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Lot# 2238 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 2238 France

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    Ballons montés and related material 1870/71: Selection twelve entires incl. no. 17 'Le Garibaldi' to Manchester, no. 22 'Fulton' to Anvers, no. 27 'Gironde' with Paris SC cds in red, matching ingoing letter of the same correspondence from Lille with courier to Paris, no. 27 'Gironde' to London, no. 30 'General Uhrich', no. 42 'Ville de Paris'. no. 43 'Parmentier', no. 51 'Bayard', no. 53 'Armée de la Loire' with Paris SC cds in red, and no. 65 ' Torricelli'. Also Commune de Paris 1871 (May 1), envelope with full content from the well-known Cahen correspondence, internally dated "Rueuil" and directed to Versailles, bearing Napoléon laureated 20 c. blue type II, tied by VERSAILLES cds, a letter written by an officer to his wife during the reconquest of Paris. A most interesting group ex collection Provera.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF