This postcard from Bulgaria was 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.
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Prince Boris of Bulgaria Postcard (Cancelled Sofia 28MAR1896)

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This postcard from Bulgaria was 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.