Filip, a fellow APF'er who has primarily posted his ebay F/S listings to the board so far, posted this additional information about dating French posters printed by Lalande and Saint Martin, on MOPO, this morning. So I thought it would also be a good read here on APF, too, as it's a lot of info. I emailed him, tho, and asked his permission before posting, and he said to please share:
"For all interested in french posters here's some info to help you date posters that were printed by 2 of the major french printers for movie posters , Saint Martin and Lalande. I'll get to the other printers later on.
Starting in 1961, French posters had a Visa number (info on bottom of this post) but as there were sometimes re-releases using the original visa number one must combine the visa number with the printers info to be 100% sure a poster is a first release. Hope this will be of help to some of you.
filip"
PRINTER SAINT MARTIN
1957:
Some posters have:
imp. Ets. St. MARTIN.PARIS.(POR: 10-10) (in a handwritten style)
1955/56/57/58:
there are variations for this period , always in a handwritten style:
Ets. st. Martin . KEL . 05 - 95 . Paris
Ets. St martin Kel : 05-95
Ets St MARTIN . KEL : 05-95 . Paris
1959/60:
Ets. St. MARTIN . KEL. 05-95. PARIS (in a handwritten style)
Ets. st. Martin . KEL : 05-95 . Paris (in a handwritten style)
1961 – 1964 shows several variations:
1961/62:
ETS.ST.MARTIN-imp.Paris
Ets St. MARTIN imp. PARIS .
Ets. SAINT - MARTIN - Paris - KEL . 05-95
1962/63/64:
ETABLISSEMENTS SAINT-MARTIN
38, rue Pascal, PARIS 13e – KEL 05-95
1963/64:
éts. saint - martin imp. Paris
ets. saint - martin imp. Paris
1965/66/67/68/69/70:
Ets SAINT-MARTIN
38 Rue PASCAL PARIS 13e KEL.05-95
1970/71/72/74: (looks a bit like in the 50s but here « imp. » is added between Martin and Paris and doesn't come in a handwritten style):
Ets St MARTIN imp. Paris Kel. 05-95
1972/73:
Ets St MARTIN imp. Paris
Ets St MARTIN imp Paris
1975/76/77/78/79/80/82:
Ets St Martin imp. 92 Asnieres .
Ets. St MARTIN imp. 92 ASNIERES
Ets St MARTIN imp. 92 ASNIERES
PRINTER LALANDE
1957:
AT LALANDE 8 rue cauchois ORN
1960:
AT. LALANDE - 102, Rue Gabriel Péri, GENTILLY – ALE 16-71
1962/63:
ATELIERS LALANDE 102 RUE G. PERI _ GENTILLY – ALE 16-71
AT. LALANDE 102 rue G. PERI _ GENTILLY - ALE 16 – 71
ATELIERS LALANDE 102, rue Gabriel-Péri – GENTILLY – ALE. 16-71 ) sometimes the _ between peri and gentilly is a -
1964/65/66/ 67:
ATELIERS LALANDE – WISSOUS (S.-et-O.) - 920.98.75.
1966:
in some cases:
AT. LALANDE _ WISSOUS (91)
At. LALANDE _ WISSOUS _ 91
1967/68:
ATELIERS LALANDE 91-WISSOUS – TEL. 920.98.75 – 76
(in some cases : AT. LALANDE 91 – WISSOUS – TEL. 920.98.75 – 76)
1969/70/71/72:
LALANDE-COURBET 91 – WISSOUS
1972/73/74/75/76/77/78:
Ste EXPL . Ets LALANDE – COURBET 91 – WISSOUS
(exceptionally : Sté. d'Expl. LALANDE COURBET )
1978/79/80/81/82:
S.E. LALANDE – COURBET 91 – WISSOUS
1983/84:
S.A. LALANDE-COURBET 91320 WISSOUS
1984/85/86/87:
S.A. LALANDE – COURBET 91320 WISSOUS. R.C. CORBEIL
1988:
LALANDE - COURBET . 94 VITRY-S/SEINE - Tél. : 46 81 55 99
VISA NUMBERS:
1 : 1961
1000 : 1963
2000 : 1965
3000 : 1968
4000 : 1971
5000 : 1972
6000 : 1974
7000 : 1976
8000 : 1978
9000 : 1980
10000 : 1984