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| Marisat-1 | Marecs | Inmarsat-2 |
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| Marisat-1 | Marecs | Inmarsat-2 |
This page contains philatelic information on the Inmarsat series (including Marisat, Marots, and Marecs). 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 Marisat series was taken over by INMARSAT (the INternational MARine SATellite organization) in 1981. Marots was a proposed experimental system that was never launched but changed into the operational Marecs series, which were in effect the first-generation Inmarsat series, followed by the second-generation Inmarsat-2 series, etc.
| 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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| Marisat | Marisat | Marisat |
| Marecs (and Marots) | Marecs | Marecs (and Marots) |
| Marecs (on other than Marecs launch covers) | ||
| Inmarsat | Inmarsat | Inmarsat |
Below is a list of Inmarsat series (including Marisat, Marots, and Marecs) 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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| Marisat | ||||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C98 (Mi230) | From MS10 (C98a (10x C98)) | 1987 | Marisat (but "Inmarsat" in stamp text) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C98 maxi | Stamp on maxicard | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C98 cover1 (Mi230 cover1) | Stamp on cover (not a FDC, despite indication in (Éditions J.F.) cachet, because of the cancel date 7 April - stamp issue date was 2 March) | 1987 | Marisat (but "Inmarsat" in stamp text) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C98 cover2 (Mi230 cover2) | Stamp on cover (not a FDC, despite indication in (PJ) cachet, because of the cancel date 7 April - stamp issue date was 2 March) | 1987 | Marisat (but "Inmarsat" in stamp text) |
| Grenada Carriacou | 2126d (Mi2971) | One of MS6 (2126 (a-f)) (Mi2968-2973) | 1999 | "Marisat-1" |
| Marecs (and Marots) | ||||
| Central African Republic | 335 (Mi542A) i335 (Mi542B) | Imperforate | 1978 | Marecs |
| Central African Republic | 335a (BL26A) i335a (BL26B) | On stamp of SS1 (335) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i335) | ||
| Comoro Islands | Mi428A Mi428B | Imperforate | 1978 | (probable) Marots |
| Comoro Islands | 388 (Mi489) i388 | Imperforate | 1978 | Marecs |
| Comoro Islands | 388a (BL186) i388a | On stamp of SS1 (388) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i388) | ||
| France | None | Cachet on cover | 1987 | "Satellite: INMARSAT" (refers to Marecs-1 and/or Marecs-2, which were launched by the ESA and operated by INMARSAT; those satellites provided the "first polar satellite aeromobile communications" (for the polar portions of the Earth circumnavigation by the single-engine Piper Malibu)) |
| France | None | Cachet (different) on cover | 1987 | "Space [i.e. satellite] telecommunications [and] navigation" (provided by Marecs-1 and/or Marecs-2) |
| France | 2653 (Mi?) | 1998 | (possible) Marecs | |
| France | 2653a (Mi?) | Strip of 6 (2648-2653 + label) | ||
| Ivory Coast | 583 (Mi678) i583 | Imperforate | 1981 | Marecs |
| Ivory Coast | 584 (Mi679) i584 | Imperforate | ||
| Ivory Coast | 583-584 fdc | Two stamps on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C98 (Mi230) | From MS10 (C98a (10x C98)) | 1987 | Marecs (but "Inmarsat" in stamp text) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C98 maxi | Stamp on maxicard | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C98 cover1 (Mi230 cover1) | Stamp and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on cover (not a FDC, despite indication in (Éditions J.F.) cachet, because of the cancel date 7 April - stamp issue date was 2 March) | 1987 | Marecs (but "Inmarsat" in stamp text); also Marecs (in cachet) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C98 cover2 (Mi230 cover2) | Stamp on cover (not a FDC, despite indication in (PJ) cachet, because of the cancel date 7 April - stamp issue date was 2 March) | 1987 | Marecs (but "Inmarsat" in stamp text) |
| Great Britain | 1109 (Mi1033) | 1985 | Also "Marecs-A" (in text on fdc1 cachet) | |
| Great Britain | 1109 fdc1 | Stamp and (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC | ||
| Great Britain | 1109 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Colorano silk cachet) | ||
| Great Britain | 1109 card | PHQ card | ||
| Great Britain | 1107-1110 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC, also back and insert | ||
| Great Britain | 1107-1110 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (different cancel and slightly-different cachet) | ||
| Guinea Republic | 1017 (Mi1134A) i1017 (Mi1134B) | Imperforate | 1986 | Marecs |
| Guinea Republic | 1017a (BL241A) i1017a (BL241B) | On stamp of SS1 (1017) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i1017) | ||
| Rwanda | 814 (Mi878) i814 | Imperforate | 1977 | "Marots" (precursor of Marecs) |
| Inmarsat | ||||
| British Antarctic Territory | 315a (Mi338) | One of strip of 4 (315 (a-d)) (Mi338-341) | 2002 | (possible) Inmarsat-2 (without trim tabs on solar panels) |
| Cambodia | 870 (Mi948) | 1988 | Inmarsat-2 | |
| Chad | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (lower-right) margin of SS1 | 2013 | "Alphasat-1XL" / Inmarsat-4A-F4 |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | BL585 | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (Mi2141) | 2014 | "Inmarsat-4" |
| Cyprus | 779-780 fdc (Mi771-772 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | Inmarsat-2 | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C98 (Mi230) | From MS10 (C98a (10x C98)) | 1987 | "Inmarsat" (in stamp text, but Marisat and Marecs depicted); also Inmarsat (in maxicard cachet) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C98 maxi | Stamp and cachet on Maxicard | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C98 cover1 (Mi230 cover1) | Stamp and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on cover (not a FDC, despite indication in (Éditions J.F.) cachet, because of the cancel date 7 April - stamp issue date was 2 March) | 1987 | "Inmarsat" (in stamp text, but Marisat and Marecs depicted); also "Inmarsat" (in cachet text) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C98 cover2 (Mi230 cover2) | Stamp and (PJ) cachet on cover (not a FDC, despite indication in (PJ) cachet, because of the cancel date 7 April - stamp issue date was 2 March) | 1987 | "Inmarsat" (in stamp text, but Marisat and Marecs depicted); also "Inmarsat" (in cachet text) |
| Germany (West) | 1467 fdc (Mi1290 fdc) | (Hermann E. Sieger, GmbH) insert from FDC, also front | 1986 | "Inmarsat" (in text only) |
| Greece | Unknown ss (BL?) | SS1 | 2018 | (early-design) HellasSat-3/Inmarsat-S-EAN; HellasSat-3/Inmarsat-S-EAN and GSat-7 launch (in cachet) |
| Greece | Unknown ss fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Isle of Man (Great Britain) | 470 (Mi466) | One of pair (471a (470-471)) (Mi466-467) | 1991 | Inmarsat-2 |
| Isle of Man (Great Britain) | 469a+471a fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Monaco | 1761 (Mi2010) i1761 | From MS10 (1761a (5x (1760-1761))) (BL50) Imperforate | 1991 | "Inmarsat" (Inmarsat-2) |
| Monaco | 1761 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Monaco | 1761a fdc | MS10 on FDC (La Poste Monaco cachet) | ||
| Monaco | 1761a sc | MS10 souvenir card | ||
| Monaco | 1760-1761 ds i1760-i1761 ds | One of two stamps in deluxe sheet (1760-1761) One of two stamps in imperforate deluxe sheet (i1760-i1761) | ||
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | "Alphasat" / Inmarsat-4A-F4 |
Below is a list of Inmarsat series (including Marisat, Marots, and Marecs) 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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| Marisat | ||||
| 1976-02-19: Marisat-1 | ||||
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Marisat-1 launch |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Marisat-1 launch |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Merritt Island FL | (KSC/NASA red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Marisat-1 launch (Westar-1/2/3 type depicted) |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (KSC/NASA red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Marisat-1 launch (Westar-1/2/3 type depicted) |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Marisat-1 launch |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS) cachet on cover | Marisat-1 launch |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS) cachet (and signature) on cover | Marisat-1 launch |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS "official") cachet on cover | Marisat-1 launch |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Marisat-1 launch |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Marisat-1 launch |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club blue rubber-stamp) cachet (plus Bicentennial logo) on cover | Marisat-1 launch |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Blue and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Marisat-1 launch |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Whitney blue and black) cachet on (airmail) cover | Marisat-1 launch |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Marisat-1 launch |
| 1976-06-09: Marisat-2 | ||||
| United States | 1976-06-09 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Marisat-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-06-09 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Marisat-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-06-09 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Marisat-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-06-09 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Marisat-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-06-09 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club blue rubber-stamp) cachet (plus Bicentennial logo) on cover | Marisat-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-06-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (KSC/NASA red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Marisat-2 launch (Westar-1/2/3 type depicted) |
| United States | 1976-06-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS) cachet on cover, also back | Marisat-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-06-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS) cachet (and signature) on cover | Marisat-2 launch |
| United States | 1976-06-09 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Marisat-2 launch |
| 1976-10-14: Marisat-3 | ||||
| United States | 1976-10-14 | Orlando FL, Kennedy Space Center Branch | (KSC/NASA red and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Marisat-3 launch (Westar-1/2/3 type depicted) |
| United States | 1976-10-14 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Marisat-3 launch |
| United States | 1976-10-14 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Marisat-3 launch |
| United States | 1976-10-14 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Marisat-3 launch |
| United States | 1976-10-14 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Marisat-3 launch |
| United States | 1976-10-14 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Marisat-3 launch |
| United States | 1976-10-14 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Marisat-3 launch |
| United States | 1976-10-14 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Whitney green) cachet on (airmail) cover | Marisat-3 launch |
| United States | 1976-10-14 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Typed and cyan rubber-stamp) cachet (and signatures) on cover | Marisat-3 launch |
| Marecs | ||||
| 1981-12-20: Marecs-1 (and CAT-4) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1981-12-19 | Kourou | (Gruppo Filatelico) cachet on cover | Marecs-1 launch |
| French Guiana | 1981-12-19 | Kourou | (Europa FDC Service) cachet on cover | Marecs-1 launch |
| French Guiana | 1981-12-19 | Kourou | (Marconi) cachet on cover, also back | Marecs-1 launch |
| French Guiana | 1981-12-19 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Marecs-1 launch |
| 1982-09-10: Marecs-B (and SIRIO-2) [failed] | ||||
| French Guiana | 1982-09-09 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Marecs-B launch [failed] |
| French Guiana | 1982-09-09 | Kourou | (Europa FDC Service) cachet on cover | Marecs-B launch [failed] |
| French Guiana | 1982-09-09 | Kourou | (Europa FDC Service) cachet (different) on cover | Marecs-B launch [failed] |
| French Guiana | 1982-09-09 | Kourou | (Gruppo Filatelico) cachet on cover | Marecs-B launch [failed] |
| French Guiana | 1982-09-09 | Kourou | (ESA?) cachet on cover | Marecs-B launch [failed] |
| French Guiana | 1982-09-09 | Kourou | (ERNO) cachet on cover | Marecs-B launch [failed] |
| French Guiana | 1982-09-09 | Kourou | (Club Philatélique ESA/Lollini) cachet on cover | Marecs-B launch [failed] |
| French Guiana | 1982-09-09 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Marecs-B launch [failed] |
| United States | 1982-09-09 | Greenbelt MD | (NASCOM Network) cachet on cover | Marecs-B launch [failed] |
| United States | 1982-09-09 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Marecs-B launch [failed] |
| France | 1982-09-10 | Paris | (Club Philatélique ESA/Lollini) cachet on cover | Marecs-B launch [failed] |
| French Guiana | 1982-09-10 | Kourou | (Club Philatélique ESA/Lollini) cachet on cover | Marecs-B launch [failed] |
| Italy | 1982-09-10 | Torino | (Printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Marecs-B launch [failed] |
| 1984-11-10: Marecs-2 (and Spacenet-2) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1984-11-09 | Kourou | (Club Philatélique ESA/Lollini) cachet on cover | Marecs-2 launch |
| French Guiana | 1984-11-09 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover, also back | Marecs-2 launch (Arabsat-1 depicted) |
| French Guiana | 1984-11-09 | Kourou | (Club Philatélique ESA/Lollini) cachet on cover | Marecs-2 launch |
| Marecs (on other than Marecs launch covers) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1989-04-01 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on Tele-X launch cover | "Marecs-2B" |
| French Guiana | 1992-07-09 | Kourou | (Kourou Philatélie Spatiale) cachet on Insat-2A and Eutelsat-2-F4 launch cover | Marecs |
| Inmarsat | ||||
| 1991-12-16: Inmarsat-2-F3 (and Telecom-2A) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1991-12-16 | Kourou | (Printed) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-2-F3 launch |
| French Guiana | 1991-12-16 | Kourou | (Printed and red rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | Inmarsat-2-F3 launch |
| French Guiana | 1991-12-16 | Kourou | (Printed and red rubber-stamp) cachets (different) on cover | Inmarsat-2-F3 launch |
| French Guiana | 1991-12-16 | Kourou | (Rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | Inmarsat-2-F3 launch |
| French Guiana | 1991-12-16 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-2-F3 launch |
| 1992-09-15: Inmarsat-2-F4 (and Telecom-2B) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1992-09-15 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-2-F4 launch |
| French Guiana | 1992-09-15 | Kourou | (Rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | Inmarsat-2-F4 launch |
| 1997-06-03: Inmarsat-3-F4 (and Insat-2D) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1997-06-03 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover (black cancel) | Inmarsat-3-F4 launch |
| French Guiana | 1997-06-03 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover (red cancel) | Inmarsat-3-F4 launch |
| French Guiana | 1997-06-03 | Kourou | (Lollini printed and rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-3-F4 launch |
| French Guiana | 1997-06-03 | Kourou | (Philatélie Arianespace) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-3-F4 launch |
| French Guiana | 1997-06-03 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-3-F4 launch |
| France | 1997-06-04 | Paris | (Lollini printed and rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-3-F4 launch |
| Gabon | 1997-06-04 | Libreville | (Lollini printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-3-F4 launch |
| 1998-02-04: Inmarsat-3-F5 (and Brasilsat-B3) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1998-02-04 | Kourou | (Philatélie Arianespace) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-3-F5 launch |
| French Guiana | 1998-02-04 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover (black cancel) | Inmarsat-3-F5 launch |
| French Guiana | 1998-02-04 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover (red cancel) | Inmarsat-3-F5 launch |
| French Guiana | 1998-02-04 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-3-F5 launch |
| French Guiana | 1998-02-04 | Kourou | (Lollini printed and rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-3-F5 launch |
| France | 1998-02-05 | Paris | (Lollini printed and rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-3-F5 launch |
| Gabon | 1998-02-05 | Libreville | (ESA Philatélie) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-3-F5 launch |
| 2008-08-18: Inmarsat-4-F3 | ||||
| United States | 2008-08-18 | Colorado Springs CO, Peterson AFB | (Printed) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-4-F3 launch |
| Russia | 2008-08-19 | Baikonur | (Printed) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-4-F3 launch |
| 2013-07-25: Inmarsat-4A-F4 / Alphasat (and Insat-3D) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2013-07-25 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-4A-F4 / Alphasat launch |
| French Guiana | 2013-07-25 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover | Inmarsat-4A-F4 / Alphasat launch |
| French Guiana | 2013-07-25 | Kourou | (Historiaphil) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-4A-F4 / Alphasat launch |
| French Guiana | 2013-07-25 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-4A-F4 / Alphasat launch |
| 2017-05-15: Inmarsat-5-F4 | ||||
| United States | 2017-05-15 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Inmarsat-5-F4 launch |
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