L. BUREAU & FILS.

The yellow in the earlier depiction was questioned. Ivan Sache explained that his modern postcard reproduced an older house-flag poster of unidentified origin, and thought aged white paper had become yellow without subsequent users checking the original.

Lloyds 1904 and 1912 give a red flag with white “LB&F”.

The sailing-ship records use L. Bureau & fils for Léon Bureau in 1904–14, Léon Bureau et fils for Duchess Anne in 1891–1901 and Dugesclin in 1894–1905, and Bureau & fils for several Saint ships from 1899. Another account dates formation to 1897 and considers closure after the First World War very probable. Family links with Bureau Frères et Baillargeau are suggested, not established.

France, Nantes.