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Auction: 18009 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series
Lot: 1152

France
Ballon Monté
1871 (15 Jan.) "Lettre-Journal de Paris/Gazette des Absents" No. 27 of 14 Janvier 1871, via Marseilles and Australia to New Caledonia, probably carried on the "Poste de Paris", bearing Siege perforated 20c. with light Paris "3" Star cancellation and with Ministry of Finance datestamp alongside, a variety of transit markings with Marseilles (12) of 2 Feb. and Noumea arrival of 21 April, endorsed a bord du Binat a Saigon Cochinchine; fine. An enormously rare destination. Calves (1992) and E. Diena (2013) Certificates. Photo

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Sold for
£11,000