| Australia 1971 (27 Jul) Set of 8 Space Cover APOLLO 15 Launch Joint Defence
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| Australia 1971 (27 Jul) Set of Eight Space Covers all black stamped "JOINT DEFENCE SPACE/RESEARCH FACILITY" and cachet in purple/brown "TO HONOUR/APOLLO MISSION/IMAGE LANDING MODULE ON MOON`S SURFACE" (2 Covers) or blue cachet "IMAGE HELICOPTER/SPACE CAPSULE ON SEA/TO HONOUR/APOLLO MISSION" (4 Covers) or plain (2 Covers) and all unaddressed and affixed with 6c stamp either QEII (2 Covers) or United Nations or Lachlan Macquarie or Edward John Eyre or Duigan Brothers or Adam Lindsay Gordon or QANTAS 50th Anniversary and all cancelled "ALICE SPRINGS/1-0-A27JY71/NT 5750". --Launch Date APOLLO 15 was 26 July 1971 ..13:34:00:6 UTC . Pine Gap is the commonly used name for a U.S. satellite surveillance base or Australian Earth station approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of the town of Alice Springs, Northern Territory in the centre of Australia which is operated by both Australia and the United States. Since 1988, it has been officially called the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap (JDFPG); previously, it was misleadingly known as Joint Defence Space Research Facility
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Item #: INV-130840
Condition Co
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Pricing in AU$
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Within Australia
A$
40.00
(inc GST 3.64 )
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Outside Australia
A$ 36.36
(approx. US$24.36)
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