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Helios-series satellites |
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Helios-series satellites |
This page contains philatelic information on the German Helios-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.
The German Helios series from the 1970s should not be confused with the French Helios series, the first of which was launched in 1995.
| Launch information (found in the solar-observing 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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| Helios | Helios | Helios |
Below is a list of Helios-series 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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| Helios (Germany) | ||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 75111 (Mi588) | 1975 | Helios | |
| French Guiana | None | (At upper-right of) cachet on cover | 1979 | Helios |
| Germany (West) | None | Cancel on cover | 1974 | Helios |
| Grenada | 756 (Mi790) | 1976 | Helios | |
| Grenada | 757 (Mi791) | |||
| Grenada | 758 (Mi792) | |||
| Grenada | 759 (Mi793) | |||
| Grenada | 763 (BL59) | SS1 | ||
| Paraguay | C414 (BL251) | SS1 | 1975 | Helios |
| Paraguay | C414 fdc | SS1 and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel, or Y or PA for Yvert.
**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.
Below is a list of Helios-series 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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| Helios-1 (Germany) | ||||
| Helios-1 | ||||
| Spain | 1974-12-10 | Madrid | (Green printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Helios-1 launch |
| United States | 1974-12-10 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Helios-1 launch |
| United States | 1974-12-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Interspace) cachet on cover | Helios-1 launch |
| United States | 1974-12-10 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Orbit?) cachet on cover | Helios-1 launch |
| United States | 1974-12-10 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (NASA rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Helios-1 launch |
| United States | 1974-12-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial?) cachet on cover | Helios-1 launch |
| United States | 1974-12-10 | Orlando FL, Kennedy Space Center | (SEL?) cachet on cover | Helios-1 launch |
| United States | 1974-12-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Pink rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Helios-1 launch |
| United States | 1974-12-10 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Helios-1 launch |
| United States | 1974-12-10 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS?)1 cachet on cover | Helios-1 launch |
| United States | 1974-12-10 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC) cachet on cover | Helios-1 launch |
| Spain | 1975-03-15 | Madrid | (Green printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Helios-1 perihelion2 |
| United States | 1975-03-15 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Helios-1 perihelion2 |
| United States | 1975-03-15 | Cape Canaveral FL | (NASA rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Helios-1 perihelion2 |
| United States | 1975-09-21 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Helios-1 perihelion2 |
| United States | 1977-10-21 | Pasadena CA | (GSFC) cachet on cover | Helios-1 perihelion2 |
| United States | 1980-12-05 | Pasadena CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Helios-1 perihelion2 |
| United States | 1981-12-20 | Pasadena CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Helios-1 perihelion2 |
| United States | 1982-06-28 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Helios-1 perihelion2 |
| Helios-2 | ||||
| United States | 1976-01-15 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Helios-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-01-15 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC) cachet on cover | Helios-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-01-15 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Helios-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-01-15 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS?)2 cachet on cover | Helios-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-01-15 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Helios-2 launch |
| United States | 1978-11-01 | Pasadena CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Helios-2 perihelion2 |
| United States | 1980-11-14 | Pasadena CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Helios-2 perihelion2 |
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