200th Anniversary of first manned flight on air balloon

    France  1983.03.19

    In issue: Stamp(s): 2   

    Issued in: strips of 2 stamps and label

  • Number by catalogue:  Michel: 2387   Yvert: 2261   Scott: 1863  

    Perforation type: 13x13

    Subject:

    2 franks. First hot air balloon* on background with cloudy sky and winmills

    Additional:

    *The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. On November 21, 1783, in Paris, France, the first manned flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes in a hot air balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers.