17.00 USD
Doux Accord, or Sweet (or gentle) Agreement. Lovely image speaks for itself of friendship and shared feelings. Hand-tinted card printed by S.I.P. (Société Industrielle Photographie) The largest French postcards printer at that time.
This sweet card was produced probably between 1900 and 1904. Note that its obverse is undivided by the vertical line that appeared on the more modern French cards, post 1904.
It was dated 1904, but there is no apparent postmark, so it was probably mailed inside an envelope, a common enough practice, particularly given that on the earlier non-divided back cards such as this one, any written message, beyond the recipients address was prohibited.
On this card, we find a fairly long poem, written in a fine hand and in that oh so romantic violet ink of the period. It may be that the card's sender, Léon, was the composer of this poem. Often we find portions of well known poems written out on these old postcards but usually the author's name is mentioned and we google searched portions of this one to see if we could locate its source, but coming up with nothing suggests Monsieur Léon was himself, the author. Geez... La Belle Epoque was indeed the beautiful era :) Imagine receiving this postcard from a beau or a good friend.
A Lovely card in very nice condition.
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully-insured, first class shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will not charge for postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for shipping materials and as of the date of this listing, we are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.