Trade cards : French Colonies

Cards from the series Les Colonies Francaises issued by Suchard.

Labels issued by various chocolate producers showing administrators and governors of colonies in Africa.

Here is one from Chocolat Poulain depicting a Moroccan 'rekka' or postal courier and a local stamp from 1892 for the Tangier-Fez route:



On the back, the card informs the late nineteenth century chocolate consumer that "Despite its proximity to Europe, Morocco does not yet have and organized regular postal system, nor much of any administration. Education is in a pitiful state, and industry is completely degenerate. The Sultan, who is both the spiritual and secular leader, does not have any ministers but in order to govern and administer, receives the advice of a few favorites, who are also charged with executing his orders. Meanwhile, the French, Spanish, and English post offices have been established in Tangier for service within that town. Several local services have been  constituted among certain important towns. For the rest of the country, one irregularly employs native messengers."

Cards showing various products from Algeria amd Morocco.These were issued by Falieres Nutrition.According to Wikipedia,phosphatine was a flour ,beneficial for healthy children.

anglobob
Very nice - have not been yet to St. Pierre & Miquelon....not that far from Edmundston but you have to drive # hours for the Ferry to Newfoundland and take a ride to another Ferry to this Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon and no passport required for Canadian citizens (I would bring mine)
Long journey, tiny Island........

René

A card from Lion Noir showing Les Marquises,a remote group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia.

Cards issued by Victoria chocolate,a Belgian company with a factory in Palaiseau France.
Also shown is a Chocolat Pupier card showing an early map of French Equatorial Africa.