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                                    Rocket Mail of the WorldGermanySahlenburg, Germany %u2014 March 22, 1964 %u2014 EZ-68C2.Reduced facsimile of back below.(cachet) German Museum of Masterpieces of Natural Science and Technology. Test Series Trial 12 for mail and supply rockets. 8000 Munich, PO Box 26. e.g. Currently Sahlenburg test site.(black rubber stamp) Transported by rocket for the German Museum, Sahlenburg, March 22, 1964.(text on back) On March 22, 1964, one day after the 70th birthday of the space pioneer Diploma Engineer (Rudolph) Nebel, the Hermann Oberth Society, Society for the Advancement of the Exploration and Development of Space eV (formerly: German Rocket Society eV) was founded, and a total of 10 medium-sized missiles were launched at the test site on the North Sea coast with postcards as payload. This launch serves to test the radio control and automatic return to the target area.President of the Hermann Oberth Society.
                                
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