Session 1 - Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC

EUROPE AND COLONIES: France231 232231 France, 1871 (9 Jan), Duquesne (BM55), folded let ter to Excideuil on Ballon Monté formular let ter sheetpost marked Gare du Nord (5 Jan); 20c Na po leon Lau re ate tied by star “26”, backstamped Excideuil (19 Jan); slightstain at up per right, oth er wise Very Fine. Yvert €385 ($500). Maury 55; €450 ($590). Scott $285.Estimate $100 - 150The Duquesne was the first balloon built with experimental steering gear, invented by Admiral Labrousse,working with M. Richard, who piloted the balloon. It was soon determined that the apparatus had no appreciableeffect on the course of the balloon. During the landing, the basket hit with such force that Richard was seriouslyinjured.232 France, 1871 (11 Jan), Kep ler (BM57), folded let ter to Barbezieux post marked r. de Clery (10 Jan); 20cSiege of Paris tied by star “24”, backstamped Barbezieux (13 Jan); stamp with nibbed cor ner, oth er wise Very Fine,not en dorsed “Par Ballon Monté”. Yvert €500 ($660). Maury 57; €500 ($660). Scott $350. Estimate $150 - 200233 234233 France, 1871 (Jan. 11), Général-Faidherbe (Maury 59), 20c Na po leon Lau re ate on Ga zette des Ab -sents No. 25 to Dinan; Paris post mark 11 Jan, backstamped 16 Jan, Very Fine. Scott BM59; $350. Yvert €385+($500). Maury €500+ ($660). Estimate $150 - 200234 France, 1871 (18 Jan), Poste de Paris (BM62), folded let ter with black mourn ing bor der to Do ver, Eng -land post marked R. Montaigne, 16 Jan); 30c Na po leon Lau re ate tied by stat “9”, red boxed “PD”, backstamped Do -ver (29 (?) Jan), Very Fine. Yvert €790 ($1,040). Maury 62; €750 ($980). Scott $575+. Estimate $350 - 500The letter, written in English from the Hotel Windsor, tells of the death of the sender's mother and talks of theconditions in Paris and of the heroic efforts of a Dr. Smyth, the only English Protestant clergyman to remain inParis during the siege.Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 638 - Aug. 19, 2013 51