Skopje / North Macedonia: Uskup Market Square Serbia Occupation(Vintage PC 1915)

vintage black and white postcard featuring a bustling market scene in skopje, titled in cyrillic and french скопље, пијаца -- marché d' uskub. the front depicts a crowded marketplace filled with local traders, horse-drawn covered carts, woven wicker baskets packed with goods, and people in traditional balkan regional attire. a large building on a hill dominates the background landscape.
the reverse side features a postally used divided back issued by serbia (србија / serbie) with the heading carte postale / union postale universelle. the vertical left margin shows the publisher imprint in cyrillic. the top right corner features a handwritten location and date line reading uesküb, 23. dez. 15. the left side contains a handwritten new year message in german cursive. the postage stamp is missing.

postally unused

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

condition: very good...please also refer to scans which show complete front and backside of photo

photography, fotografie, foto, ww1, balkan, east europe, world war one, balkan war