16pt Heavyweight Postcard to mail or to frame. 4x6 All postcards mailed in heavyweight hard to bend mailers with inside card stock.
About Spy Pigeons:
Pigeon photography is an aerial photography technique invented in 1907 by the German apothecary Julius Neubronner, who also used pigeons to deliver medications. A homing pigeon was fitted with an aluminium breast harness to which a lightweight time-delayed miniature camera could be attached. Neubronner's German patent application was initially rejected, but was granted in December 1908 after he produced authenticated photographs taken by his pigeons. He publicized the technique at the 1909 Dresden International Photographic Exhibition, and sold some images as postcards at the Frankfurt International Aviation Exhibition and at the 1910 and 1911 Paris Air Shows.
Initially, the military potential of pigeon photography for aerial reconnaissance appeared interesting. Battlefield tests in World War I provided encouraging results, but the ancillary technology of mobile dovecotes for messenger pigeons had the greatest impact. Owing to the rapid perfection of aviation during the war, military interest in pigeon photography faded and Neubronner abandoned his experiments. The idea was briefly resurrected in the 1930s by a Swiss clockmaker, and reportedly also by the German and French militaries. Although war pigeons were deployed extensively during World War II, it is unclear to what extent, if any, birds were involved in aerial reconnaissance. The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) later developed a battery-powered camera designed for espionage pigeon photography; details of its use remain classified.
The construction of sufficiently small and light cameras with a timer mechanism, and the training and handling of the birds to carry the necessary loads, presented major challenges, as did the limited control over the pigeons' position, orientation and speed when the photographs were being taken. In 2004, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) used miniature television cameras attached to falcons and goshawks to obtain live footage, and today some researchers, enthusiasts and artists similarly deploy crittercams with various species of animals.
*Covid-19 Policy*
The whole industry is impacted from Covid-19. We are not excluded from this disruption. Online orders have increased at Black Friday and Cyber Monday levels. There have been delays in the entire supply chain. The pandemic and rules in place for running business, we cannot run our business as if we are ramping up for the busy season.
Employee safety is our top priority, this includes the warehouse, distribution center, and our supply chain. In our centers, we have increased the frequency of disinfection, we are using protective equipment, we are staggering employee shifts, we are observing social distancing. So not as many people now work at the facilities at the same time than they used to.
There maybe delays with orders but rest assure we are working hard to fulfill ever order.
Some items may run out of stock and may return in months.
Due to Covid-19 we are not taking returns. We will work to fix your item if we made a mistake.
Packages may come from different locations. Due to Covid-19 we had to work with many different companies in order to get our orders fulfilled.