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

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

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

Vintage Belgian postcard representing a young girl and her mother teaching her to knit sent in 1913. Back probably written in Dutch. 

Postcard legend: "Knitting lesson"

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.

Very beautiful portrait of a young girl - French postcard - 1920s

Set of photos of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua (Italy) in the 1950s.

These photos, linked to each other and folded into a small booklet, 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.

Huge French lottery tickets "Loterie Nationale" from 1941.

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

Beautiful care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.

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 French postcard with a child sent in 1903.

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?"

Vintage Belgian postcard with young girl with her hands joined in prayer from 1910. Postcard sent in 1911.

Vintage French chromo from the well-known Parisian department store "Au bon marché"

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.

Beautiful care or beauty product labels - Early 20th century.