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Lot 30336 – Extraordinaire Boule de Moulins avec affranchissem

Lot 30336 – Extraordinaire Boule de Moulins avec affranchissem
France » Guerre de 1870-1871
Prix réalisé
19’000 EUR
Estimation
25’000 EUR
Date de vente
lun. 22 juin 2015 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
Extraordinaire Boule de Moulins avec affranchissement anglais de Londres 14.01.71 avec Grande-Bretagne 6p violet +4p orange en réponse directe à un ballon « nous venons de recevoir votre chère lettre… Cette lettre est envoyée par une nouvelle manière qu’on dit secrète », superbe, rarissime, une ou deux lettres connues
EXTREMELY RARE GB FRANKING ON A BOULE DE MOULINS 1871 (Jan 14) Wrapper (made of tissue paper) from London to Paris during the Franco-Prussian war, with 1865-67 4d vermilion pl.12 and 1867-80 6d mauve pl.9 tied by London duplexes, incl. original contents (in French) responding to a letter received by Ballon Monté which states: « this letter is sent by a new secret way », very fine for such a fragile envelope and very rare Note: During the Franco-Prussian war, the city of Paris was besieged. In an attempt to continue communications with Paris, the idea of the Boule de Moulins was to pack 500 to 600 letters in to waterproof zinc balls and float them down the River Seine to Paris. Unfortunately none of the balls were recovered during the siege.

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