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

Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1937.

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

Set of 9 small 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 photos show 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.

English postcard with beautiful illustration representing a young girl making tea - "Polly and her kettle". This postcard dates from 1910s. This postcard has not been sent, the back is unwritten.

8 Italian postcards of the Catacombs of Domitilla in Rome from 1950s

Vintage French chromolithograph of a confectionery in Paris from 1890s

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.

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

Booklet of 24 vintage postcards of the city of San Sebastian by Spanish editor Gregorio González Galarza in the 1910s.

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.

10 French invoices with headings from 1920s.

Set of 10 photos of the city of Delft (Netherlands) in the 1950s.

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.

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.

Four birth announcement cards from 1940s to 1960s and a birth certificate.

Vintage Italian postcard from Napoli from 1910s. French written back.

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?"