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This page contains philatelic information on the Soviet propaganda-design 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.
All of these items show a widely-used propaganda satellite design, intended as a substitute for actual satellite designs. The use of Soviet propaganda-design satellites is common on early space-age postal items. The designs may have been a compromise between stamp and cachet designers need to represent the new spacecraft and the Soviet censors need to keep secret many aspects of the Soviet space program.
The most-widely-used propaganda design has an overall shape similar to Sputnik-3, but with a more cylindrical body, and a more rounded nose than the conical-shaped Sputnik-3. At the base of the cylindrical body or "thimble" is a larger-diameter ring or "collar". In addition to the body style, most images of the propaganda design have two or more of the following distinguishing features:
| 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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| Propaganda design | Propaganda design |
| Propaganda design variants | |
| Other propaganda designs | |
| Compilation/summary of the various cachets |
Below is a list of Soviet propaganda-design satellites postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Distinguishing Features | Intended Spacecraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Propaganda design | |||||
| Ajman | BL36A BL36B | On stamp of embossed-perforation SS1 (Mi269) On stamp of imperforate SS1 | 1968 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), no fins, 3-sets radial ant. (1-set on top) | |
| Albania | 817 (Mi942) | 1965 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), no fins, 3-sets radial ant. (1-set on top) | "Voskhod-2" (in text) | |
| Bulgaria | 1394 (Mi1521) | 1965 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, 2-sets radial ant. | "Voskhod" (in text) | |
| Burundi | 131 (Mi172A) i131 (Mi172B) | Imperforate | 1965 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. | |
| Burundi | i126-i127+i131+i133 fdc | One of four imperforate stamps on FDC | |||
| Burundi | 133a (BL7) | One of MS2 (131+133) | |||
| Cuba | 878 (Mi942) | One of block of 5 (882a (878-882 + label)) (Mi938-942) | 1964 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin?, 1-set radial ant. | |
| Cuba | 1285 (Mi1354) | 1967 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, 1-set radial ant. | "Kosmos" (in text) | |
| Fujeira | Mi963 | 1972 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), no fins, 3-sets radial ant. (1-set on top) | supposedly Voskhod-2 (spacewalk) | |
| Hungary | C219 (Mi1864) | One of pair (C220a (C219-C220)) | 1962 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. | "Vostok-3" and "Vostok-4" (in text) |
| Hungary | B242 (Mi2056) | One of strip of 4 (B242a (B239-B242)) | 1964 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. | |
| Hungary | B242b (BL42A) | On one of MS4 (B239-B242) | |||
| Jordan | 496a (BL18) | Imperforate SS1 | 1965 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. | |
| Jordan | 496b (BL19) | Imperforate SS1, 496a overprinted in black | "Voskhod-1" (in overprinted text) | ||
| Jordan | 527f (BL30) | Imperforate SS1, 496a overprinted in red with realistic Voskhod image | 1966 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. | "Voskhod-1" (in overprinted text) |
| Jordan | 527g (BL31) | Imperforate SS1, 496b overprinted in red with realistic Voskhod image | |||
| Mexico | C323 fdc (Mi1227 fdc) | Cachet on FDC, also detail | 1967 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. | "Kosmos" (in text) |
| Poland | 1183 (Mi1442) | 1963 | No paper-clip ant., 1 fin, 2-sets radial ant. (on side and on bottom) | "Vostok-1" (in text) | |
| Poland | 1185 (Mi1444) | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 2 of 3 radial ant. (no vertical component) | "Vostok-3 and 4" (in text) | ||
| Ras Al Khaima | Mi54 | 1966 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, no radial ant. | supposedly Gemini | |
| Ras Al Khaima | Mi54A-55A ms10 Mi54B-55B ms10 | MS10 (5x (Mi54A-55A)) Imperforate MS10 (5x (Mi54B-55B)) | |||
| Ras Al Khaima | BL10 | Imperforate MS4 (Mi48 + Mi53-55) | |||
| Ras Al Khaima | Mi130 | Mi54 overprinted new currency | 1966 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, no radial ant. | supposedly Gemini |
| Ras Al Khaima | Mi130A-131A ms10 | MS10 (5x (Mi130A-131A)), Mi54A-55A ms10 overprinted new currency | |||
| Ras Al Khaima | BL22 | Imperforate MS4 (Mi123 + Mi129-131), BL10 overprinted new currency | |||
| Ras Al Khaima | Mi201A Mi201B | Mi130A overprinted Mi130B overprinted | 1967 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, no radial ant. | supposedly Gemini |
| Ras Al Khaima | Mi201A-202A ms10 | MS10 (5x (Mi201A-202A)), Mi130A-131A ms10 overprinted | |||
| Ras Al Khaima | BL37 | Imperforate MS4 (Mi195 + Mi200-202), BL22 overprinted | |||
| Romania | C135 (Mi2133) | 1963 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. | "Luna-4" (in text) | |
| Romania | C136 (Mi2134) | ||||
| Romania | C135-C136 fdc (Mi2133-2134 fdc) | Two stamps on FDC | |||
| Russia (USSR) | 2586 (Mi2595) | 1962 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, 1-set radial ant. | Not "Soyuz", as in text (nor Kosmos-3)3 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 2733 (Mi2748) | From block of 6 (2734b (2732-2734+2732a-2734a)), or from MS30 (2734c (5x (2732-2734+2732a-2734a))) | 1963 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), no fins, 2-sets radial ant. | "Vostok" (in text on spacecraft) |
| Russia (USSR) | 2733a (Mi2749) | 2733 changed colors | |||
| Russia (USSR) | 2889 (Mi2897A) i2889 (Mi2897B) | Imperforate | 1964 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, 2-sets radial ant. | supposendly Vostok-1 |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Postal card | 1964 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, 2-sets radial ant. | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Cachet on cover | 1964 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, 2-sets radial ant. | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3015 (Mi3032) | 1965 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), no fins, 3-sets radial ant. (1-set on top) | "Voskhod-2" (in text) (spacewalk) | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3015 cover | Stamp and cancel on cover | |||
| Russia (USSR) | 3016 (BL38) | SS1 (Mi3041) | |||
| Russia (USSR) | None | Postcard (containing reproductions of Russia 2764 and 3015 + 3113) | 1966 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), no fins, 3-sets radial ant. (1-set on top) | "Voskhod-2" (in text) |
| Udmurtia | Local fdc1 | Cancel on FDC | 1997 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), no fins, 1-set radial ant. | |
| Udmurtia | Local fdc2 | Cancel on FDC (different) | |||
| Udmurtia | Local fdc3 | Cancel on FDC (different) | |||
| Udmurtia | Local fdc4 | Cancel and cachet on FDC | |||
| Udmurtia | Local fdc5 | Cancel and cachet on FDC (different) | |||
| Propaganda design variants1 | |||||
| Bulgaria | C85 (Mi1280) | 1961 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom and on top), no fins, 2-sets radial ant. | "Vostok-2" (in text) | |
| Czechoslovakia | 1233 (Mi1463) | 1964 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom and on top), no fins, 2-sets radial ant. | supposedly Vostok-1 | |
| Poland | None | Cachet on cover | 1967 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom and on top), no fins, 2-sets radial ant. | |
| United States | None | (Multi-color) cachet (with reproduction of Bulgaria C85) on 40th anniv. Telstar-1 launch cover | 2002 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom and on top), no fins, 2-sets radial ant. | "Vostok-2" (in text) |
| Other propaganda designs2 | |||||
| Albania | 655 (Mi728) | 1963 | "Vostok-3" and "Vostok-4" (in text) | ||
| Albania | 657 (BL17) i657 (BL18) | SS1 Imperforate SS1, changed colors | |||
| Cameroun | C59 (Mi449) | 1966 | 3 fins (design variants), 2-sets radial ant. (on top and on bottom, but no vertical component) | "Vostok-6" (in text) | |
| Cuba | 877 (Mi936) | One of block of 5 (877a (873-877 + label)) (Mi933-937) | 1964 | 2 fins, 2-sets radial ant. (on top and on bottom, but no vertical component) | |
| Cuba | 880 (Mi939) | One of block of 5 (882a (878-882 + label)) (Mi938-942) | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom) | ||
| Czechoslovakia | 1107 (Mi1331) | 1962 | 3 fins (design variants), 2-sets radial ant. (on top and on bottom, but no vertical component) | "Vostok-2" (in text) | |
| Czechoslovakia | C57 (Mi1413) | 1963 | 3 fins (design variants), 2-sets radial ant. (on top and on bottom, but no vertical component) | "Vostok-5" (in text) | |
| Czechoslovakia | C58 (Mi1414) | "Vostok-6" (in text) | |||
| Fujeira | Mi961A Mi961B | One of MS20 (Mi957A-976A) | 1972 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom) | supposedly Kosmos-110 (as indicated in some catalogs), separating from a booster stage |
| Fujeira | BL102 | In (lower-right) margin of SS1 | |||
| Germany (East) | 655 (Mi970) | From pair (656a (655-656)) | 1963 | "Vostok-6" (in text) | |
| Germany (East) | 656 (Mi971) | "Vostok-5" (in text) | |||
| Germany (East) | 794 (Mi1140) | One of strip of 3 (794a (792-794)) | 1965 | "Vostok-2" (in text) | |
| Guinea Republic | 393 (Mi313) | Four of MS15 (393a (4x (388-389) + 390-392 + 4x 393)) | 1965 | supposedly Voskhod-2 (spacewalk) | |
| Hungary | 1564 (Mi1993) | 1964 | "Vostok" (in text) | ||
| Hungary | 1566 (Mi1995) | supposedly Vostok-3 and Vostok-4 | |||
| Hungary | 1618 fdc (BL? fdc) | Cachet on SS1 FDC | 1964 | "Voskhod-1" (by dates in text) | |
| Hungary | C252 (Mi2121A) iC252 (Mi2121B) | Imperforate | 1965 | supposedly Voskhod-2 (spacewalk) | |
| Hungary | C260 (BL52A) | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 1965 | "Voskhod-2" (in text) (spacewalk) | |
| Mongolia | 362 (Mi366) | 1964 | "Vostok" (in text) | ||
| Mongolia | 366 (Mi370) | "Luna-4" (in text) | |||
| Niger | C64 (Mi137) | 1966 | "Voskhod-1" (in text) | ||
| Romania | 1715 (Mi2373) | 1965 | "Voskhod" (in text) | ||
| Romania | 1716 (Mi2374) | ||||
| Romania | None | Cachet on cover | 1989 | 25th anniv. Voskhod | |
| Russia (USSR) | 2666 (Mi2676) | 1962 | Paper-clip ant. (on bottom) | "Mars-1" (in text) | |
| Russia (USSR) | 2748 (Mi2782) | From se-tenant pair (2749a (2748-2749)) | 1963 | "Vostok-5" (in text) | |
| Russia (USSR) | 2749 (Mi2784) | "Vostok-6" (in text) | |||
| Russia (USSR) | 2751 (Mi2769) | "Vostok-5" (in text) | |||
| Russia (USSR) | 3854 (Mi3885) | 1971 | Paper-clip ant (at angles on top), 2-sets radial ant. (on top and bottom) | (possible) symbolic scanning of Earth | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3854 cover | Stamp and cancel on stamped envelope | |||
| Togo | 543 (Mi487) | 1965 | 1-set radial ant. (on side) | "Voskhod-2" (in text) (spacewalk) | |
| Togo | 565 (Mi515) | From strip of 2 (566a (565-566)) (Mi515-516), or from MS12 (566b (6x (565-566))); each is 543 overprinted (differently) in red | 1966 | 1-set radial ant. (on side) | "Voskhod-2" (in text) (spacewalk) |
| Togo | 566 (Mi516) | ||||
1Propaganda design variants are similar to the most-widely-used propaganda design, having paper-clip-like antennas on both the top and the bottom.
2Other propaganda designs have a body style similar to the most-widely-used propaganda design, a general "thimble and collar" design, but missing most of the other distinguishing featues common to the most-widely-used propaganda design.
3"Soyuz" in the text is the word "Union" in the quote from N.S. Khrushchev: "Socialism - this is that reliable launching (starting) pad (ground) which Soviet Union uses to launch its space ships." Therefore, the stamp was not intended to show Soyuz. Rather, the satellite on this item is often mis-interpreted as being Kosmos-3, since the stamp was issued on the launch date for Kosmos-3, 1962-04-24.
Below is a list of Soviet propaganda-design satellites 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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| Propaganda design | |||||
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-04-24 | Magnetogorsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-3 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-04-24 | Magnetogorsk | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-3 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-04-24 | Moscow | Stamp and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-3 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-04-24 | Minsk | Stamp on cover (different) | Kosmos-3 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-04-24 | Bayanul | Stamp on cover (different) | Kosmos-3 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-04-24 | Moscow | Stamp on cover (different) | Kosmos-3 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-04-24 | Moscow | Stamp on cover (different) | Kosmos-3 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-04-26 | Bayanul | Stamp on cover | Kosmos-4 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-04-26 | Bayanul | Stamp on cover (different) | Kosmos-4 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-05-28 | Kaliningrad | Stamp and (blue and red printed) cachet on cover | Kosmos-5 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-05-28 | Magnetogorsk | Stamp and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-5 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-05-28 | Magnetogorsk | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-5 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-05-28 | Minsk | Stamp and (red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-5 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-05-28 | Minsk (different cancel) | (Printed and red rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | Kosmos-5 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-05-28 | Baku | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-5 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-06-30 | Magnetogorsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-6 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-06-30 | Bayanul | Stamp on cover | Kosmos-6 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-06-30 | Donetsk | Stamp and (blue and black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | Kosmos-6 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-06-30 | Magnetogorsk | Stamp and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-6 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-07-28 | Bayanul | Stamp on cover | Kosmos-7 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-07-28 | Magnetogorsk | Stamp and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-7 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-08-15 | Taganrog | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Vostok-3/4 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-08-18 | Magnetogorsk | Stamp and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-8 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-08-18 | Magnetogorsk | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-8 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-08-19 | Bayanul | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet (different) on cover | Kosmos-8 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-09-27 | Magnetogorsk | Stamp and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-9 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-10-17 | Magnetogorsk | Stamp and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-10 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1962-10-20 | Magnetogorsk | Stamp and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-11 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1963-04-13 | Magnetogorsk | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-14 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1963-04-13 | Stanislav Region | Stamp on cover | Kosmos-14 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1963-04-22 | Magnetogorsk | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-15 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1963-05-24 | Baku | Stamp on cover | Kosmos-18 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1963-10-18 | Tartu | Stamp on cover (AA no.3)2 | Kosmos-20 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1963-10-18 | Archangelsk | Stamp and (blue and red rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | Kosmos-20 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1963-11-11 | Tartu | (Yellow) cachet on cover | Kosmos-21 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1963-11-11 | Tartu | (Black and red) cachet on cover | Kosmos-21 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1963-11-11 | Tartu | (Red and green) cachets on cover | Kosmos-21 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1963-11-16 | Tartu | Stamp on cover (AA no.8)2 | Kosmos-22 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1963-11-16 | Archangelsk | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-22 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1963-11-16 | Archangelsk | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover (different) | Kosmos-22 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1963-11-16 | Archangelsk | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-22 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-01-30 | Baku | Stamp and (red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Elektron-1/2 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-02-27 | Tartu | (Blue printed) cachet on cover (AA no.11)2 | Kosmos-25 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-02-27 | Tartu | (Tan printed) cachet on cover (AA no.11)2 | Kosmos-25 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-02-27 | Baku | Stamp and (red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-25 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-03-18 | Baku | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-26 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-03-27 | Baku | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-27 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-04-04 | Archangelsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-28 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-04-04 | Archangelsk | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-28 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-04-04 | Tartu | Cachet on (black and white) cover (AA no.17)2 | Kosmos-28 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-04-25 | Tartu | Stamp on cover (AA no.21)2 | Kosmos-29 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-05-18 | Archangelsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-30 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-05-18 | Baku | Stamp on cover | Kosmos-30 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-05-18 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.22)2 | Kosmos-30 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-06-06 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.23)2 | Kosmos-31 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-06-10 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.26)2 | Kosmos-32 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-06-10 | Archangelsk | (Green rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | Kosmos-32 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-06-10 | Archangelsk | (Green rubber-stamp) cachets on cover (different) | Kosmos-32 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-06-23 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.27)2 | Kosmos-33 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-07-15 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.30)2 | Kosmos-35 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-07-30 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.31)2 | Kosmos-36 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-07-30 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.31)2 (different) | Kosmos-36 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-07-30 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.31)2 (different) | Kosmos-36 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-08-14 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.32)2 | Kosmos-37 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-08-14 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.32)2 (different) | Kosmos-37 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-08-14 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.32)2 (different) | Kosmos-37 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-08-18 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.33)2 | Kosmos-38/39/40 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-08-18 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.33)2 (different) | Kosmos-38/39/40 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-08-22 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.34)2 | Kosmos-41/42/43 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-08-22 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.34)2 (different) | Kosmos-41/42/43 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-08-22 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.34)2 (different) | Kosmos-41/42/43 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-08-28 | Archangelsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-44 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-09-25 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.38)5 | Kosmos-46 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-10-06 | Archangelsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-47 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-10-14 | Archangelsk | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-48 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-10-28 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.46)2 | Kosmos-50 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-10-28 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.46)2 (different) | Kosmos-50 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-10-28 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.46)2 (different) | Kosmos-50 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-10-28 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.46)2 (different) | Kosmos-50 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-10-28 | Baku | (Black printed) cachet on cover | Kosmos-50 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-10-28 | Archangelsk | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-50 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-12-01 | Archangelsk | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-51 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1964-12-01 | Archangelsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-51 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-01-11 | Archangelsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-52 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-01-30 | Archangelsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-53 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-02-25 | Archangelsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-58 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-03-07 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.54)2 | Kosmos-59 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-03-07 | Archangelsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-59 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-05-07 | Archangelsk | (Brown rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-66 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-06-16 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.65)2, but no stamp or cancel | Kosmos-68 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-06-16 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.65)5 | Kosmos-68 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-06-25 | Archangelsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Kosmos-69 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-06-25 | Archangelsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover (different) | Kosmos-69 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-06-25 | Archangelsk | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover (different) | Kosmos-69 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-07-23 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.71)2 | Kosmos-76 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-08-03 | Tartu club | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover (AA no.72)2 | Kosmos-77 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-09-03 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.75) | Kosmos-80/81/82/83/84 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-09-09 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.76)2 | Kosmos-85 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-09-09 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.76)2 (different) | Kosmos-85 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-09-09 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.76)2 (different) | Kosmos-85 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-09-09 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.76)2 (different) | Kosmos-85 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-09-09 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.76)2 (different) | Kosmos-85 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-09-09 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.76)2 (different) | Kosmos-85 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-09-09 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.76)2 (different) | Kosmos-85 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-09-18 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.77) | Kosmos-86/87/88/89/90 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-09-18 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.77)2 (different) | Kosmos-86/87/88/89/90 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-09-23 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.78)2 | Kosmos-91 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-10-19 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.81)2 | Kosmos-93 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-10-19 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.81)2 (different) | Kosmos-93 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-10-28 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.82)2 | Kosmos-94 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-10-28 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.82)2 (different) | Kosmos-94 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-11-04 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.84)2 | Kosmos-95 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-11-04 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.84)2 (different) | Kosmos-95 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-11-04 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.84)2 (different) | Kosmos-95 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-11-26 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.88)2 | Kosmos-97 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-11-26 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.88)2 (different) | Kosmos-97 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-12-10 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.91)2 | Kosmos-99 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-12-10 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.91)2 (different) | Kosmos-99 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-12-17 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.92)2 | Kosmos-100 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-12-17 | Simferopol | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet (no.19) on cover | Kosmos-100 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-12-21 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.93)2 | Kosmos-101 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-12-21 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.93)2 (different) | Kosmos-101 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-12-21 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.93)2 (different) | Kosmos-101 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1965-12-27 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.94)2 | Kosmos-102 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-02-22 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.103)2 | Kosmos-110 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-02-22 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.103)2 (different) | Kosmos-110 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-02-22 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.103)2 (different) | Kosmos-110 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-02-22 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.103)2 (different) | Kosmos-110 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-06-08 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.114)2 | Kosmos-120 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-06-17 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.115)2 | Kosmos-121 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-06-17 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.115)2 (different) | Kosmos-121 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-06-17 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.115)2 (different) | Kosmos-121 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-06-25 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.116)2 | Kosmos-122 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-06-25 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.116)2 (different) | Kosmos-122 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-07-09 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.118)2 | Kosmos-123 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-07-09 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.118)2 (different) | Kosmos-123 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-07-09 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.118)2 (different) | Kosmos-123 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-07-14 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.119)2 | Kosmos-124 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-07-14 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.119)2 (different) | Kosmos-124 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-07-14 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.119)2 (different) | Kosmos-124 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-07-20 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.120)2 | Kosmos-125 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-07-20 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.120)2 (different) | Kosmos-125 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-07-28 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.121)2 | Kosmos-126 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-07-28 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.121)2 (different) | Kosmos-126 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-07-28 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.121)2 (different) | Kosmos-126 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-07-28 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.121)2 (different) | Kosmos-126 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-08-08 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.122)2 | Kosmos-127 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-08-08 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.122)2 (different) | Kosmos-127 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-08-08 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.122)2 (different) | Kosmos-127 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-08-28 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.124)2 | Kosmos-128 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1966-08-28 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.124)2 (different) | Kosmos-128 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1967-02-14 | Tartu club | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.140)2 | Kosmos-142 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1968-04-14 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.206)2 | Kosmos-213 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1968-04-14 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.206)2 (different) | Kosmos-213 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1968-04-15 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.206)2 | Kosmos-212+213 docking | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1968-04-15 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.206)2 (different) | Kosmos-212+213 docking | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1968-06-21 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.202)2 | Kosmos-228 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1968-06-21 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.202)2 (different) | Kosmos-228 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1968-06-21 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.202)2 (different) | Kosmos-228 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1968-06-21 | Tartu | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover (AA no.202)2 (different) | Kosmos-228 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1968-12-10 | Baikonur | (Two-color printed) cachet on (known fake1) cover | Kosmos-258 launch | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1969-03-17 | Baikonur | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on (known fake1) cover | Kosmos-272 launch | |
1Known fake cover, with a made-up Baikonur postmark, suspected to have been created by Boris Khoroshev from Moscow, and sold by a stamp dealer in Western Europe. There were no Baikonur Cosmodrome official postmarks until 1975 for the Apollo-Soyuz events. Reference the article written by Russian collector Oleg Vaisberg published as an Appendix called "Russian (Soviet) Space Covers" to Bruce Cranford's book "Space Covers: Dictionary & Identifier". See also, an analysis of the situation in a book published in 2008 called "Commemorative Space Covers from Collector Clubs of the Soviet Union, 1957 to 1980". Another indicator on these fakes is the use of a "first day" cachet that appears on most, but not all, of these fakes.
2AA no. = Tartuski Klub Kollektsionerov (TKK) [Tartu Collector Club] "Astronautika Annaalid" number. See Jim Reichman's Philatelic Study Report on Tartu Space Club Covers, 1962-1978, 2011. (e-mail: jgreichman (at) datawest.net).
Below is a compilation/summary of the various cachets, from the launch cover table immediately above, which include propaganda-design satellites.
| Cancel Location [and launch covers] | Different Cachets and Color Variations | Distinguishing Features |
|---|---|---|
| Archangelsk (no.1)
[Kosmos-20] | 
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. |
| Archangelsk (no.2)
[Kosmos-20] | 
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. |
| Archangelsk (no.3)
[Kosmos-22, 30, 32, 44, 47, 48, 51, 59, 66] |    
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. |
| Archangelsk (no.4)
[Kosmos-28] |  
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. |
| Archangelsk (no.5)
[Kosmos-50, 51, 52, 53, 58, 69] |   
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. |
| Baikonur (from known fake covers1)
[Kosmos-258, 272] | 
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. |
| Baku (no.1)
[Kosmos-25, 27; Elektron-1/2] | 
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, 1-set radial ant. |
| Baku (no.2)
[Kosmos-26, 50] | 
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, 2-sets radial ant. |
| Baku (no.3)
[Kosmos-5] | 
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. |
| Bayanul
[Kosmos-8] | 
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, 1-set radial ant. |
| Donetsk
[Kosmos-6] |  
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, 1-set radial ant. |
| Kaliningrad
[Kosmos-5] | 
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, 1-set radial ant. |
| Magnetogorsk
[Kosmos-3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15] |  
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), no fins, no radial ant. |
| Minsk
[Kosmos-5] | 
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, 1-set radial ant. |
| Moscow
[Kosmos-3] | 
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, 1-set radial ant. |
| Taganrog
[Vostok-3/4] | 
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, no radial ant. |
| Tartu club (no.1)
[Kosmos-25] |  
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, no radial ant. |
| Tartu club (no.2)
[Kosmos-30 through Kosmos-228] |
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 1 fin, no radial ant. |
| Tartu club (no.3)
[Kosmos-77] | 
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), no fins, no radial ant. |
| Tartu club (no.4)
[Kosmos-21, 25, 28] |    
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, no radial ant. |
| Simferopol club
[Kosmos-100, cachet no.19] | 
| Paper-clip ant. (on bottom), 2 fins, 2-sets radial ant. |
1Known fake cover, with a made-up Baikonur postmark, suspected to have been created by Boris Khoroshev from Moscow, and sold by a stamp dealer in Western Europe. There were no Baikonur Cosmodrome official postmarks until 1975 for the Apollo-Soyuz events. Reference the article written by Russian collector Oleg Vaisberg published as an Appendix called "Russian (Soviet) Space Covers" to Bruce Cranford's book "Space Covers: Dictionary & Identifier". See also, an analysis of the situation in a book published in 2008 called "Commemorative Space Covers from Collector Clubs of the Soviet Union, 1957 to 1980". Another indicator on these fakes is the use of a "first day" cachet that appears on most, but not all, of these fakes.
