10 French notarial and insurance documents of the Dieppe region in France with different sizes and colors.

These documents date from 1870s to 1920s.

1920s - 1940s - 10 French commercial documents.

Large 24-page French weekly newspaper "Le Gaulois du Dimanche" of June 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.

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 20 French vintage handwritten letters from 1910s with different handwritings, paper textures, formats. Some letters are not complete, some leaflets are missing.

Large 24-page French weekly newspaper "Le Gaulois du Dimanche" of June 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.

24 pages French notarial document 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 1933 and corresponds to an acknowledgement of debt.

Five large air mail envelopes of different countries between the 1960s and 1980s

Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1940 and 1941.

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

5 French envelopes from of different colors and sizes without letters inside

One of these envelopes date from a time when the postage stamp did not yet exist. It appeared in France from 1850.

At that time, the envelopes as we know them today were very rare. The envelopes were created from a folded sheet six to ten times.

The letters were at that time often closed by a wax stamp, still present on some letters.

In this pack, you will have both some classic envelopes and those consisting of a folded sheet.

The photos correspond to the envelopes you will buy.

Telegram addressed in 1891 to Georges Coulon President of the French Council of State.

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

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.

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.

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...