Australian WRESAT Covers

This table represents event covers released for the WRESAT satellite launch from the Woomera Rocket Range, South Australia. Australia Post produced a special illustrative postmark for this launch.

Designation	Type	Postmark	Station	Description	Rarity
WRESAT - 29 November 1967
WRE-01a	Launch	Woomera	Woomera Rocket Range	Dark Blue - Shows the satellite - A version on a blue envelope exists. A registered version with a pink cachet also exists.	0
WRE-01b	Launch	Woomera	Woomera Rocket Range	Purple - The above cachet on an airmail cover	0
WRE-01c	Launch	Woomera	Woomera Rocket Range	Purple - Max Chittan Rocket & Kangaroo cachet. A version without a cachet also exists.	0
WRE-01d	Launch	Woomera	Woomera Rocket Range	Blue - McDonell stickon cachet shows a rocket on its launch pad	0
WRE-01e	Launch	Woomera	Woomera Rocket Range	Multicolour - Airmail envelope with various photos of Woomera	0
WRE-01f	Launch	Woomera	Woomera Rocket Range	Greyscale - Photo of rocket on launch pad	0
WRE-01g	Launch	Woomera	Woomera Rocket Range	Multicolour - Hand drawn satellite	0
WRE-01h	Launch	Woomera	Woomera Rocket Range	WRESAT postmark on a general cover	4
WRE-01i	Launch	Woomera	Woomera Rocket Range	A WRE - Uni. Adelaide text cachet on a general cover	0
WRE-01j	Launch	Woomera	Woomera Rocket Range	Australia Post Lettercard	0
WRE-01k	Launch	Woomera	Woomera Rocket Range	Arthur Bergen cover shows drawing of a satellite orbiting the Earth	0
Tracking Covers have special Woomera ELDO postmark plus station cachet - all are extremely rare
WRE-T1a	Tracking	Woomera	Weapons Research Establishment (WRE)	Multicolour - Stickon cachet shows drawing of two rockets in flight. Also exists on a plain envelope.	0
WRE-T1b	Tracking	Woomera	Mirikata	Red Text Cachet on registered cover	0
WRE-T1c	Tracking	Woomera	DSS/41	Purple text cachet	0
WRE-T1d	Tracking	Woomera	Baker-Nunn	Purple text cachet	0
WRE-T1e	Tracking	Woomera	Red Lake	Red Text cachet plus purple satellite cachet	0

Notes
1) From the collection of Simon Cronk