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- Balloon_mail abstract "Balloon mail refers to the transport of mail (usually for weight reasons in the form of a postcard) carrying the name of the sender by means of an unguided hydrogen or helium filled balloon. Since the balloon is not controllable, the delivery of a balloon mail is left to good fortune; often the balloon and postcard are lost. A found balloon should be returned to the sender (by conventional post) with an indication of the discovery site, so that the sender can determine how far their balloon flew. Frequently balloon mail is sent as part of a balloon competition.Historically, balloons were used to transport mail from Paris during the Siege of Paris of 1870-71. About 66 unguided mail balloons were released from Paris to communicate with outside world, of which the great majority succeeded in delivering their cargo. As the Prussian forces surrounded the city, telegraph lines were cut and messengers were captured, shot or turned back. Two services were proposed, by ballon monté (manned balloon) and ballon non-monté (unmanned). In practise only manned flights were used. After the siege, Anglo-French scientist Dr Pierre Wesby travelled to Burton-on-Trent, where in 1873 he started a business to transport mail across the Irish Sea to Dublin, from England. It is not known how this venture turned out; the records of Wesby's company were lost in 1916, when a bomb from the Zeppelin L 19 destroyed them.In 1877, a 5-cent stamp for balloon postage was privately printed in Nashville, Tenn. to carry mail on a June 18 flight of the "Buffalo Balloon" from that city to Gallitin Tenn. Of the three hundred stamps produced, only 23 were used.Balloon mail was sent from Przmyśl, Poland (near the Ukrainian border) during World War I.Balloon mail has been used for spreading information and propaganda materials, in particular for spreading propaganda to the population in countries with dictatorial governments. A balloon can be released from outside the sphere of influence of these governments and, wind permitting, can travel several hundred kilometers. This method of balloon mail has been used by private activists to distribute leaflets to Warsaw Pact countries from West Germany in the mid-1950s; and by South Koreans to North Korea discussing the health of their leader, Kim Jong-il.".
- Balloon_mail thumbnail Ballonbrief.jpg?width=300.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageID "1954485".
- Balloon_mail wikiPageLength "3784".
- Balloon_mail wikiPageOutDegree "22".
- Balloon_mail wikiPageRevisionID "672875903".
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Activism.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Activist.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Balloon.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Balloon_campaigns_in_Korea.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Balloon_release.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Category:Airmail.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Category:French_inventions.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hydrogen_technologies.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Category:Philatelic_terminology.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Category:Postal_vehicles.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Dictator.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Helium.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Hydrogen.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Kim_Jong-il.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink LZ_54_(L_19).
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Paris.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Poland.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Propaganda.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Siege_of_Paris_(1870-1871).
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Siege_of_Paris_(1870–71).
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Ukraine.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink Warsaw_Pact.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink West_Germany.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLink File:Ballonbrief.jpg.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLinkText "Balloon mail".
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLinkText "balloon flight".
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLinkText "balloon mail".
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLinkText "friendly letters".
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLinkText "leafleting balloons".
- Balloon_mail wikiPageWikiLinkText "with a message".
- Balloon_mail hasPhotoCollection Balloon_mail.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Airmail-nav.
- Balloon_mail wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Balloon_mail subject Category:Airmail.
- Balloon_mail subject Category:French_inventions.
- Balloon_mail subject Category:Hydrogen_technologies.
- Balloon_mail subject Category:Philatelic_terminology.
- Balloon_mail subject Category:Postal_vehicles.
- Balloon_mail type Technology.
- Balloon_mail comment "Balloon mail refers to the transport of mail (usually for weight reasons in the form of a postcard) carrying the name of the sender by means of an unguided hydrogen or helium filled balloon. Since the balloon is not controllable, the delivery of a balloon mail is left to good fortune; often the balloon and postcard are lost.".
- Balloon_mail label "Balloon mail".
- Balloon_mail sameAs Balonová_pošta.
- Balloon_mail sameAs Ballonpost.
- Balloon_mail sameAs Ballon_monté.
- Balloon_mail sameAs דואר_בלונים.
- Balloon_mail sameAs Ballon_monté.
- Balloon_mail sameAs Ballonpost.
- Balloon_mail sameAs Poczta_balonowa.
- Balloon_mail sameAs m.068n9b.
- Balloon_mail sameAs Balonska_pošta.
- Balloon_mail sameAs Балонска_пошта.
- Balloon_mail sameAs Q805335.
- Balloon_mail sameAs Q805335.
- Balloon_mail wasDerivedFrom Balloon_mail?oldid=672875903.
- Balloon_mail depiction Ballonbrief.jpg.
- Balloon_mail isPrimaryTopicOf Balloon_mail.