[78-L] Early record sleeves (was: record cabinet?)

[Benno Häupl]

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When I lived in Paris in the late 1970s, there was a 78s dealer in my Montmartre neighborhood 
who had an original cardboard mailing box full of French Berliners in what I think were their 
original sleeves. 

The box was 'generic' with some company address stamp for the sender, as I remember. 
The records were ALL by the Garde Républicaine - therefore of no musical interest to me, 
although I was tempted to buy a couple only for the sleeves. 

These sleeves were, of course, the size of the 7" records, had no hole on either side, but a 
rather large flap that went down about 2 inches or maybe more. The paper was rather sturdy and 
had a somehow treated, semi-glossy surface on the outside. 

I also have some early plain sleeves for some Turkish 7.5" ODEON International Talking Machine Co. 
records. I presume that they are original, too, because of the look and feel of the paper and 
the provenance of the discs (from an early mailing box, too).