Vintage French photo circa 1909: altered-postcard. The green stamp is most probably circa 1900-1940. Handwritten French greeting on reverse. The placement of the stamp means, 'I love you'. Read about the 'language of stamps' at
http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/nostalgia/the-language-of-stamps/
My thanks to Val Herman for introducing me to the language of stamps.
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Thanks for the images of your 'Language of Stamps' collages. Enjoyed our humorous exchange!
Bonjour Mark--thanks for enlightening me about the language of stamps! I read more info about it --very interesting part of postal history.
Are these ladies old flames of yours? :-)
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