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Hubble Space Telescope
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This page contains philatelic information on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) 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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Below is a list of HST 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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| Hubble / HST | ||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1313m (Mi1380) | One of MS20 (1313 (a-t)), see 1313k-t | 1990 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2244c (Mi2930) | One of MS6 (2244 (a-f)) | 1999 | Not Chandra/CXO/AXAF3 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2362 (BL459A) i2362 (BL459B) | SS1 | 2000 | |
| Ascension | Unknown (new issue) | From MS8 | 2008 | |
| Australia | 2742a (Mi?) | One of MS6 (2742 (2736-2740+2742a)) | 2007 | |
| Bahamas | Unknown (new issue) | 2008 | ||
| Belize | 813b (Mi877) | One of strip of 3 (813 (a-c)), or three of MS9 (813d (3x (813 (a-c)))) | 1986 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Bulgaria | 3624 (Mi3913) | 1991 | Shown with Space Shuttle Discovery | |
| Central Africa Republic | C277 (Mi865A) iC277 (Mi865B) | 1982 | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C277a (BL206) | SS1 (C277) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | 663 (BL283A) | In (right) margin of imperforate SS1 | 1984 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Central Africa Republic | 779a (BL359) | In (lower-right) margin of SS1 (779) | 1985 | |
| Central Africa Republic | 1370 (Mi2600-2602) i1370 | In (upper) margin of MS3 (1370 (a-c)), also imperforate MS3 (i1370 (a-c)) | 2000 | Shown with Space Shuttle Columbia |
| Chad | 435 (Mi954A) i435 (Mi954B) | 1983 | HST1, shown with Space Shuttle | |
| Chad | 435a (BL145) | SS1 (435) | ||
| Chad | 439b (Mi953-958) i439b | On one of MS6 (434-439) | 1983 | HST1, shown with Space Shuttle |
| Comoro Islands | 737 (Mi941) 737 ds (Mi941A) | Also imperforate deluxe sheet | 1990 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Comoro Islands | 737a (BL326A) i737a (BL326B) | SS1 (737) | ||
| Comoro Islands | 741b (Mi941+945) | On one (737) of MS2 (737+741) | 1990 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Comoro Islands | 939 (Mi1732-1734) i939 | In (upper) margin of strip of 3 (939 (a-c)) | 1999 | |
| Comoro Islands | Unknown c (new issue) | One of MS6 | 2009 | |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | Unknown ms (new issue) | Imperforate SS1 | 2006 | |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | Unknown fdc (new issue) | Imperforate SS1 on FDC | 2006 | |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | Unknown ms (new issue) | Imperforate SS1 (different) | 2006 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | Unknown fdc (new issue) | SS1 (different) on FDC | 2006 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | Unknown fdc (new issue) | Imperforate SS1 on FDC (different) | 2006 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Congo (People's Republic) | 582 (Mi807A) i582 (Mi807B) | 1981 | HST1, shown with Space Shuttle Columbia | |
| Djibouti | C149a (BL46) | In (left) margin of SS1 (C149) | 1981 | Shown with Space Shuttle Columbia |
| Djibouti | C151a (BL?) | In (left) margin of SS1 (C151), C149a overprinted | ||
| Djibouti | Unknown ms (new issue) Unknown ms (imperf.) | MS8 + label | 2007 | |
| Djibouti | Unknown fdc (new issue) | MS8 on FDC | 2007 | |
| Djibouti | Unknown fdc (imperf.) | Imperforate MS8 on FDC (different) | 2007 | |
| Gabon | Unknown (new issue) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 2009 | |
| Gabon | Unknown fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Gabon | Unknown o/p | In (upper-left) martin of SS1 overprinted in gold | ||
| Gambia | 802 (Mi822) | 1988 | ||
| Great Britain | None | Cachet on cover | 1982 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Great Britain | None | Cachet on cover | 1997 | Shown with Space Shuttles Discovery and Endeavour2 (in text only) |
| Great Britain | None | Cancel | 1999 | |
| Great Britain | None | Cancel | 2002 | |
| Great Britain | None | Cachet on cover | 2003 | Shown with Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Guinea Republic | 1863l (Mi?) | One of MS12 (1863 (a-l)) | 2000 | |
| Guinea Republic | iMi4287 | Deluxe sheet | 2006 | |
| Guinea Republic | BL990 | SS1 | 2006 | Shown with Space Shuttle (in left margin) |
| Guinea Republic | Mi4287-4289 | On one of MS3 | 2006 | |
| Guinea Republic | Unknown ss (BL1392) | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 | 2007 | |
| Guinea Republic | Unknown ms3 (Mi5067-5069) | In (lower-right) margin of MS3 | ||
| Ireland | 833 (Mi760) | From MS10 (833a (10x 833)) | 1991 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Israel | 1643 (BL73) | In (upper-left) margin of MS6 (1643 (a-f)), perforated | 2006 | |
| Israel | 1644 (Mi?) | In (upper-left) margin of MS6 (1644 (a-f)), serpentine cut | 2006 | |
| Ivory Coast | C101 (Mi890) iC101 | 1991 | ||
| Ivory Coast | C101a (BL?) iC101a | SS1 | ||
| Ivory Coast | Unknown ss (125fr) | Imperforate SS1 | 1993 | (HST body ?), one end in Space Shuttle cargo bay |
| Ivory Coast | Unknown ss (300fr) | Imperforate SS1 | 1993 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Laos | 1485 (Mi1739) | 2001 | ||
| Malagasy Republic | 1045 (Mi1345) | One of MS6 (1050a (1045-1050)) | 1992 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Malagasy Republic | 1045B (BL176) | SS1 (1045) | ||
| Maldive Islands | 1151 (Mi1164) | 1986 | ||
| Maldive Islands | 1210 (Mi1223) | 1151 overprinted | 1986 | |
| Maldive Islands | 2020f (Mi2264) | One of MS12 (2020 (a-l)) | 1994 | |
| Maldive Islands | 2417b (Mi?) | On one and in (upper) margin of MS9 (2417 (a-i)) | 2000 | "Improved" HST (in text) |
| Mali | 1034a (Mi?) i1034a | On one of MS4 (1034 (a-d)), also imperforate MS4 (i1034 (a-d)) | 1999 | |
| Mali | Unknown b (new issue) Unknown b (imperf.) | On one of MS2, also imperforate MS2 | 2006 | |
| Mali | Unknown fdc (new issue) Unknown fdc (imperf.) | MS2 and cachet on FDC | 2006 | |
| Marshall Islands | 864b (Mi?) | From strip of 5 (864 (a-e)) | 2005 | Shown with Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Micronesia | 346 (BL?) | On stamp and into (right) margin of SS1 | 1999 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Monaco | 2388 (Mi2757) | From MS10 (2388a (10x 2388)) | 2005 | |
| Montserrat | 611 (Mi?) | 1986 | ||
| Montserrat | 614c (Mi?) | One of MS4 (614 (a-d)) | 1986 | |
| Montserrat | 657c (Mi?) | One of MS4 (657 (a-d)), 614 (a-d) overprinted in red and black | 1987 | |
| Montserrat | 657c_black-missing | One of MS4 (657 (a-d)), 614 (a-d) overprinted in red, black missing | ||
| Montserrat | 657c_black-missing+red-inverted | One of MS4 (657 (a-d)), 614 (a-d) overprint in red inverted, black missing | ||
| Montserrat | 657c_black-op-double | One of MS4 (657 (a-d)), 614 (a-d) overprinted in red, double overprint in black | ||
| Mordovia | Local_a | One of MS6 (a-f) | 1998 | |
| Morocco | 735 (Mi1206) | 1992 | ||
| Mozambique | Unknown fdc | Cachet (including Ireland 833) on FDC | 2005 | |
| Nicaragua | 1985o (Mi3306) | One of MS16 (1985 (a-p)) | 1984 | |
| Niger | 970 (BL103) | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 | 1997 | |
| Palau | 453b+e (Mi?+?) | From MS6 (453 (a-f)) | 1998 | With folded solar panels, one end in Space Shuttle Endeavour cargo bay |
| Palau | 453f (Mi?) | Shown next to Space Shuttle Endeavour | ||
| Palau | 454 (BL?) | SS1 | 1998 | |
| Palau | 455 (BL?) | SS1 | ||
| Palau | 524 (Mi?) | MS6 (524 (a-f)) | 1999 | HST images and HST (in text) |
| Palau | 525 (BL?) | SS1 | ||
| Palau | 526 (BL?) | SS1 | ||
| Palau | 527 (BL?) | SS1 | ||
| Palau | 528 (BL?) | SS1 | ||
| Romania | 4461 (Mi?) | 2001 | ||
| Rwanda | Unknown f (new issue) | One of MS8 (a-h + label) | 2009 | |
| Sierra Leone | 1904b (Mi2622) | One of MS6 (1904 (a-f)) | 1996 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Sierra Leone | 2931c (Mi?) | One of MS6 (2931 (a-f)) | 2008 | |
| South Africa | C63 (Mi1663) | From MS10 (C63a (10x C63)) | 2005 | |
| Sri Lanka | 1445 (Mi1436) | 2003 | ||
| St. Vincent | 1480 (Mi1732) | 1991 | ||
| St. Vincent | 2701i (Mi?) | One of MS9 (2701 (a-i)) | 1999 | |
| St. Vincent Grenadines | 804 (BL?) | SS1 | 1991 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| St. Vincent Grenadines | 804 specimen | SS1, specimen | ||
| Tanzania | 564 (BL?) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 1990 | |
| Tanzania | 1319 (Mi?) | 1994 | ||
| Tanzania | Unknown ss1 (new issue) | On stamp of SS1 | 2009 | |
| Tatarstan | Local | On more than one of MS6 (a-f) | 1998 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Uganda | 341 (BL33) | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 1982 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| Uganda | 1485h (Mi1870) | One of MS8 (1485 (a-h)) | 1997 | |
| Union Island (St. Vincent) | Unknown ms6 (new issue) | MS6 (a-f) | 2008/2009 | |
| Union Island (St. Vincent) | Unknown ms4 (new issue) | MS4 (a-d) | ||
| United Kingdom | None | Cinderella | 2005 | 15th anniv. launch HST |
| United Nations (Geneva) | 476a (Mi?) | Details in (top and bottom) margins of MS6 (6x 476); image behind stamps is identical to that in Geneva 477a | 2007 | HST sun shade (top margin) and solar panel (bottom margin) |
| United Nations (Geneva) | 477 (BL?) | Six stamps and in (upper-left) margin of MS6 (477a (6x 477)) | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 411 (BL?) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 2007 | |
| United States | 1919 (Mi?) | One of block of 8 (1919a (1912-1919)) | 1981 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| United States | None | Cachet | 1983 | HST1, shown with Space Shuttle |
| United States | None | Cancel on cover | 1990 | |
| United States | None | Cancel and cachet on cover | 1990 | |
| United States | 3384-3385 fdc | Stamps and cachet on FDC | 2000 | 10th anniv. launch HST: HST images and HST (in text) |
| United States | 3384-3388 fdc1 | Stamps and cachet on FDC | HST images and HST (in cachet) | |
| United States | 3384-3388 fdc2 | Stamps and cachet on FDC (different) | HST images and HST (in cachet) | |
| United States | 3384-3388 fdc3 | Stamps and cachet on FDC (different) | HST images and HST (in cachet) | |
| United States | 3388c (BL?) | On stamps (strip of 5 (3388a (3383-3388))), and in (left) margin of MS20 (5x (3383-3388)), also back | 2000 | HST images and HST (in text) |
| United States | 3409a (Mi?) | One of MS6 (3409 (a-f)) (BL55) | 2000 | |
| United States | 3409a fdc1 | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 3409a fdc2 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| United States | 3409a fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| United States | None | Cancel | 2000 | |
| United States | None | Cancel (different) | 2000 | Shown with Space Shuttle |
| United States | None | Cancel (different) | 2000 | 10th anniv. Discovery-launch, shown with Space Shuttle |
| United States | None | Cancel (different) | 2000 | 10th anniv. Discovery-launch, shown with Space Shuttle |
| United States | None | Cachet on cover | 2008 | HST (in text) |
| Uruguay | 1637 (Mi2212) | 1996 | ||
| Vietnam | 2361 (Mi2436A) i2361 (Mi2426B) | 1992 | Shown with Space Shuttle | |
*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.
1On these items, HST is drawn with the solar panels perpendicular to the spacecraft body, whereas in reality they are parallel to the spacecraft body. That error is most likely due to the early, pre-launch date of these items, when the HST design was probably not determined.
2As incorrectly noted on this item, the Endeavour Space Shuttle mission of 2000 had nothing to do with HST.
3On this item, HST is pictured, not Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) or Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF).
Below is a list of HST 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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| Hubble / HST | ||||
| United States | 1990-04-24 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC) cachet on cover | HST (STS-31/Discovery) launch |
| United States | 1990-04-24 / 1990-05-07 | Kennedy Space Center FL / Kennedy Space Center FL | (NASA sticker) cachet on cover | HST (STS-31/Discovery launch and landing) |
| United States | 1993-12-02 / 1993-12-13 | Kennedy Space Center FL / Kennedy Space Center FL | (NASA sticker) cachet on cover | HST repair (STS-61/Endeavour launch and landing) |
| United States | 1997-02-21 | Houston TX | (NASA) cachet on cover | HST repair (STS-82/Discovery launch) |
| United States | 1999-12-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (NASA) cachet on cover | HST repair (STS-103/Discovery launch) |
| United States | 1999-12-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (NASA) cachet on cover (autographed) | HST repair (STS-103/Discovery launch) |
| United States | 2002-03-01 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (NASA) cachet on cover | HST repair (STS-109/Columbia launch) |
| United States | 2009-05-11 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | HST repair (STS-125/Atlantis launch) |
| United States | 2009-05-11 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Printed) cachet on cover | HST repair (STS-125/Atlantis launch) |
| United States | 2009-05-14 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | HST repair (STS-125/Atlantis launch) |
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