This table represents event covers released for the SPARTA series of rocket launches from the Woomera Rocket Range, South Australia. There are two types of covers. Commemorative covers with an Adelaide postmark and launch covers with a Woomera postmark. Covers with a Woomera postmark are amoungst the rarest of all Australian launch covers and quite valuable while covers with an Adelaide postmark are much less valuable.
| Designation | Type | Postmark | Station | Description | Rarity |
| SPARTA 1 - 28 November 1966 | |||||
| SPA-01a | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Black & Orange - Soldier & Aboriginal | 1 |
| SPA-01b | Commem | Adelaide | Commemorative Only | Red - Rocket in flight. | 4 |
| SPARTA 2 - 14 December 1966 | |||||
| SPA-02a | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Orange - Rocket launch | 1 |
| SPA-02b | Commem | Adelaide | Commemorative Only | Only one seen. Now a second one1 has emerged. | 1 |
| SPARTA 3 - 20 April 1967 | |||||
| SPA-03a | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Blue - Rocket launch | 1 |
| SPA-03b | Commem | Adelaide | Commemorative Only | Red - Rocket in flight. | 4 |
| SPARTA 4 - 5 July 1967 | |||||
| SPA-04a | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | NOT SEEN | 0 |
| SPA-04b | Commem | Adelaide | Commemorative Only | Red - Rocket in flight - Airmail Envelope. | 4 |
| SPARTA 5 - 25 July 1967 | |||||
| SPA-05a | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | NOT SEEN | 0 |
| SPA-05b | Commem | Adelaide | Commemorative Only | Red - Rocket in flight. | 4 |
| SPARTA 6 - 18 August 1967 | |||||
| SPA-06a | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | NOT SEEN | 0 |
| SPA-06b | Commem | Adelaide | Commemorative Only | Red - Rocket in flight. | 4 |
| SPA-06c | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | McDonell cover with Weapons Research Establishment cachet | 4 |
| SPA-06d | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Aerogram with Weapons Research Establishment cachet | 1 |
| SPARTA 7 - 16 September 1967 | |||||
| SPA-07a | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | NOT SEEN | 0 |
| SPA-07b | Commem | Adelaide | Commemorative Only | Red - Rocket in flight - Airmail Envelope. | 4 |
| SPA-07c | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | McDonell cover with Weapons Research Establishment cachet | 4 |
| SPARTA 8 - 12 October 1967 | |||||
| SPA-08a | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | Grey - Rocket launch | 1 |
| SPA-08b | Commem | Adelaide | Commemorative Only | Red - Rocket in flight - Airmail Envelope. | 4 |
| SPA-08c | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | McDonell cover with Weapons Research Establishment cachet. Includes stickon drawing of rocket on launch pad | 4 |
| SPARTA 9 - 1 November 1967 | |||||
| SPA-09a | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | NOT SEEN | 0 |
| SPA-09b | Commem | Adelaide | Commemorative Only | Red - Rocket in flight. | 4 |
| SPA-09c | Launch | Woomera | Woomera Rocket Range | NOT SEEN | 0 |
| WRESAT - Often called SPARTA 10 - See separate page | |||||
Notes
1) From the collection of Simon Cronk
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