Coloured illustrated postcard titled in French ‘Constantinople, Palais du Dolma - Bagtche - Bosphore’ to Athens, Greece, addressed by Greek civilian in Constantinople, Turkey; franked with strip of three 10 lepta Greece ‘Head of Hermes’ adhesives (lithographic issue, 1913-23), cancelled with ΣΤΡΑΤ. ΤΑΧΥΔΡΟΜΕΙΑ 920 2 ΙΟΥΝ 21 [(Hellenic) Army Post Office 920, 2 June 1921] date-stamp, assigned to the Greek Military Mission established in Constantinople.
Sender’s details not shown. Undated message describing her first impressions from the city.
[After the Armistice of Mudros, concluded on 30 October 1918, the Allies entered Constantinople on 12 November, setting up an Allied military administration. Greece established a Greek Military Mission with a number of army units, a Gendarmerie detachment, a Naval Base with small Navy Hospital, and an Army Post Office.]
Item condition: Very good; see scans.