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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Stamps of King George V Silver Jubilee - Rocket Pictures 3</B></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="King George V Silver Jubilee"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Information"><U><B>General Information</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stamps"><U><B>Stamps</B></U></A><B>               </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal History"><U><B>Postal History</B></U></A></FONT><B>               </B><A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Location"><U><B>Variety Locator</B></U></A><B>         </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Information"><U><B>Help/Site Information</B></U></A><B>                              </B><A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U><B>Search</B></U></A><B>                               </B><A HREF="mailto:philatel2@yahoo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:philatel2@yahoo.com"><U><B>Contact Me</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="137" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>POSTAL HISTORY</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PH Stamp Issue Dates"><U>Dates of Issues of Stamps</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id311.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Issue Design History"><U>Issues Design History</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id296.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Rates"><U>Postal Rates</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id14.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Covers"><U>Postal Covers</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Collectors Covers"><U>Commemoratives</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id269.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rocket Mail"><U>Rocket Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id308.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Australian Rocket Mail"><U>Australia</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id309.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Indian Rocket Mail"><U>India</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>      - <A HREF="id313.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stephen Smith"><U>Stephen Smith</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div>      - <A HREF="id314.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="India rockets 1"><U>Rocket mail details</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div>        -<A HREF="id316.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="India rockets 2"><U> March 23 to April 9</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>        - <A HREF="id315.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="India rockets 3"><U>April 10, 13</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>        -<A HREF="id317.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="India rockets 4"><U> June 6,  29</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>        - <A HREF="id437.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="India Labels"><U>Labels</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id528.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Slogans"><U>Slogans</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other Postal Items"><U>Other Postal Items</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="045fa583.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" > </FONT><I><B>Kholaghat - June 6, 1935</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="kholaghat"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="664" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 489 WIDTH="216"><div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>Rocket Flight Number 60.</B></div> <bR> <div> Proceeds of sale from this flight and Flight #61 were donated to the Quetta Earthquake (May 31, 1935) Relief Fund where 35,000 people lost their lives.</div> <bR> <div> Special Quetta relief label used.</div> <bR> <div> Note the Kolaghat Station Master's violet date cachet as well as a second three line cachet reading "R. No. 60 over river Roopnarain, Kolaghat."</div> <bR> <div> 750 covers flown. First  use of Silver Jubilee stamps on rocket mail covers.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> The contents of Rocket No. 60 are listed opposite. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="9d05ee00.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a7481f10.jpg" border=0 width="385" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="216"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="216" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="216"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="216" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="216"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="216" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 240 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="9d15eda0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 WIDTH="216"><bR> <div> <B>Rocket Flight Number 61.</B></div> <bR> <div> Flown across the River Roopnarain.</div> <bR> <div> 750 stamps produced. 110 flown as missives, 600 as stamps</div> <bR> <div> Note special Red Cross label (printed either in red or blue) bearing face value of Rs. 2/- each</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="9d3d7790.jpg" border=0 width="215" height="121" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Back of cover lists contents of rocket mail.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Covers for Flight #61provided by kind permission of <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:per.lindqvist@btj.se" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:per.lindqvist@btj.se"><U><I>Per Lindqvist</I></U></A></FONT> of Sweden</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 223 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="9d25ed90.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id314_6_6_35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="India rockets 1"><U><B>Return to Rocket Mail Details</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Burnpur - June 29, 1935 </B></I><I><B> <A NAME="29_6_35"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="669" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 290 WIDTH="296"><div>  </div> <div> First rocket transportation of livestock. See description below. Note Jubilee stamp on cover.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="8f213d70.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="5e75e1c0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="284" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="554" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 291 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="5e85e1d0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="285" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Last flight of Jubilee series</div> <div> (Parcel despatch)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="653" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Below is a letter from Stephen Smith to a dealer in London seeking orders for the sale of rocket mail material</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 753 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="a7758eb0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="747" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id314_29_6_35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="India rockets 1"><U><B>Return to Indian Rocket mail details</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://count.carrierzone.com/app/count_server/count.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> </script>  </body>