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First of all, I have never heard of a storm disaster in 1925. But I think the normal postcard rate in those days was 3 or 5 cents. The 7.5 cents would mean the cards were sold at a premium.
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Seems there was a tornado in 1925.
"Tornado 1925 August 10, Borculo
This tornado is one of most famous tornadoes of the 20th century in the Netherlands and was responsible for the deaths of three people (Geurts and Kuiper 1997). Many buildings in this eastern Dutch town were damaged or destroyed by the storm responsible for the tornado. However, it seems that much damage was caused by gusts from the storm rather than the tornado itself (Geurts 2000). Reynolds (1999), meanwhile, rates this tornado as one of the eight most intense European tornadoes on record to the end of 1997."
And the wikipedia also have an entry (in dutch)
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormramp_van_1925
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Thank you for the wiki link. The Borculo tornado is actually quite famous. I think that I was wrong footed by thinking of floodslike in 1916 and 1953. Compared to those disasters this was relatively small but because tornadoes are very rare and unusual in the Netherlands this one got a lot of attention.
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This card probably represents the actual postcard rate at the time. Its interesting what you can pull out of a dealers "pick box". I guess one persons poison is another persons meat !
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I have just checked, and 7 1/2 cents was the actual postcard rate between March 1st 1921 and October 1st 1926. After that the rate dropped to 5 cents and remained at that price to at least 1936 (I have not been able to research the rates after that year yet).
That means that your card had the correct rate but was probably sold at a premium, just as the second 7 1/2 cents card you showed (which sold at 12 1/2 cents) and the 5 cents "Helden der Zee" which was sold at 10 cents.
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We could use some help on this one..it appears to be a post card to raise funds for storm victims but there is no surcharge on the 7 1/2 cent card. Perhaps the card itself sold at a premium ?
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re: Storm Ramp (Netherlands)
First of all, I have never heard of a storm disaster in 1925. But I think the normal postcard rate in those days was 3 or 5 cents. The 7.5 cents would mean the cards were sold at a premium.
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Seems there was a tornado in 1925.
"Tornado 1925 August 10, Borculo
This tornado is one of most famous tornadoes of the 20th century in the Netherlands and was responsible for the deaths of three people (Geurts and Kuiper 1997). Many buildings in this eastern Dutch town were damaged or destroyed by the storm responsible for the tornado. However, it seems that much damage was caused by gusts from the storm rather than the tornado itself (Geurts 2000). Reynolds (1999), meanwhile, rates this tornado as one of the eight most intense European tornadoes on record to the end of 1997."
And the wikipedia also have an entry (in dutch)
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormramp_van_1925
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re: Storm Ramp (Netherlands)
Thank you for the wiki link. The Borculo tornado is actually quite famous. I think that I was wrong footed by thinking of floodslike in 1916 and 1953. Compared to those disasters this was relatively small but because tornadoes are very rare and unusual in the Netherlands this one got a lot of attention.
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re: Storm Ramp (Netherlands)
This card probably represents the actual postcard rate at the time. Its interesting what you can pull out of a dealers "pick box". I guess one persons poison is another persons meat !
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re: Storm Ramp (Netherlands)
I have just checked, and 7 1/2 cents was the actual postcard rate between March 1st 1921 and October 1st 1926. After that the rate dropped to 5 cents and remained at that price to at least 1936 (I have not been able to research the rates after that year yet).
That means that your card had the correct rate but was probably sold at a premium, just as the second 7 1/2 cents card you showed (which sold at 12 1/2 cents) and the 5 cents "Helden der Zee" which was sold at 10 cents.
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