Balloon mail, the Glossary
Balloon mail is 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.[1]
Table of Contents
19 relations: Activism, Balloon, Balloon propaganda campaigns in Korea, Balloon release, Dictator, Gallatin, Tennessee, Helium, Hydrogen, Kim Jong Il, Nashville, Tennessee, Paris, Poland, Propaganda, Przemyśl, Siege of Paris (1870–1871), Ukraine, Warsaw Pact, West Germany, Zeppelin LZ 54.
- Airmail
- Ballooning
- Postal vehicles
Activism
Activism (or advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good.
Balloon
A balloon is a flexible membrane bag that can be inflated with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, or air.
Balloon propaganda campaigns in Korea
Balloon propaganda campaigns between North and South Korean leaflet campaigns through the use of balloons as a distribution method since the Korean War.
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Balloon release
A balloon release is a ceremonial event in which a number of hydrogen- or helium-filled balloons are launched into the sky.
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Dictator
A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power.
Gallatin, Tennessee
Gallatin is a city in and the county seat of Sumner County, Tennessee, United States.
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Helium
Helium (from lit) is a chemical element; it has symbol He and atomic number 2.
Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.
Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Il (born Yuri Irsenovich Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea.
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Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
Propaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented.
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Przemyśl
Przemyśl is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021.
Siege of Paris (1870–1871)
The Siege of Paris took place from 19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871 and ended in the capture of the city by forces of the various states of the North German Confederation, led by the Kingdom of Prussia.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.
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West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
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Zeppelin LZ 54
Zeppelin LZ 54, given the military tactical designation L 19, was a Zeppelin of the Imperial German Navy.
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See also
Airmail
- Örjan Lüning
- 1930 Graf Zeppelin stamps
- Aéropostale (aviation)
- Aerogram
- Aerophilately
- Air Mail Act of 1925
- Air Mail scandal
- Air Mail scandal accidents and incidents
- Airmail
- Airmail etiquette
- Airmail stamp
- Airmail stamps
- American Air Mail Society
- Astrophilately
- Balloon mail
- Cairo–Baghdad air route
- Empire Air Mail Scheme
- Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Aérophilatéliques
- First flight cover
- Flugpost am Rhein und am Main
- Harlan Gurney
- Homing pigeon
- Mail plane
- Monks Collection
- Pigeon post
- Rocket mail
- Scott Collection
- United States airmail service
- Walter Edward Kittel
- Zeppelin mail
Ballooning
- Aeronut Park Balloonport
- Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition
- Arthur Constantin Krebs
- Balloon (aeronautics)
- Balloon Federation of America
- Balloon glow
- Balloon mail
- Ballooning
- Balloonists
- Berlin scientific balloon flights
- CU Spaceflight
- Cameron Balloons
- Charles Renard
- French Aerostatic Corps
- Green's Balloon at Newcastle
- History of ballooning
- History of military ballooning
- Hot air balloon festivals
- Hot air ballooning
- Hot air ballooning in Luxor
- Kytoon
- Le Courrier de l'Air
- Lindstrand Balloons
- List of balloonists
- Merton Field
- Operation High Dive
- Project Excelsior
- Project Grab Bag
- Project Manhigh
- RAF Balloon Command
- School of Ballooning
- Society for the Promotion of Aeronautics (Germany)
- Space diving
- Stratobowl
- Ultramagic
- Up, Up and Away (song)
Postal vehicles
- Balloon mail
- Boat railway post office
- Highway Post Office
- Mail boat
- Mail tender
- Oshkosh NGDV
- Railway post office
- Rivian EDV
- Rocket mail
- Royal Mail Ship
- SNCF TGV La Poste
- Streetcar railway post office
- Travelling Post Office
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_mail
Also known as Balloon post.