David Feldman's Great Britain & British Empire June 12, 2018

Great Britain & British Empire / June 12 & 13, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) 29 29 20080 F AIRMAIL: 1907 Illustrated balloon card “A message from Mid-Air” depicting “The Daily Graphic Balloon”, addressed to Bombay from London, dated 7 Sept., with text “You won’t mind paying the surcharge on this card I hope. I don’t know from which country it will be despatched. Somewhere between London and Russia...”Epic flight 13 Oct. 1907 from Yarmouth. the balloon landed in Lake Wenern near Brocken, Sweden. The balloon was abandoned, later found in a forest 30 miles away, handstamped ‘Overland postage Due’ with Tösse 14 10 1907 cds, central crease, popular rarity 1’800-2’400 20081 20082 20081 CC 316 1911-13 Somerset House 2s6d dull reddish purple, mint nh, fresh, very fine and a superb example 200-300 20082 C 319 1911-13 Somerset House 10s blue, mint, fresh and very fine  300-400 20083 20084 20083 CC 320 1911-13 Somerset House £1 deep green, mint nh, fresh, extremely fine and scarce in this quality 500-700 20084 C 320 1911-13 Somerset House £1 deep green, mint, fresh and very fine  500-700