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Echo-series
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| Echo-1 | Echo-2 |
This page contains philatelic information on the Echo-series satellites. 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 elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Echo | Echo | Echo |
| Echo (on other than Echo launch covers) |
Below is a list of Echo-series 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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| Echo | ||||
| Batumi | Local_b Local_ib | One of local post MS6 (a-f) One of imperforate local post MS6 (a-f) | 1997 | "Echo-1" |
| Batumi | Local_b o/p1 | One of local post MS6 (a-f) overprinted in gold | 1998 | "Echo-1" |
| Batumi | Local_b o/p2 | One of local post MS6 (a-f) overprinted in silver | ||
| Burundi | 45-46 fdc (Mi51-52 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1963 | |
| Central African Republic | 334 (Mi541A) i334 (Mi541B) | Imperforate | 1978 | |
| Central African Republic | 334a (BL25A) i334a (BL25B) | On stamp of SS1 (334) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i334) | ||
| Dominica | 2238b (Mi2897) | One of MS6 (2238 (a-f)) (Mi2896-2901) | 2000 | "Echo-1" |
| Ecuador | 748D (Mi1194) | 1966 | "Echo-2" | |
| Ecuador | 748Df (BL14) i748Df | MS3 (748+748B+748D) (Mi1990+1992+1994) Imperforate MS3 (748+748B+748D), with changed background color | ||
| Germany (West) | None | Cinderella (poster stamp), one of MS30 cinderella | ~1966 | "Echo-1" |
| Kazakhstan | 291A (Mi294) | 2000 | "Echo" | |
| Kazakhstan | 295 (Mi295) | |||
| Kazakhstan | 297 (Mi296) | |||
| Monaco | 606 (Mi799) | 1965 | "Echo-2" | |
| Monaco | 606 fdc1 | Stamp and (PJ) cachet on FDC | ||
| Monaco | 606 fdc2 | Stamp and ('FDC') cachet on FDC | ||
| Monaco | 605-607 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC (B. Minne cachet) | ||
| Monaco | 605-610 fdc | One of six stamps on FDC (B. Minne cachet) | ||
| Mongolia | 367 (Mi371) | 1964 | "Echo-2" launch | |
| Panama | C351 (Mi902) iC351 (Mi903) | Imperforate with changed colors | 1966 | "Echo-2" |
| Panama | C352 (BL54) iC352 | On stamp of SS1 On stamp of imperforate SS1, changed colors | ||
| Paraguay | 832 (Mi1340) i832 (Mi1345) | Imperforate with changed colors | 1964 | "Eco-2" (Echo-2) |
| Paraguay | 831-832 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Paraguay | 898 (Mi1474) | 1965 | "Eco-2" (Echo-2) | |
| Paraguay | 895-899 fdc1 | One of five stamps on FDC | ||
| Paraguay | 895-899 fdc2 | One of five stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| Paraguay | 900 (Mi1476) | |||
| Paraguay | 900-902 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| Paraguay | 900a (BL73) i900a (BL74) | On one of MS2 (899-900) On one of imperforate MS2 (i899-i900), changed colors | ||
| Paraguay | 900a muestra i900a muestra | On one of MS2 (899-900) overprinted "muestra" On one of imperforate MS2 (i899-i900), changed colors, overprinted "muestra" | ||
| Paraguay | 994 (Mi1650) i994 (Mi1658) | Imperforate with changed colors | 1966 | "Echo-1", "Echo-2" |
| Paraguay | 994 muestra i994 muestra | Imperforate with changed colors, overprinted "muestra" | ||
| Paraguay | 994-998 fdc | One of five stamps and (printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Paraguay | 1001 (Mi1657) i1001 (Mi1665) | Imperforate with changed colors | ||
| Paraguay | 1001 muestra i1001 muestra | Imperforate with changed colors, overprinted "muestra" | ||
| Paraguay | 1001a (BL93) i1001a (BL94) | On stamp of SS1 (1001) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i1001), changed colors | ||
| Paraguay | 1001a fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Paraguay | 1001a muestra i1001a muestra | On stamp of SS1 (1001) overprinted "muestra" On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i1001), changed colors, overprinted "muestra" | ||
| Paraguay | 1127 (Mi1866) | 1968 | "Echo-1" re-entry | |
| Paraguay | 1134 (Mi1873) | Echo-1 | ||
| Paraguay | 1134a (BL115) | Imperforate MS3 (1126-1127+1134) | ||
| Qatar | 64 (Mi67) | Imperforate with changed colors | 1965 | "Echo-2" |
| Qatar | 67 (Mi70) | Imperforate with changed colors | ||
| Qatar | 68a (BL2) | On one of MS2 (67-68) | ||
| Qatar | 94 (Mi97a) | 64 overprinted in black | 1966 | "Echo-2" |
| Qatar | 97 (Mi100a) | 67 overprinted in black | ||
| Qatar | 98a (BL3a) | On one of MS2 (97-98), 68a overprinted in black | ||
| Qatar | 94 var1 (Mi97b) | 64 overprinted in red | 1966 | "Echo-2" |
| Qatar | 97 var1 (Mi100b) | 67 overprinted in red | ||
| Qatar | 98a var1 (BL3b) | On one of MS2 (97-98), 68a overprinted in red | ||
| Qatar | 94 var2 (Mi97c) | 64 overprinted in blue | 1966 | "Echo-2" |
| Qatar | 97 var2 (Mi100c) | 67 overprinted in blue | ||
| Qatar | 98a var2 (BL3c) | On one of MS2 (97-98), 68a overprinted in blue | ||
| Qatar | 114C (Mi198) | 64 surcharged new currency in black/red | 1966 | "Echo-2" |
| Qatar | 114F (Mi201) | 67 surcharged new currency in black/red | ||
| Qatar | 117C (Mi228) | 94 surcharged new currency | 1966 | "Echo-2" |
| Qatar | 117F (Mi231) | 99 surcharged new currency | ||
| Qatar | 117Gh (BL10A) i117Gh (BL10B) | On one of MS2 (97-98), 98a surcharged new currency On one of imperforate MS2 (i97-i98), i98a surcharged new currency | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 3053 (Mi3076) | 1965 | Echo-2 (and Luna-1/2 type) | |
| Satellite Beach FL (USA) | Local | Set-D01 (green) | 1964 | "Echo" |
| Satellite Beach FL (USA) | Local fdc | Local post stamp (in cachet position) on FDC | ||
| Satellite Beach FL (USA) | Local o/p | Set-D01 (green) overprinted in gold | 1965 | "Echo" |
| Somali Coast | C36 fdc (Mi365 fdc) | ('FDC') cachet on FDC | 1965 | "Echo-2" |
| United Nations | 112 fdc (Mi122 fdc) | (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC | 1962 | "Echo" |
| United Nations | 112-113 fdc (Mi122-123 fdc) | (Orbit Covers) cachet on FDC, also annotated cachet | "Echo" (in lower part of FDC), also in small reproduction of USA 1173; "Echo-1" | |
| United Nations | 113 fdc (Mi123 fdc) | Stamp and (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC | "Echo" | |
| United States | 1173 (Mi803) | 1960 | "Echo-1" | |
| United States | 1173 fdc1 | Stamp and (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc2 | Stamp and (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC (plus signature) | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc3 | Stamp and (black rubber-stamp?) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc4 | Stamp and (ATA Space Unit) cachet on FDC (3-line cancel)1 | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc5 | Stamp and (ATA Space Unit) cachet (same) on FDC (4-line cancel) | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc6 | Stamp and (ATA Space Unit) cachet (and signatures) on First Day of Sale cover (3-line cancel)2 | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc7 | Stamp and (Bell Labs) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc8 | Stamp and (Artmaster) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc9 | Stamp and (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC, also information sheet, letter, and skin sample | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc10 | Stamp and (Henry) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc11 | Stamp and (Stephen Anderson) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc12 | Stamp and (Fluegel Covers) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc13 | Stamp and (Meter Digest) cachet (same design as stamp) on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc14 | Stamp and (Soar) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc15 | Stamp and (HF) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc16 | Stamp and (Webcraft addon, applied in 2009) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc17 | Stamp and (Aerojet Stamp Club) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc18 | Stamp and (The Aristocrats/Day Lowry) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc19 | Stamp and (Tri-Color) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc20 | Stamp and (Overseas Mailer) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc21 | Stamp and (Bell Telephone Co.) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc22 | Stamp on FDC (no cachet, 3-line cancel) | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc23 | Stamp on (airmail) FDC (no cachet, 4-line cancel) | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc24 | Stamp and (Cachet Craft/Ken Boll) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc25 | Stamp and (printed and typed) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc26 | Stamp and (Boerger) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc26 | Stamp and (Bell Labs) cachet (and signature) on FDC; also Echo-1 re-entry | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc27 | Stamp and (Astro Covers) cachet on FDC; also 39th anniv. Echo-1 launch | ||
| United States | 1173 fdc28 | Stamp and (Artmaster) cachet on FDC; also 50th anniv. Echo-1 launch | ||
| United States | 1173 sp | (NASA) souvenir page (1173) | ||
| United States | SP49 | (USPS) souvenir page (1173) | ||
| United States | None | postcard back, also front | ~1960 | "Echo"-1 |
| United States | None | (G.T. Schjeldahl Co.) cachet on cover | 1961 | "Echo-1" skin sample |
| United States | None | (Astro Covers) cachet on cover | 1962 | "Echo" (in text) |
| United States | 1393 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Riser/Andromeda Space Covers) cachet on cover | 1970 | "Echo-1" (and "SCORE") |
| United States | SC18 | (BEP and Interpex) souvenir card of 4 (1173) | 1975 | "Echo-1" |
| United States | 1556 sc (Mi1164 sc) | (PCS) souvenir card (with Aristocrat FDC) | 1975 | "Echo-1" (in text) |
| United States | None | (Smithsonian) insert1 back from cover, also insert1, insert2, insert2 back, and cover | 1975 | "On August 12, 1960, ECHO, the world's largest man-made satellite (at that time), was placed in orbit to test the feasibility of passive artificial satellite communications" |
| United States | None | (PCS) cachet on cover, also insert | 1979 | 19th anniv. issue USA 1173; "Echo-1" |
| United States | None | (Astro Covers) cachet on cover | 1983 | 25th anniv. NASA; Echo-1 |
| United States | None | (Astro Covers) cachet (different) on cover | 1983 | 25th anniv. NASA; Echo-1 |
| Uruguay | C422 (BL29) | In (lower-left) margin of MS3 (C422 (a-c)) | 1976 | "Echo-1" |
| Uruguay | C423 (BL30) | In (lower-right) margin of MS3 (C423 (a-c)) | ||
1Inserts for this FDC: ATA Space Unit Astrophile space activities summary for Echo-1 launch and Post Office release no.345 and New York Times newspaper clipping.
2Inserts for this FDC: ATA Space Unit Astrophile front and back and inside pages from 16 Dec 1960 honoring Echo-1 and the issue of USA 1173 by showing the Post Office bulletin that later became SP49.
Below is a list of Echo-series satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| [sub-orbital] Echo test launches | ||||
| 1959-10-28: Shotput-1 [sub-orbital] | ||||
| United States | 1958-10-29 | Wallops Island VA | (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover | Shotput-1 launch |
| 1960-02-27: Shotput-3 [sub-orbital] | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| Shotput-3 (events) | ||||
| United States | 1960-02-29 | Wallops Island VA | (Blue) cachet on cover | "Project Echo lights up Eastern sky" (in text) |
| Echo | ||||
| 1960-08-12: Echo-1 | ||||
| United States | 1960-08-12 | Patrick AFB, FL | (blank/no) cachet on cover | Echo-1 launch |
| United States | 1960-08-12 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Swanson red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Echo-1 launch |
| United States | 1960-08-12 | Port Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on cover | Echo-1 launch |
| United States | 1960-08-12 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Sig Bette) cachet on cover | Echo-1 launch |
| United States | 1960-08-12 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Goldcraft paste-on) cachet on cover | Echo-1 launch |
| Echo-1 (events) | ||||
| United States | 1961-08-12 | Cleveland OH | (Astro Covers) cachet on cover (3c meter) | Echo-1 5000th orbit (1st anniv. launch) |
| United States | 1961-08-12 | Cleveland OH | (Astro Covers) cachet on cover (4c meter) | Echo-1 5000th orbit (1st anniv. launch) |
| United States | 1962-08-12 | Cleveland OH | (Astro Covers) cachet on cover | Echo-1 10,000th orbit (2nd anniv. launch) |
| United States | 1968-05-24 1960-12-15 | Holmdel NJ Washington DC | (Bell Labs) cachet on cover | Echo-1 re-entry; also USA 1173 fdc |
| Echo-1 (anniversaries) | ||||
| United States | 1975-08-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.30) cachet on cover | 15th anniv. Echo-1 launch |
| United States | 1999-08-10 1960-12-15 | Cleveland OH, West Park Washington DC | (Astro Covers) cachet on cover | 39th anniv. Echo-1 launch; also USA 1173 fdc |
| United States | 2010-08-12 | Holmdel NJ | (Sig Bette) cachet on cover | 50th anniv. Echo-1 launch |
| United States | 2010-08-12 | Sagamore Beach MA | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 50th anniv. Echo-1 launch |
| United States | 2010-08-12 1960-12-15 | Holmdel NJ Washington DC | (Artmaster) cachet on cover | 50th anniv. Echo-1 launch; also USA 1173 fdc |
| United States | 2015-08-12 | Sagamore Beach MA | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 55th anniv. Echo-1 launch |
| 1962-01-15: Big Shot-1 [sub-orbital Echo test, failed] | ||||
| United States | 1962-01-15 | Port Canaveral FL | (Printed) cachet on (airmail) cover | Big Shot-1 (sub-orbital Echo test) rocket launch [failed] |
| United States | 1962-01-15 | Port Canaveral FL | (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover | Big Shot-1 (sub-orbital Echo test) rocket launch [failed] |
| 1962-07-18: Big Shot-2 [sub-orbital Echo test] | ||||
| United States | 1962-07-18 | Patrick AFB, FL | (C. Swanson cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Big Shot-2 (sub-orbital Echo test) rocket launch |
| United States | 1962-07-18 | Patrick AFB, FL | (SpaceCraft Type-B general-purpose) cachet on cover | Big Shot-2 (sub-orbital Echo test) rocket launch |
| United States | 1962-07-18 | Patrick AFB, FL | (SpaceCraft Type-C general-purpose) cachet on cover | Big Shot-2 (sub-orbital Echo test) rocket launch |
| 1964-01-25: Echo-2 | ||||
| United States | 1964-01-25 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert | Echo-2 launch |
| United States | 1964-01-25 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet (and signature) on cover, also insert | Echo-2 launch |
| United States | 1964-01-25 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet (and signature, different) cachet on cover, also insert | Echo-2 launch |
| United States | 1964-01-25 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Rank velvet) cachet on cover | Echo-2 launch |
| United States | 1964-01-25 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Swanson blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Echo-2 launch |
| United States | 1964-01-25 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Echo-2 launch |
| United States | 1964-01-25 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Sarzin?) cachet on cover | Echo-2 launch |
| Echo-2 (events) | ||||
| United States | 1964-01-27 | Cleveland OH | (Astro Covers blue) cachet on cover | orbital pass over Cleveland |
| United States | 1964-01-27 | Cleveland OH | (Astro Covers blue and black) cachet on cover | orbital pass over Cleveland |
| United States | 1964-01-27 | Cleveland OH | (Astro Covers black) cachet on cover | orbital pass over Cleveland |
| Echo (on other than Echo launch covers) | ||||
| United States | 1962-10-31 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Artmaster FDC) cachet on ANNA-2 launch cover | "Echo" |
| United States | 1965-06-23 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Sarzin?) cachet on PAGEOS launch cover | "Echo-1" (in text) |
| United States | 1968-11-08 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on Pioneer-9 and TETR-2 launch cover, also annotated | Echo |
| United States | 1969-02-05 | Patrick AFB, FL (hand cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert2 from Intelsat-3-3 launch cover, also front and insert1 | "Echo-1" and "Echo-2" (in text only) |
| United States | 1969-02-05 | Patrick AFB, FL (machine cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert2 from Intelsat-3-3 launch cover, also front and insert1 | |
| United States | 1975-05-23 | Haleiwa HI | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet (with reproduction of USA 1173) on Intelsat-4-1 launch cover | "Echo-1" |
| United States | 1985-03-23 | Park Forest IL | (Parforex-25) cachet on TIROS-1 anniversary cover | "Echo"-1 |
| United States | 1990-03-31 | Park Forest IL | (Parforex-30) cachet on TIROS-1 anniversary cover | "Echo" |
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