Huge French lottery tickets "Les gueules cassées" from 1936.

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

Vintage French postcard with a some roses from 1940s on thin cardboard.

Huge French lottery ticket "Les gueules cassées" from 1940.

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

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.

Booklet of 20 vintage postcards about Rabat in Morocco by French photographer Marcelin Flandrin in the 1920s. These postcards are slightly blue colored.

Some details about the photographer from wikipedia:

"Marcelin Flandrin (1889-1957) was a French military photographer.

Marcelin Flandrin settled in Morocco in 1901, where he completed his military service as a volunteer in 1912. A photographer by profession, he served in the Service Photographique des Armées (fr), completing a series of reports during the Rif War. In World War I, he served in the French Air Force, finishing as an aerial observer sending aerial shots of battles.

He settled in Casablanca, capturing the city in transformation from 1921 to 1930, publishing a book entitled Casablanca de 1889 à nos jours in 1929. In 1921, he published aerial images of a flight from Casablanca to France in L'Illustration. In 1922, he illustrated the Morocco pavilion at the Exposition coloniale de Marseille. In 1924, his photos were published in "Nordafrica" next to those of Rudolf Lehnert. He covered the official visit of Sultan Yusef of Morocco to France in 1926. Marcelin Flandrin was also one of the most important publishers of post cards in Morocco. He was also the first to do aerial photography in Morocco; he notably captured the last known photograph of a wild Barbary lion in the Atlas Mountains, taken on a flight from Casablanca to Dakar in 1925." (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelin_Flandrin).

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

Three Belgian chromos of the chocolate brand "Côte d'Or" about Belgian folklore from 1940s.

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.

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.

Old French photograph of a middle class woman in the 1900s made by the photographer Emile Boulin in Orléans.

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 "Bonne fête" postcard with young girl with a bouquet of flowers from 1910. Back probably written in Dutch. 

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.

Set of 10 French bills of exchange from different periods (from 1950s to 1980s), paper sizes and textures.

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.

French bearer share of 100 francs from 1920s of a fuel company in Paris.

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.