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

Labels are always glued to wood.

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

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.

Vintage Belgian "Bonne fête" postcard with young girl with a bouquet of flowers from 1910.

This postcard bears the mention "De tout coeur" which can be translated into "wholeheartedly".

23 pages French notarial document (of which 7 handwritten pages) of the Dieppe region in France on old paper rather thick and rigid.

Center pages larger than the other pages have been meticulously folded to the same size

This document dates from 1925 and corresponds to an acknowledgement of debt.

French newspaper "L'Ouest" of July 18, 1926 - 8 pages.

State as on the photos.

Vintage French postcard of the Italian actress Guglielmina Marchi from 1904.

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

French postcard representing a young woman in front of an easel with the inscription "Bonne fête" from 1910s. This postcard dates from 1910s.

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 care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.

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

Set of 1000 vintage French stamps from 1900s to 1920s.

This set consists of:

• 270 multicoloured stamps
• 370 green stamps
• 370 orange stamps

Set of 30 large vintage French stamps from 1940s to 1960s

Correspondence book of a French young schoolgirl from the 1950s.

This notebook indicates the marks and the appraisals given by the teacher to the student.

Huge vintage map of western Russia from a French atlas of the 1910s. This map on two pages measures 54 x 41 cm and forms the front of the document.

On the back you will find a smaller map of the Caucasian region (41 x 27 cm) and a map of Poland (41 x 27 cm) in the 1910s.

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

Set of 12 photos of the Musée Grévin in Paris in the 1950s.

More information about the Musée Grévin at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musée_Grévin.

These photos are typical of the 1950s and 1960s, during which tourism progressed a lot but not all tourists were equipped with a camera. These photos were sold on the tourist sites allowing everyone to keep a souvenir of the visit.

Vintage French chromolithograph of a confectionery in Paris from 1890s