[meteorite-list] GREAT NEWS FOR COLLECTORS & DEALERS ALIKE!

[Darren Garrison]

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:46:38 -0700, John Birdsell <birdsell at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

>Hi everyone! Some of you may already be aware of this, but the US postal 
>service has a recently introduced a new service by which you can mail an 
>item of any weight for a flat rate of $7.70 to anywhere in the US via 
>priority mail! For dealers and collectors alike this is fantastic news! 
>You can fit a 45+ pound meteorite into this new flat rate box and ship 
>it to New York from the west coast for just $7.70 via priority mail! The 
>old rate would have been $80 or more!  Take advantage of this service 
>while it lasts!

You can mail up to 70 pounds for $3.85 if you can fit it in a flat-rate envelope.  And with either
one, you are limited to the size/shape of what you can mail.  Terms and limitations found at:

http://www.usps.com/shipping/flatrate.htm?from=priority&page=flatrate