Objets d'ecriture

I recently received this cool postcard from a Canadian on PostcardX. There is a birthday list available on the site and sometimes users send each other birthday greetings. That's what this was - an early birthday greeting.

It's fun to look at all the old writing implements depicted in this picture. I see a lot of these items are French but I'm especially intrigued with the red white and blue pencils from the Queen Elizabeth Coronation in 1953.

Coincidentally, one of the users I traded cards with on Postcrossing was interested in postcards depicting anything to do with writing (pens, pencils, handwriting). If only I had one like this to send him!