Lot 20080 – AIRMAIL

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