TNAG-0718-FCO40-916-Policy-on-issuing-postage-stamps-1978 — Page 36

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Rockets Fired in U.K. Carry Labels

NFORMATION has been received that on 20th April 1978 nine experimental cargo-carrying rockets were fired ir the United Kingdom, exact place was not

ZENNOR ROCKET MAK

ZENNOR ROCKET MAIL

1953-1978

1953 - 1978

25th ANNIVERSARY

25th ANNIVERSARY

hithert Islands

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PYTAIRN ISLANDS

ཝཔི ''ཙཱཙ གསྶ

NOVIVNOJOJ JO

Nine labels were said to have been carried in solid-fuel rockets 20th April 1978 in U.K.; two examples are illustrated here.

revealed. Each solid-fuel rocket carried 1,200 labels and 100 forms. William T. Mitchell, 1 Arcade Steps, Penzance, Cornwall, Eng., sent a set of nine labels inscribed "Zennor Rocket Mail 1953-1978" said to have been flown in the rockets.

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