ISSUE 141 - September 2, 2022 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Hot Air Balloons on Stamps
On September 19th, 1783 the first hot air balloon was launched by Pilatre De Rozier carrying a sheep, duck and a rooster. A few months later, on November 21st, the first manned air balloon was launched by Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier from Paris, France. This collection of stamps with illustrations of air balloons celebrates these anniversaries, their inventors and the first semi-official air mail stamp, the Buffalo balloon stamp, which first flew from Buffalo, New York on September 16, 1873.
France - Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
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France, About Balloon History - Note animals on postcard illustration seen below windmill. The maiden flight of the first hot air balloon carried, a sheep, a duck and a rooster on September 19, 1783.
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France, Postcard and stamp illustrating the worlds first hot air balloon.
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France
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United States - Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier launched the first manned hot air balloon.
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United States - Cover flown from Nashville to Gallatin, Tennessee on the "Buffalo" balloon, June 18, 1877.
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United States
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Hot Air Balloons vintage postcards
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France
The History of Aviation - Note: See French reconnaissance balloon on right of article
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France, Lorraine Mondial Air Ballons 2011 Video,
Lorraine Mondial Air Ballons 2011 by Bennie Bos, Video
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Guine - Guinea-Bissau
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Guine
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Zaire - Republic of Zaire
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United States
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United States - Union Army Balloon Corps
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United States
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Congo - Hot Air Balloons and the Montgolfier Brothers,
Colored etching of Le Flesselle hot air balloon, Don Picard. an American balloonist, Auguste Piccard, a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer
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Marshall Islands 2009
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Magyar - Hungarian Post
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 Kyrgyzstan - The Kyrgyz Republic is located in Central Asia.
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|  Korea - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
An In-depth Look at North Korea's Postal Service
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|  Cambodia 1983 - Cambodia Philately
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Canada - First Airmail Flight by Balloon in Canada
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Canada
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Bulgaria 1969
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Belgium 1932 - The Belgian Philatelic Study Circle
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