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Copyright (c) Herbert Raab.
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Find/Fall Anniversary |
1889 grams. Iron, IIAB
TKW 23 MT. Observed fall 12 February 1947, Primorskiy kray, Russia.
   
Herbert writes:
This 1889 gram specimen of the Sikote-Alin meteorite shower has already been featured on MPOD on February 12, 2017.
In the meantime, pictures of this particular specimen were selected to be shown on no less than eight postage stamps issued between 2010 and 2020.
1) Photo of the 1889 gram specimen
2) Mali, 2010
3) Guinea, 2017
4) Maldives, 2017
5) Mali, 2018 (Also features an image of the Allende specimen shown on MPOD on Feb. 17, 2014)
6) Central African Republic, 2019
7) Guinea, 2019
8) Sierra Leone, 2019
9) Togo, 2020 |
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matthias
2/13/2021 3:35:20 AM |
Great piece, Herbert, great pic, great ensemble. So yes, finally: who cares? Big cinema : - ) |
Gregor Hoeher
2/12/2021 10:52:33 AM |
Cool thing about the postage stamps. This is a really great, interesting and alien looking piece. |
Michael Mulgrew
2/12/2021 10:37:54 AM |
Happy anniversary! |
Mike Murray
2/12/2021 10:05:34 AM |
This iron is amazing.
Twink, in my eye, and for all of my interest in meteorites, your Golden Rule is quintessential. |
Twink Monrad
2/12/2021 8:59:57 AM |
So classic and beautiful,makes me want to get mine out and admire it too! |
Herbert
2/12/2021 8:51:24 AM |
@Andi: Haha, a tour trough these countries, that would be really cool! :)
@Matthias: I do no really know why stamp designers seem to love this particular specimen so much. Probably it's because I have uploaded a photo to Wikimedia Commons quite a while ago. (Using that photo would require to name the image author, according to the Creative Commons license. But who cares about image rights in the internet anyway... ;) ) |
matthias
2/12/2021 5:48:54 AM |
This is a great piece of SA indeed, of wonderful shape and with impressing surface features. However, how come this breathtaking career on the field of stamps, Herbert? Who did the selection? In any case: a real Gesamtkunstwerk. |
Graham Ensor
2/12/2021 5:35:04 AM |
Wonderful!
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Andi Koppelt
2/12/2021 2:34:54 AM |
Cool! Probably the most famous SA-individual. Mission is done, if it has traveled through all these countries in a parcel with its own stamps on top ;-) |
Jim Strope
2/12/2021 2:33:59 AM |
Great collection. |
Tomasz Jakubowski
2/12/2021 1:38:52 AM |
amazing!
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