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Lot# 3431 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 3431 France

    Ballon Montés 1870/71: Small group (4) with postcard franked Siège 10 c. bistre to Bayonne with arrival (Jan 18) probably carried on the Ballon "Vaucanson" (signed Jamet), tatty entire to Geneva at 30 c. rate carried on the "Vauban", faulty cover to Cherbourg with Siège 20 c. blue probably carried on the "Ferdinand Flocon", and an extremely unusual cover from Paris with laureated 20 c. mailed on September 18, 1870 and received in Toulouse on Oct 24, 1870. Interesting group.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF