Re: [meteorite-list] Austria Will Issue Stamps with Meteorite Powder
And here's a link with a picture: http://app.post.at/shop/detail.php?prod=206040 Peter Marmet Ron Baalke wrote: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php? set_id=1click_id=29art_id=qw1141956181680A141 Starry stamps set to wow Austrians iol (South Africa) March 10, 2006 Vienna - Austria will get a little star dust when the Austrian Post Office launches a stamp sprinkled with real meteorite powder, in a world premiere on March 24. Six hundred thousand copies of the stamp have been made so far. Each stamp will contain 0.03g of star dust, the Austrian Post Office said on Thursday. The powder comes from a 19kg meteorite found two years ago in Morocco that we crushed through a special process, Post Office spokesperson Michael Homola told reporters. A collector bought the stony meteorite, also known as a chondrite, after it was authenticated by Vienna's Natural History Museum, Homola said, without explaining how much the operation cost. One thing is certain, we are the first in the world to incorporate real meteorite powder in a postal stamp, the spokesperson said. The Austrian Post Office, which in 2004 began diversifying its collection of stamps, has offered an embroidered Edelweiss-shaped stamp and another containing Swarovski crystal powder. The company, which Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's government wants to privatise by the end of the year, has said it has sold more than five million personalised stamps since 2004. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Austria Will Issue Stamps with Meteorite Powder
En un mensaje con fecha 03/10/2006 1:26:22 PM Mexico Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribe: Six hundred thousand copies of the stamp have been made so far. Each stamp will contain 0.03g of star dust, the Austrian Post Office said on Thursday. Hot cross buns, hurry up and get 'em. Thirty-three thousand to go and the 19Kg's will all be dust. I feel bad about this this one. Even if you like the idea, it can only enrage the fire of the backlash in the world of saving meteorites for posterity. To each his own, I guess. How very stupid to pulverize a meteorite beyond recognition to encourage stamp collecting. I'll stick to edelweiss, and not change my opinion of the disproportionate amount of great contributions Austrians have made to the world. No sale here... Saludos, Doug __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] Austria Will Issue Stamps with Meteorite Powder
Oh come on Doug, Ratty old Moroccan chondrites, I hope it was a rotted out one, but still, it will fascinate hundreds of thousands of people, perhaps turn stamp collectors to meteorites, and at minimum, get meteorites in the news (which it already has). Heck, certainly no worse than orangutan carvings. No harm, no foul, I have already ordered a pile of them. Mike Farmer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 1:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Austria Will Issue Stamps with Meteorite Powder En un mensaje con fecha 03/10/2006 1:26:22 PM Mexico Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribe: Six hundred thousand copies of the stamp have been made so far. Each stamp will contain 0.03g of star dust, the Austrian Post Office said on Thursday. Hot cross buns, hurry up and get 'em. Thirty-three thousand to go and the 19Kg's will all be dust. I feel bad about this this one. Even if you like the idea, it can only enrage the fire of the backlash in the world of saving meteorites for posterity. To each his own, I guess. How very stupid to pulverize a meteorite beyond recognition to encourage stamp collecting. I'll stick to edelweiss, and not change my opinion of the disproportionate amount of great contributions Austrians have made to the world. No sale here... Saludos, Doug __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Austria Will Issue Stamps with Meteorite Powder
En un mensaje con fecha 03/10/2006 2:31:24 PM Mexico Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribe: perhaps turn stamp collectors to meteorites HELPP ! Come on Mike, why don't you just send them a few kilograms of cutting waste...no argument with you, though we could turn everyone on to cloud 69 (1969 that is, as in July 20) even more by grinding up your moonrock and issuing Lunar stamps and maybe get more money spent for Lunar exploration without cannabalizing everything else that is beautiful out there. I could make another suggestion ... for those of us who get beads and dragons carved out of meteorites, hearts and S's for Superman, or even museum pallasitic recognitions, or those who just cut them up, save your powder in a can and then sell it to Austriapost's IPO as an untapped opportunity. That way slices prices can come down a bit and more profit can be realized and everyone is happy, including the stamp collectors and the strategic planners for the privatization of the Austrian postal service as they give ideas of the potential value of the concession properly run by MBA's and not government employees. But don't don't stick an innocent meteorite in the mortar and pestle if you don't have to...or there will be more language coming out of the SWMC that will be disturbing. Just a thought, and just my own worthless opinion, Doug __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Austria Will Issue Stamps with Meteorite Powder
As somebody who started a stamp approval service when I was 14 and has been a on and off stamp dealer (And all sorts of other types of collectibles) for a quarter century (Geez that makes me sound old) and whose best business course in university was marketing I think that this is a great idea with a lot of synergies. It will expose meteorites to millions of stamp collectors and if only one becomes interested in meteorites and decided to go desert hunting and finds a Carbonaceous of achondrite it will more than make up for the 19 kilos that was used. Also (Important for the post office trying to sell stamps to collectors) meteorite (And mineral collectors) people are a good source of customers as minerals is a very popular topic among stamp collectors. Remember a stamp dealer is at the munich show every year selling stamps showing minerals. But this promotion goes even further. The meteorite has been well studied as part of the sales promotion (You dont see that with many H4s from NWA nowadays) and the unused remains of it is on display at some museum in austria. This means that one of austria's museums is going to be getting free publicity amonst a very key target group of potential customers (Stamp collectors) - ie:visiters to the museum. This is an all round smart stamp issue that has a lot of positive aspects to it. Sincerely DEAN --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: En un mensaje con fecha 03/10/2006 2:31:24 PM Mexico Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribe: perhaps turn stamp collectors to meteorites HELPP ! Come on Mike, why don't you just send them a few kilograms of cutting waste...no argument with you, though we could turn everyone on to cloud 69 (1969 that is, as in July 20) even more by grinding up your moonrock and issuing Lunar stamps and maybe get more money spent for Lunar exploration without cannabalizing everything else that is beautiful out there. I could make another suggestion ... for those of us who get beads and dragons carved out of meteorites, hearts and S's for Superman, or even museum pallasitic recognitions, or those who just cut them up, save your powder in a can and then sell it to Austriapost's IPO as an untapped opportunity. That way slices prices can come down a bit and more profit can be realized and everyone is happy, including the stamp collectors and the strategic planners for the privatization of the Austrian postal service as they give ideas of the potential value of the concession properly run by MBA's and not government employees. But don't don't stick an innocent meteorite in the mortar and pestle if you don't have to...or there will be more language coming out of the SWMC that will be disturbing. Just a thought, and just my own worthless opinion, Doug __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Austria Will Issue Stamps with Meteorite Powder
I have collected stamps off and on for about 35 years. This sounds great to me. Many stamps and covers over the years have had tie ins to supposedly unrelated fields. As an aside, I also think it is amazing the prices that dealers get for that Sikhote-Alin stamp when someone could buy it directly from a dealer of Russian stamps for a very small amount. The last I looked, it had a Scott catalog value of maybe $1.00 or so and stamps are usually sold at a discount from Scott. -Walter Branch - Original Message - From: dean bessey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Austria Will Issue Stamps with Meteorite Powder As somebody who started a stamp approval service when I was 14 and has been a on and off stamp dealer (And all sorts of other types of collectibles) for a quarter century (Geez that makes me sound old) and whose best business course in university was marketing I think that this is a great idea with a lot of synergies. It will expose meteorites to millions of stamp collectors and if only one becomes interested in meteorites and decided to go desert hunting and finds a Carbonaceous of achondrite it will more than make up for the 19 kilos that was used. Also (Important for the post office trying to sell stamps to collectors) meteorite (And mineral collectors) people are a good source of customers as minerals is a very popular topic among stamp collectors. Remember a stamp dealer is at the munich show every year selling stamps showing minerals. But this promotion goes even further. The meteorite has been well studied as part of the sales promotion (You dont see that with many H4s from NWA nowadays) and the unused remains of it is on display at some museum in austria. This means that one of austria's museums is going to be getting free publicity amonst a very key target group of potential customers (Stamp collectors) - ie:visiters to the museum. This is an all round smart stamp issue that has a lot of positive aspects to it. Sincerely DEAN --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: En un mensaje con fecha 03/10/2006 2:31:24 PM Mexico Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribe: perhaps turn stamp collectors to meteorites HELPP ! Come on Mike, why don't you just send them a few kilograms of cutting waste...no argument with you, though we could turn everyone on to cloud 69 (1969 that is, as in July 20) even more by grinding up your moonrock and issuing Lunar stamps and maybe get more money spent for Lunar exploration without cannabalizing everything else that is beautiful out there. I could make another suggestion ... for those of us who get beads and dragons carved out of meteorites, hearts and S's for Superman, or even museum pallasitic recognitions, or those who just cut them up, save your powder in a can and then sell it to Austriapost's IPO as an untapped opportunity. That way slices prices can come down a bit and more profit can be realized and everyone is happy, including the stamp collectors and the strategic planners for the privatization of the Austrian postal service as they give ideas of the potential value of the concession properly run by MBA's and not government employees. But don't don't stick an innocent meteorite in the mortar and pestle if you don't have to...or there will be more language coming out of the SWMC that will be disturbing. Just a thought, and just my own worthless opinion, Doug __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
