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Siege of Paris Mail

Siege of Paris preprinted letter sheet

Description:

An unused, pre-printed letter sheet designed for use as Balloon Mail during the Siege of Paris. Examples of letter sheets actually carried by balloons during the Siege are uncommon. However, many unused examples of various format and color remained after the Armistice and were later sold as souvenirs.

Date:
c. 1870
Medium:
paper; ink
Dimensions:
Other: 13.3 x 21cm (5 1/4 x 8 1/4in.)
Museum ID:
0.260305.10.29.1
Place:
FRANCE (republic)
Collection:
National Postal Museum (SI)
See more from the Floyd S. Leach Collection
Jeff Bohn
April 28, 2006

Glossary

  • Balloon post
  • ALBUM PAGE
Additional Records
  • Folded letter from Paris suburb office of La Maison Blanche
  • Folded letter from Paris suburb office of Les Batignolles
  • Folded letter from Paris suburb office of Les Ternes
  • Folded letter from Paris suburban office of Les Batignolles
  • Gard Mobile folded letter from Paris office at Rue St. Lazare
  • Garde Mobile from Paris suburb office of La Villette folded letter
  • Gazette des Absents Newspaper from Paris office at Rue de Clery
  • Gazette des Absents Newspaper from Senate office in Paris
  • Letter from Paris office at Rue de Bondy
  • Mourning envelope from Parthenay
  • Siege of Paris preprinted letter sheet
  • Siege of Paris preprinted letter sheet
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