Los-Nr. 9835

Small entire letter franked with siège 20 c., tied by star cancel "35" with adjacent "PARIS MINISTÈRE DES FINANCES 20 OCT.", showing on reverse large Red Cross seal "SOCIÉTÉ DE SECOURS aux BLESSES MILITAIRES PARIS" and faint transit or arrival mark; very scarce, believed to be the finer of two known examples of the Red Cross cachet on balloon mail, signed Calves and Djesmardaos