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Rocket Flight Number 60.
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.
Special Quetta relief label used.
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."
750 covers flown. First use of Silver Jubilee stamps on rocket mail covers.
The contents of Rocket No. 60 are listed opposite.
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Rocket Flight Number 61.
Flown across the River Roopnarain.
750 stamps produced. 110 flown as missives, 600 as stamps
Note special Red Cross label (printed either in red or blue) bearing face value of Rs. 2/- each
![]() Back of cover lists contents of rocket mail.
Covers for Flight #61provided by kind permission of Per Lindqvist of Sweden
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First rocket transportation of livestock. See description below. Note Jubilee stamp on cover.
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Last flight of Jubilee series
(Parcel despatch)
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Below is a letter from Stephen Smith to a dealer in London seeking orders for the sale of rocket mail material
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