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Auction: 8031 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 734

x France Ballon Monté No. 9 ´Le Washington´ 1870 (7 Oct.), entire letter to Bordeaux franked by 1867 10c. bistre (2), tied by scarce ´347´ gros chiffres (Bureau de Banlieue, Les Batignolles) and Bordeaux arrival (19 Oct.) displaying well on reverse. Positive attribution as to the actual Ballon taken is not possible and the entire may have been flown on the ´Washington´ or ´Louis Blanc´. Ceres €425. Estimate £ 90-120

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