Collecting cards with pictures of events in ballooning history from 1795 to 1846. Balloonomania was a strong public interest or fad in hot air balloons that originated in France in the late 18th century and continued into the 19th century, during the adve

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Collecting cards with pictures of events in ballooning history from 1795 to 1846. Balloonomania was a strong public interest or fad in hot air balloons that originated in France in the late 18th century and continued into the 19th century, during the advent of hot air balloon flights. The interest began with the first flights of the Montgolfier brothers in 1783, and quickly spread in France and across the channel in England.

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