Balloon Mail

Balloon Mail - Mail carried by balloon, often in a time of siege, or to create souvenirs of the occasion. The earliest recorded examples were in 1793, while the most famous was probably the Siege of Paris of 1870-71. In the U. S.

Balloon Mail - Mail carried by balloon in Paris during the War of 1870. Such mail was called "Balloon Monte."
Balloon Monte - See "Balloon Mail." ...

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Ballonpost: (Ger.) balloon mail.
Ballons (poste par): (Fr.) balloon post.
Balloon flight: flight made by a balloon.

When you find aerogrames too common, there are other interesting sub-categories of aerophilately to choose: balloon mail from hot air balloons; dirigible or zeppelin mail carried by German airships in the early 1900s; and missile mail via missiles.

Aero-philately - collecting aviation and airmail stamps, postal articles carried or dropped from air, cancellations, rocket mail, balloon mail and pigeon mail.
Thematic Philately - collecting stamps pertaining to a theme like birds, flowers etc.

It might have a cancellation or postmark that identifies it as having come from somewhere special. Or it might be an example of postal history, such as balloon mail or wartime mail with censorship markings.

See also: Stamp, Philatelic, Cover, Airmail, Philately