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Mail Drift is suggested for ages 13 and up.
Content note: Mild, stylized depictions of historical warfare and balloon-flight peril; no graphic violence. Please confirm you are 13 or older to continue.
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Paris, France · 1870–1871
Mail Drift
- 01 The opening
- 02 The experience
- 03 The ending
- 04 Behind the history
Historical opening
Mail Drift
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Historical ending
What really happened
Behind the history
Discover the Real History
Mail Drift
Take the balloon post out of besieged Paris. Tap to gain altitude, dodge rooftop hazards, lightning and cannonballs, and complete your chosen postal route. Three distances, one balloon, no second chances. The challenge is fictional; the historical balloon mail was real.
1870 — Chronologie du CHP
Comité pour l'histoire de la Poste (La Poste)
Read source(opens in a new tab) ↗Nacelle et ancre de ballon-poste du siège de Paris
Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace
Read source(opens in a new tab) ↗Balloons — Fad to Fundamental: Airmail in America
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
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