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This page contains philatelic information on the Nimbus-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.
Nimbus spacecraft are similar in design to early Landsat-1/2/3 type spacecraft, but are distinguished by different instrumentation on the spacecraft body and context of use.
| 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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| Nimbus | Nimbus | Nimbus |
| Nimbus (on other than Nimbus launch covers) |
Below is a list of Nimbus-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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| Nimbus | ||||
| Algeria | 351 fdc (Mi451 fdc) | (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC | 1966 | |
| Amsterdam City Post | None | Local post | 1971 | |
| Antarctica | P6 | $100. (banknote), also back | 1996 | Nimbus-7, and ozone measurements |
| Antarctica | P13 | $100. (banknote), also back | 2001 | Nimbus-7, and ozone measurements |
| Antarctica | P13s | $100. (banknote) overprinted "specimen", also back | 2009 | |
| Argentina | 1017 cover (Mi1170 cover) | Cachet on cover | 1977 | |
| Austria | None | Card, also detail | 1969 | "Nimbus-2" and photo of Europe taken by Nimbus-2 |
| British Antarctic Territory | 487 (Mi?) | 2015 | Nimbus-7 | |
| Central African Republic | C27 (Mi72) iC27 | Imperforate | 1965 | |
| Central African Republic | C27 proof1 | Signed proof (green) | ||
| Central African Republic | C27 proof2 | Signed proof (blue) | ||
| Central African Republic | C27 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions So.Ge.Im. cachet) | ||
| Central African Republic | C27 fdc2 | Stamp and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC | ||
| Central African Republic | C208 (BL49) iC208 | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 In (lower-left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 1979 | |
| Central African Republic | C208 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 1652 (Mi767) | 1970 | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 1652 specimen | Overprinted with bars through face value | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 1651-1652 fdc1 | One of two stamps on FDC (Taipei cancel) | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 1651-1652 fdc2 | One of two stamps on FDC (Taipei, Taiwan cancel) | ||
| Comoro Islands | Mi425A Mi425B | Imperforate | 1978 | |
| Comoro Islands | 474 (Mi573) | Mi425A overprinted | 1979 | |
| Dahomey | 197 (Mi245) i197 | Imperforate | 1964 | |
| Dahomey | 197 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Dahomey | 196-197 fdc1 | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Dahomey | 196-197 fdc2 | One of two stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| Dahomey | C25 fdc (Mi246 fdc) | (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC | 1965 | |
| Dominica | 355 (Mi355) | 1973 | ||
| Dominica | 354-360 fdc | One of seven stamps on FDC | ||
| Dominica | 354-360 proofs1 | Proof sheet | ||
| Dominica | 354-360 proofs2 | Proof sheet (different) | ||
| Dominican Republic | 711 (Mi1040) | 1973 | Nimbus-31 | |
| Dominican Republic | C208 (Mi1041) | |||
| Dominican Republic | 711+C208 fdc | Two stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| Ecuador | 1040 fdc (Mi1947 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1983 | |
| Faroe Islands | 220 (Mi215) | 1991 | ||
| Faroe Islands | 220-221 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| France | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 1970 | Nimbus-4 (based on year) |
| France | 1903 fdc (Mi2416 fdc) | (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC | 1983 | |
| Franklin Mint (USA) | None | (Bronze) medallion, also reverse | 1970s | "Nimbus-5" |
| Franklin Mint (USA) | None | (Bronze) medallion, also reverse | "Nimbus-6" | |
| Franklin Mint (USA) | None | (Silver) medallion | "Nimbus-5" | |
| Germany (West) | None | (Pictorial) meter | 1969 | |
| Germany (West) | None | Imperforate cinderella | 1977 | |
| Greenland | 526a (Mi516) | One of MS3 (526 (a-c)) (BL42) | 2008 | (poorly-depicted) Nimbus |
| Greenland | 526 fdc1 | MS3 on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Greenland | 526 fdc2 | MS3 on FDC (Greenland Post cachet) | ||
| Greenland | 526a-c fdc | One of three stamps and (Greenland Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | 412D (BL147A) i412D (BL147B) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 | 1979 | |
| Macau | 471 (Mi499) | Also annotated | 1983 | Nimbus (or Landsat-1/2/3 type) (but incorrect body shape) |
| Maldive Islands | 147a (Mi147) | In (lower-left) margin of MS9 (9x 147) | 1965 | |
| Maldive Islands | 148a (Mi148) | In (lower-left) margin of MS9 (9x 148) | ||
| Maldive Islands | 149a (Mi149) | In (lower-left) margin of MS9 (9x 149) | ||
| Maldive Islands | 150a (Mi150) | In (lower-left) margin of MS9 (9x 150) | ||
| Maldive Islands | 465 (Mi480) i465 | Imperforate | 1974 | "Nimbus" (note: mis-spelling of "metereological" instead of "meteorological") |
| Maldive Islands | 471 (BL21) i471 | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | ||
| Mexico | C323 fdc (Mi1227 fdc) | Cachet on FDC, also detail | 1967 | "Nimbus" |
| Mordovia | Local_c | One of local post MS6 (a-f) | 1998 | Nimbus-31 |
| Mordovia | Local_ms6 fdc | MS6 on FDC | ||
| New Caledonia | C39 (Mi411) iC39 | Imperforate | 1965 | |
| New Caledonia | C39 fdc | Stamp and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC | ||
| Nigeria | 173a (Mi164) | In (upper-left) margin of MS12 (12x 173) | 1965 | (Solar panels are seen on edge, so they are barely visible) |
| Nigeria | 174a (Mi165) | In (upper-left) margin of MS12 (12x 174) | ||
| Poland | 2248a (Mi2539) | On (left) selvedge of MS6 (2248a (6x 2248 + 2 labels)) | 1977 | |
| Portugal | 1115 (Mi1148) | 1971 | ||
| Portugal | 1113-1115 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| Qatar | 352 (Mi566) | 1973 | Nimbus-31 | |
| Sharjah | 43 (Mi55A) i43 (Mi55B) | Imperforate | 1964 | |
| Sharjah | 48b (BL4) | Imperforate SS1 | ||
| Sharjah | 43A (Mi unlisted) i43A | 43 overprinted new currency i43 overprinted new currency | 1967 | |
| Spain | None | (Orange and blue and black printed) cachet on cover | 1984 | "Nimbus" (in text only) |
| Togo | 502 (Mi448A) i502 (Mi448B) | Imperforate | 1964 | |
| Togo | 505 (Mi451A) i505 (Mi451B) | Imperforate | ||
| Togo | 500-505 fdc | Two of six stamps on FDC | ||
| Togo | 501-502+505 fdc | Two of three stamps on FDC | ||
| Togo | 502+504-505 fdc | Two of three stamps on FDC | ||
| Togo | 505a (BL17) | Imperforate MS4 (502-505) | ||
| Togo | 505a fdc | Imperforate MS4 on FDC | ||
| Tonga | None | One of essay strip of 3 | 1983 | |
| Turkmenistan | Unknown g (Mi?) | One of MS9 (a-i) [known illegal issue] | 2001 | Nimbus; also (bogus) astronauts were not associated with any of the Nimbus series |
| United Nations | 188 fdc (Mi204 fdc) | (Schering) cachet on FDC | 1968 | |
| United Nations | 550 fdc (Mi575 fdc) | (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC | 1989 | |
| United Nations | 551 fdc (Mi576 fdc) | (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | None | (Schering) cachet on PPO postcard | 1968 | |
| United States | None | (R.E. Nichol) cachet on cover | 1970 | "Nimbus-3" (in text, but Alouette depicted) |
| United States | None | (R.E. Nichol) cachet (different) on cover, also back | ||
| United States | None | (Florex-1973) cachet on cover | 1973 | |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also annotated | 1973 | Nimbus (upper-right); (also Space Shuttle) |
| United States | 1759 fdc 1710 cover | (Aeropex-1977) cachet on FDC, also annotated | 1978 1977 | Nimbus (#2 in annotated cachet image) |
| United States | None | (Beckman Employees Philatelic Society) cachet on cover | 1978 | |
| United States | None | Bumper sticker | ~1978 | "Nimbus-G" (Nimbus-7) |
| United States | None | (RCA) cachet on cover | 1978 | [#12] Nimbus-1/7 type |
| United States | 3187d fdc (Mi3126 fdc) | (Colorano silk) cachet on FDC | 1999 | |
| Yemen Arab Republic | C89 (Mi1700) | 1982 | ||
| Yemen Arab Republic | C89 ds | Deluxe sheet (C89) | ||
| Yemen Arab Republic | C89 proof | Chromalin proof | ||
| Yemen Republic | C146 (Mi92) | Yemen Arab Republic C89 overprinted | 1993 | |
| Zambia | 61 (Mi61) | 1970 | "Nimbus-3"1 | |
| Zambia | 61 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Ridgeway cancel) | ||
| Zambia | 61 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Ndola cancel) | ||
1Nimbus-3 can be identified by one of two SNAP-19 radioisotope thermonuclear generators located above the instrumented base of the satellite.
Below is a list of Nimbus-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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| 1964-08-28: Nimbus-1 | ||||
| Austria | 1964-08-28 | Krieglach | (Typed/cinderella) cachet on card | Nimbus-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-08-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert | Nimbus-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-08-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Sarzin?) cachet on cover | Nimbus-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-08-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Holden red and black printed and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Nimbus-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-08-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Holden blue rubber-stamp and typed) cachet on cover | Nimbus-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-08-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Holden blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Nimbus-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-08-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Holden blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | Nimbus-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-08-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Black printed) cachet on cover | Nimbus-1 launch |
| 1966-05-15: Nimbus-2 | ||||
| United States | 1966-05-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Sarzin?) cachet on cover | Nimbus-2 launch; also APT |
| United States | 1966-05-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert | Nimbus-2 launch |
| United States | 1966-05-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Vandy?/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | Nimbus-2 launch |
| United States | 1966-05-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Vandy?/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet (and signatures) on cover | Nimbus-2 launch |
| United States | 1966-05-15 | Lompoc CA | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Nimbus-2 launch |
| United States | 1966-05-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on cover | Nimbus-2 launch |
| United States | 1966-05-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Green printed) cachet (and Sharjah 43) on cover | Nimbus-2 launch |
| United States | 1966-05-15 1963-06-19 | Satellite Beach FL Satellite Beach FL | (Rank silkscreened) cachet on cover | Nimbus-2 launch TIROS-7 launch |
| 1968-05-18: Nimbus-B (and SECOR-10) [failed] | ||||
| United States | 1968-05-18 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Nimbus-B launch [failed] |
| United States | 1968-05-18 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Swanson/DuBeau? black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Nimbus-B launch [failed] |
| 1969-04-13: Nimbus-3 (and SECOR-13) | ||||
| United States | 1969-04-13 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert | Nimbus-3 launch |
| United States | 1969-04-13 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert | Nimbus-3 launch |
| United States | 1969-04-13 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Sarzin) cachet on cover | Nimbus-3 launch |
| United States | 1969-04-13 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Centennial brown rocket, type-2 and black text) cachet on cover | Nimbus-3 launch |
| United States | 1969-04-13 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Swanson/DuBeau? blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Nimbus-3 launch |
| United States | 1969-04-14 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Nimbus-3 launch; also Argos |
| United States | 1969-04-14 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (NORAD tracking station red and blue rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | Nimbus-3 launch |
| 1970-04-08: Nimbus-4 (and Topo-1) | ||||
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Nimbus-4 launch |
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Nimbus-4 launch; also Argos |
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Printed) cachet on cover | Nimbus-4 launch |
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Nimbus-4 launch |
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Sarzin) cachet on cover | Nimbus-4 launch |
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.9) cachet (and signature) on cover, also insert | Nimbus-4 launch |
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.9) cachet on cover, also insert | Nimbus-4 launch |
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (DuBeau?/Swanson cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Nimbus-4 launch (but ESRO-2A depicted)1 |
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (DuBeau?/Swanson blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Nimbus-4 launch (but ESRO-2A depicted)1 |
| 1972-12-10: Nimbus-5 | ||||
| United States | 1972-12-09 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Nimbus-5 launch |
| United States | 1972-12-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Nimbus-5 launch |
| United States | 1972-12-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Sarzin) cachet on cover | Nimbus-5 launch |
| United States | 1972-12-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (DuBeau?/Swanson blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Nimbus-5 launch (but ESRO-2A depicted)1 |
| United States | 1972-12-10 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Polar Covers) cachet on cover | Nimbus-5 launch |
| United States | 1972-12-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Nimbus-5 launch |
| United States | 1972-12-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.40) cachet on cover | Nimbus-5 launch |
| United States | 1972-12-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Printed) cachet on cover | Nimbus-5 launch |
| Australia | 1972-12-11 | Canberra ACT | (Cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Nimbus-5 launch |
| United States | 1972-12-11 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Nimbus-5 launch |
| United States | 1972-12-11 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet (and signature) on cover | Nimbus-5 launch |
| Australia | 1972-12-12 | Woomera SA | (WRE) cachet on cover | Nimbus-5 launch |
| Australia | 1972-12-12 | Woomera SA | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover | Nimbus-5 launch |
| 1975-06-12: Nimbus-6 | ||||
| United States | 1975-06-12 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Nimbus-6 launch |
| United States | 1975-06-12 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Blue printed) cachet on cover | Nimbus-6 launch |
| United States | 1975-06-12 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Blue printed) cachet on cover | Nimbus-6 launch |
| United States | 1975-06-12 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Nimbus-6 launch |
| United States | 1975-06-12 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Nimbus-6 launch |
| United States | 1975-06-12 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (SpaceCraft Type-B general-purpose) cachet on cover | Nimbus-6 launch |
| United States | 1975-06-12 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Nimbus-6 launch |
| United States | 1975-06-12 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | Nimbus-6 launch |
| 1978-10-24: Nimbus-7 (and CAMEO) | ||||
| United States | 1978-10-24 | GSFC, MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Nimbus-7 launch |
| United States | 1978-10-24 | GSFC, MD | (GSFC blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Nimbus-7 launch |
| United States | 1978-10-24 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Nimbus-7 launch |
| United States | 1978-10-24 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet (different) on cover | Nimbus-7 launch (CAMEO depicted) |
| United States | 1978-10-24 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (NASA KSC-WOSO magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Nimbus-7 launch |
| United States | 1978-10-24 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (NASA KSC-WOSO magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | Nimbus-7 launch |
| United States | 1978-10-24 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (NASA KSC-WOSO magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (and signatures) on cover | Nimbus-7 launch |
| Nimbus (on other than Nimbus launch covers) | ||||
| United States | 1965-06-24 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Sarzin) cachet on Transit-O4 launch cover | Nimbus ("secret satellite") |
| United States | 1968-11-08 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on Pioneer-9 and TETR-2 launch cover, also annotated | |
| Germany (West) | 1969-03-03 | Bochum | (Institut für Satelliten und Weltraumforschung Sternwarte Bochum/BRD) cachet on Apollo-9 launch/tracking cover | |
| Australia | 1969-07-25 | Woomera SA | (Black and purple rubber-stamp) cachets on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "Nimbus-3" |
| Australia | 1969-07-25 | Woomera SA | (Black and blue and red rubber-stamp) cachets (and signatures) on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | |
| Australia | 1969-07-25 | Woomera SA | (Black and purple and red rubber-stamp) cachets (and signatures) on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "Nimbus-3" |
| Germany (West) | 1972-04-16 | Bochum | (Green printed) cachet (and signature) on Apollo-16 launch cover, also detail | |
| United States | 1972-10-16 | Palestine TX | (Riser blue rubber-stamp) cachet on stratospheric balloon cover | Stratospheric balloon optical atmospheric properties mission, using "the Nimbus satellite selective chopper radiometer" |
| Australia | 1972-12-07 | Tharwa ACT | (Black printed) cachet on Apollo-17 launch cover | Nimbus (middle of three satellites) |
| French Guiana | 1975-06-11 | Kourou | (Lollini silk) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "Nimbus" |
| French Guiana | 1975-06-11 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "Nimbus-6" |
| French Guiana | 1975-10-03 | Kourou | (CPK) cachet on isentropic balloon launch cover | "Nimbus-F" (Nimbus-6, but fantasy depiction) |
| United States | 1976-03-16 | Auburn MA | (GSFC Stamp Club printed) cachet on 50th anniv. first liquid fuel rocket flight/launch cover | "Nimbus" |
| United States | 1978-05-20 | GSFC, MD | (GSFC blue rubber-stamp) cachet (same design as immediately above) on Pioneer-12 launch cover | "Nimbus" |
| United States | 1983-01-25 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC blue rubber-stamp) cachet (same) on IRAS and PIX-2 launch cover | "Nimbus" |
| United States | 1985-04-01 | Washington DC | (Printed) cachet on TIROS-1 anniversary cover | "Nimbus" |
1This Swanson blue rubber-stamp cachet has radial antennas like those on ESRO-2A.
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