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1852 imageSiege of Metz 1870 (Sept 30): Papillon de Metz / Papillons du Génie, message from camp Metz addressed to Lieutenant Lametz, Bourg-en-Bresse, carried on Garrison balloon No. 10, which launched 30th September 1870 and landed safely. The message reads; "In front of the Bridges near Metz, My dear brother-in law, please notify the family of my good health. Without news since August 13th." Rare. Cert. Goebel (2005) Maury = € 1'100. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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1853 imageSiege of Metz 1870 (Sept 27): Papillon de Metz / Papillons du Génie, message from camp Metz addressed to Mr Breton, Avignon, carried on Garrison balloon No. 8, which launched 27th September 1870 and landed within enemy territory but was discovered and smuggled to a Buzancy Post Office. The message: "Front Camp in Metz. Sending you this souvenir....kisses to you and little Albert" Maury = € 1'100. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1854 imageSiege of Metz 1870 (Sept 28): Papillon de Metz / Papillons du Génie, message from camp Metz addressed to Birac, carried on Garrison balloon No. 9, which launched 28th September 1870 and was shot down by the Prussian soldiers near Verneville 12 km. west of Metz. Most of the mail was destroyed except a few souvenirs kept by Prussian soldiers. The message; "I am fine. Dated 28.9.70." Rare. Cert. Brun (2002) Maury = € 1'100. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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1855 imageSiege of Metz 1870 (Oct 3): Papillon de Metz / Papillons du Génie, message from camp Metz addressed to Paris, carried on Garrison balloon No. 11 (the last of the Garrison mail) launched 3rd October and was shot down by the Prussian army near Jarny, 22 km. west of Metz, most of the mail was destroyed. The message was written on 3 October 1870 and reads; "...the Captains...are in good health". Maury = € 1'100. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1856 cover image1870 (Sept 25): Entire sent by a member of the Paris Army, with manuscript endorsement 'Armée de Paris / Par Ballon Monté', carried on balloon no. 2 'Ville de Florence', sent to St. Nazaire, with cds. 'Paris (60)' in black dated 22 September 1870. Reverse, arrival cds. 'St. Nazaire' dated 30 September 1870. Fine and extremely rare. Cert. Roumet (2016). Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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1857 cover image1870 (Sept 29): Lettersheet sent to Derry, Ireland, carried via Ballon Monté on balloon no. 3 'Etats-Unis', dated 25 September 1870, franked with three singles Napoléon Lauré 10 c. bistre, tied by a fine strike of the star '9' cancel with cds. alongside 'Paris Rue Montaigne' and a boxed 'PD' in red. To reverse an arrival cds. 'Derry' in black dated 21 October 1870. Reduced slightly on one side. Small tear top left corner at front well clear of adhesives. Remarkably well presereved. Ballon Monté mail to Ireland is uncommon. Maury = € 3'500 Note: Sender is Pauline de Witt the daughter of the Minister F. Guizot. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1858 image1870: 'Papillon de Metz' with manuscript 'Armée du Rhin Poste Aérostatique' (Army of the Rhine Aerostatic Mail), flown on Ballon Monté no. 8 'Non Dénommé', from Captain Maurice de la Tour d'Auvergne to Madame d'Auvergne at the Château de la Pérellepar Domerat (Allier). This is mail from one of the 8 (of 14) balloons confiscated by the Prussian military, so the document never reached its destination. Rare; one of just two recorded. Note: The message reads: " My dear Louise, I profit from a small balloon, who will take off today to announce that I'm still in good health and that I haven't any injury. Cheer up Louise don't worry too much. Féllicitations à Jeannine for her birthday, kisses for (?)....and for you. Best Wishes to everyone and all my sentiments and be well." Provenance: Collection Steve Walske. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1859 cover image1870 (Oct 29): Entire newspaper letter 'Lettre-Journal / Gazette des Absents' no. 2, with printed endorsed 'Par Ballon Monté', carried on board balloon no. 21 'Le Colonel Charras', sent to Marseilles, dated 28 October 1870, franked with Napoléon Lauré 20 c. blue, tied by Paris star '3' cancel, with 'Paris Place de la Madeleine' cds. dated 28 October 1870. Reverse with arrival cds 'Marseille' dated 2 November 1870. Trimmed and short perfs. in places. In well preserved condition. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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1860 cover image1870 (Nov 2): Entire 'Dépèche-Ballon' no. 1, with printed endorsement 'Par Ballon Monté', carried on board balloon no. 22 'Le Fulton', sent to Royan, dated 29 October 1870, franked with Napoléon Lauré 20 c. blue, tied by Paris star cancel, with despatch 'Paris rue Bonaparte' cds. alongside. Reverse with arrival cds 'Royan' dated 4 November1870. In well preserved condition. Rare. Maury = € 2'250. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1861 cover image1870 (Nov 2): Ballon Monté entire accompanied with rare Official Message sent by the passenger from the balloon flight. The entire with printed endorsement 'Par Ballon Monté', carried on board balloon no. 22 the 'Fulton', sent to Saint-Gengoux-le-Royal, dated 31 October 1870, franked with Siège 20 c. blue, tied by Paris Star '11', with 'Paris Rue St. Honore' cds. in black alongside. Reverse with a 'Magoh' and 'St. Gengoux-le Royal' arrival cds. dated 4 November 1870. Small corner fault lower right of entire and light vertical filing fold, well clear of adhesive. The rare 'Bureau de Dépèche Officille ou de Service-Official Message' (229 x 159 mm.), black on yellow thin paper, is sent from Angers, where Louis Joseph Ernest Cézanne, the passenger on the Fulton balloon, immediately sent a message to Tours, which reads: "Arrived by balloon from Paris. Health is good. Will arrive at Tours tonight. Telegraph Marguerite" (his wife). The message arrived the same day and was datestamped 'Tours' 2 November 1870. Has been folded vertically in two places, one with a slit and a horizontally crease at base. Very rare Official Message from the corresponding balloon flight sent by the passenger. The only Official Message by a Ballon Monté passenger currently known. Note: The Fulton took-off from Paris at 8:30 am. on 2 November 1870, the pilot was Le Gloarnec, sailor of the marines, his passenger Ernest Cézanne, Engineer of Bridges. They carried four mail bags. They landed safely in an unoccupied zone after enduring severe cold for 6 hours, landing north-west of Chalet, 290km south-east from Paris. They were taken to nearby Angers by locals and then onto Tours the seat of the Government in exile, arriving 3 November at 2 am. The pilot Le Gloarnec died a few days later from pneumonia. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1)

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1862 cover image1870 (Nov 2): Press Correspondence from 'Correspondence Havas', endorsed 'Ballon Monté', written in German, sent to the 'Allgemeine Zeitung' in Ausburg, Germany, dated 1 November 1870, carried on balloon 22 'Fulton', franked with Siège 40 c. orange, tied by Paris star, with Paris (60) cds in black alongside and a boxed 'PD' in black. Reverse an Ausburg Main Railway Station two-line handstamp and arrival cds dated 6 November 1870. Small tape adherence to back and apparent flaws, with minor soiling. Rare. Cert. Roumet (2016) Maury = € 4'000 Note The Correspondence Havas was the only agency permitted to correspond with the Allgemeine Zeitung. In the 19th century, the Allgemeine Zeitung was one of Germany's first and most important political daily newspapers. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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1863 cover image1870 (Nov 5): Entire newspaper letter 'Lettre-Journal / Gazette des Absents' no. 4 including Supplement, with printed endorsed 'Par Ballon Monté', carried on board balloon no. 25 'Ville de Chateaudun', dated 5 November 1870, sent to Auch, Southern France, franked with Siège 20 c. blue, neatly tied by cds. in black 'Paris Rue Cardinal Lemoine'. Reverse with arrival cds Auch 12 NOV 70. In well preserved condition and scarce with cds. on adhesive. Maury = € 400. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1)

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1864 cover image1870 (Nov 6): Printed patriotic Letter form "Formule aux Drapeaux" with printed endorsement 'Par Ballon Monté', illustrated with flags and anchor with 'République Française', on blue peel paper carried on balloon no. 27 'Gironde', dated 6 November 1870, addressed to St Brieuc redirected to Aurey, franked with Siège 20 c. blue, tied by Paris star '3' cancel, with Paris cds. dated 6 November 1870. Reverse, transit dated 10 November 1870, three further cds's of St Brieuc, Rennes and Nantes all dated 11 November 1870. Small part of the internal printing missing with Imprint slogan in French on inside of formula reads: "Only one war is just and holy: that of independence, senseless peoples we will always kill for the pleasure and pride of kings? Paris defies the enemy. France rushes headlong, Death to invaders". Fine and rare. Signed Calves. Cert. Gautré (2018) Maury = € 3'850. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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1865 cover image1870 (November 18): Entire letter, carried on Ballon Monté "Le Général Uhrich", franked with 1867 40 c. orange, tied by "26" Paris star cancel, adjacent "Paris / Gare du Nord" cds, to Vianen, Netherlands, with arrival backstamp (23 Nov), remarkably fresh appearance, a scarce Ballon Monté entire to a foreign destination (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1866 cover image1870 (Nov 18): Entire 'Journal Poste No. 5', published 17 November 1870, with printed endorsement 'Par Ballon Monté', carried on board balloon no. 30 'Le General Uhrich', sent to Newy-le-Roi, dated 18 November 1870, franked with Siège 20 c. blue with faint Paris Star cancel and black cds. 'Paris St. Lazare' alongside. To reverse a wafer seal across flap 'DOLIVEUX' in black and arrival cds 'Nuvy-le-Roi' dated 27 November 1870. Perfs. dulled at top due to proximity to edge. Scarce example. Cert. Roumet (2016). Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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1867 cover image1870 (Nov 24): 'Mandal Mail' entire with manuscript endorsement 'Par Ballon Monté', flown on balloon no. 33 'Ville D'Orléans', addressed to La Hague, Holland, dated 24 November 1870, the franking washed-off in the sea, salvaged from the English coast and sent from there to destination, with despatch cds. in black 'Paris Cardinal-Lemoine'. Reverse with arrival cds. 'Graven Hague' dated 5 December 1870 and a rectangular 'D26' appled due to the lack of postage. Scarce. Maury = € 700+ Note: "Ville d'Orléans" was piloted by Paul Rolier and passenger Léon Bézier. They took off from Paris late at night on 24 November 1870. The balloon was blown off course by strong winds and ultimately landed in Lifjell, Norway, over 1200 kilometers away. The journey was perilous and the crew had to jettison some mail bags to lighten the load and avoid disaster. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1868 cover image1870 (Nov 28): Entire letter with printed endorsement 'Par Ballon Monté', carried onboard the fated balloon no. 34 'Jacquard', sent to St Seine, Cote d'Or, dated 28 November, franking washed off in the sea, faint Star cancel, with cds. 'Paris Bd. Beaumarchais' alongside. To reverse a 'Lamargelle' fancy circular datestamp 27 December 1870 and arrival 'St. Seine' 27 December 1870. Note: The 'Jacquard' crashed off the Scilly Islands west of Cornwall, several post bags were recovered at different times and given to the postal authorities in the UK or France for onward delivery. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1869 cover image1870 (Dec 5): Entire 'La Cloche no. 10', published 30 November 1870, with printed endorsement 'Par Ballon Monté', carried on board balloon no. 38 'Franklin', addressed to Mr. Wolff, Grand Rabbi of the Consistoire Israélite, sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, dated 3 December 1870, franked with Napoléon Lauré 30 c. brown, tied by Star cancel, with black cds. 'Paris Rue St. Domesque' alongside and red boxed 'PD'. To reverse, an arrival cds. in black 'Copenhagen' dated 12 December 1870. Corner wear, some minor tears and soiling. Adhesive has trimmed perfs. at base and corner bend. However, rare destination; only know La Cloche to Copenhagen. Cert. Calves (1996) Maury = € 12'000+ Note: Abraham Wolff (1810-1891) was the chief rabbi of Copenhagen who served as a reformer and moderniser of Jewish life in Denmark, translating prayers into Danish and incorporating other modern practices. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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1870 cover image1870 (Dec 7): Entire 'Le Ballon Poste no. 10', published 4 December 1870, with printed endorsement 'Par Ballon monté' (lower case M), carried on board balloon no. 40 'Denis Papin', dated 5 December 1870, sent to Lisieux, Calvados, franked with Siège 20 c. blue, tied by Paris Star '37' cancel, with black cds 'Paris R. D'Enghien' alongside. To reverse an arrival cds in black 'Lisieux' dated 8 December 1870. Clean and well presereved. Rare. Cert. Roumet (2015). Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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1871 cover image1870 (Dec 11): Entire letter endorsed 'Par Ballon Monté' in manuscript, carried on board the Balloon 'Ville de Paris', dated 11 December 1870, and addressed to Lion sur Mer, Calvados, franked with Napoléon Lauré 20 c. blue tied by Paris star '3' with 'Paris-Pl. de la Madelaine' cds. alongside. The Ballon was captured on landing in Sim (Nassau) in Germany. Maury = € 650. Ex. The ‘Izhak Barak’ Collection: The Development of Aviation and Transportation of Mail by Air until 1914 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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