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jamesw
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Posted 05/28/2011   3:08 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add jamesw to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I keep seeing stamps on ebay from the US in the 1930s for 'Rocket Post'.
So what is rocket post? Are these cinderellas, are they legit?
Were they really going to deliver mail by rocket? I wouldn't be surprised in the '30s. Flash Gordon and all.
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PostmasterGS
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Indeed. Here's a little more info.
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jamesw
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Posted 05/28/2011   3:47 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jamesw to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Well I'll be!


Quote:
The first successful delivery of mail by a rocket in the United States was made on 23 February 1936, when two rockets that were launched from the New Jersey shore of Greenwood Lake landed on the New York shore, some 300 metres away.


That quote is from the wiki site. With that kind of efficiency, it's no wonder it didn't "take off"
Thanks PostmasterGS.
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mhc99
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James, here is an article about Rocket Post:

http://postandparcel.info/33442/in-...il%E2%80%A6/
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Cjd
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There are at least two other threads here with some additional information that you might find interesting:

https://goscf.com/t/12683
(mostly Germany)

and

https://goscf.com/t/12056
(a little more world-wide in nature, including U.S.)
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jhlovell
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I'm sorry, was that delivery by rocket or rockette??
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