Lot no. 9883

JACQUARD 'DÉPÊCHE-BALLON no. 8" with long text, franked with siège 20 c. (faults at top), tied by star cancel with adjacent "PARIS R. BONAPARTE 24 NOV." to Mont-de-Marsan with arrival mark of December 21; slight water staining; a very fine piece of this disaster flight, only few envelopes are recorded with franking intact, certificate Brun (1983)