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Paris, Alexandra III Bridge, Eiffel Tower, Trocadero from Pont de Concorde
Early 20th cent. unused B&W view provided by “Editions d’Art YVON,” brown with age but entirely undamaged and very nice for framing. Grade: 1
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Paris, moonlight on the Seine
Two of these unmailed “Edition d’Art YVON” aging postcards are available. They are described as “Effet d’eclairage sur la Seine” and they are beautiful. Reverses are unmarked, mellow brown. Just great for framing, and dreaming. Grades: 2
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I heart La Cote d’Azur
Mais oui! Unmailed card from Nice in the late 1990s, as-new now. Nice! Grade: 1
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La Cote d’Azur c’est super
Maybe La Cote c’est super, but la femme? Hmmm… Two unmailed cards are available, from late 1990s, but as-new. Grades: 1
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Cote d’Azur, hungry
Unused, as-new card from late 1990s. Where is Gallic humour when we really need it? Grade: 1
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Cote d’Azur, sunset
Captioned as “sunset on the French Riviera,” it looks like nothing at all is setting. Unused card from late 1990s, Les Editions Gilletta 050. Grade: 1
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Nice, 1890-1990
Et 2090? Unmailed card from 1990s, as-new condition but the date gives it away. Grade: 1
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Le Pont du Gard
Card was mailed (using a postage meter, not a stamp) in 1976. Very minor corner creasing. Grade: 2
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Paris, skyline view
Mexichrome/Chantal card 537 mailed using a postage meter sticker in 1973. Wonder what the view would be like from the same vantage point today? Grade: 2
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Reims, cathedral
Judging from the appearance of the cars, the photo is considerably older than the card, which was mailed in 1990 using two stamps and with a nearly complete postmark. Grade: 2
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Cannes, La Cote D’Azur
Falling squarely into the category of places we never, ever thought we would see–somehow, we did, and it was exactly what we expected. The card was mailed in 1997, and has a stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Paris, Eiffel Tower
Card Guy 5481 mailed in 1985 with two stamps but illegible postmark. Grade: 2
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Paris, Forum des Halles
In 1981 this card was mailed from Tokyo (not Paris!) with three Japanese stamps and full postmark. Grade: 3
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Paris, Champs-Elysees at night
Showing the Champs-Elysees and the Arc de Triomphe, this is another card mailed from Japan, not France, in 1985, with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 3
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Paris, Eiffel Tower
Cards don’t get much more definitive than this. Unused 4-7/8″ x 6-3/4″ postcard, as-new. Grade: 1
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Paris, Eiffel Tower at night
In 1986 this Chantal card 493 was mailed from the Netherlands to Malaysia. The Dutch stamp is there but the postmark is not legible. Rounded corners. Grade: 3
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Brenne, nature park
This card was mailed in 1987 from Paris, has a stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Paris, Le Pere Lachaise
We were not planning to create a category called “cemeteries” but with this card in hand we really had no choice. Mailed from Paris in 2003, with stamp and nearly full postmark. Grade: 1
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La Foret
Artistic card mailed in France in 2003 (with stamp and postmark OK) but we just don’t know exactly where in France the forest is. Grade: 2
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Pau
In 1997 this card was mailed from Paris, with two large and colourful stamps and full postmark. Those are the Pyrenees in the background–along with postmark smudging. Grade: 3
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Le Cap Ferrat
Nice card of the French Riviera, though not postally used and with an extensive but warmly written message on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Albi, Berbie Palace
This card of Berbie Castle and the river Tarn was mailed from Paris in 1997 and has two colourful stamps and full postmark; also some postmark smudging and a bit of edge abrasion on the front. Grade: 3
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Cannes
Unused, as-new card from late 1990s. Grade: 1
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la Cote d’Azur, multiple views
Two unused, as-new cards from the 1990s are available. Grades: 1
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Chateaux de la Loire
And what magnificent houses they are, too. The card from 2004 is unusual for having a wavy die-cut edge along the top, but the card was not postally used despite being completely written on the reverse. It is also aging surprisingly quickly on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Paris, aerial view
This card is worth the price only for the front, which you could use to compare the rise and fall of buildings over time. It was mailed in 1971. But the reverse is a mess, with postage meter, tape, added rubber stamp, abrasions, etc. Grade: 5
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Paris, L’Hotel des Invalides
French card, but mailed from Japan in 1997 with three stamps and two full postmarks as well as affixed (personalized) airmail sticker and blue airmail rubber stamp. Grade: 4
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Paris, La Tour Eiffel
There are many nice cards of the Eiffel Tower. Unfortunately, this isn’t one of them. Grade: 5
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Paris, Fontainebleau, The Throne-Room
Unused card but only if you are desperate, due to many different flaws. Grade: 5
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Paris, Fontainebleau, The Emperor’s Bed-Room
Unused card but only if you are desperate, due to many different flaws. (We don’t have many cards as bad as these.) Grade: 5
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Paris, Place de l’Opera
Unused, aging card with tape and other tape abrasions on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Paris, Fontainebleau, Horseshoe Staircase
Unused card in bad condition on reverse. Also has thumbtack holes. Grade: 5
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Berru, Total mit Rathaus
Unused, heavily aged old postcard whose perforated left edge suggests it came from a set. Grade: 3
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Rouen, The Wings of Freedom
Les voiles de la Liberte. Larger (4.75″ x 6.75″) card with two stamps and full postmark, also just a little bit of postal battering. Grade: 2
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Pirineu Catala
Mailed in 2010 with three stamps, readable postmark, and orange postal barcoding on bottom reverse. Grade: 2
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Perigord Vert
From 2010, four stamps, multiple postmarks, and the blue bilingual Prioritaire sticker. Corner creasing. Grade: 2
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Brest, harbour and town aerial view
Mailed in 2010 with stamp and full postmark, along with orange postal barcoding on reverse. Grade: 1
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Paris, multiple views
Very nice that the stamp portrays the Eiffel Tower as well. Full postmark, and address is on an affixed label. Grade: 3
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Anniversary of birth of Bernadette
Unused card from 1994. What you see in the scan is an actual stamp, and then the appropriate Nevers postmark. The reverse is unwritten now, but had a notation that has been erased. Grade: 2
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Paris, La rue de Rivoli
Sepia card, mailed in Paris in 1927 with stamp and full postmark. Small amount of postmark transfer on the front. Grade: 2