1907 Chateau of Saint-Germain-en-Laye France Postcard TVC

About This Vintage Postcard

This early 20th-century postcard features the grand Chateau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a historic royal residence and the birthplace of Louis XIV. The card is a fascinating example of the brief Timbre Cote Vue (TVC) trend, where the postage stamp was intentionally affixed to the front picture side rather than the back. This specific scene shows the impressive Renaissance architecture of the chateau with a lone figure and a small dog in the foreground, capturing a quiet moment in the outskirts of Paris during the Belle Epoque.

Details

Era: Divided Back (1907)
City: Saint-Germain-en-Laye State or Region: Yvelines (formerly Seine-et-Oise)
Country: France
Topic: Chateau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, French Royal Residences, King Louis XIV Birthplace, European Architecture, 1900s French History
Condition: Circulated
Postage: 5 centime green Sower (Semeuse) stamp affixed to the front, postmarked 1907 in Seine-et-Oise
Address Side: Divided back
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Artist / Photographer: Unstated
Publisher: Paul Dupré (P.D. Paris)
Printer: P.D. Paris
Print Type: Halftone Lithograph

Additional Information

This card is a highly collectible Timbre Cote Vue (Stamp on View Side) edition. This was a short-lived social fad among postcard senders who preferred to keep the address side clean or simply enjoyed the aesthetic of the postmark overlapping the image. The card was mailed to Monsieur Hemme at 93 Rue Mouffetard, a famous historic street in Paris. The publisher, Paul Dupre, was a well-known Parisian editor of topographical views. Today, the chateau depicted on the card serves as France's National Museum of Archaeology.

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