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Fishermen find century-old postcard in a bottle in Baltic
upi ^ | March. 8, 2014

Posted on 03/09/2014 9:55:29 AM PDT by JoeProBono

BERLIN, A postcard dated May 17, 1913, and found in a bottle by German fishermen appears to be the oldest such message ever found.

Konrad Fischer, captain of a fishing boat from Schleswig-Holstein, told Kieler Nachrichten, a local newspaper, that he was about to throw the bottle back in the sea when someone told him it was not empty, the Local.de reported.

"When I saw the date I got really excited," he said.

The postcard, from Denmark, had German stamps on it. It was signed by Richard Platz and addressed to his own home in Berlin with a message asking the finder to put it in the mail.

The Guinness Book of World Records lists the oldest previous message in a bottle as 97 years, found in 2012.

Fischer said his previous finds during his 50 years as a fisherman have been more alarming, including mines, bombs, torpedoes and a body.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Travel
KEYWORDS: baltic; berlin; germany; godsgravesglyphs; konradfischer; richardplatz; schleswigholstein
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To: Smokin' Joe

I’m sure they’re legit. If I film a movie that includes fishermen I’m casting these guys. lol


61 posted on 03/10/2014 5:33:05 AM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: Travis T. OJustice

:P


62 posted on 03/10/2014 6:17:25 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: a fool in paradise; JoeProBono; SunkenCiv

It’s a plain old Danish Brevkort. Why couldn’t it have been a French postcard? Ooolala!


63 posted on 03/11/2014 2:43:52 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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64 posted on 03/11/2014 3:31:35 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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