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France 1871 Fifty-sixth Balloon of the Siege entire letter Bushire stamps Very rare Channel Island usage

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Very rare Channel Island usage - believed to be unique as the only recorded 2d Mulready used sent from Guernsey

Elizabethan documents such as this with their wafer seals intact are remarkably rare

A scarce and lovely item

Those pieces that are not already housed in institional collections are quickly snapped up by private collectors

The card marks the end of George's extraordinary reign

France 1871 Fifty-sixth Balloon of the Siege entire letter Bushire stamps Very rare Channel Island usageFrance Fifty sixth Balloon of the Siege: 1871 entire letter to Madam Gadala, Arcachon, Bordeaux, franked by Napoleon III 20c Empire tied by neat red official circular date stamp for 9 JAN carried by the Balloon 'Gambetta' which departed Paris on the 10th January 1871. Backstamped with Arcachon and Bordeaux arrival marks for 15 JAN. A fine and attractive entire letter, offered with an English translation of the original contents. A fascinating and

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