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Rocket Mail of the WorldGermanyOldenburg, Germany %u2014 May 7, 1965 %u2014 EZ-72C1 %u2014 H.O.G. (Hermann Oberth Society).Reduced facsimile of back below.(cachet text) Hermann Oberth Society. Society for the Promotion of Space Exploration and Development eV. H.O.G. rocket glider Type %u201cSwallow.%u201d(text on back) With the test flight of two rocket gliders of the %u201cSwallow%u201d type, developed and manufactured by the Rocket and Space Technology Testing and Training Center of the Hermann Oberth Society, a test program is to be initiated which, upon completion, will provide guided missiles of this type to deploy supplies to temporarily cut off areas.The cards flown as payload were handed over to the German Federal Post Office after the test flight, for delivery by normal mail, on the occasion of the Regional Conference for Rocket Technology and Space Research in Oldenburg (Oldb).A.F. Staats, President of the Hermann Oberth Society, Hanover.