Cigarette Laurens

Series information :

Series : Le blason des Villes de France Date of issue : ? Number of cards : ? (the highest number I know of is 329) Image variants : yes, also size and text variations

Company

The company 'Cigarettes Laurens' was founded in 1887 in Alexandria (Egypt) by Edouard Laurens. In the following year he receid the privilege to use the brand name Le Khédive from his Highness Twefik Pasha, Khedive (governor) of Egypt. The brand name Le Khédive became his most popular brand in Europe. Later in the 19th century he established different factories in Europe, for example in France and in Geneva.

The series of cards show the arms of larger French cities. The back of the arms provides information on the background of the arms. The text and images were from Boisserie de Masmontet. I have no idea when the cards were issued. Some of the texts on the back refer to dates such as 1917, 1919 etc, so at least part of the set dates from at least the 1920s. Some of the earlier numbers do not refer to the First World War, even for frontline cities, and thus probably date from before 1914.

Cards issued :

Below only the first 88 cards are shown.

1	Agen
2	Altkirch
3	Amboise
4	Amiens
5	Angers
6	Angoulême
7	Arras
8	Auch
9	Auxerre
10	Avignon
11	Beauvais
12	Belfort
13	Bergerac
14	Besancon
15	Béthune
16	Blois
17	Bordeaux
18	Boulogne-sur-Mer
19	Bourg
20	Caen
21	Cahors
22	Calais
24	Châlon-sur-Sâone
25	Castres
25	Chambéry
26	Chartres
27	Châteaudun
28	Châteauroux
29	Châtellerault
30	Cherbourg
31	Dieppe
32	Dinan
33	Gap
34	Grenoble
35	Guéret
36	Issoudun
37	Laon
38	La Roche-sur-Yon
39	Le Havre
40	Lille
41	Limoges
42	Lyon
43	Mâcon
44	Marseille
45	Metz
46	Millau
47	Montauban
48	Montpellier
49	Mulhouse
50	Nancy
51	Nantes
52	Nevers
53	Nice
54	Nîmes
55	Niort
56	Nontron
57	Orléans
58	Paris
59	Pau
60	Périgueux
61	Péronne
62	Poitiers
63	Ramber-villers
64	Rennes
65	Ribérac
66	Roanne
67	Rouen
68	Saint-Brieuc
69	Saint-Denis
70	St. Etienne
71	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
72	Saint-Jean-de-Losne
73	Saint-Quentin
74	Salies-de-Béarn
75	Sarlat
76	Saumur
77	Tarbes
78	Thann
79	Toul
80	Toulouse
81	Tourcoing
82	Tournus
83	Tours
84	Valence
85	Verdun
86	Versailles
87	Vesoul
88	Vichy

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