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Lot# 3163 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 3163 France

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    Ballon monté 1870 (Dec 15): Entire letter carried on board of balloon no. 43 'Parmentier' to London, franked with Napoléon laureated 30 c. brown, overall fine with a corner fault, tied by mute Étoile de Paris obliterator with "PARIS (60)" despatch cds and framed PD in blue alongside. Reverse with LONDON arrival (Dec 31) cds. In spite of the adhesive's imperfections a desirable entire, signed Calves Maury = € 475 + 200.rnNote: The entire is directed to an employee of Harriet Sarah Loyd-Lindsay (née Jones-Loyd), Baroness Wantage (1837-1920), a British art collector and benefactor. She was the sole heiress to the fortune of her parents Harriet Wright and Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone, who gave her Lockinge House near Wantage as a wedding present when she married Robert Loyd-Lindsay in 1858. The couple lived among other places at 2 Carlton Gardens, London. She was a benefactor to many causes, most notably nursing, for which she founded the National Aid Society (later the British Red Cross Society). rnThe writer, Frances Saliba notes: "Until now we have not suffered for the want of food, of cause. We get no other meat then horse, dogs, rats. We get plenty of bread, rice ... Do not believe what the Prussians say - that we are starving."
    Starting bid : 150.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 320.00 CHF