Published by Editions Lyna

Editions Lyna was a publishing house in Paris which gave us dozens of delicious colour postcards during the 1960s and 1970s. We have collected Lyna postcards with pin-ups, with pop stars and with film actors and scenes. Some postcards fall into two categories, and some fall into all three categories. We selected 21 cards for you.

Seven pin-ups

French postcard by Lyna, Paris, Série A 150-9.


French postcard by Lyna, Paris, no. B.


French postcard by Ed. Lyna, Paris, no. 1.50-32.


French postcard by Lyna, Paris, no. 150 / 39.


French postcard by Lyna, Paris, Série A 150-5.


French postcard by Lyna, Paris, no. 105.


French postcard by Lyna, Paris, Série A 150-7.

Seven pop stars

French postcard by Editions Lyna, Paris, no. 2090. Photo: Michel Ginfray / Gamma.

Though sometimes dismissed in France as little more than a 'chanteur de charme' ('a ladies' singer'), Julien Clerc (1947) in fact enjoyed one of the most successful and longest-lived careers in contemporary French pop. He shaped the nouvelle chanson aesthetic across a span of decades that began in the shadow of the student rebellions of 1968 with the hit 'La Cavalerie' and continued well into the following century with such evergreens as 'Si on Chantait' and 'This Melody'.


French postcard by Editions Lyna, Paris, no. 2046. Photo: Laurent Maous / Production KUKLOS.

Charming Daniel Guichard (1948) is a popular French singer with hits like 'La Tendresse', 'Mon Vieux' and 'Le Gitan'. He also acted in two films.


French postcard by Editions Lyna, Paris, no. 2051. Photo: Raymond Depardon / Gamma.

French pop singer Sylvie Vartan (1944) was one of the first rock girls in France. She was the diva of the yé-yé genre. With Johnny Hallyday, she formed France's Golden Couple of their generation, and they performed in several films together and apart.


French postcard by Editions Lyna, Paris, offered by Biscottes Corvisart, Epinal, no. 2052. Photo: Bernard Leloud.

French singer and composer Michel Fugain (1942) started the group 'Le Big Bazar' in 1972. The happy group with eleven musicians, fifteen singers and dancers had some big hits all over Europe. In 1976, Fugain went solo, and the band stopped a year later.


French postcard by Editions Lyna, Paris, no. 2028. Photo: Alain Marouani / Barclay.

Les Poppys was a French boy group, named after the word 'Pop Music'. During the 1970s, they had big hits in Europe with 'Isabelle, je t'aime' and 'Non, non, rien n'a change'.


French postcard by Ed. Lyna, Paris, offered by Corvisart, no. 2015. Photo: Pathé Marconi.

Italian-Belgian composer and singer Salvatore Adamo (1943) was a teen idol in the first half of the 1960s. Occasionally, he also starred in films.


French postcard by Edition Lyna, Paris, no. 2017. Photo: A. Marouani.

Singer and actress Dalida (1933-1987) was born and raised in Egypt, but she lived most of her adult life in France. The former Miss Egypt 1954 received 55 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc. She also appeared in Egyptian and French films. The immensely popular diva died a tragic death in 1987. She has now become a cult figure for a whole new generation of fans.

Seven film postcards

French postcard by Editions Lyna, Paris, no. 2085. Photo: Sam Lévin, 1967.

Brigitte Bardot (1934-2025) was the sex kitten of European cinema. During the 1950s and 1960s, she was every man's idea of the girl he'd like to meet in Paris.


French postcard by Ed. Lyna, Paris, no. 2002, presented by Corvisart, Epinal.

Flamboyant singer and actor Johnny Hallyday (1943-2017) is the father of French Rock and Roll. He was a European teen idol in the 1960s with record-breaking crowds and mass hysteria, but he never became popular in the English-speaking market. In later years, he concentrated on being an actor and appeared in more than 35 films.


French postcard by Editions Lyna, Paris, no. 2013. Photo: Casanova - Formidable.

French singer and actor Eddy Mitchell (1942) began his career in the late 1950s with the rock & roll group Les Chaussettes Noires (The Black Socks). He went solo in 1963 and also played in many films. In numerous black and white French musical comedies of the 1960s, he appeared as himself fronting his band. His ‘real’ acting career started with Coup de torchon (1981). After a career of 50 years, Mr. Eddy has become the tranquil daddy of French rock & roll.


French postcard by Abeille Cartes / Ed. Lyna, Paris. A series of commemorative events of the bicentennial of the French Revolution. Poster or lobbycard of La Marseillaise (Jean Renoir, 1937), starring Pierre Renoir and Lise Delamare as Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Poster design by Maurice Toussaint.


French postcard by Les Presses de Belville / LYNA, no. 345, 1964. Image: Walt Disney Productions. Publicity still for The Sword in the Stone (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1963). Caption: Mosquito ended up in the water ... He was swimming!


French postcard by Les Presses de Belleville, Paris / LYNA, Paris. Image: Walt Disney Productions, 1965. Publicity still for the short film Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1966), later incorporated in the feature The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, 1977). Caption: The honey thief.


French postcard by Editions Lyna, Paris, no. 2104. Caption: Tu deviens responsable pour toujours de ce que tu as apprivoisé. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Brigitte Bardot (1934-2025) was the sex kitten of European cinema. She was every man's idea of the girl he'd like to meet in Paris.

For more cards, please check out our Editions Lyna album at Flickr.