- Shortest route from Chicago to Rome would be west->east, not east->west.
- 1930s air travel/mail delivery would likely have been by DC-3 (introduced 1935). Early models had a range of 1000 miles, later extended in the DC-3A to 2100 miles. Military C47 A/B aircraft had a 1600 mile range. So you'd have to introduce a few more hops on the map.
- A package would more likely have traveled via ground route, mostly ship. A trans-Asiatic route would be highly unfeasible (or would make for another Indian Jones movie: "Delivery of the Misrouted Journal").
Still, nice touch.
Amusing that the USPS thought the vintage (fake) Egyptian postage was real though
I'm going to call that a win.
"Paul has graciously let us know that he will make the intended recipient a new journal, and that we are welcome to keep this one— thanks, Paul! It will find its home either in the Oriental Institute at UChicago or the Special Collections at the Regenstein Library because, as many have noted, “It belongs in a museum!”. "
It will be simply too cool if it ends up in the Oriental Institute!
Apparently stamp fraud is not a high priority issue at USPS.
I started to wonder if it was some sort of publicity stunt by Disney to get interest into a new Indiana Jones movie after buying Lucasfilm.
Something I hadn't previously considered is that given Disney does its own distribution, they probably have no need to use 20th Century Fox on the new Star Wars movies. Having a Star Wars movie that doesn't open up with the 20th Century Fox drumroll is going to be downright weird.
(http://www.ebay.com/itm/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Raiders-of-the...)
The seller has sold a few of those, for between $150 and $200. Making thousands of dollars seems like a pretty good business.
"This is amazing! All of the little details like the illustrations and photos make it look really authentic, and the letterheads...OH MY GOD, IT'S PAPYRUS!!! GET IT AWAY FROM ME!!!!"
