GA Werder, Nels, and Farine · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: GA Werder, Nels, and Farine
Description: 1900? "La Cigale et la Fourmi." Complete five card numbered postcard set. From various publishers. $35 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., '20.

This set is unusual first of all for the creativity of its sender, who wrote in various places on the five cards. All were sent with Swiss stamps to the same person in Locle, Switzerland. The set is also peculiar in that Card #3, which uses different typeface for its text, advertises "Phot. Werder, La Louviere; Ed. Nels" in Brussels. Cards #1 and 4 have "E.N. Serie 19" Numbers 12 and 15, respectively. Might the "E.N." be Ed. Nels? Cards #2 and 5 have "J. Farine, Editeur, Le Locle" with numbers 1072 and 1075. These five were already a series when the sender acquired and sent them.
Date: 1900?
Source: $35 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., '20.
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