
French postcard with a couple from 1940s with the words...
French postcard with a couple from 1940s with the words "Sans toi, c'est la tristesse. J'ai besoin de ta tendresse" / "Without you is sadness. I need your tenderness"
A funny animal illustration by French painter and illustrator Ray-Lambert dating from the 1930s.
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French postcard with a couple from 1940s with the words "Sans toi, c'est la tristesse. J'ai besoin de ta tendresse" / "Without you is sadness. I need your tenderness"
French religious card - First communion card from 1910s
Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1939.
These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.
Collection of correspondence of a young French man working in Romania to his parents in France between 1918 and 1921. This young man, Theo, worked for the French Economic Bureau in Romania. In spite of the turbulent times of this period that he sometimes relates, he was able to make some trips to Eastern Europe. His letters are mainly sent to his parents and his younger sister. This set includes 48 manuscript letters.
20 French envelopes from 1970s - Without letters inside.
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.
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.
15 vintage matchbox labels - Advertising labels from 1930s to 1950s.
Labels are always glued to wood.
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.
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...
Vintage French postcard with a young woman at sunrise and bedtime from 1900s.
Postcard legend: "Bonjour - Bonsoir" / "Hello - Good evening"
Old French photograph of a middle class woman in the 1900s made by the photographer Emile Boulin in Orléans.
Beautiful French letterhead from a soldier send in 1940. Beautiful header of 134th Infantry Regiment of French army.
Vintage French postcard with a child sent in 1903.
French postcard with a young boy - Postcard written by a young boy to his father from 1920s.
Large 24-page French weekly newspaper "Le Gaulois du Dimanche" of September 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.
A funny animal illustration by French painter and illustrator Ray-Lambert dating from the 1930s.