1907 Berck-Plage L'Entonnoir France TVC Vintage Postcard

About This Vintage Postcard

This charming early 20th-century postcard features a scenic view of L'Entonnoir at Berck-Plage, a popular seaside resort in northern France. The scene shows the elegant villas along the shoreline, including a prominent turreted building in the foreground, with the vast beach stretching into the distance. This card is a notable example of the Timbre Cote Vue (TVC) style, where the postage is intentionally affixed to the front picture side. The handwritten message on the back is a formal greeting sent to a young woman in Paris, capturing a moment of polite social correspondence during the Belle Epoque.

Details

Era: Divided Back (1907)
City: Berck-Plage State or Region: Pas-de-Calais
Country: France
Topic: Berck-Plage, L'Entonnoir, French Seaside Resort, TVC Postcard, Belle Epoque Architecture, Timbre Cote Vue
Condition: Circulated
Postage: 5 centime green Sower stamp affixed to front, postmarked 1907
Address Side: Divided back
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Artist / Photographer: Neurdein (ND Phot)
Publisher: Neurdein Freres (ND Phot)
Printer: Imp. Phot. Neurdein et Cie
Print Type: Halftone Lithograph

Additional Information

The back of the card is addressed to Mademoiselle Bernadou at 35 Rue de Passy in Paris. The sender, likely a friend or acquaintance, signed the card with "Souvenir respectueux" (Respectful remembrance). The publisher, Neurdein Freres, was one of the most significant French postcard firms of the era, known for their extensive topographical and ethnographic series. The "ND Phot." mark on the front and the specific multilingual header on the back are hallmarks of their high-volume international production. Rue de Passy, where the recipient lived, was and remains a prestigious residential and commercial street in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

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