Algeria, Tunisia

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26 early postcards of Tunisia scenes and types, mainly produced by Lehnert and Landrock. The postcards were all sent by Jose Galve to his family estate in Barcelona in 1914, shortly after the Kert campaign. (Note: In 1929 Jose Galve was the Lieutenant Judge in charge of the Alcantara Cavalry Regiment, 14th Cavalry, based in Ceuta, Morocco. See https://www.boe.es/gazeta/dias/1929/09/12/pdfs/C00193-00208.pdf

Price: $780.00

NOTE: Lehnert & Landrock was a photographic studio run by Rudolf Franz Lehnert and Ernst Heinrich Landrock active in Tunisia and Egypt in the early 20th century, noted for producing Orientalist images. Rudolf Franz Lehnert and Ernst Heinrich Landrock produced images of North African people, landscapes, and architecture for a primarily European audience. These images were mainly distributed in monographs, though also as original prints, photogravures, and lithographic postcards.

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2 early chromos of Algerian colonial soldiers.

Price: $60.00

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Chocolat D’Aiguebelle chromo card of Constantine, with much data on reverse.

Price: $30.00

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Rare postcard of Pere de Foucauld at Targui.

Price: $40.00

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Two postcards of the Insurrection de Margueritte.

Price: $80.00

NOTE: Margueritte's insurrection,which occurred in April 1901 in French Algeria, was an indigenous revolt against the colonial order that resulted in the deaths of five Europeans. The ensuing repression targeted 87 people, profoundly marking the colonial history of the region.

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3 early colonial postcards of colonial Oran. Colonial interest.

Price: $90.00

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6 colonial postcards of Cherchell, a former Roman colony and the capitals of Numidia and Mauretania. Architectural interest, with one postcards used during the Independence transitioning period .

Price: $180.00

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2 colonial postcards of Constantine. Military and local arab interest.

Price: $60.00

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2 colonial postcards of Colomb-Bechar, Algeria (called Bechar post-independence). Colonial, military interest.

Price: $60.00

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

Price: $210.00