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Supreme Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Committee Propaganda Stamp
rare1900-1945

Supreme Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Committee Propaganda Stamp

Bulgaria · 1900 · 50 stotinki

This stamp features a central portrait, likely of a revolutionary leader, framed by Cyrillic text identifying it as from the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Committee. A banner at the bottom proclaims 'Freedom or Death'.

Issued by the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Committee, a Bulgarian revolutionary organization, this stamp was used to raise funds and promote their cause for the liberation of Macedonia and Thrace from Ottoman rule in the early 20th century.

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