Item no. P2179b (cover)

Type: cover

Country: Austria

Date of use: 4 June 1977

Commemorative cover (back of), with special cancel honoring 125th anniversary of birth of captain EDUARD SPELTERINI (1852 – 1931), a balloon pilot who has been known and respected for aerial photographs taken during his numerous flights. The cover and the cancel were issued upon initiative of the Ballongruppe Zurich of the Aero-Club of Switzerland.