Vintage Belgian postcard representing two children in the basket of a hot-air balloon. Postcard sent in 1911.

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

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

Large 24-page French weekly newspaper "Le Gaulois du Dimanche" of November 1909 with beautiful Art Nouveau cover, many articles about history, fashion, arts, literature, music, kitchen, and many engravings and photos.

Le Gaulois is a daily French literary and political newspaper founded on July 5, 1868. It became the property of press boss Arthur Meyer and was published until 1929 before being merged with the Figaro. Due to it large size, this magazine will be sent folded in half.

1920s - 1940s - 10 French commercial documents.

Vintage French postcard with a small bouquet of flowers from 1920s. Unwritten back.

Vintage Belgian "Bonne fête" postcard with young girl with a bouquet of flowers from 1910. Back probably written in Dutch. 

In Europe and probably in other countries, it is tradition to wish a "bonne fête" to relatives and friends according to their first name and the calendar of saints. It is a tradition dating from the 16th century that lasted until the beginning of the 20th century and is gradually being lost.

Beautiful photographic portrait of a young woman of the early twentieth century with richly decorated back from 1900s.

Set of 2 sheets (4 pages) of a large Belgian ledger from 1933 and 1934 with numerous tax stamps.

This accounting register was kept for each order and tax stamps were glued in front of each order to pay the taxes due.

With these blue, red and green stamps and this beautiful writing, these pages are very decorative.

Because of their size, these pages will be sent folded in half.

Each set is very similar and very likely to the photos.

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.

1920s - 1940s - 10 French commercial documents.

This postcard was edited by the Parisian Etoile company created by the photographer and industrialist Gaston Piprot, inventor of the patented process "émaillographie". This process gave an incomparable quality of photography for the time as well as a new glazed aspect in the field of the postcard.

Postcard legend: "Dois-je croire à votre amour ?" / "Should I believe in your love?"

French religious card - First communion card from 1910s

French postcard representing a cute couple "like the good old days" from 1910s.

Large vintage map of Europe from a French atlas of the 1910s. This map on two pages measures 46 x 37 cm and forms the front of the document.

These maps show the world as it was in 1910s...

Set of 13 French commercials concerning companies working in the world of publishing and printing mainly in Paris.

Paper sometimes thick and sometimes glossy.

The last photo shows the back of these advertisements which sometimes contain other advertisements.

Sets of 5 sticky advertising butterflies from a French biscuit company in the 1960s.