Pre-stamped postcard - Souvenir de ST Cloud - International

To mark the 150th anniversary of the postcard in France, La Poste is reissuing 10 cards illustrating the golden age of the postcard (i.e. up to the 1920s) with a stamp on the reverse that was in use at the time of their first issue, thus becoming pre-stamped cards at the international rate, ready to post and travel. Since Dominique Piazza's invention, the photographic card has developed on a large scale, covering subjects as varied as tourism, the passage of time (e.g. the Montparnasse station accident in 1893 or Paris flooded in 1910) or scenes of daily life (trades, for example). But there's also a category that's always produced in small numbers for private use, with shots taken on the spot (and staged). The photograph is printed on photographic paper with the usual postcard wording on the back. All families have this type of photographic card in their old albums, with the grandfather in military dress or here at a fair stand.

Carte photographique, copie d’après une carte originale, collection privée - Droits réservés. Timbre Semeuse camée 10c (YT138) de 1907, créé par Louis-Oscar Roty et gravé par Jean-Baptiste Lhomme d’après Louis-Eugène Mouchon / La Poste, 2022. Carte pré-timbrée à validité permanente à l'international / La Poste, 2022.