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History of Airships.

Date of issue: 20th July 1995



Paper: coated
Printing process: offset
Perforation: comb 12 3/4
Size: No 237, 238 - 33 x 44 mm; No 239-242 - 44 x 33 mm
Sheet composition: No 237, 238 - 40 (8 x 5) stamps; No 239-242 - 40 (5 x 8) stamps
Printing run: No 237-241 - 390.000; No 242 - 90.000
Michel catalogue numbers: 237-242

100 m. multicoloured. Charles's hydrogen balloon, 1783
150 m. multicoloured. Tissandier brothers' electrically-powered airship, 1883
250 m. multicoloured. J.-B.Meusnier's elliptical balloon design, 1784
300 m. multicoloured. Baldwin's dirigible airships, 1904
400 m. multicoloured. U.S. navy dirigible airship, 1917
500 m. multicoloured. Pedal-powered airship, 1909

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