Balloon Posts See also lot 2299
cover 1870 (28 Sept.) card carried on "No Name" balloon, to nantes bearing "Laureated" 10c. tied by "star" and showing despatch c.d.s. adjacent, and 1870 (29 Sept.) card probably carried on the same balloon, to La Basme, message written by a member of the National Guard, showing flood h.s. "INONDATIONS/ALFORTVILLE 1910" (the adhesive has floated off). Unusual

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cover 1870 (28 Sept.) card carried on "No Name" balloon, to nantes bearing "Laureated" 10c. tied by "star" and showing despatch c.d.s. adjacent, and 1870 (29 Sept.) card probably carried on the same balloon, to La Basme, message written by a member of the National Guard, showing flood h.s. "INONDATIONS/ALFORTVILLE 1910" (the adhesive has floated off). Unusual

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