SIEGE DE PARIS 1870, letter sent from Paris September 20, 1870 to Clermont Ferrand September 25, 1870 franked with "Empire Laureated" 20 c., the letter was flown with the Ballon "Le Neptune", the first "Ballon Monté" during the siege which departed on 09-23 at 8:00 am from Place Sr. Pierre and landed after 104 km in the park of Cracouville castle at 11:00 am, Robineau Certificate (Image)

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SIEGE DE PARIS 1870, printed letter written on November 12 and sent from Paris November 17, 1870 to Yverdon / Switzerland with printed instruction "Ballon monté" franked with "Empire Laureated" 40 centimes; the letter was flown with the Ballon "Le Général Uhrich" which departed from the Gare du Nord on November 18 at 11:45 pm and landed at 8:00 am near Luzarches, this was the first night flight in history; certified Bolaffi (Image)

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SIEGE DE PARIS 1870, letter sent from Paris November 22, 1870 to Bayonne December 11, 1870 with manuscript instruction "Ballon monté" franked with "Empire Laureated" 20 c., the letter was flown with the Ballon "Ville d'Orleans" which departed on 11-24 at 11:30 pm and travelled 1246 km to Lifjell / Norway, where it landed on 11-25 at 2:25 pm, certified Bolaffi (Image)

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SIEGE DE PARIS 1870/1871, unfranked ("P.P.") Gazette des Absents No. 10 dated November 23, 1870 from Paris R. D'Amsterdam 11-24 addressed to Niort 12-21, the letter was flown with the Ballon "JACQUARD", which departed on 11-28 at 11:00 pm from Gare d'Orleans and crashed on the next day in the Irish Sea, some of the mail sacs were recovered and sent to La Rochelle / France postmarked 12-21 (Image)

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SIEGE DE PARIS 1870/1871, 2 Pigeongrammes 2nd official dispatch Serie N. 20 + N. 40, very good condition (Image)

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SIEGE DE PARIS 1870/1871, Boule de Moulins, letter "par Moulins" franked with with "Empire Laureated" 20 c. and pair of "Bordeaux" 40 c. postmarked GC 3869 from Ste. Suzanne 10 JANV 71 addressed to Paris with arrival postmark Paris / Passy-les-Paris 19 FEV 71, very rare and attractive item (Image)

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SPIRIT OF FREEDOM, Steve Fossett's first Solo Non Stop Round The World Balloon Flight in 2002, very attractive special cacheted cover (numbered 440 of 500), plus colour photo, both of them autographed by Steve Fossett, v.f., certified Bolaffi (Image)

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ÖSTERREICH 1915, Przemysl Ballonpost, blaue Ballonpostkarte datiert 1.2.1915, befördert mit Papierballon am 7.3., aufgefunden bei Turja-Remete / Ungarn und am 19.3. beim FPA 47 zur weiteren Postbeförderung übernommen, adressiert nach Wien, Pracht (Image)

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ÖSTERREICH 1915, Przemysl Ballonpost, blaue undatierte Ballonpostkarte mit Dienstsiegel "K.u.k. Festungsartillerieregiment Fürst Kinsky Nr. 3, Festungsballonabteilung" (Kohl Typ IIIa) adressiert nach Budapest, Luxus (Image)

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ÖSTERREICH und DEUTSCHLAND 1948-2000er Jahre, gepflegte Prachtsammlung mit einigen tausend Belegen in 16 großen Ringbindern, dabei Kinderdorf reguläre und Sonderballonpost, Weihnachtsballonpost je ab Nr. 1, Kinderdorf Bordpost, auch ein Band Zeppelin NT und zwei Bände Pro Juventute Luftschiffpost, sicherlich deutlich über 2000 verschiedene Belege aus den Nachlass eines begeisterten Sammlers, die in dieser Reichhaltigkeit nicht häufig angeboten werden (Image)

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