This 1 stotinka black-grey stamp was issued by Bulgaria in 1916 during World War I as part of a semi-postal wartime series depicting destruction in the Macedonian town of Veles (noted on the design as “гр. Велес”). The detailed engraving shows the city in ruins, with a tall Ottoman-style clock tower rising over the devastated landscape—a stark reflection of the Balkan theater’s heavy wartime damage. Issued in the 1915–1916 period shown on the frame, this stamp is valued both for its historical documentation and its sombre, finely detailed architectural engraving. A desirable early 20th-century Balkan postal history item.