many old postcards that have been placed on a tablemany old postcards of different types and sizesmany old postcards of different types and sizesseveral different types of business cards are displayed on a gray surface
Description
1922–1931 [COLONIAL EXHIBITIONS IN MARSEILLE 1922 AND PARIS 1931] - A set of postcards from the 1922 Marseille Colonial Exhibition comprising: * 4 postcards, two in colour, only one of which has been sent. They depict the Grand Palais de l’Indochine and its aviary, as well as a Tonkinese rickshaw. * A booklet of 17 postcards, ‘Souvenir of the 1922 Marseille Colonial Exhibition – Grand Palais de l’Indochine – Ruins of Angkor’, L. Crespin, Saigon. * A booklet of 12 detachable colour postcards, “Marseille Colonial Exhibition 1922”. - A collection from the 1931 International Colonial Exhibition in Paris comprising: * 19 postcards, some in colour. They depict monuments erected for the exhibition: the Museum of the Colonies and the bas-reliefs on its façade by Janniot, the Annam Pavilion, the Temple of Angkor Wat, the Moorish café in the Tunisian section, the Indian mosque and the Sudanese mosque of French West Africa (A.O.F.), the New Caledonia Pavilion and the Netherlands Pavilion. (Some postcards show signs of having been sent). * 3 booklets of 24 detachable postcards, ‘A Stroll through the International Colonial Exhibition, Paris, 1931’. Braun & Cie. Authorised publishers. * One booklet of 12 detachable colour postcards, “International Colonial Exhibition, Paris, 1931”. Braun & Cie. Authorised publishers. Included: - A postcard depicting a Chinese gate from the 1907 Paris Colonial Exhibition.
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Auction time 09/08/2026 at 11:00 AM
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