2001 Early Balloon Flight
(large)
Rockwell Publishing, England
Overview
Series Title: Early Balloon Flight
British Trade Index No.: n/a
Issued by: Rockwell Publishing
Issued via: Online Retail Sales
Country: England
Number of Cards: 10
Card Numbering: One to Ten
Type of Card: Commercial retail sets
Card Dimensions: 61.41 × 79.2 mm
Circa: 2001
Checklist: Download
During 2001, Rockwell Publishing issued a two sets of Early Balloon Flight
commercial retail historic balloon trading cards. This second set of 10 cards measures 61.41 × 79.2 mm.
The fronts of the Early Balloon Flight
(LT10) cards feature portrait (vertical) color artwork of famous balloons from the first Montgolfier Brothers hot air balloon up through Salomon Andree&squo;s Eagle
which he used on a Polar Expedition. The cards fronts feature in-flight balloons within a thin rectangular borderline. The set title … Early Balloon Flight,
is shown in the upper margin, while the title of the card is shown in the lower margin. The set features very attractive color artwork. Both the card fronts and backs are presented in a portrait (vertical) format.
The card backs use a light blue exterior margin/border with symmetrical bulges in the border to simulate the shape of the balloon on the front side of the card. The backs of the cards are quite busy with their own version of information overload. The card backs are divided into the following vertical data stack of eight elements:
Early Balloon Flight
The following reference card shows the fronts and backs of a typical 2001 Early Balloon Flight
(LT10) card. Click on the card images to reveal full-size computer enhanced 600-dpi images of the card.
Image-Guide
2001 Early Balloon Flight Retail sales, LT10-Airplane Cards ORIGINAL SCANS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1b |
2
2b |
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4
4b |
5
5b |
6
6b |
7
7b |
8
8b |
9
9b |
10
10b |
Checklist
2001 Early Balloon Flight Rockwell Publishing, LT10-Cards, England CHECKLIST | |||
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№ | x | Card Title | |
1 | The Montgolfier Bros. | ||
2 | Jacques Charles | ||
3 | Vincenzo Lunardi | ||
4 | Blanchard & Jeffries | ||
5 | de Rozier and Romain | ||
6 | Charles Green | ||
7 | John Wise | ||
8 | Nadar | ||
9 | Gaston Tissandier | ||
10 | Salomon Andree |
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