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Discover many old French papers. All my documents are authentic and are at least 40 years old for the most recent and several centuries for the oldest. Depending on the time, you will find letters, envelopes, postcards, invoices, receipts, menus, labels, religious cards and many other types of documents.

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  • Type: Bills of exchange
  • Type: Blotters
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  • Type: Labels

Advertising blotter of the French Francorusse entremets...

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.

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Set of 8 French bills of exchange from 1950s with tax...

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.

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