Australian ELDO F-6/1 Covers


This table represents event covers released for the ELDO F-6/1 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-6/1 - 4 August 1967  
EDO-061a Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range MAY NOT EXIST 0
EDO-061b Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Purple - Shows rocket & map of Australia and Europe 2
EDO-061c Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Blue - Country list in form of a rectangle 3
EDO-061d Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Blue - Shows drawing of rocket launch 3
EDO-061e Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range  Red - Shows map of Australia & rocket 3
EDO-061f Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range  Red - A.I.D.A. Text cachet in triangle 0
EDO-061g Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Red & Greenii, Light Green & Red, Brown & Red2 or Dark Green & Red2 -  An airmail version of the light green & red cover exists.  Arthur Bergen covers show a rocket in flight. Most versions have an extra ELDO text cachet. 3
EDO-061ga1 Participant FPO 1033 Edinburgh Airfield Red & Green Bergen cover. Posted from the Field Post Office at Edinburgh Airfield with a British stamp. Arthur Bergen cover shows a radio dish. This was at BFPO 151 - RAAF Station Edinburgh Field, Adelaide, South Australia, hence also the B.F.P.O. ADELAIDE cachet. 0
EDO-061h Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range MAY NOT EXIST 0
EDO-061i Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Max Chittan Text cachet 0
EDO-061j Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Orbit cover - looks like EDO-04j 0
EDO-061k Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Blue - Photo of rocket on pad. An airmail version also exists. 0
EDO-061l Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Light Green - German produced cachet shows various shots of  satellite. Covers are numbered, 0
EDO-061m Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range NOT USED 0
EDO-061n 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-061o Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Hand painted small rocket during liftoff plus second stage in flight 0
EDO-061p Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range A variety of general FDCs are known including Australia Post Office FDCs. And this one. And a Wombeyn cover,this ACCAi cover and this Wesley cover1c. 3
EDO-061q Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Long envelope with an incorrect B/W photo of a US Capsule 0
EDO-061r Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Long airmail envelope with black cachet showing rocket and ELDO emblem. Came with ELDO stationary. 0
EDO-061s Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Pink cachet on Aerogram similar to and smaller than EDO-061c 0
EDO-061t Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Aerogram - NOT SEEN 0
EDO-061u Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Green - Cleveland Astro cover - NOT SEEN 0
EDO-061v1b Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Greyscale rocket launch on registered cover 0
EDO-061w Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Red and blue cachet shows two Kangaroos  
EDO-061y1a Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Black - Aboriginal with Boomerang, spears and shield plus 'Cover Posted at WOOMERA commemorating F6-1 ELDO Launch' text 0
           
Tracking Covers have special Woomera ELDO postmark plus station cachet - all are extremely rare
EDO-T61a Tracking Woomera Weapons Research Establishment (WRE) Blue - Country list in form of a rectangle 1
EDO-T61b Tracking Woomera Mirikata Blue - Country list in form of a rectangle 1
EDO-T61c Tracking Woomera DSS/41 Blue - Country list in form of a rectangle 1
EDO-T61d Tracking Woomera Baker-Nunn Blue - Country list in form of a rectangle 1
EDO-T61e Tracking Woomera Red Lake Blue - Country list in form of a rectangle 1
           
Signatures
EDO-s61a Launch Woomera Woomera Rocket Range Signed by 3rd Stage Team Leader, Joe Karl 0

 

General Notes
i) An ACCA (Australian Cover Collectors' Association) cover
ii) An unusual version exists with the ELDO cachet covered by a launched stick-on cachet rather than the identical rubber stamp launched cachet

Other Notes
1) Seen on eBay in 2020 a) 2021 b) 2022 c) 2023
2) From Simon Cronk's website

 

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