A hand-coloured 19th-century aeronautical plate, reproduced at a size that makes people stop: Le Tricolor, a striped hot air balloon in gold, teal, red and blue with three passengers waving from the basket. It is the card you send when a plain one would be a waste of the occasion, and the one that ends up propped on a shelf instead of in the recycling.

Printed on 350 g/m2 ivory art paper at a generous 17.3 x 12.2 cm and folded by hand in Budapest, it feels closer to a small print than to stationery. The inside is completely blank, so it works for a birthday, a bon voyage, a new job or a thank you, and a matching ivory envelope is included. We stock these a few at a time.