Rocket Mail
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Rocket Mail Catalogue. Published in 1943 by the Imperial Stamp Company, this is perhaps the first listing of the Stephen H. Smith rocket mail experiments. |
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Rocket Mail Catalogue and Historical Survey of First Experiments in Rocketry by Stephen H. Smith. Second Revised Edition published in 1955. The earliest book I have seen on rocket mail and who better to bring it out than our own Stephen H. Smith. |
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A Specialised Price Catalogue of Indian Rocket Mails Stamps and Vignettes, compiled by Jal Cooper. Published in 1960. This is the book that re-kindled interest in collecting Indian Rocket mail, and pretty much lists all of Stephen Smiths rocket mail experiments in India and in Sikkim. Detailed listings with quantities and prices. |
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Elington - Zwisler Rocket Mail Catalog by Jesse T. Ellington and Perry F. Zwisler. Published in 1967, this world-wide catalog includes detailed India listings. |
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From the Diary of Stephen Smith, compiled by D. N. Jatia for the Philatelic Congress of India. Published n 1980. Brings to light many amazing photographs, sketches and other details of Stephen Smith's notes about this rocket mail experiments. |
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Pionerraketenpost und Komische Post by Walter Michael Hopferweiser. Published in 2016, this German language publication is a worldwide priced catalogue with a very fine section on Stephen Smith's India and Sikkim experiments, including very the rare War time covers. |
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India's Forgotten Rocket Pioneer: Stephen H Smith from Pigeon Mail to Rocket, Authored by Gurbir Singh and published by Astrotalkuk Publications in 2020. Stephen Smith worked alone in Calcutta and unsupported on developing rocket transport during 1934 and 1944. He was the first to demonstrate the successful transport by a rocket of livestock, food and medicine. This book charts the story of Stephen H Smith, described by a contemporary as "the greatest one-man campaign for rocketry". |