a young woman with a child at her breast, black & white on undivided back, sound edges, faint album marks on front. Zafimaniry is probably a misspelling of Zafimandry. $16.00 mn

"Collection de la Photo-Betsileo - ... / 9 - Ambositra - Toby - Forêt de l'Est" aerial view showing the interconnection of these very small nearby villages by paths, black & white, circa 1910 but a little writing on front, small corner crease, corner crease, small spots of toning & wear along the edges. $6.00 m

    "Edition de la Maison P. Ghigiasso. Tamatave, Literie, articles de ménage / Tananarive - Types de femmes Hovas et Belsimisaraka" showing 2 young women who are dressed in different types of costumes, mailed there 1910, good edges. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (179,278 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 mc

    "Edition G. M. L.  Case Betsimitsaraka" showing a family of 6 before their small thatched hut, ST, mailed 19 JANV 10 from Tamatave to Marseille France (2 clear blue cancels on 10-c stamp), good edges. $25.00 m-m

    "Edition G. M. L.  MADAGASCAR. - Retour de la Chasse au Sanglier" showing 5 young men returning from a wild boar hunt with their catch on a pole, sepia-tone, mailed 1908 from Tamatave to France (but stamp removed by an idiot), small corner crease, faint corner crease. $65.00 mh

    "Edition Guyard, Tananarive / TANANARIVE -- Marchands de Poterie" showing pottery merchants in a larger market setting, sepia-tone carte postale on yellowing paper, mailed to Marseille France circa 1910 (light cancel on 5-c stamp), 2 corner creases not in image. $25.00 mp

    "Femmes Bettimisaraka decortiqunate le riz / TOUS DROIT DE REPRODUCTIONS RESERVÉS A L'ED MAISON / D'ESP. V. LAMI - PISE (ITALIE)" showing 2 women husking rice, black & white, mailed Tamatave 2 SEPT 10 to Marseille France (10-c stamp & 2 legible cancels), lightly toned front, corner crease. $20.00 m-m%

"Madagascar Pittoresque / Ny Rano Visy (Source Thermale d'Antsirabé)" including several natives with small vessels to carry the water, sepia-tone on yellowish paper, good edges, fresh appearance except for small spot on front. $14.00 m

    "MADAGASCAR -- REPAS A L'INTERNAT D'AMBOSITRA" showing 5 young women & girls having lunch at a boarding school, monochromatic green on yellowish paper, from, Société des Missions Évangeliques, fresh appearance & good edges. $12.50

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"MADAGASCAR - Un Marché dans la Campagne (Machands de Charbon)" showing coal merchants at a country market, black & white, mailed to France circa 1910 (light Tananarive cancel socked-on-nose to 5-c green stamp). $30.00 m-m

    More generally, please see Africa postcards. Shown, for example, is Roosevelt hunting at an unspecified African location.

"TANANARIVE. - Batteurs de Riz / Edition Robert   Ducrocq - Reproduction Interdite" showing a couple threshing rice, black & white on green back, light album marks on back, sound edges & fresh appearance. $20.00 ma

    "TANANARIVE. - Labourage des Rizières" showing several laborers digging in a rice field, black & white on green back, good edges, fresh appearance. $20.00 ma

"Edition Guyard, Tananarive / TANANARIVE -- Marchands de Poterie" showing pottery merchants in a larger market setting, sepia-tone on yellowish paper, mailed to Marseille France circa 1910 (light cancel on 5-c stamp), 2 corner creases. $25.00 mp

    "TANANARIVE - Marché au herana (jonc pour courvrir les toits) / et Quartier de Faravhitra" showing an outdoor market for cane roofing material, black & white, circa 1910, writing on back, trivial wear at 2 corners, unusual subject matter. $50.00 m

"TANANARIVE - Marché du Zoma" panoramic fold-out postcard with 2 panels showing a large bustling marketplace from above, a little annotation on the front & much writing on back, fold has much wear. $25.00 m

    "TANANARIVE -- Passage de l'Ikopa á Ampasika" showing a small boat in which 8 passengers are being poled by a ferryman, black & white from Collection Anquetil et Darrieux, numbered 14 on the back, legible annotations to the view, writing on back, tiny corner crease, minor wear at one corner. $25.00 m%

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    -5 ?EV 34 FUNCHAL cancels tie 75-c & pair of 10-c Luciadas stamps to postcard to Ossining New York. Striking color image of 2 native dwellings near a small peak, captioned "Madeira. Faial", 2 corner creases, minor corner & edge wear. $5.00 m-m

    "B.P.101-Madeira. Elevador do Monte" showing a sledge and funicular operating on the same slope, color, unused, slight yellowing of the paper with age, trivial wear at one corner, tiny bend at another. $8.00 mu

    "B. P. No. 102  Madeira. Carro de bois" showing an ox-drawn sledge with 2 occupants, mailed 9 / 12 / 07 from Funchal (20-reis Funchal King Carlos stamp tied by light cancel), toned front edges, soft bottom corners. $18.00 m-f

"B.P. No. 136-Madeira. Funchal, Carro de bois" showing an oxen-drawn sledge, color, mailed from Gibraltar to Pennsylvania 1907, small ink smear on back, corner & edge wear, small corner crease, faint album marks on back. $6.50 mu

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"Carro de Bois--Madeira   Foto-Verestrellos" showing an ox-drawn sledge, real photo mailed 1950, stamp removed, slight yellowing of the paper with age. $2.50 mu

"CT3EE" QSL card used 1999 by guest operator Matthias 'Matt' Labude, fairly fresh with good edges. $2.00 m NEW / NOUVEAU / BAGO

"CT3FN" continental Caniço de Baixo shortwave QSL card used 1989 by operator Hermann Stein of Liestal Switzerland, simple map design for location, small corner crease, small corner bend, a little edge wear. $1.25 m NEW / NOUVEAU / BAGO

"CT3FT" Porto Santo Island shortwave QSL card used 1993 by operator Cedric J. Rourke (ex G131VJ), detailed map of the island on front but some of the print is very tiny (and, therefore, hard to read), good edges. $2.50 mm NEW / NOUVEAU / BAGO

    "Entrada à cidade - Town entrance with the typical / bullock cart, conveying tourists..." from Madeira Series 1, unused, trivial corner wear. Artist is Kutscha. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 a(k)m!

    "Madeira. / 1744" showing a bullock car with 2 passengers, seen from the side; color carte postale mailed 21 DEZ 03 to England (both stamps removed from the back, light toning in front borders, one corner creased multiply from stamp removal but not affecting the image, other corners with minor wear. $5.00 mu NEW / NOUVEAU / BAGO

"Madeira -- Bullock car" showing an oxen-drawn sledge, sepia-tone on brownish paper from booklet, very late usage at Bentonville Virginia (postmaster's handwritten note about the closing of the Limeton office). $4.00 m-v

    "Madeira -- Camacha" showing a small village, sepia-tone on brownish paper from booklet, very late usage at Occoguan Virginia (light cancels, tied 1956 Christmas seal), trace of cancel ink on front . $6.00 m

    "Madeira - Carrying Madeira Wine." color work scene with many people, unused. $6.00

    "Madeira, Costumes" showing a boy & girl in traditional attire, color in vertical format, mailed there 1932 to Master Freddie Davenport in Cheshire England (Portuguese  75-c stamp well centered), corners clipped off, minor edge wear. $3.25 mcc

    "Madeira. Costumes (Bordadeiras)" showing a group of women sewing and mending, color, mailed 16 JAN 14 from Funchal to Pennsylvania (2-c sower stamp tied neatly), lightly toned back, corner & edge wear. $10.00 ms-f

"Madeira / Monte Palace…" end of caption hard to read, color, B. P. 157 printed on the back, unused, possibly trimmed (not by us!), as is. $0.75

"Madeira.  Monte Palace Hotel." color, mailed 16 SET 24 from Funchal to New York City (light cancels on three 20-c & one 36-c sower stamps, all with varying degrees of damage because they hang over the edge), numerous creases & much edge wear, as is. $2.00 f NEW / NOUVEAU / BAGO

    "Madeira. Natives." showing a costumed man with a 6-string guitar, color postcard in vertical format, unused, minor toning in the back address area, a little corner & edge wear. $4.25 cmm NEW / NOUVEAU / BAGO

"Madeira, Rabaçal" showing a group of men & young men with staves, color, numbered s5942 on back, unused, grayish paper, lightly toned back. $6.00 m

"Madeira -- Restaurant Esplanade" sepia-tone on brownish paper from booklet, one corner multiply creased, very late usage at Maxwell Virginia. $3.75 m

"Madeira - Running Sledge" sepia-tone on brownish paper from booklet, very late usage at Blackwood Virginia (Kenny foundation seal tied), minor wear at one corner. $3.75 m-u(c)

    "Madeira. The Casino" with violet 'U. S. F. S. KENTUCKY / MAY 12 1904' handstamp in from message area accompanied by handwritten 'Homeward bound!!!', 25-réis Funchal King stamp tied by indistinct cancel, crisp BOULOGNE-S-MER 18-5-04 transit marking & clear Orangeburg S. C. / MAY 30 / 1904 arrival marking describe the rest of its journey. Corner of the stamp overhangs the edge, light tropical toning both sides. The markings of this military ship are seldom seen. $20.00 ms(m)-f!

    "M. O. P. Madeira--Corça de bois." showing wine barrels & their transport by ox-drawn sledge, color, mailed at Funchal 15 JAN 23 (damaged 24-c sower stamp tied), much edge wear especially at top, 2 small stains in the lower front, as is. $4.50 m!

    "M. O. P. No 30 / MADEIRA. / Bananeiras. // Registado" showing a grove of banana trees with fruit, color postcard with undivided back, mailed from Madeira with Funchal 20-réis King stamp (indistinctly canceled) to Ohio, small corner crease not into image, mild edge wear. $5.00 mta NEW / NOUVEAU / BAGO

"M. O. P. No 43 / MADEIRA. / Casa de Campo" showing a country house, color on undivided back with grayish paper, corner wear & rounding, faint corner crease, light stain at 2 bottom front corners. $4.75 m

See also Funchal postcards.

See also Madeira postal history.

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