This table represents event covers released for the ELDO F-6/2 rocket launch from the Woomera Rocket Range, South Australia. Australia Post produced a special illustrative postmark for this launch.
Designation | Type | Postmark | Station | Description | Rarity |
ELDO F-6/2 - 6 December 1967 | |||||
EDO-062a | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | MAY NOT EXIST | 0 |
EDO-062b | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | MAY NOT EXIST | 0 |
EDO-062c | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Purple or Black - Country list in form of a rectangle | 3 |
EDO-062d | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Blue on Blue envelope or Black - Shows drawing of rocket launch | 3 |
EDO-062e | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Green or Red-Brown - Shows map of Australia & rocket | 3 |
EDO-062f | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Red - A.I.D.A. Text cachet in triangle | 0 |
EDO-062g | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Red & Black - Arthur Bergen cover shows a rocket in flight. Has an extra ELDO text cachet. | 0 |
EDO-062ga1 | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | A Forces Air Letter version of EDo-062g | 0 |
EDO-062h | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Black - Rocket in flight with text. An airmail version exists. A version with a British Defense Forces Mail cachet exists. | 0 |
EDO-062i | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Plain envelope addressed to Max Chittan | 0 |
EDO-062j | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | MAY NOT EXIST | 0 |
EDO-062k | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Blue - German cover shows photo of rocket on pad. | 0 |
EDO-062l | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Pink - German produced cachet shows various shots of satellite. Numbered covers exist. A numbered version also exists. | 0 |
EDO-062m | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | NOT USED | 0 |
EDO-062n | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Hand painted globe showing Australia plus flags of Great Britain and France representing First & Second stages of rocket | 0 |
EDO-062o | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Pink - Rocket above quarter Earth | 3 |
EDO-062p | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | A variety of general FDCs are known. And this ACCAi cover. See also this Wesley cover. And this Wombeyn cover. | 0 |
EDO-062q | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Blue - McDonell paste on cachet shows the rocket on its pad. A registered version exists. | 0 |
EDO-062r | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | NOT USED | 0 |
EDO-062s | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Black - Small general cachet shows various rockets in orbits | 0 |
EDO-062t | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Aerogramme | 0 |
EDO-062u | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Green - Cleveland Astro cover | 0 |
Tracking Covers have special Woomera ELDO postmark (except DRGTS Gove) plus station cachet - all are extremely rare | |||||
EDO-T62a | Tracking | Woomera | Weapons Research Establishment (WRE) | Purple - Country list in form of a rectangle | 2 |
EDO-T62b | Tracking | Woomera | Mirikata | Purple or Green - Country list in form of a rectangle | 1 |
EDO-T62c | Tracking | Woomera | DSS/41 | Purple - Country list in form of a rectangle | 1 |
EDO-T62d | Tracking | Woomera | Baker-Nunn | Purple- Country list in form of a rectangle | 1 |
EDO-T62e | Tracking | Woomera | Red Lake | Purple or Black - Country list in form of a rectangle | 1 |
EDO-T62f | Tracking | Woomera | Lake Hart | Red Lake Hart cachet on Aerogramme | 1 |
EDO-T62g | Tracking | Darwin | DRGTS Gove | Black - Country list in form of a rectangle | 1 |
General Notes
i) An ACCA (Australian Cover Collectors' Association) cover
Other Notes
1) From Simon Cronk's website
2)
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