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Below is a checklist of Atmospheric Water Cycle postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Country | Catalog Number* | Type of Item** | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric Water Cycle | ||||
| Australia | 1267 (Mi1306-1310) | Strip of 5 (1267 (a-e)) | 1992 | Elements of the water cycle: rain or lack of rain affect surface moisture and the water table which in turn affect evaporation (drier, less evaporation, "soil blows away"; moister, more evaporation, "forests increase rain") |
| Belgium | 2259h (Mi?) | One of MS9 (2259 (a-i)) | 2007 | Schematic water cycle |
| Canada | 481 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1968 | Full water cycle |
| Cape Verde | None | Non-overprint of 487 (immediately below) | 1986 | Painting Vapor by Hundertwasser (symbolic water vapour in the atmosphere) |
| Cape Verde | 487 (Mi?) | Stamp (immediately above) overprinted | ||
| Germany (East) | None | Cachet on cover | 1986 | H2O - water cycle: precipitation and symbolic evaporation |
| India | None | Postal card | 19?? | "Ground water is precious" |
| Israel | Unknown (new issue) | 2008 | Part of the water cycle: ice crystals in clouds become rain drops falling to the surface | |
| Lebanon | C748 (Mi?) | 1975 | Symbolic evaporation and cloud formation | |
| Lebanon | C751a (BL40) | One of four stamps on imperforate MS4 (748-751) | ||
| Norway | 1570 | MS2 (1570 (a-b)) | 2009 | "Global warming … produces more evaporation from oceans to fill the warmer atmosphere with increased moisture" |
| Portugal | 2801 (Mi?) | 2007 | Precipitation is part of the "Ciclo de Água" (water cycle) | |
| San Marino | 539 (Mi?) | From MS6 (539a (4x 539)) | 1962 | Symbolic evaporation |
| United States | None | (JPL) cachet on EOS-Terra launch cover | 1999 | (Symbolic) evaporation contributing to cloud formation; precipitation falling from the clouds |
| United States | None | (JPL) cachet on EOS-Terra launch cover (different cancel) | ||
*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel.
**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.
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