Australia 1971 (27 Jul) Space Cover with black handstamp "JOINT DEFENCE SPACE/RESEARCH FACILITY" and purple/brown cachet "TO HONOUR/APOLLO MISSION/SPACE LANDING MODULE ON MOON`S SURFACE" unaddressed and affixed with 6c United Nations 25th Anniversary stamp cancelled "ALICE SPRINGS/10-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-130842
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AU $4.55
( approx US $3.05 )
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