| Australia 1971 (28 Jul) Air Mail Possible Space Cover O.T.C. Coastal Radio Brisbane
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| Australia 1971 (28 Jul) Air Mail Possible Space Cover unaddressed and stamped in purple "O.T.C. COASTAL RADIO/28 JUL 1971/BRISBANE RADIO" and affixed with 6c Sturt`s Desert Rose stamp with indistinct cancellation "BRISBANE/9 AM 28 JY71/QLD-AUST"---APOLLO 15 Launch Date was 26 July 1971 13:34:00:6. The first Australian Coastal Radio Station opened in Melbourne`s Domain on 8th February 1912. It was part of the Commonwealth Government decision to build a network of stations around Australia. By 1914 there were 19 Coastal Radio Stations in the network at: Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Thursday Island, Port Moresby, Mount Gambier, Geraldton, Rockhampton, Cooktown, Esperance, Townsville, Broome, Darwin, Flinders Island, Roebourne and Wyndham. In 1947, the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia) took over responsibility for the coastal network. Use of maritime communication rapidly increased until the 1990s, for example six new stations were built in the 1960s. Decline in use set in when satellite technologies were introduced in the early 1990s and many stations were closed or downgraded.
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Item #: INV-130830
Condition Co
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Pricing in AU$
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Within Australia
A$
5.00
(inc GST 0.45 )
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Outside Australia
A$ 4.55
(approx. US$3.05)
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