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Auction: 8031 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 760

x France Ballon Monté No. 33 ´La Ville D´Orleans´ 1870 (24 Nov.), Gazette Des Absents No. 9, used to Boulogne Sur Mer franked by Siège 20c. blue, tied by Paris Star and by Rue Bonaparte c.d.s., reverse with Boulogne arrival c.d.s. (13 Dec.). A remarkable and fresh example from this scarce flight, the Ballon landing in Norway on 25 Nov. at Mandal; the mails being forwarded back through London and Tours. Photo Estimate £ 280-350

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