ROCKET MAIL- MAIL EXPERIMENT BY SANTION SIKKIM DURBAR
ROCKET MAIL IS THE DELIVERY OF MAIL BY ROCKET OR MISSILE .THE FIRST ATTEMPT WAS MADE IN FIJI IN 1902.IN 1931 FRIEDRICH SCHMIEDL SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED A ROCKET CONTAINING 102 COVERS AND CARDS FROM THE AUSTRIAN TOWN OF SCHOCKL TO VILLAGE OF RADEGUND.
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PIONEER IS STEPHEN SMITH IN INDIA WHO INITIATED SOME 80 RAOCKET MAIL FIGHTS FROM 1934 TO 1944 INCLUDING NIGHT LAUNCHES.IN 1935 HE LAUNCHED SEVERAL ROCKET MAILS IN SIKKIM.
India – Rocketgram Royal Silver Jubilee – Mail Experiment by Sanction Sikkim Durbar ovpt, 1935 Signed by Stephen Smith
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