U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 19-20, 2006
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #273 Air Post Semi-Official 1877 Buffalo Baloon, 5c deep blue, margins all around, h.r., vertical creases, v.f. appearance of the world's first airmail stamp, privately issued by John F.B. Lillard, a Nashville reporter, used on covers carried on a balloon flightwhich began in Nashville and landed at Gallantin, TN, on June 18, 1877, only 300 printed of which 23 were used (photo on front cover) * Catalog #CL1 Catalog Value 7,500 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
