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Below are checklists of automatic weather observing stations (autostations) on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items 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.
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| Land autostations |
| Ocean buoys |
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Land autostations | ||||
| Argentina | None | Cancel on cover | 2011 | Automatic observing station |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | None | (Printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 2008 | "Automatic Weather Station at Wilkins Runway" (in logo text) |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 2008 | "Automatic Weather Station at Wilkins Runway" (in logo text) |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet (same) on cover (different) | 2008 | "Automatic Weather Station at Wilkins Runway" (in logo text) |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | Automatic observing station |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | Automatic weather observing station site (in text within the lower-left photograph) |
| India | 708 (Mi662) | 1975 | Automatic observing station | |
| India | 708 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| India | 708 folder1 | FDC folder | ||
| India | 708 folder2 | FDC folder (different) | ||
| India | 708 folder3 | FDC folder (same, but with Trivandrum cancel) | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | Cachet on stamped envelope | 1967 | Arctic automatic radiometeorological station |
| Uganda | 1194 (Mi1326) | 1994 | Automatic observing station (in center of stamp), more clear on 1198 (Mi1330) | |
| Uganda | 1198 (Mi1330) | Automatic observing station | ||
| Tunisia | 1435 (Mi?) | 2008 | Automatic observing station | |
| Tunisia | 1435 ds | Deluxe sheet (1435) | ||
| Tunisia | 1435 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Tunisia | 1435 folder | FDC folder, also inside, also back | ||
| Ocean buoys | ||||
| Central African Republic | C115 (Mi326) iC115 | Imperforate | 1973 | Nomad ocean buoy |
| Central African Republic | C115 proof1 | Die proof (blue) | ||
| Central African Republic | C115 proof2 | Die proof (black) | ||
| Central African Republic | C115 proofs | Color proof strip | ||
| Central African Republic | C115 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1979 | "Programme BOUÉE OP79/3, Expérience météorologique mondiale" (in text) |
| Grenada | 491 (Mi517) | 1973 | Nomad ocean buoy | |
| Japan | None | (Space Voyage) cachet on GMS-2 launch cover | 1981 | Ocean buoy |
| Japan | None | (Space Voyage) cachet (different color) on GMS-2 launch cover | ||
| Japan | None | (Space Voyage) cachet on GMS-4 launch cover | 1989 | Ocean buoy |
| Japan | None | (Space Voyage) cachet (different color) on GMS-4 launch cover | ||
| Korea (North) | 3730 (Mi4032) | Two of MS4 (2x 3730+2x 3731) | 1998 | Ocean buoy |
| Maldive Islands | 466 (Mi481) | 1974 | Nomad ocean buoy | |
| Maldive Islands | 470 (Mi485) | |||
| Micronesia | 297 (BL40) | On stamp of SS1 | 1998 | Ocean buoy |
| Niger | C71 (Mi157) iC71 | Imperforate | 1967 | Nomad ocean buoy |
| Niger | C71 proof | Die proof | ||
| Niger | C71 color-proof | Color proof | ||
| Niger | C71 proofs | Color proofs | ||
| Niger | C71 essay | Adopted essay | ||
| Niger | C71 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Panama | 460D (Mi816) i460D | Imperforate with changed color | 1965 | Nuclear observatory, anchored in the ocean: provided automatic meteorological bulletins during a 10-year period |
| Panama | 460Ef (BL34) i460Ef (BL35) | On one of MS2 (460D-460E) On one of imperforate MS2 (i460D-i460E), changed colors | ||
| Peru | 1423 (Mi1938) | 2004 | Ocean buoy | |
| Peru | 1423 folder | FDC folder, also inside, and back | ||
| South Africa | None | (Light green/cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1983 | Department of Transport, "weather buoys" (in logo text) |
| South Africa | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet | 1984 | Department of Environment, "weather buoys" (in logo text) |
| South Africa | None | (Light green/cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1985 | Department of Transport, "weather buoys" (in logo text) |
| South West Africa | None | (Pale green/cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1984 | Department of Transport, "weather buoys" (in logo text) |
| United States | None | (Space Voyage) cachet on GMS-2 launch cover | 1981 | Ocean buoy |
| United States | None | (Space Voyage) cachet on GMS-4 launch cover | 1989 | Ocean buoy |
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