Sale 1037 — United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 10-14 December, 2012
Category — Cape of Good Hope thru Germany
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3078
FRANCE, Ballon Monte. France 30c tied by Star of Dots, "Paris 23 Nov. 70" double-circle datestamp on small folded letter to Brussels, Belgium, receiving backstamp (Dec. 6), fresh and Very Fine, carried on the Ville d'Orleans which went drastically off course and had to jettison some of its mail bags to avoid crashing into the North Sea, the pilot and copilot bailed out in Norway but the balloon drifted away and was found a few days later, a more complete history of this interesting trip can be found at http://www.scc-online.org/ph05may.pdf , Yvert e800
E. 500-750
400