Thrace Interallied Administration Currency & Banknote Values

The Thrace Interallied Administration series of Bulgaria in the World Currency contains 12 distinct entries.

Thrace is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split between modern day Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey.

With the signing of the Treaty of Berlin on 3 March 1878, Northern Thrace was incorporated into the semi-autonomous Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia, which united with Bulgaria in 1885, after which the political meaning of the term Thrace became restricted to its southernmost part, which was still in Ottoman hands. The terms Eastern Thrace and Western Thrace were used for the territories east and west of the Maritsa (Meriç) River, respectively.

After the First Balkan War (8 October 1912 - 30 May 1913), the Ottoman Empire ceded to Bulgaria all of Western Thrace and much of Eastern Thrace, but after its defeat in the Second Balkan War (16 June 1913 - 19 July 1913), Bulgaria retroceded all Eastern Thrace to the Ottomans. After World War I, Bulgaria ceded the southern part of its share of Thrace to Greece by the Treaty of Neuilly-sur Seine (1919).

The terms of the armistice which ended WWI mandated the withdrawal of Bulgarian troops from Western Thrace. The Allied Council in Paris established the Thrace Interallied Administration (TIA) to supervise the region until the resolution of the area’s status. In May 1920, the Allies handed over military control of the area to the Greek army.