ANTIQUE POSTCARD BOOKLET-WWI FRANCE -CHATEAU - THIERRY - L.C.H. ORIGINAL ANTIQUE POSTCARD BOOKLET of depicting the battle damage of WWI to Château-Thierry in France. Chateau-Therry is a commune in northern France about 56 miles east-northeast of Paris.

It is a sub-prefecture of the Aisne department in Picardie.

Château-Thierry was the site of two important battles. The Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) in the Napoleonic Wars between France and Prussia, and Battle of Château-Thierry (1918) in World War I, between the United States and Germany.

This CARTE POSTELE / POSTCARD BOOKLET COVER states:

LA GUERRE 1914-1918 CHATEAU - THIERRY

L.C.H., vise Paris 20 Vues detachables

All 20 carte postale / postcards are present and unused. The Publisher is L. C. H. (actual name unknown).

All postcards are not consecutively number but are in the 800-900 range and depict battle damage to bridges, streets, and buildings. Some scenes show people, bicycle and a horse drawn wagon. All are in the french and english language.

CONDITION is ESTATE / UNUSED / ORIGINAL.
Binding is tight. They appear to have been in stored in a clean / climate controlled environment for many years.
Most of the onion skin paper is present but discolored.

There are signs of aging and discoloration. All are UNUSED / Near Mint Condition.

Please feel free to contact us if you should have any question or if you would like additional photos.




Circa: PRE 1925
Condition: ESTATE / UNUSED
Size: BOOKLET 6 X 3 3/8ths inches / POSTCARD 5 1/2 X 3 3/ths inches
Color: SEPIA with GREEN DIVIDED BACKS
Publisher: L. C. H. Vise Paris  

ANTIQUE POSTCARD BOOKLET-WWI FRANCE - CHATEAU-THERRY - DELBOY ORIGINAL POSTCARD SOUVENIR BOOKLET pre-1925.

FRONT COVER states:

Apres le Bombardement de Chateau-Thierry

SOUVENIER de la Grande Guerre 1914-1918

Back Cover states:
Phototypie, Marcel DELBOY, Bordeaux

Cover page states that 21 carte postale cards are in the booklet but 24 are present, intact and unused. All postcards are numbered consistently beginning with the number 1 and ending with number 24.

First page of this booklet is a summary page from the Editor, Marcel DELBOY Bordeaux.

All are photos show WWI battle damage after the bombardment.

All are sepia colored prints with green backs.

All are marked PHOTOTYPIE Marcel DELBOY Bordeaux, Chateau-Thierry Aisne,
with description of the photo, (photo 1918) and the initials M.D. Most words are in the french language.

All of the postcards sepia colored with divided green backs.

CONDITION is ESTATE / UNUSED / ORIGINAL.
Binding is tight. All of the postcards are intact, none are separated from the binding.

They appear to have been in stored in clean / climate controlled environment for many years.

They show some signs of aging / some discoloration but are in UNUSED / Near Mint Condition.

Please feel free to contact us if you should have any questions or if you would like additional photos or a more detailed explanation of the contents.

Circa: PRE - 1925
Condition: ESTATE / UNUSED
Size: Booklet 6 X 3 1/2 inches / Postcard 5 1/2 X 3 1/2 inches
Color: SEPIA with GREEN DIVIDED BACKS
Publisher: Editor, Marcel DELBOY Bordeaux.  

ANTIQUE MILITARY POSTCARD WWI FRANCE - MARNE FRONT AN ORIGINAL WWI MILITARY - FRANCE / CARTE POSTALE / POSTCARD BLACK and WHITE PHOTO PRINT featuring FRENCH SOLDIERS unloading HEAVY ARTILLERY SHELLS at the MARNE FRONT.

The description on the postcard is written in the french and english languages and reads: Front de la MARNE: dECHARGEMENT D'OBUS DE GROS CALIBRE.

The MARNE front : unloading heavy shells.

BACK OF POSTCARD: DIVIDED BACK with the word POSTCARD written in 7 different languages.

This postcard was made during the early period when the postcards were being printed on inferior paper. The back of the postcard is green and has some discoloration around the edges.

The CONDITION is ESTATE / UNUSED / ORIGINAL. There is some discoloration.
Circa: PRE - 1925
Condition: ESTATE / UNUSED
Size: 5 1/2 X 3 1/2 inches
Color: BLACK & WHITE with DIVIDIDE GREEN BACK
Publisher: Unknown  

ANTIQUE POSTCARD BOOKLET-WWI FRANCE -LA GUERRE 1914-1918-SOISSONS POSTCARD BOOKLET

BOOKLET COVER states:

LA GUERRE 1914-1918

SOISSONS / sous les obus

L.C.H., vise Paris No. 1. - 20 Cartes detachables

All 20 carte postale postcards are present and unused.

All postcards are number between the 600s and 700s but not consecutively with descriptions in the french and english languages.

All prints are in black and white and are from real war photos. They show battle damaged buildings and the streets, colleges and churches of Soissons France.

The CONDITION is ESTATE / UNUSED / ORIGINAL. Binding is tight.
The postcards appear to have been stored ub a clean / climate controlled environment for many years. Most of the onion skin paper is present but discolored. The postcards show aging, some discoloration but are in UNUSED / Near Mint Condition.

Please feel free to contact us if you should have any question or if you would like additional photos.
Circa: PRE - 1925
Condition: ESTATE / UNUSED
Size: Booklet 6 X 3 1/2 inches / Postcard 5 1/4 X 3 1/2 inches
Color: Black & White
Publisher: L.C. H. Paris  

ANTIQUE POSTCARD BOOKLET FRANCE - VERSAILLES - 24 CARDS Wonderful VINTAGE POSTCARDS titled VERSAILLES ET LES TRIANONS depicting the sites; PARKS, FOUNTAINS, STATUES and PALACES located in VERSAILLES FRANCE in the early 1900s. The editors name is LOUIS LEVY (LL).

Booklet contains 24 CARTES POSTALES / DETACHABLE cards all are present and 1 is blank!

All of the cards are BLACK and WHITE photo prints with DIVIDED GREEN BACKS.

ALL of the cards are UNUSED!

Our resource indicates that the PUBLISHER initials LL is that of LOUIS LEVY.

These postcards were published in France and all of the words on the cards are in the French language.

All are black and white print except for the blank card and included various street scenes and prominent buildings of Versailles. All of the words are printed in French.

Some of the photos / cards descriptions are:
Panorama de Versailles, Focade du palais de Versailles, Palais de Versailles - Galerie des Glates, Palais de Versailles - Galerie des Batailies, Versailles - Le Chatreu - Chambre de Louis XIV, Palais de Versailles - Focade sur la Terrassse et parterre d'eau, kVersailles - Le Parc - L'Orangerie, Parc de Versailles - Bassin de Neptune, Parc de Versailles - Le Bassin de Latone, Parc de Versailles - Bassin d'Apollon et Tapis Vert, Parc de Versailles - Les Bains d'Apollon, Parc de Versailles - Bosquet des Colonnades, Versailles - Palais du Petit - Trianon and MORE!

23 of the cards are CARTE POSTALE except for one that is blank.

Most are seperated by onion skin paper.

These postcards are from the a time when inferior paper was used to print postcards re: green backs.


The CONDITION is ESTATE / UNUSED.
The binding is tight. Some of the onion skin paper protectors are still present. They show some discoloration due to age. These appear to have been kept in a climate controlled environment.



Circa: PRE - 1925
Condition: ESTATE / UNUSED
Size: 5 1/4 X 3 1/2 inches
Color: BLACK & WHITE with DIVIDIDE GREEN BACK
Publisher: LOUIS LEVY / IMPR. EDIA VERSAILLES