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Envelope from Paris suburb office of Passy-Les-Paris
Object Details
- Description
- This envelope originated in the suburban Paris office of Passy-Les-Paris on September 18, 1870, (fourth collection) and was prepaid 20 centimes for the French internal letter rate to St. Adresse, near Le Havre. On this same date, the German Army severed all correspondence to/from Paris, so this letter was stranded within the city. The first balloon to carry mails out of Paris ascended on September 23, 1870, but because this letter probably weighed more than the four-gram limit imposed on balloon mail, it was held within Paris until mid-October, when the larger balloons with their greater payloads were used to carry all the heavy letters that had accumulated in the various offices. This letter shows a Le Havre arrival date of October 21, 1870, on the reverse, and was likely carried by the Victor Hugo balloon. Note that on arrival in St. Adresse, this letter was redirected to Trouville.
- Date:
- Paris/Passy-Les-Paris (collection) 18 September 1870
- Le Havre (arrival) 21 October 1870
- Credit line
- Bequest of Harriett M. Leach
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- September 18, 1870
- Object number
- 0.260305.9.46.2
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink
- Dimensions
- 7.2 x 11 cm (2 13/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
- Place
- FRANCE (republic)
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Carrier
- Balloon "Le Neptune"
- Topic
- Floyd S. Leach Collection
- Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_0.260305.9.46.2
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