[meteorite-list] RE: Austria Will Issue Stamps with Meteorite Powder

[Christian Anger]

Yes, 

Dean exactly hits the point.

Thanks for your positive statement.

Cheers,

Christian


I.M.C.A. #2673 at www.imca.cc
website: www.austromet.com
 
Ing. Christian Anger
Korngasse 6
2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
AUSTRIA
 
email: christian.anger at aon.at
email: meteorites at austromet.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-
> bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of dean bessey
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:27 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> 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
> 
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> 
> --- MexicoDoug at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > En un mensaje con fecha 03/10/2006 2:31:24 PM Mexico
> > Standard Time,
> > meteoritehunter at comcast.net escribe:
> >
> > << perhaps turn stamp collectors to meteorites >>
> >
> > HELLLLLPP !!!!!
> >
> > 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
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