Sets of 11 large cigar bands - Tobacos Alvaro - Spanish brand of cigars - Serie Literatos - From 1970s

Sets of 11 large cigar bands - Tobacos Alvaro - Spanish brand of cigars - Serie Pintores - From 1970s

Sets of 10 large cigar bands - Tobacos Alvaro - Spanish brand of cigars - Serie Musicos - From 1970s

Sets of 12 cigar bands - Tobacos Alvaro - Spanish brand of cigars - From 1970s

Sets of 10 cigar bands - Tobacos Capote - Spanish brand of cigars - From 1970s

Sets of 20 cigar bands - Willem - Dutch brand of cigars - From 1970s

Large French chromo representing children at the beach from the end of 19th century.

Vintage French chromo from the well-known Parisian department store "Au bon marché"

Set of 22 cigar bands - Willem - Dutch brand of cigars from 1960s.

15 vintage matchbox labels - Advertising labels from 1930s to 1950s.

Labels are always glued to wood.

15 vintage matchbox labels - Advertising labels from 1930s to 1950s.

Labels are always glued to wood.

15 vintage matchbox labels - Advertising labels from 1930s to 1950s.

Labels are always glued to wood.

3 vintage French chromos representing small humorous scenes at the end of the 19th century - Card with golden background

Beautiful care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.

Beautiful care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.

Beautiful care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.

Vintage French trade card of the famous mint alcohol brand Ricqulès - Chromo about 1890s

Vintage French trade card of the famous mint alcohol brand Ricqulès - Chromo about 1890s

Beautiful care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.

Vintage French chromolithograph of the Chocolat de la Marine brand from 1910s

Vintage French chromolithograph of the Chocolat de la Marine brand from 1910s

Vintage French chromolithograph of the Liebig brand from 1920s

Advertising blotter of the French Francorusse entremets brand from 1950s

Blotting paper (or blotter) is a porous paper capable of absorbing a small amount of liquid. It was mainly used to dry the writing when it was written in ink with a pen: ink can be deposited irregularly and dried slowly could cause stains and maculatures, the use of blotting was often necessary.

Set of 8 French bills of exchange from 1950s with tax stamps and rubber-stamps.

Note that several bills of exchange have a hole in the lower left corner: these bills of exchange had to be stapled to the corresponding bills and had to be detached more or less cleanly once the customer had paid the expected amount.

The last photo shows the back of the bills of exchange.

These bills of exchange are financial instruments for loans between companies. Before the massive arrival of computers, these exchanges were carried out by hand as shown by these documents.