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Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) satellite
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This page contains philatelic information on the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) / Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) satellite. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Launch information (found in the astronomical/telescope satellites page) |
Launch covers, anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers (farther below) |
Postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Chandra / CXO | Chandra / CXO | Chandra / CXO |
Below is a list of Chandra / CXO / AXAF satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number* | Type of Item** | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Chandra / CXO / AXAF | ||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2244c (Mi2930) | One of MS6 (2244 (a-f)) | 1999 | HST (not Chandra/CXO/AXAF)1 |
| Gambia | 2268f (Mi3703) | One of MS6 (2268 (a-f)) | 2000 | |
| Gambia | 2268f essay | One of MS6 (2268 essay (a-f)) | ||
| Guinea Republic | 1936ab (BL?, Mi3172) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 (1936a) | 2001 | |
| Guinea Republic | 2228a (BL816?) | In (upper-right) margin SS1 (2228) | 2003 | |
| Guinea Republic | iBL967 | In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2006 | |
| Liberia | 2514a (Mi?) | From strip of 3 (2514 (a-c)), or from MS6 (2514d (2x 2514 (a-c))) | 2008 | |
| Liberia | 2514b (Mi?) | |||
| Liberia | 2514c (Mi?) | |||
| Liberia | 2517 (BL?) | SS1 | ||
| Tuvalu | 1073 (Mi?) | On stamps and in (upper) margin of MS4 (a-d) | 2008 | |
| Tuvalu | 1073 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| United States | None | Cancel | 1999 | Shown with Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-93) |
*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel; "i" prefix denotes imperforate version.
**FDC = first day cover; SS# = souvenir sheet, MS# = miniature sheet, where # = number of stamps in sheet, and the numbers in parentheses are the catalog numbers of the stamps in the sheet.
1The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is pictured, not Chandra/CXO/AXAF as noted in the text on this item.
Below is a list of Chandra / CXO / AXAF satellite launch covers, anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers.
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| Chandra / CXO / AXAF | ||||
| United States | 1999-07-25 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (NASA) cachet on cover | Chandra/CXO/AXAF (STS-93/Columbia) launch |
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