posted 10-01-2023 08:42 AM
Is anyone aware of any cacheted covers from the South Uist Missile Range?The missile range was proposed in 1957, and became Britain's first and largest missile range. It occupies much of north-west South Uist, an island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, and incorporates the abandoned island of St. Kilda within its territory. The HQ of the range were situated at RAF Benbecula.
As well as military missiles, the range was used for launching a number of Skua and Petrel sounding rockets for scientific purposes from 1962 onwards.
I am particularly interested in any cacheted covers for the meteorological and ionospheric missions during the 1962-1972 period, but have never actually found any! Do they exist?
posted 10-01-2023 08:42 AM
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