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National Weather Services, Centers, Observatories, and their Anniversaries
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National Weather Services, Centers, Observatories, and their Anniversaries
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Below are checklists of the following types of weather services on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). This list includes only items with either some mention of meteorology in the text, or something meteorological appearing on the item. (However, some observatories may serve astronomical, geophysical, or hydrological purposes as well, and indications of those disciplines might appear on some of the items.). 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.
| Country | Catalog Number* | Type of Item** | Year of Issue | Notes on Content*** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Weather Facilities and their Anniversaries | ||||
| Albania | 1208 (Mi1336) | 1969 | 20th anniv. Albanian hydrometeor., 1949 | |
| Albania | 1209 (Mi1337) | |||
| Albania | 1210 (Mi1338) | |||
| Angola | None | Cancel and cachet on cover | 1971 | 25th anniv. National Meteor. Service, 1946 |
| Angola | None | Cancel (same) and cachet (different) on cover | 1971 | 25th anniv. National Meteor. Service, 1946 |
| Angola | 768 (Mi786) | 1990 | Meteor. Observatory | |
| Argentina | None | Franked envelope | 1914 | Oficina Meteorológica Argentina |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover | 1969 | Estación Aerológica General Belgrano; Inauguración de la Estacion Aerológica de Radiosondeo |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover | 1970 | Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Inauguración de la Estacion Meteorológica Sinóptica Vicecomodoro Marambio |
| Argentina | None | Cachet | 1970s | Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |
| Argentina | 977 (Mi1127) | 1972 | 100th anniv. National Meteor. Service, 1872 | |
| Argentina | 977 fdc1 | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Argentina | 977 fdc2 | Stamp and cachet on FDC (different) | ||
| Argentina | 977 fdc2 | Stamp and cachet on FDC (different) | ||
| Argentina | 977 sc | Souvenir Card | ||
| Argentina | 977 cover1 | Cancel on cover | ||
| Argentina | 977 cover2 | Cancel and cachet on cover | ||
| Argentina | 977 cover3 | Cancel and cachet (yellow) on cover | ||
| Argentina | None | Meter and cachet on cover | 1972 | Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |
| Argentina | None | Cancel on cover | 1972 | Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover back | 1973 | Estación Meteorológica Esperanza, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |
| Argentina | None | Cancel and cachet on cover | 1974 | 70° Aniversario del Observatorio Meteorológico Orcadas, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |
| Argentina | None | Cancel (same) and cachet (different) on cover | 1974 | Observatorio Meteorológico Orcadas |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover back | 1975 | Estación Meteorológica Almirante Brown, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |
| Argentina | None | Cancel on cover | 1977 | Observatorio Meteorológico Orcadas |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover | 1977 | Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Observatorio Meteorológico y Magnético Orcadas del Sur |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover | 1977 | Base de Ejercito Esperanza, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |
| Argentina | None | Cachet | 1977 | Base de Ejercito Esperanza |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover | 1988 | Centro Meteorológico Antártico Vicecomodoro Marambio, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover | 1990 | Centro Meteorológico Antártico Vicecomodoro Marambio, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover | 1993 | Centro Meteorológico Antártico Vicecomodoro Marambio, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |
| Argentina | None | Cancel on cover | 2001 | Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |
| Argentina | 2272 | In (upper-right) margin of MS2 (2272 (a-b)) | 2004 | Base Orcadas Antártida Argentina, Oficína Meteorológica Argentina |
| Argentina | 2272b (Mi2674) | One of MS2 (2272 (a-b)) | 2004 | Observatorio Meteorológico y Magnético Orcadas del Sur |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover, also back | 2004 | Centenario del Observatorio Meteorológico y Magnético Orcadas del Sur, 1904 - 2004 |
| Australia | None | Meter on envelope | 1984 | Bureau of Meteorology |
| Australia | None | Cachet on cover | 2007 | Casey Antarctic Meteorological Centre |
| Austria | 666 (Mi1091) | 1961 | 75th anniv. Sonnblick Meteor. Observatory, 1866 | |
| Austria | 666 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Austria | 666 blackprint | Blackprint | ||
| Austria | None | Cancel | 1976 | 90th anniv. Sonnblick observatory |
| Austria | None | Meter | 1985 | Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Wien (Vienna) |
| Austria | 1359 (Mi1857) | 1986 | 100th anniv. Sonnblick Meteor. Observatory, 1866 | |
| Austria | 1359 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Austria | 1359 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Austria | 1857 (Mi2358) | 2001 | 150th anniv. Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, 1851 | |
| Austria | 1857 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Belgium | 666 (Mi1429) | 1966 | Royal Meteor. Institute (RMI) | |
| Belgium | 666+669-670 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Belgium | 666+669-670 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC, different cancel | ||
| Belgium | 836 (Mi1714) | 1973 | Royal Meteor. Institute (RMI) | |
| Belgium | 836 fdc1 | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Belgium | 836 fdc2 | Stamp and cachet on FDC (different) | ||
| Belgium | 836 sc1 | Souvenir Card | ||
| Belgium | 836 sc2 | Souvenir Card (different) | ||
| Belgium | 836 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Belize | 972 (Mi1071) | 1991 | Unidentified meteor. observing station | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 350 (Mi?) | 1999 | 105th anniv. Bjelsanica Weather Observatory, 1894 | |
| Brazil | 1975 (Mi2096) | 1985 | Programa Nacional do Clima | |
| Brazil | 2103 cover | Cancel on cover | 1988 | 100th anniv. Niteroi Meteor. station, 1888 |
| Brazil | Unknown (new issue) | In (lower-right) margin of SS1 | 2009 | 100th anniv. INMET (Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia); INMET logo |
| Brazil | Unknown (new issue) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (different) | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 319 (Mi345) | 2002 | 100th anniv. first meteor. observations, Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902 | |
| Bulgaria | 301 (Mi304) | 1936 | Mt. Moussalla weather station | |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | 1950s | Weather station, Isachsen NWT |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | 1950s | Weather station, Mould Bay NWT |
| Canada | None | Postcard | 19?? | Dominion Weather Station, Moosonee, Ontario |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | 1958 | Meteor. Office, Fort St. John BC |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | 1959 | Meteor. Observing Station, Hope BC |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | 1959 | Meteor. office, Kapuskasing, Ontario |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | early 1960s | Meteor. office, Clyde River NWT |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover (different) | 1961 | Meteor. office, Clyde River NWT |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | 1961 | Hamilton City Weather Office, West Hamilton, Ontario |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | 1961 | Meteor. office, Eureka NWT |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | 1962 | Fort Resolution NWT weather observation post |
| Canada | None | Cachets on cover | 1964 | Meteor. station, Isachsen NWT |
| Canada | None | Cachets (different) on cover | 1964 | Meteor. station, Isachsen NWT |
| Canada | None | Cachet (return address) on cover | 1964 | Sacs Harbour (NWT) Rawinsonde Station |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | 1965 | Weather Station, Alert NWT |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | 1966 | Meteor. office, Eureka NWT |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | 1967 | Resolute (NWT) Meteor. station |
| Canada | 479 (Mi420) | 1968 | 200th anniv. first long-term fixed-point weather observations, 1768 | |
| Canada | 479 fdc1 | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc2 | Stamp and cachet on FDC (different) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc3 | Stamp and cachet on FDC (different) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc4 | Stamp and cachet on FDC (different) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc5 | Stamp and cachet on FDC (different) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc6 | Stamp and cachet on FDC (different) | ||
| Canada | 479 sc | Souvenir Card | ||
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | 1970 | Weather station, Mould Bay NWT |
| Canada | None | Cachet on cover | 1982 | Resolute (NWT) Weather Office |
| Canada | 1287 (Mi1196) | 1990 | 150th anniv. continuous weather observations, 1840 | |
| Canada | 1287 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Canada | 1287 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| Canada | 1287 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| Canada | None | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1997 | Background Air Pollution Monitoring, Meteor. Observatory, Alert NWT |
| Canada | None | Cachet (return address) on cover | 1998 | Canadian Institute for Climate Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria BC |
| Cayman Islands | 629 (Mi643) | 1991 | Hurricane Centre | |
| Cayman Islands | 628-631 fdc (Mi642-645 fdc) | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Chile | None | Cancel (backstamp) and cachet (return address) on cover | 19?? | Oficina Meteorológica de Chile |
| Chile | None | Cachet on back of cover | 1973 | Centro Meteorológico Antártico Base Presidente Frei |
| Chile | None | Cachet on cover | 1981 | Centro Meteorológico Presidente Frei |
| China | None | Cachet (return address) on cover | 1933 | National Research Institute of Meteorology, Nanking |
| China (People's Republic) | 367 (Mi395) | 1958 | Chinese meteor. services | |
| China (People's Republic) | 368 (Mi396) | |||
| China (People's Republic) | 369 (Mi397) | |||
| China (People's Republic) | 367-369 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 1999 | Command Centre for Flood Control and Drought Relief in Jiangsu Province |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2001 | Jiangxi Weather Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2001 | Yiyang Meteor. Bureau, Jiangxi |
| China (People's Republic) | None | New Year's postal card | 2002 | Meteor. bureaus of four cities |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2002 | Guangdong Meteor. Observatory |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2002 | Guangdong Meteor. Observatory |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2002 | Guangdong Meteor. Observatory |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2002 | Shanghai Meteor. Observatory |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2002 | Shanghai Meteor. Observatory |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2002 | Shanghai Meteor. Observatory |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2002 | Shanghai Meteor. Observatory |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Stamped envelope | ~2002 | Suzhou Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2003 | Guixi City Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2003 | Shanxi Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2004 | statue of Zhu Kezhen in front of the Jiangsu Meteor. Bureau, Nanjing (where modern Chinese meteorology was born, according to the text) |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2004 | (Nanfeng) Meteor. Bureau of Inner Mongolia Province |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2004 | Jiangxi Meteor. Administration |
| China (People's Republic) | None | New Year's postal card | 2004 | Inner Mongolia Province Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2004 | Guixi City Meteor. Bureau; for the latest forecast, call 121 |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card, also front | 2005 | Jiangxi Province Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different), also front | 2005 | Anhui Meteor. Observatory, and telephone meteor. service |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2005 | Hubeii Shiyan Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2005 | Zhenjiang City Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2005 | Chong Ren County Meteor. Bureau, harzards reduction and prevention committee |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Stamped envelope | 2005 | De An Weather Bureau (located in Jiujiang City in Jiangxi Province) |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2005 | "China Wind" or "World Wind" (broadcast subsidiary of the Chinese Meteorological Agency); get weather information on CCTV1 and the CCTV news |
| China (People's Republic) | None | New Year's postal card | 2006 | Jiangxi Province Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | New Year's postal card (different) | 2006 | Jinganshan City Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | New Year's postal card (different) | 2006 | Anhui Meteor. Observatory |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | Anhui Yuexi Meteor. Observatory |
| China (People's Republic) | None | New Year's postal card | 2006 | Yingtan Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | Jiangsu Province Meteor. Bureau; ATAD6 number 12121 |
| China (People's Republic) | None | New Year's postal card | 2006 | Lai An County weather observing station; for weather information phone 12121; the ATAD6 has been upgraded |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | Jiangsu Province Meteor. Bureau; observing weather for the citizens, and providing the highest quality weather services (in text) |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | At upper left, the logo of the Jiangxi Province Meteor. Bureau (the Chinese Meteor. Administration logo with the addition of a red star); also, weather services ATAD6 number 12121 |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | Xin Gan Meteor. Bureau; Jiangxi Province Meteo Bureau logo (Xin Gan is a county of Jiangxi Province); Chinese weather services ATAD6 number 12121 |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2007 | Yongshun County Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2007 | Jianxi Meteor. Center |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Stamped envelope | 2007 | Jiangxi Bureau of Meteorology |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Letter sheet, also back | 2007 | Xinyu City weather bureau, Jiangxin Province |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card, also front | 2007 | Shandong Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | New Year's postal card | 2007 | Chinese weather services: ATAD6 number 12121, along with various options available through that number |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card, also front | 2009 | Jiangxin Meteorology Centre |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2009 | Ganzhou Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2009 | Ji'an Meteor. Bureau |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2009 | Nanchang City Meteor. Bureau |
| China (Taiwan) | 1337 (Mi452) | 1962 | Yu Shan Observation Station | |
| China (Taiwan) | 1337 specimen | Specimen | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 1337+1339 fdc (Mi452+454 fdc) | Cancel on FDC | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 1337-1339 folder | FDC folder | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 2221 (Mi1373) | 1981 | Inauguration of the Weather Satellite Data Reception Station, Taipei | |
| China (Taiwan) | 2222 (Mi1374) | Inauguration of the Weather Satellite Data Reception Station, Taipei; Central Weather Bureau (CWB) | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 2221-2222 folder | FDC folder | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 2250 (Mi1401) | 1981 | 40th anniv. Central Weather Bureau (CWB), 1941 | |
| China (Taiwan) | 2251 (Mi1402) | |||
| China (Taiwan) | 2250-2251 fdc | Two stamps and cancel on FDC | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 2250-2251 folder | FDC folder | ||
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | 559-560 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1966 | Leopoldville Meteor. Centre |
| Costa Rica | 409 (Mi1356) | 1988 | 100th anniv. National Meteor. Institute (IMN), 1888 | |
| Costa Rica | 439 (Mi1383) | 409 overprinted new value | 1991 | 100th anniv. National Meteor. Institute (IMN), 1888 |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover (two cancels) | 1994 | Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover (single cancel) | 1994 | Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover (single cancel, different) | 1994 | Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover | 1995 | Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover | 1996 | Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover | 1997 | Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover | 1998 | Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover | 1999 | Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service |
| Croatia | 513b (Mi637) | One of pair (513 (a-b)), or five of MS10 (513c (5x (513 (a-b)))) | 2003 | 150th anniv. meteor. measurements, Zagreb, 1853; and 50th anniv. alpine meteor. station, Zavizan, 1953 |
| Croatia | 513b fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Czechoslovakia | None | Postal card | 1950 | High Tatra weather station |
| Czechoslovakia | 837 (Mi1056) | 1957 | High Tatra weather station | |
| Czechoslovakia | None | Meter | probably 1996 (not 2006) | Ceský hydrometeorologický ústav (CHMU) |
| Denmark | None | Free franking letter seal | 19?? | Danske Meteorologiske Institut (DMI) |
| Denmark | 489 (Mi521) | 1972 | 100th anniv. Danish Meteor. Institute (DMI), 1872 | |
| Denmark | 489 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Denmark | 489 fdc2 | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Denmark | 489 fdc3 | Stamp and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Denmark | 489 fdc4 | Stamp and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Denmark | 627 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1979 | 100th anniv. Danish Meteor. Institute (DMI), 1872 |
| Denmark | None | Meter | 1985 | (Danske) Meteorologisk Institut (DMI), Kobenhavn |
| Finland | 325 (Mi437) | 1955 | J. J. Nervander, and Helsinki Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory (precursor of the modern Finnish Meteor. Institute) | |
| Finland | 767 (Mi1047) | 1988 | 150th anniv. Finnish Meteor. Institute (FMI), 1838 | |
| Finland | 767 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| France | 673 (Mi935) | 1951 | Pic du Midi observatory | |
| France | 673 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| France | 1903 (Mi2416) | 1983 | (120th anniv.) national weather forecasting services, 1863 | |
| France | 1903 fdc1 | FDC | ||
| France | 1903 fdc2 | Stamp and cancel on FDC (different) | ||
| France | 1903 fdc3 | Stamp and cancel (same) on FDC (different) | ||
| France | 1903 fdc4 | Stamp and cancel (same) and cachet on FDC | ||
| France | 1903 fdc5 | Stamp and cancel (same) and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| France | 1903 fdc6 | Stamp and cancel (same) and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| France | 1903 sc1 | Souvenir Card | ||
| France | 1903 sc2 | Souvenir Card (different) | ||
| France | 1903 sc3 | Souvenir Card (different) | ||
| France | 1903 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| France | 1903 maxi2 | Maxicard (different) | ||
| France | None | Meter | 1985 | Meteor. Department, Transport Ministry |
| France | None | Cachet on cover | 1992 | Service Central d'Exploitation de la Météorologie, Météo France logo, Allo Météo telephone number |
| France | None | Postcard (instructions for return of used radiosonde, also back | 1990s | Météo France |
| France | None | Meter and cachet on cover | 1997 | Météo France logo, "Allo Météo 36 68 00 00", Météo France logo, also Météo France Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM) |
| France | None | Meter | 2000 | Météo France logo, "Prévisions 08 36 68 08 08 Manche 4 Rue Notre-Dame 50100 Cherbourg" |
| France | None | Meter | 2000 | Météo France logo, "Météo France - Les Professionnels du Temps" |
| France | None | Meter | 2000 | Météo France logo, "Ayez le déclic météo!" (with weather line numbers and costs per minute) |
| France | None | Meter | 2000 | Météo France logo, "La Météo de votre département - Terre 08 36 68 02 14 Mer 08 36 68 08 14 |
| France | None | Cachet (address and return address) on cover | 2000 | Météo France logo, Station météo B.A.N. Lann-Bihoue |
| France | None | Meter and cachet on cover | 2003 | Météo France |
| France | None | Meter | 2005 | Météo France |
| France | None | Cachet on cover | 2008? | Météo-France logo and Adour-Momuy weather radar station |
| French Guiana | None | Cachet on HotBird-7A and SpainSat launch cover | 2006 | Kourou meteor. station |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C19 (Mi56) | 1970 | 20th anniv. Station météorologique d'Amsterdam, 1950 | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 19?? | Météo France, Kerguelen Island |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1976 | Méteorologie national, station météorologique 61996 Martin de Viviès, Île Amsterdam |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1979 | Météorologie Nationale, de Viviès station |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1979 | Station météorologique 61997 Alfred Faure aux Îles Crozet |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Green) cachet on cover | 1984 | "Dumont d'Urville, Station météorologique; 83-84 Service météo, Terre Adélie" |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1985 | deViviès station #61996 |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1992 | Dumont d'Urville station |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 189a label | Label for pair (189a (188-189 + label)) | 1993 | Météo France in Antarctica: 1950-1993 |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 189a fdc | Pair + label on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover (blue) | 1993 | Station météorologique Martin de Viviès (Île St Paul) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Two cachets on cover (both black) | 1993 | Station météorologique Alfred Faure (Îles Crozet) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1994 | Station météorologique Martin de Viviès (Île St Paul) et Météo France à l'Île Amsterdam, logo Météo France |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 215 (Mi343) | 1996 | Station de Pointe Bénédicte: Chimie de l'atmosphère | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1997 | Dumont d'Urville station |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C146 (Mi382) | 1998 | First radio meteor. station, Port aux Français, Kerguelen Island | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C146 cov | Cachet on cover | 1998 | Kerguelen Meteo |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1998 | Amsterdam Island, Mission Météo 98 |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 257k (Mi?) | On stamp and in (right) margin of page from souvenir booklet of 28 (2x (257 (a-n))), also booklet back | 1999 | Base Martin de Viviès, including meteor. station |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 2002 | 52nd meteor. mission, Terre Adélie |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 2007 | Kerguelen Island and Port aux Français meteor. station |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 2007 | Dumont d'Urville station #89642 |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover (different) | 2007 | Dumont d'Urville station #89642 |
| Germany (Berlin) | None | Meter | 1986 | Weather telephone service |
| Germany (East) | 982 (Mi1343) | One of strip of 3 (984a (982-984)) (Mi1343-1345), also imperforate (i984a) | 1968 | 75th anniv. Potsdam Meteor. Observatory, 1893 |
| Germany (East) | 984a fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Germany (Saxony) | None | Letter seal | 19?? | Königliches Sächsisches Meteorologisches Institut |
| Germany (West) | None | Cachet on cover | 19?? | letter addressed to "World's most northerly Weather Station next to the Pole' (Alert, NWT)" |
| Germany (West) | None | Meter | 1972 | Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Seewetteramt, Hamburg |
| Germany (West) | None | Meter | 1985 | Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Offenbach am Main |
| Germany (West) | None | Meter | 1985 | Max Planck Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg |
| Germany | None | Postal card | 1890 | Königl. Preuss. Meteorologische Institut |
| Germany | 1772 (Mi1647) | 1993 | 125th anniv. North German Naval Observatory, Hamburg, 1868 (program includes meteorology) | |
| Germany | 1772 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Germany | 1772 maxi | Maxicard, also back | ||
| Germany | None | Postcard, also back | 1990s | Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) |
| Germany | None | Printed text on postcard, also back | 19?? | Jungfraujoch meteor. station |
| Germany | 2090 (Mi2127) | 2000 | 100th anniv. Zugspitze mountain weather station, 1900 | |
| Germany | 2090 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Germany | None | Cachet (return address) on cover | 2000 | Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Meteorologisches Observatorium, Hamburg |
| Germany | None | Cancel | 2005 | 100th anniv. Meteorologisches Observatorium, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Lindenberg, 1905 |
| Germany | None | Cancel | 2008 | Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD); 100th anniv. of the Angermünde weather station |
| Great Britain | None | Cachet on cover | 1911 | Meteor. Office |
| Great Britain | None | Embossed cachet, same design as letter seal (immediately below) | 1911 | Meteor. Office, London SW |
| Great Britain | None | Letter seal, same design as embossed cachet (immediately above) | ~1911 | Meteor. Office, London SW |
| Great Britain | None | Cancel on cover | 1950 | Ocean Weather Service (OWS), "Weather Explorer" ship |
| Great Britain | None | Cancel on cover | 1958 | Ocean Weather Service (OWS), "Weather Watcher" ship |
| Great Britain | None | Meter | 1977 | European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) |
| Great Britain | None | Meter on cover | 2000 | Bracknell Meteor. Office |
| Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc1 (Mi1924-1928 fdc1) | Cancel on FDC | 2001 | Manchester Weather Centre |
| Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc2 (Mi1924-1928 fdc2) | Cancel on FDC (different) | 2001 | Manchester Weather Centre |
| Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc3 (Mi1924-1928 fdc3) | Cachet on FDC | 2001 | Met Office (logo) |
| Great Britain | None | Cancel | 2001 | Bracknell Meteor. Office: 150 years of weather charts |
| Great Britain (Jersey) | 1300 (Mi1331) | 2008 | Jersey's Maison St. Louis Observatory (in text on back of FDC) | |
| Great Britain (Jersey) | 1297-1301 fdc | On back of FDC, also front | 2008 | Jersey Meteorological Office |
| Greece | None | Cancel on cover | 1981 | Greek National Meteorological Service logo (consists of text in inner circle, and portrait of Aristotle) |
| Greenland | None | Cachet on cover | 1959 | Mesters Vig, world weather base |
| Guyana | None | Cachet on cover | 1974 | Météorologie nationale française |
| Hong Kong | 419 (Mi419) | 1983 | 100th anniv. Royal Observatory, 1883 (now Hong Kong Observatory, home of Meteor. Service) | |
| Hong Kong | 420 (Mi420) | |||
| Hong Kong | 421 (Mi421) | |||
| Hong Kong | 422 (Mi422) | |||
| Hungary | None | Cinderella, from MS6 | early 1900s | All'itsunk Meteorologiai Obszervatorium ot a Magas Tatraban |
| Hungary | 2019 (Mi2580A) i2019 (Mi2580B) | 1970 | 100th anniv. Hungarian Meteor. Service (HMS), 1870 | |
| Hungary | 2019 fdc i2019 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Hungary | 3490 (Mi4339) | 1995 | 125th anniv. Hungarian Meteor. Service (HMS), 1870 | |
| Iceland | None | Cachet on cover | 1958 | Grimsey Island meteor. station |
| India | None | Cancel on cover | 1932 | Poona Weather Office |
| India | 708 (Mi662) | 1975 | 100th anniv. Meteor. Department, 1875 | |
| India | 708 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| India | 708 folder1 | Stamp and cancel on FDC folder | ||
| India | 708 folder2 | FDC folder (different) | ||
| India | 708 folder3 | FDC folder (same, but with Trivandrum cancel) | ||
| Israel | 952+label (Mi1050) | Single + label | 1986 | 50th anniv. Israeli Meteor. Service, 1936 |
| Israel | 952 misperf | Mis-perforation | ||
| Israel | 952 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Israel | 952 folder | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Jamaica | 746 (Mi760) | 1991 | National Meteor. Service | |
| Jamaica | 747 (Mi761) | |||
| Japan | 459 (Mi451) | 1949 | 75th anniv. Central Meteor. Observatory, Tokyo, 1874 | |
| Japan | 459 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 (Mi881) | 1965 | Mt. Fuji meteor. radar station | |
| Japan | 833 fdc1 | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc2 | Stamp and cancel and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc3 | Stamp and cancel and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Japan | 833 fdc4 | Stamp and cancel and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Japan | None | Cachet (return address) and meter on cover | 1965 | Japanese Meteor. Agency (JMA) |
| Japan | 1564 (Mi1588) | 1984 | 100th anniv. weather forecasting, 1884 | |
| Japan | 1564 mihon | 1564 overprinted "MIHON" | ||
| Japan | 1564 mihon sc | Souvenir Card (1564) overprinted "MIHON" | ||
| Japan | 1564 fdc1 | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | 1564 fdc2 | Stamp and cancel and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Japan | 1564 fdc3 | Stamp and cancel and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Japan | None | Cachet (return address) on cover | 1999 | Japanese Meteor. Agency (JMA) |
| Japan | None | Cachet (return address) with logo on cover | 2003 | Japanese Meteor. Agency (JMA) |
| Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania | None | Meter | 19?? | East African Meteor. Department |
| Korea (North) | 3730 (Mi4032) | Two of MS4 (2x 3730 + 2x 3731) | 1998 | Hydrometeorology headquarters |
| Korea (South) | 2142 (Mi2398) | One of MS4 (2142a (4x 2142)), or one of MS20 (2142b (20x 2142)) | 2004 | 100th anniv. Korean Meteor. Service, 1904 |
| Korea (South) | 2142 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Korea (South) | None | Cachet (return address) on cover | Unknown | Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University |
| Liberia | Mi2906 | One of MS17 (Mi2893-2909 + label) | 2000 | First weather research lab at weather observatory on Ben Nevis mountain, UK |
| Macao (Macau) | None | Slogan cancel on cover | 1984 | Serviços Meteorológicos e Geofísicos Macau (SMGH) |
| Macao (Macau) | None | Cover (different) with slogan cancel and cachet | 1984 | Serviços Meteorológicos e Geofísicos Macau (SMGH) |
| Madagascar | None | Cachet on cover | 1953 | Service météorologique de Madagascar et Dépendances |
| Madagascar | None | Cancel on cover | 1954 | Tromelin Station météorologique française |
| Malagasy Republic | C78 (Mi519) iC78 | 1964 | Central Meteor. Service, Tananarive | |
| Malagasy Republic | C78 die-proof | Die proof | ||
| Malagasy Republic | C78 deluxe-proof | Deluxe proof | ||
| Malagasy Republic | 1062 (Mi1389) | 1992 | 100th anniv. meteor. in Madagascar, 1990 | |
| Mauritius | 405 (Mi397) | 1973 | Meteor. Service Headquarters, and observing station at Vacoas | |
| Mauritius | 405 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Mauritius | 1050 (Mi1047) | 2007 | 175th anniv. first meteorological observatory in Mauritius | |
| Mexico | C540 (Mi1559) | 1977 | 100th anniv. National Central Meteor. Observatory, 1877 | |
| Moldova | None | Stamped envelope | 2009 | 65th anniv. State Hydrometeor. Service (SHS) |
| Moldova | None | Stamped envelope, with WMD5 cancel | ||
| Mongolia | C78 (Mi986) | 1976 | 40th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1936 | |
| Mongolia | C78 cov | Cachet on cover | ||
| Mozambique | None | Postal card | ~1900 | Meteor. Observatory, Beira |
| Namibia | 690 (Mi698) | 1991 | 100th anniv. Namibia Meteor. Service, 1891 | |
| Namibia | 690 block | Block of 4 (4x 690) | ||
| Namibia | 691 (Mi699) | |||
| Namibia | 691 block | Block of 4 (4x 691) | ||
| Namibia | 692 (Mi700) | |||
| Namibia | 692 block | Block of 4 (4x 692) | ||
| Namibia | 693 (Mi701) | |||
| Namibia | 693 block | Block of 4 (4x 693) | ||
| Namibia | 690-693 fdc | Four stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| Netherlands | 506-509 fdc | Meter on FDC | 1973 | Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI) |
| Netherlands | None | Meter | 1985 | Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI) |
| Netherlands | B652 (Mi1381) | One of book of 4 (B652a (B650-B651 + 2x B652)), see detail | 1990 | deBilt Netherlands weather observing station (ID# 06260) |
| Netherlands | B650-B652 fdc | Two of three stamps on FDC | 1990 | deBilt Netherlands weather observing station (ID# 06260) |
| Netherlands | 1165 (Mi2193) | From pair (1166a (1165-1166)), or from MS10 (1166b (5x (1165-1166))) | 2004 | 150th anniv. Netherlands Meteor. Institute (KNMI), 1854 |
| Netherlands | 1166 (Mi2194) | |||
| Netherlands | 1165-1166 fdc | Two stamps on FDC | ||
| New Zealand | None | Cachet on cover | 1952 | Campbell Island meteor. station |
| New Zealand | None | Cachet on cover | 1961 | New Zealand Meteor. Service, Campbell Island |
| New Zealand | None | Cachet on QSL card4 | 1962 | New Zealand Meteor. Service, Raoul Island |
| New Zealand | None | Cachet (different) on cover | 1973 | New Zealand Meteor. Service, Campbell Island |
| New Zealand | None | Cancel and cachet on cover | 1986 | 125th anniv. New Zealand Meteor. Service, 1861 |
| New Zealand | None | Cachet on back of cover, also front | 1987 | Raoul Island meteor. station |
| New Zealand | None | Cachet (return address) on envelope | 1999 | New Zealand Meteor. Service (MetService) |
| Norfolk Island | 840 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 2005 | Norfolk Island Meteor. Office |
| Norway | None | Cancel on cover | 1957 | Hopen meteor. station |
| Norway | None | Cancel on cover | 1958 | Hopen meteor. station |
| Norway | None | Cancel and cachet (return address) on postcard, also on back | 1992 | Hopen meteor. station |
| Panama | 457D (Mi782) | 1964 | Weather observing station | |
| Panama | 457D specimen | Specimen | ||
| Philippines | 922 (Mi771) | 1965 | 100th anniv. Philippine Meteor. Service, 1865 | |
| Philippines | 923 (Mi772) | |||
| Philippines | 924 (Mi773) | |||
| Philippines | 922 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 922-924 fdc | Three stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 1069 (Mi936) | 922 overprinted | 1970 | 100th anniv. Philippine Meteor. Service, 1865 |
| Poland | None | Cancel on postal card | 1981 | Mt. Sniezka Meteor. Observatory |
| Poland | None | Cancel (different) on cover | 1984 | Mt. Sniezka Meteor. Observatory |
| Poland | None | Cancel on postal card | 1989 | 70th anniv. Polish Hydrometeor. Service (IMGW) |
| Poland | None | Cancel (different) on postal card | 1989 | 70th anniv. Polish Hydrometeor. Service (IMGW) |
| Poland | None | Cancel on cover | 1989 | Polish-Dutch Atmospheric Research Station in Swieradow Zdroj |
| Poland | 2976 (Mi3275) | 1990 | (70th anniv.) Polish Hydrometeor. Service (IMGW), 1920 | |
| Poland | 2977 (Mi3276) | |||
| Poland | 2976-2977 fdc | Two stamps and cancel on FDC | ||
| Poland | None | Postal card | 1995 | 75th anniv. Polish Hydrometeor. Service (IMGW), 1920 |
| Poland | 3220 (Mi3519) | 1995 | 75th anniv. Polish Hydrometeor. Service (IMGW), 1920 | |
| Poland | 3220 fdc | Stamp and cancel on FDC | ||
| Poland | None | Cancel on postal card | 1999 | 80th anniv. Polish Hydrometeor. Service (IMGW), 1920 |
| Portugal | 1113 (Mi1146) | 1971 | 25th anniv. Portuguese Meteor. Service, 1946 | |
| Portugal | 1113 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Portugal | 1114 (Mi1147) | |||
| Portugal | 1115 (Mi1148) | |||
| Portugal | 1113-1115 fdc | Three stamps and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Romania | None | Cachet on cover | 1930 | "Institutul Meteorologic Central" (Central Meteor. Institute) |
| Romania | None | Stamped envelope | 1984 | 100th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1884; Meteorology and Hydrology Institute, Bucarest |
| Romania | None | Stamped envelope (different) | 1984 | 100th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1884 |
| Romania | None | Stamped envelope (different) | 1984 | 100th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1884 |
| Romania | None | Stamped envelope (different) | 1984 | 100th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1884 |
| Romania | None | Stamped envelope (different) | 1984 | 100th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1884 |
| Romania | None | Stamped envelope (different) | 1984 | 100th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1884 |
| Romania | None | Stamped envelope | 1994 | 110th anniv. Meteor. Institute, 1884 |
| Romania | None | Stamped envelope (different) | 1994 | 110th anniv. Meteor. Institute, 1884; and National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology |
| Romania | None | Cancel and cachet on stamped envelope | 2004 | 100th anniv. Orcadas Station |
| Romania | None | Cachet on cover | 2006 | 50th anniv. Mirny Antarctic observatory, 1956 |
| Ross Dependency | None | Cachet on cover | 2001 | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA Crown Research Institute) |
| Russia | None | Postal card, also detail and back | 1905 | Charbin meteor. station |
| Russia (USSR) | 2495 (Mi2500) | 1961 | 40th anniv. Soviet Hydrometeor. Service, 1921 | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Two (purple rubber-stamp) cachets on stamped envelope | 1960s | Hydrometeor. station Morzhovets |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Three (purple rubber-stamp) cachets (two same) on stamped envelope (different) | 1960s | Hydrometeor. station Morzhovets |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Two (purple rubber-stamp) cachets on stamped envelope | 1960s | Otto Schmidt hydrometeor. station |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Two (purple rubber-stamp) cachets on stamped envelope | ~1961 | Hydrometeor. station O. Jujmy |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Lower-right purple rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | ~1961 | Solovetski Island Meteor. Station |
| Russia (USSR) | 3110 (Mi3129) | 1965 | Vostok Antarctic Station | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Stamped envelope | 1968 | Weather observing station in Elbrus, Caucasus region |
| Russia (USSR) | 3860 (Mi3891) | 1971 | 50th anniv. Soviet Hydrometeor. Service, 1921 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3860 cov | Stamp and cachet on cover | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | Cancel on cover | 1972 | 10th anniv. Antarctic Meteor. Centre, Molodezhnaya, 1962 |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Cachet on back of cover, also front | 1974 | Molodezhnaya Antarctic Meteorology Centre |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Stamped envelope | 1976 | Tadjikistan SSR Hydrometeor. station |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Cachet on cover | 1980 | Valnyarka Hydrometeor. Station |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Cancel and cachet on stamped envelope (from 1979) | 1980 | 50th anniv. Soviet Hydrometeor. Centre |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Stamped envelope | 1981 | 60th anniv. State Hydrometeor. Service, 1921 |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Postal card | 1981 | 25th anniv. Mirny Antarctic observatory, 1956 |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Two (rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1985 | Tadebeyacha Arctic Hydrometeor. Observatory |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1987 | Cape Chelyuskin Hydrometeor. Observatory |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Postal card | 1987 | Vostok Antarctic Station |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | 1989 | Cape Menshikov hydrometeor. station |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | 1989 | Cape Chelyuskin Meteor. Station |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | 1989 | Cape Chelyuskin Meteor. Station |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | 1989 | Krenkel hydrometeor. station |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Stamped envelope | 1990 | Barentsburg Hydrometeor. station |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Two (purple rubber-stamp) cachets on stamped envelope | 1990 | Russia_envelope_1990_Hydrometeor-station Ust-Kara |
| Russia (USSR) | 5902 fdc | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC | 1991 | Soviet Committee for Hydrometeorology |
| Russia | None | Cachet | 1991 | Leningradskaya station |
| Russia | None | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | 1991 | Karaul hydrometeor. station |
| Russia | None | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | 1991 | Pevek hydrometeor. station |
| Russia | None | (Rectangular rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | 1991 | Magilevsk Regional Hydrometeor. Centre, Cape Schmidt |
| Russia | None | Printed and triangular and square (rubber-stamp) cachets on stamped envelope | 1992 | 60th anniv. Cape Schmidt Hydrometeor. Observatory |
| Russia | None | Printed and triangular and one different (rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope like the one immediately above | 1992 | 60th anniv. Cape Schmidt Hydrometeor. Observatory |
| Russia | None | Upper and lower (rubber-stamp) cachets on back of envelope above | 1992 | Cape Schmidt Hydrometeor. Observatory |
| Russia | None | Upper-middle and lower-right (rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1994 | Cape Chelyuskin station aerology, and Cape Chelyuskin Meteor. station, respectively |
| Russia | None | Cachet | 1994 | Mirny station aerology |
| Russia | None | Round and text (rubber-stamp) cachets on stamped envelope | 1995 | Pevek hydrometeor. station |
| Russia | None | (Round rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | 1996 | Shapkino Meteor. Station |
| Russia | None | Stamped envelope | 1999 | 150th anniv. Main Geophysical Observatory (established in 1849) in St. Petersburg |
| Russia | Unknown (new issue) | From MS8 | 2009 | 175th anniv. Russian Hydrometeor. Service |
| Russia | Unknown (new issue) | |||
| Russia | Unknown fdc (new issue) | Two stamps and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Salvador, El | 1195 (Mi1738) | 1989 | 100th anniv. meteor. in El Salvador, 1889 (Centenario Fundacion Observatorio Meteorológico) | |
| Salvador, El | 1196 (Mi1739) | |||
| Salvador, El | 1195-1196 fdc | Cachet on FDC | ||
| Saudi Arabia | None | Cachet on cover, also back | 1982 | Faculty of Meteorology, King Abdulaziz University |
| Slovenia | 425 (Mi312) | 2000 | 150th anniv. meteor. observations, 1850 | |
| Slovenia | 425 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Slovenia | 425a | MS9 (9x 425 + label) | ||
| South Africa | 203 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1958 | Marion Island meteor. outpost |
| South Africa | None | Postcard | 1958 | Marion Island, Weather Bureau staff |
| South Africa | None | Postcard | 1963 | Marion Island Weather Office |
| South Africa | None | Cachet on cover | 1968 | Department of Transport, Weather Office, Gough Island |
| South Africa | None | Cachet on cover | 1973 | Marion Island Weather Bureau station |
| South Africa | None | Cachet on cover | 1978 | Department of Transport, Weather Office, Gough Island |
| South Africa | 610 (Mi626) | 1983 | Gough Island station | |
| South Africa | 611 (Mi627) | Marion Island station | ||
| South Africa | 610-613 fdc1 | Cachet on FDC | Remote weather stations | |
| South Africa | 610-613 fdc2 | Cachet (different) on FDC, also insert | ||
| South Africa | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet | 1984 | South African Weather Bureau (SAWB) |
| South Africa | None | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1985 | South African Weather Bureau (SAWB) |
| South Africa | None | Cachet | 1995 | South African Weather Bureau (SAWB) |
| South Africa | None | Cachet on cover | 2004 | 50th anniv. Gough Island meteorology, 1954 |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 125 (Mi166) | 1987 | Grytviken meteor. observing station | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 360 (Mi?) | 2008 | Meteor. station, King Edward Point | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 359-362 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| South West Africa | None | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1984 | South African Weather Bureau (SAWB) |
| Spain | None | Cancel on cover | 19?? | Meteor. Service |
| Spain | None | Cancel | 1998 | Centro Meteorológic Territorial de Catalunya1 |
| Spain | None | Aerogramme | 1999 | Instituto Nacional de Meteorología |
| Spain | 3327 (Mi4000) | 2004 | 100th anniv. Ebre Observatory, 1904 (magnetic, meteorological, seismological and astronomical observatory) | |
| Spain | 3327 fdc | Samp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Sri Lanka | 1234 (Mi1187) | 1998 | 50th anniv. Meteor. Department, 1948 | |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | None | Cancel on aerogramme | 1971 | 25th anniv. Serviço Meteorológico Nacional (1946 - 1971) |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | None | Cancel (same) on cover | ||
| Sweden | None | Letter seal | 19?? | Meteorologiska Centralanstalten, Stockholm |
| Sweden | 1002 (Mi807) | One of strip of 2 (1002a (1001-1002)) | 1973 | 100th anniv. Swedish Meteor. and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), 1873 |
| Sweden | 1002a fdc1 | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Sweden | 1002a fdc2 | One of two stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| Switzerland | None | Cachet on cover | 1918 | Meteorologische Centralanstalt, Zürich |
| Switzerland | 691 (Mi1186) | 1980 | 100th anniv. Swiss Meteor. Office, 1880 | |
| Switzerland | 691 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Switzerland | 691 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Thailand | 1472 (Mi1498) | 1992 | 50th anniv. Meteor. Department, 1942 | |
| Thailand | 1472 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC, also insert | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | None | Cachet on cover | 19?? | Caribbean Meter. Organization |
| Tristan da Cunha | None | Cancel and cachet on cover | 1976 | Gough Island Weather Office, and 21st (South African) Meteor. Relief Voyage |
| Tristan da Cunha | 766e (Mi732) | One of strip of 5 (766 (a-e)) | 2005 | South African Weather Station, Gough Island |
| Tunisia | 620 (Mi824) | 1973 | Likely a meteorological building in Tunisia, not WMO headquarters as indicated in Scott catalog | |
| Tunisia | 736 (Mi948) | 1978 | 20th anniv. nationalization of Tunisian civil aviation and meteorology | |
| Tunisia | 736 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Tunisia | 841 (Mi1068) | 1983 | 25th anniv. nationalization of meteorology and civil aviation | |
| Turkey | None | Cancel | 1896 | Observatoire météorologique impérial |
| Turkey | B81 (Mi1810) | 1961 | 50th anniv. Kandilli Observatory, Istanbul, 1911 (meteor. observations and forecasts were made there) | |
| Turkey | B82 (Mi1811) | |||
| Turkey | B83 (Mi1812) | |||
| Turkey | B84 (Mi1813) | |||
| Turkey | 1674 (Mi?) | SS1, stamp-on-stamp: B83 (cutout) | 1964 | 50th anniv. Kandilli Observatory, Istanbul, 1911 (meteor. observations and forecasts were made there) |
| Turkey | 2331 (Mi2730) | 1985 | (60th anniv.) Turkish Meteor. Institute | |
| Turkey | 2331 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 337 (Mi344) | 1992 | 18th anniv. Meteor. Office, 1974 | |
| Uganda | 1196 (Mi1327) | 1994 | National Meteor. Centre | |
| United States | None | Cancel on cover | 1887 | Central Park, New York, Meteor. Observatory |
| United States | None | Postal card | 1893 | (U.S.) Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3 |
| United States | None | Envelope | 1897 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3 |
| United States | None | Postal card, also front | 1907 | Belfort Meteor. Observatory, Baltimore MD |
| United States | 1088 (Mi710) | 1957 | 150th anniv. Coast and Geodetic Survey (CGS), predecessor to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | |
| United States | None | Cachet on cover | 1961 | U.S. Weather Bureau, Project Chariot, Kotzebue AK |
| United States | None | Cachet on cover | 1961 | U.S. Weather Bureau, St. Paul Island |
| United States | None | Cachet on cover | 1961 | U.S. Weather Bureau, Polar Operations project, South Pole |
| United States | None | Cachet on cover | 1967 | U.S. Weather Bureau, Airport Station, Kotzebue AK |
| United States | None | Cachet on cover, also front | 1967 | U.S. Weather Bureau Forecast Center, Anchorage AK |
| United States | UX57 | Postal card | 1970 | 100th anniv. weather services, 1870 |
| United States | UX57a | Postal card (yellow and black colors omitted) | ||
| United States | UX57b | Postal card (blue color omitted) | ||
| United States | UX57c | Postal card (black color omitted) | ||
| United States | UX57var | Postal card (white dot variety) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc1 | Postal card FDC | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc2 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc3 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc4 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc5 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc6 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc7 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc8 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc9 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc10 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc11 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc12 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc13 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc14 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc15 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc16 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc17 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc18 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc19 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc20 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc21 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc22 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc23 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc24 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 fdc25 | Postal card FDC (different) | ||
| United States | UX57 folder | FDC folder, also inside | ||
| United States | UX57 sp | Souvenir page | ||
| United States | None | Cachet on GOES-1 launch cover | 1975 | National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) |
| United States | None | Cachet on cover | 1984 | Naval Support Forces Meteorology |
| United States | None | Cachet on cover | 1984 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Space Environmental Laboratory, Space Enviroment (space weather) Services Center |
| United States | None | Cachet on GOES-7 launch cover | 1987 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
| United States | None | (Rubber-stamp) cachet | ~1989 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Aircraft Operations |
| United States | None | Cachet on cover | 1992 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) logo |
| United States | None | Cachets on cover | 1998 | Nathaniel B. Palmer Icebreaker & Research Ship for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies |
| United States | None | Meter | 2002 | 30th anniv. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 1972 |
| United States | None | Cancel | 2004 | National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) |
| Uruguay | None | Cancel | 1995 | 100th anniv. National Meteor. Service, 1895 |
| Vanuatu | 565 (Mi889) | 1992 | Vanuatu Meteor. Service (VMS) head office, Port Vila weather station | |
| Vanuatu | 565-568 fdc | One of four stamps and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Yemen Arab Republic | None | Cachet ond cover | 1980 | Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority |
| Yugoslavia | 1868 (Mi2246) i1868 | 1987 | 100th anniv. Astronomical and Meteor. Observatory, Belgrade, 1887 | |
| Yugoslavia | 1868 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Yugoslavia | None | Cachet on cover | 1962 | Grič Meteorological Observatory in Zagreb (Andrija Mohorovičić was the director from 1892 - 1921) |
| Meteorological Returns and Weather Reports | ||||
| Australia | None | (Meteor. returns) letter sheet | 1922 | Central Weather Bureau, Melbourne |
| Australia | None | (Meteor. returns) letter sheet | 1929 | Weather Bureau, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Austria | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card | 1860 | Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik |
| Austria | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card | 1911 | Zentral-Anstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik |
| Austria | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card, also back | 1926 | Zentral-Anstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik |
| Canada | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card, also back | 1891 | Meteor. Office, Toronto, Ontario |
| Canada | None | (Meteor. returns) stamped envelope | ~1930 | Department of Transport, Air Services, Meteor. Division |
| Canada | None | (Meteor. returns) stamped envelope | 1948 | Department of Transport, Meteor. Services |
| Canada | None (Webb DEN526-5a) | (Meteor. returns) address label (2 cents) | 19?? | Meteor. Service of Canada |
| Canada | None | (Meteor. returns) address label (3 cents) | 19?? | Meteor. Service of Canada |
| Canada | None | (Aurora report) envelope | 1957 | Aviation Forecast Office, Rivers Camp, Manitoba |
| Canada | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card, also back | 1959 | Hail report card for Alberta Hail Studies Project |
| Canada | None | (Aurora report) envelope | 1968 | Upper air station, Moosonee, Ontario |
| Czechoslovakia | None | (Hydro. returns) envelope | 1902 | National hydrographic department (from a station measuring rain water, no. 3 in Karlstyn) |
| Denmark | None | (Meteor. returns) envelope, also back | 1890 | (Danske) Meteorologisk Institut (DMI) |
| Finland | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card | 1908 | Meteorolooginen Keskuslaitos, Helsinki |
| France | None | (Meteor. returns) letter sheet | 1919 | Service météorologique de la France |
| France | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card | 1937 | Service météorologique d'Alsace et de Lorraine |
| France | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card | 1939 | Service météorologique d'Alsace et de Lorraine |
| France | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card, also back | 1985 | Météo France, for thunderstorm and hail reports |
| German Southwest Africa | None | (Meteor. returns) letter sheet, also inside, and back | 1914 | Station Okapuha |
| German Southwest Africa | None | (Meteor. returns) letter sheet, also inside, and back | 1914 | Station Nabas |
| Germany (Alsace) | None | (Meteor. returns) letter sheet | 1896 | German Meteor. Service in Alsace |
| Germany (Bohemia and Moravia) | None | (Meteor. returns) envelope | 1905 | Meteorologische Zentralanstalt für Böhmen und Mähren |
| Germany (Wurttemberg) | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card, also back | 1892 | Königliches Württenberg Meteorologische Centralstation, Stuttgart |
| Germany (Wurttemberg) | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card, also back | 1897 | Königliches Württenberg Meteorologische Centralstation, Stuttgart |
| Germany (Wurttemberg) | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card | 189~ | Meteorologische Centralstation, Stuttgart |
| Germany | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card | 1923 | Meteor. Station Feuer (?) |
| Germany | None | (Snow report) postal card, also back | 1923 | Bundes Landesstelle für Gewässerkunde, München |
| Great Britain | None | (Phenological returns) wrapper, also inside | 1875 | Meteor. Soc. |
| Hungary | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card, also back | 1870 | Meteor. Observatory |
| India | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card, also back; also backs from 1890, 1891, and another from 1891 | 1893 | Government of Bengal, East India Service |
| India | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card | 1941 | Rainfall observations from Barwani State Service |
| Indore Holkar State | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card, also back | 1947 | Rainfall observations for Maheshwar |
| India | None | (Meteor. returns) telegram | 1949 | Indian Meteor. Department (A. W. Weather) |
| Mexico | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card, also back | 1890s | Observatorio Meteorológico Central |
| Mexico | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card (changed colors), also back | 1890s | Observatorio Meteorológico Central |
| Netherlands | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card, also back | 1933 | Nederlands aerologisch station, Reykjavik |
| Palestine | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card | 1940s | Palestine Meteor. Service, Jerusalem |
| Russia | None | (Meteor. returns) postal card | 1921 | Meteor. Service |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Meteor. returns) letter sheet, also back | 1949 | Meteor. Service |
| United States | None | (Weather report) wrapper | late 1800s | U.S. Army Signal Service2 |
| United States | None | (Weather report) franked envelope, see detail | late 1800s | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3 |
| United States | None | (Weather report) envelope | 1870-1890 | War Department, Signal Service |
| United States | None | (Weekly (weather) report) envelope, tan, form 29 | 1870-1890 | War Department, Signal Service |
| United States | None | (Fortnightly (weather) report) envelope, blue, form 29 | 1870-1890 | War Department, Signal Service |
| United States | None | (Fortnightly (weather) report) envelope, blue (lighter shade), form 29, | 1870-1890 | War Department, Signal Service |
| United States | None | (Monthly (weather) report) envelope, blue, form 125B | 1870-1890 | War Department, Signal Service |
| United States | None | (Monthly (weather) report) envelope, blue, form 125B, train missing | 1870-1890 | War Department, Signal Service |
| United States | None | (Weather report) wrapper | 1881 | U.S. Army Signal Service2, Washington DC |
| United States | None | (Weather report) wrapper | 1881 | U.S. Army Signal Service2, Smithtown Branch NY |
| United States | None | (Weather report) wrapper | 1888 | War Department, Signal Service |
| United States | None | (Weather report) postal card | ~1900 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3 |
| United States | None | (Form No. 4023) postal card | ~1900 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3 |
| United States | None | (Weather report) envelope, also detail | 1927 | U.S. Weather Bureau Office, Climatological Division |
| United States | None | (Snow report) postal card, also back | 1927 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3 |
| Weather Forecasts and Backstamps | ||||
| Mexico | None | Cover (back) with weather forecast backstamp | 1903 | Mexican weather service: "north winds from the Gulf for today" |
| United States | None | Cover (back) with weather forecast backstamp | 1881 | Weather Bureau forecast |
| United States | None | Weather forecast backstamp | 1896 | Weather Bureau forecast (warmer) for Sandusky OH |
| United States | None | Weather forecast backstamp | 1896 | Weather Bureau forecast (fair) for Sandusky OH |
| United States | None | Weather forecast backstamp | 1896 | Weather Bureau forecast for New Brunswick NJ |
| United States | None | Weather forecast backstamp | 1896 | Weather Bureau forecast for Lansing MI |
| United States | None | Weather forecast backstamp | 1896 | Weather Bureau forecast for Salt Lake City UT |
| United States | None | Cover (back) with weather forecast backstamp | 1897 | Weather Bureau forecast for Lansing MI |
| United States | None | Postal card (back) with weather forecast | 1897 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3 forecast for New England |
| United States | None | Postal card (back) with weather forecast, also front | 1898 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3 forecast for Philadelphia PA |
| United States | None | Postal card (back) with weather forecast backstamp, also front | 1900 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3, forecast for North Hamden NY |
| United States | None | Weather forecast backstamp, also postal card front | 1902 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3, forecast for Bliss VA |
| United States | None | Weather forecast backstamp, also postal card front | 1903 | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3, forecast for Bliss VA |
| United States | None | Folder | 1997 | 100th anniv. weather forecast postmarks, 1897 |
| United States | None | Cancel on cover | 1997 | 100th anniv. weather forecast postmarks, 1897 |
| United States | None | Cancel and cachet on cover | 1997 | 100th anniv. weather forecast postmarks, 1897 |
| United States | None | Cancel and cachet (slightly different) on cover | 1997 | 100th anniv. weather forecast postmarks, 1897 |
| Meteorological Schools and Training Facilities | ||||
| Barbados | 304 (Mi272) | CDT with St. Vincent 256-258 | 1968 | Caribbean Meteor. Institute (CMI), Barbados |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Cachet (address) on cover | Unknown | Nanjing Institute of Meteor. |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2002 | Nanjing Institute of Meteor. |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2004 | Nanjing Institute of Meteor. |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2004 | Nanjing Institute of Meteor. |
| Niger | 852 (Mi1157) | 1993 | 30th anniv. African School Meteor. and Civil Aviation, 1963 | |
| St. Vincent | 256 (Mi235) | CDT with Barbados 304 | 1968 | Caribbean Meteor. Institute (CMI), Barbados |
| St. Vincent | 257 (Mi236) | |||
| St. Vincent | 258 (Mi237) | |||
| Uganda | 1195 (Mi1327) | 1994 | Meteor. Training School, Entebbe | |
| Private Meteorological Services or Organizations | ||||
| Belgium | None | Meter and cachet (return address) on cover | 2008 | Geveke Climate Technology |
| United States | None | Cachet on cover, also insert | 1910 | Foster's Weather Bureau, Washington DC |
| United States | None | Meter | 1950 | Uncle Wethbee, the weatherman, WNBT (which later became WNBC), Channel 4, New York NY |
| United States | None | Meter on cover | 1941 | Weather reports by telephone, Detroit MI |
| United States | None | Meter on cover | 1954 | Weather beacon, Kansas City MO |
| United States | None | Meter | 1941 | Weather forecasts by telephone, Chicago IL |
| United States | None | Meter | 1976 | Pioneer Weather Consultants, Tucson AZ |
| United States | None | Cachet (return address) on cover | 1992 | North American Weather Consultants, Salt Lake City UT |
| Meteorological Societies | ||||
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover | 1993 | Croatian Meteorological Society |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover (two cancels) | 1994 | Croatian Meteorological Society |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover (single cancel) | 1994 | Croatian Meteorological Society |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover (single cancel, different) | 1994 | Croatian Meteorological Society |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover | 1995 | Croatian Meteorological Society |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover | 1996 | Croatian Meteorological Society |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover | 1997 | Croatian Meteorological Society |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover | 1998 | Croatian Meteorological Society |
| Croatia | None | Cachet on cover | 1999 | Croatian Meteorological Society |
| Great Britain | None | Cancel | 2001 | Royal Meteor. Society (RMetS): Over 150 years of progress |
| United States | None | Cachet (logo) on cover | 2007 | American Meteorological Society (AMS), Boston MA |
*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel; Webb = Walton, W.C. & Covert, E.L., Webb's Postal Stationery Catalogue of Canada and Newfoundland, 6th edition, 1993.
**CDT = common design type; 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.
***This list includes only items with either some mention of meteorology in the text, or something meteorological appearing on the item.
1This cancel of 2 July 1998 is for an exposition of philately and photography related to meteorology that was held in the meteorological center of Catalunya. [Information provided by Felix Perez, Marcotem, Spain]
2U.S. Army Signal Service (1870-1891)
3U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau (1891-1940)
4A QSL card is a written confirmation, meaning either "do you confirm receipt of my transmission" or "I confirm receipt of your transmission". QSL is not an acronym but is one of the many three-letter Q codes used in radiocommunication.
5WMD = World Meteorological Day
6ATAD = Automated Telephone Answering Device
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