PC_FrComic-Gervère01Postcard franked Salin Dhyere 1909 Apparently one of an extensive pre-WWI series “Nos Marins” illustrated by H Gervère and published by Raffaelli at Toulon, which is a large naval base
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PC_FrComic02Carte officielle de souvenir de la Fin du Monde le 19 mai 1910. "Fin du monde 1910" fait référence à la date du 19 mai 1910, associée à une comète Halley qui passa à proximité de la Terre, provoquant des peurs apocalyptiques en raison de la croyance erronée qu'elle contenait un gaz toxique, le cyanogène. Des caricatures humoristiques ont illustré ces peurs, représentant des gens tirés par des canons ou accrochés à des ballons, comme le montre cette carte.
PC_FredMay01Unused postcard with cartoon caricature by Fred May (PC_FredMay01) Fred May (1891-1976) was a caricaturist and artist, born in Wallasey, Cheshire. He attended the local Liscard School of Art and Reading University. May's earliest drawings were produced for the Liverpool Daily Post and North Eastern Daily Gazette. His first cartoons for the Tatler were sent home in 1917 from the trenches where he was serving as an infantry officer with the Green Howards. He was asked to provide caricatures of men on the Western Front between the shelling. He developed an acute, gentle and humorous style from the 1920s onwards, caricaturing personalities including Winston Churchill, who autographed his own likeness. May served again during the Second World War, when he was honoured with the Legion d'Honneur, and after the war he continued to work for the Tatler, but also the Graphic and Weekly Sketch and News Chronicle right up until his death in 1976. He was a nephew of the cartoonist Phil May .