This is a German rocket mail with a postmark 10.5.1961 (May 10, 1961). It was carried aloft by "SPEZIAL RAKETE 2" launched on May 10th as indicated by the special rocket cachet in green ink to the left.
![St George Scout Stamp](german61.jpg)
The stamp providing surface postage was issued on April 22, 1961 honoring Scouting's 50th Anniversary. The stamp depicts St. George, patron Saint of Scouting.
Ellington-Zwisler Rocket Mail Catalog,
American Air Mail Society, 1967
Dr. Max Kronstein, Rocket Mail Flights of the World to 1986
The American Airmail Society, Cinnaminson, New Jersey 1986.