[meteorite-list] Kaalijarv Postcards, was "ephemera" thread
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:27 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV88t9QmQMmf50000b717_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C3FAA4.93B81080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Gregory and list, Gregory wrote "...A number of meteorite stamps, postcards of the Brenham = and Kallijarv meteorites, etc., maybe stuff to put on your meteorite shel= f to give a little added visual spice. For anyone still reading....have f= un!" And from Gregory's Kallijarv crater postcard auction, eBay Item number: 2= 228123616. "The only one of these I've ever seen! A black-and-white postcard of a Ka= alijarv meteorite crater, a fine octahedrite iron found in Estonia. There= is no way to date this postcard (not without an Estonian-postcard expert= 's analysis, anyway!) but from the photograph and the card stock, I'd be = surprised if this piece is any more recent than 1950 or so. The Kaalijarv= meteorite fell thousands of years ago, but was not discovered and identi= fied as meteoritc until 1937. Multiple craters were discovered, and this = picture obviously shows one such crater" While I am not an expert on Estonian postcards......I have been playing w= ith postcards a little the last year. You are correct on the postcard era, it is early 1940's I believe. (The m= ain crater was discovered in 1827 and was a popular recreational spot bec= ause of the lake that was in the center...being it is the lowest spot for= many miles, this lake is shown on your postcard. I think your postcard i= s quite rare as postcard quality rapidly improved in the 1940's and with = the military action in Estonia, I can't imagine too many postcards on the= crater being made...other then that one and the few I have linked below.= (And as a short note to my American friends, Estonia is located under Bo= snia) Please see my following webpage for more on the Kaalijarv postcards. =20 <http://www.meteoritearticles.com/postcardsestonia.html> Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C3FAA4.93B81080 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><FONT size=3D1= > <P><FONT size=3D2>Hello Gregory and list,</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>= Gregory wrote "...A number of meteorite stamps, postcards of the Brenham = and Kallijarv meteorites, etc., maybe stuff to put on your meteorite shel= f to give a little added visual spice. For anyone still reading....have f= un!"</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>And from Gregory's Kallijarv crater pos= tcard auction, eBay Item number: 2228123616.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2= >"The only one of these I've ever seen! A black-and-white postcard of a K= aalijarv meteorite crater, a fine octahedrite iron found in Estonia. Ther= e is no way to date this postcard (not without an Estonian-postcard exper= t's analysis, anyway!) but from the photograph and the card stock, I'd be= surprised if this piece is any more recent than 1950 or so. The Kaalijar= v meteorite fell thousands of years ago, but was not discovered and ident= ified as meteoritc until 1937. Multiple craters were discovered, and this= picture obviously shows one such crater"</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>Wh= ile I am not an expert on Estonian postcards......I have been playing wit= h postcards a little the last year.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>You are = correct on the postcard era, it is early 1940's I believe. (The main crat= er was discovered in 1827 and was a popular recreational spot because of = the lake that was in the center...being it is the lowest spot for many mi= les, this lake is shown on your postcard. I think your postcard is quite = rare as postcard quality rapidly improved in the 1940's and with the mili= tary action in Estonia, I can't imagine too many postcards on the crater = being made...other then that one and the few I have linked below. (And as= a short note to my American friends, Estonia is located under Bosnia)</F= ONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>Please see my following webpage for more on th= e Kaalijarv postcards. </FONT></P> <P><<A href=3D"http://www.meteorite= articles.com/postcardsestonia.html"><FONT size=3D2>http://www.meteoritear= ticles.com/postcardsestonia.html</FONT></A>></P> <P><FONT size=3D2>Mar= k Bostick</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3D2><A href=3D"http://www.meteoriteart= icles.com">www.meteoritearticles.com</A></FONT></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></= HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C3FAA4.93B81080-- Received on Tue 24 Feb 2004 08:05:25 AM PST |
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