Kavala

Kavala, or Cavalla, is today a city in northern Greece on the Aegean Sea.

It was part of the Ottoman Empire until October 1912 when it taken by Bulgarian troops during the First Balkan War. During the Second Balkan War, Greek troops captured Kavala and the surrounding area by June 1913 and overprinted Bulgarian stamps. See: Greece – occupation of Kavala.

Meanwhile, a French post office was opened there in 1874. See: France – postal agency in Cavalla.





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