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210 - France, War of 1870. Gravilliers Balloon. 1870–1871, 20c blue OB PC from GC 1496, C. LA FERTE-S-JOUARRE on a letter sent by Alfred Roseleur from Paris (11/26) to his wife in Aubusson, with C. AUBUSSON (12/22) on the reverse and handwritten notes reading “Please forward via the French postal service” and “68th Gravilliers Balloon” November 26, 1870 Alfred Roseleur, a physicist and chemist, sent a small child’s balloon every day from his home at 23 rue de Gravilliers in Paris’s 3rd arrondissement, a small child’s balloon with a letter attached, signed “Calves” and bearing a “Brun” certificate—a rare Yvert 37
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France, War of 1870. Gravilliers Balloon. 1870–1871, 20c blue OB PC from GC 1496, C. LA FERTE-S-JOUARRE on a letter sent by Alfred Roseleur from Paris (11/26) to his wife in Aubusson, with C. AUBUSSON (12/22) on the reverse and handwritten notes reading “Please forward via the French postal service” and “68th Gravilliers Balloon” November 26, 1870 Alfred Roseleur, a physicist and chemist, sent a small child’s balloon every day from his home at 23 rue de Gravilliers in Paris’s 3rd arrondissement, a small child’s balloon with a letter attached, signed “Calves” and bearing a “Brun” certificate—a rare Yvert 37
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