[meteorite-list] 2006 Meteorite Festival....+ Free Event Cancel Contest
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Jul 9 01:29:50 2006 Message-ID: <BAY111-F331A25BEDEEE09B0DB15FB36A0_at_phx.gbl> Hello All, Hope everyone is doing well. Today was the Meteorite Festival at Haviland, Kansas. I am happy to report it was a complete success....well, we didn't recover any new meteorites (although we did make it home with another Brenham if that counts and did see a dozen meteor wrongs), but in all other aspects I think the festival did very well. We made a few connections and made it home with our wallets mostly intact It is the hope of the mayor, Jack Christianson, and the Kansas Meteorite Society, that the festival becomes an annual event. Among the meteorite things of interest was a Meteorite Medallion Hunt, Meteorte Exhibits by local Dr. Don Stimpson, Mark Bostick (Kansas Meteorite Society....that's me), Steve Arnold and the 1430 lb. pallasite display, speakers Dr. Denten Edel (American Museum of Natural History) and Dr. Dave Alexander (Wichita State University), Meteorite Medallions (by the Haviland Heritage Foundation), a "Cancellation Stamp, Meteorite Festival" by the USPS, Meteorite Fest Pencils, Meteorite Fest T-shirts and Meteorite Fest Beanbags. As many of you know I have a coin and stamp interest (www.coinandstampman.com), helped produce the first legal tender meteorite coin and led short lived drive for a Meteor Crater stamp...so with that in mind. I will report to the list on two related items. The Meteorite Medallions might be of interest to some of you. The Medallions, were prizes given away to winners of a Medallion Hunt and the Disc Golf contest. They were also sold from a booth by the Haviland Hertiage Foundation. Medallions were made in a bronze-like metal, and then a silver pewter version. It was not clear the medallions were for sale, or at least to me, and the town has a population of only about 500. However many were produced of each I do not know, but I think it is fair to say that not many were made. Interesting, the medallions are from different dies and are different thickness. They were somewhat pricey...$15 for the pewter and $10.00 for the bronze-like metal. http://www.coinandstampman.com/ebayauctionphotos/Festival_Coins.jpg The Meteorite Festival event cancel (as the stamp community would call such) or the "Cancellation Stamp, Meteorite Festival" (as the USPS called it) was interesting. The cancel shows a map of Kansas and notes the place of Haviland with "Haviland Crater." On the top of the map, in a six line notation is "Haviland, Kansas; Haviland Station; 67039; Meteorite Fest and July 8, 2006." In two lines across the bottom is "The Rock Stops Here!" and "Brenham Meteorite." I had a few pamplets franked with Purple Heart or Reagan stamps (no good space-related 39 cent stamp yet, so I used recent releases). One of the pamplets is viewable here....... http://www.coinandstampman.com/ebayauctionphotos/Festival_Program.jpg Since I have not done a meteorite contest in a while. Now is as good as time as any. The following photograph shows me and a meteorite person sporting a Kansas Meteorite Society ballcap. The first person that e-mails me (or the list) and can tell me who this person is, gets a free Festival Pamplet with the event cancel as shown. http://www.coinandstampman.com/ebayauctionphotos/DSCN2795a.jpg Hint: Living about 1420 miles away from Wichita, this person is not a Kansas Meteorite Society member. Clear Skies, Mark Bostick Wichita, Kansas Kansas Meteorite Society Received on Sun 09 Jul 2006 01:29:43 AM PDT |
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