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InscribedUntersatzkarton, recto: M.u. "A BALLOON LETTER, PARIS 1870."; l.u. "Stereoscopic Co."; r.u. "Copyright. / TURN OVER." (grün gedruckt); verso: " THE SIEGE OF PARIS. / HISTORICAL NOTES IN REFERENCE TO / BALLOONS. / FIVTY-FOUR BALLOONS WERE DESPATCHED FROM / PARIS DURING THE SIEGE OF THAT CITY BY THE / PRUSSIANS, 1870-71. / THEY CARRIED TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED / THOUSAND LETTERS WEIGHING ABOUT TEN TONS. / FIVE PRIVATE BALLOONS ALSO LEFT PARIS. / THE FIRST BALLOON THE "NEPTUNE" LEFT PARIS / ON THE 23RD. SEPTEMBER, 1870. / ON THE 7TH. OCTOBER, GAMBETTA ESCAPED BY / THE "ARMAND BARBES" TAKING WITH HIM A FLOCK / OF CARRIER PIGEONS / THE LAST BALLOON WHICH LEFT PARIS WAS THE / "GENERAL CAMBRONNE" ON THE 28TH JANUARY, / 1871. / THE "JULES FAVRE" BALLOON LEFT PARIS 30TH / NOVEMBER, IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN LOST AT / SEA; AS IT HAS NEVER BEEN HEARD OF SINCE. / FOUR BALLOONS WERE CAPTURED BY THE PRUS- / SIANS. / THE BALLOON LETTER PHOTOGRAPHED ON THE OTHER SIDE LEFT PARIS ON THE 3RD, DECEMBER. / 1870." (grün gedruckt)

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The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company

1870-1871