Technology, Inventions, Hot Air Balloon, Montgolfiere, Globo Arestatico, Siege of Paris, Paris
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Technology, Inventions, Hot Air Balloon, Montgolfiere, Globo Arestatico, Siege of Paris, Paris
$17.16
Sale price
$17.16
Regular price
$22.00
"Luftballon in Schlepptau" (hot air balloon being towed )
Wood engraving published 1882.
Original antique print
On the reverse side is German text
about hot air balloons.
Image: 12 x 17.5 cm (4.7 x 6.8")
Unguided balloon mail transport during the Siege of Paris 1870-1871
Historically, balloons were used to transport mail from Paris during the Siege of Paris of 1870-71. About 66 unguided mail balloons were released from Paris to communicate with the outside world, of which the great majority succeeded in delivering their cargo.