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many old photographs of men and women on the wallan old photo of a man in a hat and vest standing in a fielda close up of a piece of paper with writing on itan old photo of a group of people sitting around a tablean old postcard with a stamp on it sitting on a tablea picture of a postcard with a picture of a bunch of beehivesa postcard with a picture of a cat on itan old photo of a cemetery with graves and trees in the backgroundan old postcard with a picture of a plane on ita black and white photo of a field of bee hivesan old letter written in black ink on a piece of papera picture of a postcard with a picture of a bench in a gardena close up of a piece of paper with writing on ita green brochure with pictures of a restaurant and a fire hydranta postcard with a picture of a plane on it
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16 - 02. Aisne. 5 CPA. A swarm of bees visiting a friend and show…
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Estimate €50 - €60
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02. Aisne. 5 CPA. A swarm of bees visiting a friend and showing him their friendship. (Published by the Aisne Beekeeping Society, written by Suzanne ICHES: ‘Beekeeping, as depicted on the card, is an old friend of my family’); Friends, let us drink mead, that divine nectar which our intelligent bees draw from the fountain of life, from the very soul of flowers, to give us this sweet, priceless gift. (Aisne Beekeeping Society, circulated, 1905); Mr Beaudequin’s apiary, beekeeper at Saint-Paul-aux-Bois; Large modern apiaries. E. Ponthieux, Leuze, via Martigny (circulated, Leuze, 1923); Large modern apiary. E. Ponthieux. Leuze, via Hirson. (circa 1940?). Enclosed is a photograph of Jules Anglet of the Nizy-le-Comte Beekeepers’ Association, and a postcard from around 1970 of the Living Bee Museum and mead cellars in Coberny, with a handwritten note.
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About the sale ONLINE Collection of beekeeping postcards from Mr Christian de Casteljau. Books, lithographs & other specialities
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Auction time 09/11/2026 at 4:00 PM
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