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This page contains philatelic information on the Mars Express 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.
The Mars Express mission also included the Beagle-2 lander which was due to land on Mars on 25 December 2003. The spacecraft was successfully ejected from Mars Express on 19 December 2003, but nothing was ever heard from Beagle 2 and the mission was presumed lost.
| 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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| Mars Express (ESA) | Mars Express (ESA) | Mars Express (ESA) |
Below is a list of Mars Express 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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| Antigua and Barbuda | 2360c (Mi3183) | One of MS6 (2360 (a-f)) (Mi3181-3186) | 2000 | "Mars Express" (with lander (Beagle-2) attached; also solar panels appear short, so may be early design); design same as Nevis 1213f |
| Burundi | BL501A BL501B | In (lower-right) margin of SS1 (Mi3481A) In (lower-right) margin of imperforate SS1 (Mi3481B) | 2014 | "Mars Express" |
| Chad | BL403 | In (lower-left) margin of SS1, silver foil | 2003 | |
| Chad | Unknown c (Mi?) Unknown ic | One of MS4 (a-d) One of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2011 | "Mars Express"; design like Malagasy Republic unknown c (2011) |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 2004 | "Mars Express" |
| Djibouti | Unknown ms (Mi?) | On one stamp and one label and in (left) margin of MS2 (a-b + 2 labels) | 2014 | "Mars Express", also logo (in left margin) |
| Djibouti | Unknown fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
| Germany | None | Cancel | 2003 | "Mars Express" |
| Great Britain | 3115 (Mi3368) | From presentation pack | 2012 | "Mars Express" (in text and presentation pack front) |
| Great Britain | 3113-3118 fdc1 | One of six stamps on FDC | ||
| Great Britain | 3113-3118 fdc2 | One of six stamps on FDC (different cancel) | ||
| Grenada Carriacou | 2205d (Mi3194) | One of MS6 (2205 (a-f)) (Mi3191-3196) | 2000 | Mars Express (not "Explorer-16", as in text) |
| Grenada Carriacou | 2205d essay | One of MS6 (2205 essay (a-f)) | Mars Express (not "Rosetta", as in text) | |
| Guinea Republic | 2224b fdc (Mi4054 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 2003 | "Mars Express" (with lander (Beagle-2) attached and solar panels folded); design same as Rwanda unknown a (2012) |
| Guinea Republic | 2242 (BL821A) i2242 (BL821B) | In (lower) margin of SS1 In (lower) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2003 | "Mars Express", "Mars Express lander" (Beagle-2) |
| Guinea Republic | 2242 fdc | SS1 and cachet on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | Mi4102A Mi4102B | One of MS3 (Mi4100A-4102A) One of imperforate MS3 (Mi4100B-4102B) | 2004 | "Mars Express", "Beagle-2"; also portions of Beagle-2 (in lower margin of the MS3) |
| Guinea Republic | BL852A BL852B | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL852A fdc | SS1 and cachet on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | Mi5289-5294_ms6 | In (upper-right) margin of MS6 (Mi5289-5294) | 2007 | |
| Guinea Republic | Mi5289-5294_ms6 fdc | MS6 on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL1482 | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | "Mars Express" | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Unknown f (Mi?) | One of MS6 (a-f) | 2008 | Mars Express, "Beagle-2"; stamp is same design as cachet detail on Guinea-Bissau Mi3930A-3935A_ms6 fdc |
| Guinea-Bissau | BL680 | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 | "Beagle-2" | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi3930A-3935A_ms6 fdc | Cachet on FDC, also cachet detail | 2008 | Mars Express and Beagle-2; cachet detail is same Guinea-Bissau Unknown f (2008) |
| Ivory Coast | Unknown d (Mi?) Unknown id | One of MS4 (a-d) One of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2011 | "Mars Express" |
| Ivory Coast | Unknown fdc Unknown ifdc | MS4 and cachet on FDC Imperforate MS4 on FDC | ||
| Ivory Coast | Unknown c (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2012 | Venus Express (not "Mars Express", as in text) |
| Malagasy Republic | Unknown c (Mi?) Unknown ic | One of MS4 (a-d) One of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2011 | Design like Chad unknown c (2011) |
| Malagasy Republic | Unknown a-d fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Malagasy Republic | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS4 on FDC Imperforate MS4 and cachet on FDC | ||
| Malagasy Republic | Unknown b (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2011 | "Mars Express" |
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi?) | MS2 (a-b) | 2018 | "Mars Express" (on both stamps) and "Beagle-2" (in lower-left margin) |
| Mali | Unknown ss (BL?) | SS1 with stamp | Also the "MARSIS1" instrument (in the stamp) carried by Mars Express | |
| Nevis | 1213e (Mi1573) i1213e | From MS6 (1213 (a-f)) (Mi1569-1574) From imperforate MS6 (i1213 (a-f)) | 2000 | "Mars Express Lander" (Beagle-2) |
| Nevis | 1213f (Mi1574) i1213f | "Mars Express" (with lander (Beagle-2) attached; also solar panels appear short, so may be early design); design same as Antigua and Barbuda 2360c | ||
| Rwanda | Unknown a (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2012 | "Mars Express" (with lander (Beagle-2) attached and solar panels folded); design same as cachet on Guinea Republic 2224b fdc |
| Sierra Leone | Unknown b (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2015 | "Mars Express" |
1"MARSIS" (Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding) is an instrument carried by Mars Express. Its subsurface and ionospheric sounding functions are schematically depicted in the stamp contained in Mali Unknown ss (2018).
Below is a list of Mars Express 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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| 2003-06-02: Mars Express (ESA) | ||||
| Kazakhstan | 2003-06-02 | Baikonur | (ESA) cachet on cover | Mars Express launch |
| Russia | 2003-06-02 | Baikonur | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Mars Express launch |
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| Germany | 2003-12-25 | Darmstadt | (Printed picture and ESA logo) cachet on cover | Beagle-2 landing |
| French Guiana | 2004-01-19 | Kourou | (ESA) cachet on cover | first image from Mars Express |
| French Guiana | 2005-06-23 | Kourou | (ESA) cachet on cover | MARSIS, the Mars Express radar, ready to go to work |
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