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1896 Prince Boris of Bulg...

These postcards from Bulgaria were issued to commemorate the baptism of two year old Prince Boris (30JAN1894-28AUG1943), the future Czar Boris III of Bulgaria. Czar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria had his two-year-old son Boris baptized into the Bulgarian Orthodox church 02FEB1896, effectively converting him from Roman Catholicism. Czar Nicholas II of Russia happily became his godfather. These cards exist in other ink shades and colors.
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