Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas - Day 6

1870: BALLON MONTÉS, two letters - one from "PARIS R. D' AMSTERDAM 6E 12 OCT to VANNES" (arrival 3E 18 OCT 70), Balloon not with certainty to identify; the other from "PARIS 2E | 16 OCT. 70 PL. DE LA BOURSE" on preprinted letter sheet "PAR BALLON MONTÉ" ('formule ordinaire') to Richetin par Neuvy-Pailloux, arrival/transit pearled "NEUVY PAILLOUX 1E | 22 OCT. 70" on the back, so possibly 'Victor Hugo A'. Both letters are very neat and fresh, each one franked with 20 Centimes 'Napoléon laureate' and each one signed Calves.rnProvenance: Ing. Pietro Provera.rn