| Australia 1971 (024 Feb) Space Cover APOLLO 14 Fleurs Radio Observatory
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| Australia 1971 (04 Feb) Space Cover with blue cachet "IMAGE HELICOPTER/SPACE CAPSULE ON SEA/TO/ HONOUR/APOLLO/ MISSION" and black circular handstamp "UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY/FLEURS RADIO/OBSERVATORY" and addressed to Walkerville SA and affixed with 6c QEII stamp cancelled "SYDNEY/1 PM/4 FEB/1971/N.S.W. 2000" and slogan "PLEASE POST/EARLY/BEFORE LUNCH &/BEFORE/FOUR O`CLOCK". Fleurs is situated about 40 km west-south-west of central Sydney near Badgery`s Creek, and occupies an expanse of flat land between South Creek and Kemps Creek adjacent to a disused WWII air strip. Between 1954 and 1963, Fleurs was the leading field station of the CSIRO`s Division of Radiophysics, and was home to three innovative cross-type radio telescopes, the Mills Cross, Shain Cross and the Chris Cross, all of which played important roles in furthering international radio astronomy (Robertson, 1992).
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Item #: INV-130686
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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