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Auction: 18038 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 3109

Autographs
France
Aerostatick Balloons
1784 entire letter postally used from Boulogne to Stockton Upon Tees, Durham with bishopmark backstamps, written by an Englishman listing six flights of "Aerostatick Balloons" in 1783-84. The first manned Montgolfier flight was in September 1784. A fascinating letter.

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£270