Introduction de Ballon Monté: Après les lettres transportées par les vols transatlantiques Zeppelin dans les années 1930, le Ballon Monté est peut-être la plus recherchée de toutes les enveloppes de la poste aérienne irlandaise. Malheureusement aucun des ballons n’a atterri en Irlande mais le siège de Paris et ses héroïques aéronautes ont certainement capturé l’imagination…
Irish Diamond Numerals: ROSCOMMON 396 in black ink A very fine used 1d Star from plate 42 lettered MC on white paper tied to a front piece and back flap by a fine ‘396’ Irish diamond numeral of ROSCOMMON. On the back flap: a fine and clear impression of the very scarce “DUBLIN SIGNET” cancel “DUBLIN/8/AP…
Checklist: Single Irish Diamond Numerals (1844-1857) # Post Office County Black Blue Green Red Brown 1 Abbeyleix Queen’s Co black ink 2 Adare Limerick black ink blue ink 3 Ahascragh Galway black ink blue ink 4 Ardara Donegal black ink 5 Ardee Louth black ink blue ink red ink 6 Ardglass Down black ink 7…
Introduction to Ballon Monté Mail: Next to letters carried by the famous trans-Atlantic Zeppelin flights in the 1930s, the Ballon Monté is perhaps the most eagerly sought after of all Irish airmail covers. Sadly, none of the balloons actually landed in Ireland but the Siege of Paris and its heroic balloonists certainly captured the public…
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