F22 : FDC SWITZERLAND carried by “Postal Flight by Balloon 'Zürich' - Europa Woche 1961"
F22 : FDC First Day “Postal Flight by Balloon - Europa Woche 1961“ carried by postal balloon “Zürich“ April 30, 1961 (flight of 29 April on the following day for bad weather).
The envelope has two postmarks : an illustrated cachet Zürich dated April 29, 1961 (originally originally scheduled for the flight) and a hand cachet Pfäffikon (Zurich) dated April 30, 1961 (date postponed flight).
Franked SWITZERLAND 2 values 25C “Europa 1957“ + 2 values 30C + 50C “Europa 1959“ + 2 values 30R + 50R “Europa 1960“
Postmarked 1st Day in Zürich “Europa-Woche 1961“ dated April 29, 1961
+ hand cachet Pfäffikon (Zürich) dated April 30, 1961
+ cachet “delayed flight - Leaving 30.04.1961“
+ arrival cachet Zürich “Postlager (general delivery)“ dated May 2, 1961 on back
Data sheet
- dateemission
- 29/04/1961
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