£550 - £650
Balloon Mail - Sweden / Australia. 1907 "Daily Graphic Balloon" picture postcard headed "A Message From Mid-Air" flown from the Crystal Palace in London to Sweden, posted at Tosse (Oct 14), addressed to "Kangaroo, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia". Unpaid, therefore handstamped boxed "T" at Tosse and oval framed "T2D" in Australia with two 1d postage due stamps cancelled in pencil. The message includes "If you get this you will be surprised to see where it was sent from, I cant say the height but I am pretty sure it must be from pretty near the clouds from the largest balloon in the world", shown as taking 76 days to arrive (from Sept 5th, the day it was written). The balloon crash landed at Mellerud on October 13th spilling some mail and the crew, then took off without the crew, crashing again at Tosse. Some overall staining but extremely rare, only three cards from this balloon flight recorded to Australia. Photo on Page 10.
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