Huge French lottery ticket "Les gueules cassées" from 1939.

These lottery tickets were sold in the street or in small shops to help veterans.

Vintage French postcard with a young woman squire from 1904.

Note that the addresses were not precise at the time but the mail arrived at the destination.

Vintage French postcard with a young woman with a typical Roaring Twenties hat from 1928.

Postcard handwritten by a very young girl.

French bearer share of 100 francs from 1920s of a fuel company in Paris.

Block of 4 old French stamps from 1959 representing the Elysée Palace seat of the French state in Paris. This stamp was created by draughtsman and engraver Pierre Munier. These stamps have not been used.

Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1939.

These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.

Photo by the relatively famous New York photographer James Alba Bostwick Expired from the end 19th.

Set of 5 pages of philosophy course in French - beautiful writing on the front and back of each sheet.

These sheets were written by a high school student (E. Collin) in 1866.

The page in the last photo is not for sale, it indicates the date of these leaflets.

Each set is very similar to the photos presented and includes 5 leaflets written on the front and back.

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

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.

Set of 8 French bills of exchange of a shoe factory 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.

Old French photograph of a family dating from 1901 two women in the center of which one carries a young child dressed in white. It could be a first communion photo.

Vintage French postcard with a bouquet of roses from 1930s.

Vintage Italian postcard from the island of Capri from 1910s. French written back.

Set of administrative and legal documents concerning an insurance company (Société d'Assurance Mutuelle de Paris). The set is accompanied by a nice presentation card of the company with the symbols of Paris. A total of 25 pages of typed or printed documents from 1920s.

Vintage French postcard with a bouquet of roses from 1930s.