Vintage Postmarked French Photo Postcard Ephemera Happy Mail, Gallery Wall

📸 Front (Image & Style) Caption: Amoureuse Pêche! (literally “Loving Sin” / “Love’s Mischief”). Sub-caption: “Daignez me pardonner si je fus indiscret / Et laissez-moi tout bas vous dire mon secret.” Translation: “Kindly forgive me if I was indiscreet / And let me softly tell you my secret.” Scene: A gentleman kneeling in courtship before a fashionable young lady in a broad-brimmed hat, set against a painted pastoral backdrop. Very staged, very Paris studio. Publisher’s Mark: “C.M.” in the bottom right — a French postcard publisher active around 1905–1915. Style Influence: Romantic theatrical staging with strong Belle Époque / late Art Nouveau sentiment. ✉️ Back (Postmark & Address) Mailed: French 5c blue “Sower” stamp with clear cancellations. Addressed to: Melle Claudine Portal, rue du Pannonceau, Chablis (Yonne). Date on cancellation: early 1910s (exact year faint but looks to be pre-WWI). No message beyond address, meaning the caption was the communication. 📝 Condition Good overall with light edge wear, a small corner crease, and some toning. Stamp and cancellations clean and legible. Great for: 📓 Junk journaling, scrapbooks & mixed-media art 🖼️ Framing for home décor or gallery walls ✒️ Collecting for the handwriting, stamps & dates