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Miniature Sheet with a set of 5 stamps, each depicting a lighter-than-air craft, commemorating the 200th anniversary of manned flight. Issued on October 31.Sir George Cayley%u2019s 1837 design for a steam-powered airship that was never built.Alberto Santos-Dumont%u2019s 1901 Balloon No. 6, in which he won the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize by flying from the Parc Saint Cloud to the Eiffel Tower, and back, in less than 30 minutesGermany%u2019s 1928 LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin.Stanislas Charles Henri Dupuy de L%u00f4me%u2019s airship, Dupuy de L%u00f4me, which was powered by a crank, operated by 4-8 men who could provide a speed of 9-11 km/h.Lebaudy Fr%u00e8res%u2019 second semi-rigid airship, Lebaudy Patrie, which was built for the French army in 1906.The Montgolfier brothers%u2019 1783 hot-air balloon, the first to carry humans.