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Lot# 1419 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 1419 Austria

    Schmiedl High-Altitude Balloon F.S. 1 'The World's First Stratosphere Mail Flight' 1928 (June 1): Album page with flimsy envelope bearng 3 Gr. 'rectangular gondola' label, supplemented by 15gr., cancelled "Graz-Flugpost 10.VI.28-8", with two-line "Geflogen mit Höhenballon F.S.1" handstamp, numbered "19" (200 carried), together with three rectangular gondola tête-bêche pairs in orange and black unused, fine Hopferwieser FS-01a, FS01V1b = Euro 1'200.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF