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Weather Balloons and Radiosondes
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Weather Balloons and Radiosondes
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Below are checklists of the following types of weather balloons and balloon-related devices on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
Equipment carried aloft with weather balloons: Weather balloons always carry with them an instrument package known as a radiosonde. Some balloons also have a parachute that allows the package to drift gently back to the surface after the balloon bursts. Some older systems also carried a boxy radar reflector that would efficiently reflect the energy from a tracking radar. As will be seen in the table of weather balloon stamps, different systems can have different combinations of these three attachments.
| Country | Catalog Number* | Type of Item** | Year of Issue | Type of Weather Balloon or Radiosonde |
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| Weather Balloons and Radiosondes | ||||
| Afghanistan | 1360 (Mi1644) | 1989 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| Albania | 1210 (Mi1338) | 1969 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| Algeria | 351 (Mi451) i351 | 1966 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde with vertical sequencer | |
| Algeria | 351 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Algeria | 351 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| Angola | 860 (Mi915) | 1993 | Weather balloon | |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover | 1969 | Two weather balloons / radiosondes, one with horizontal sequencer |
| Argentina | 977 fdc1 (Mi1127 fdc1) | Cachet on FDC | 1972 | Weather balloon / radiosonde with horizontal sequencer |
| Argentina | 977 fdc2 (Mi1127 fdc2) | Cachet (different) on FDC | 1972 | Weather balloon / radiosonde with horizontal sequencer |
| Argentina | 977 cover1 | Cancel and cachet on cover | 1972 | Weather balloon / radiosonde with horizontal sequencer |
| Argentina | 977 cover2 | Cachet on cover, abbreviated balloon (different color) | 1972 | Weather balloon / radiosonde with horizontal sequencer |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover | 1988 | Two weather balloons: one with ozonesonde (left), and with radiosonde (right) |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover | 1990 | Weather balloon / ozonesonde |
| Argentina | None | Cachet on cover | 1993 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Australia | 431 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1968 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde with vertical sequencer |
| Australia | 431-432 fdc1 | Cachet (different color) on FDC | 1968 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde with vertical sequencer |
| Australia | 431-432 fdc2 | Cachet (different color) on FDC | 1968 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde with vertical sequencer |
| Australia | None | Cachet on cover | 2007 | Weather balloon |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L117n (Mi138) | One of MS20 (L117 (a-t)) | 2001 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Belgium | C16 (Mi1111) | 1958 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| Brazil | 2127 (Mi2244) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 1988 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde |
| British Antarctic Territory | 21 (Mi21) | 1969 | Two weather balloons / radar reflectors | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 144 (Mi147) | 1987 | Weather balloon / radar reflector | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 176 (Mi177) | 1991 | Weather balloon / ozonesonde | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 237 (Mi247) | 1996 | Weather balloon | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 239 (BL3) | In (right) margin of SS1 | ||
| Burma | 275 (Mi276) | 1980 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| Canada | 479 (Mi420) | 1968 | Weather balloon | |
| Canada | 479 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc5 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc6 | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Canada | 479 sc | Souvenir Card | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 (Mi326) | 1973 | Weather balloon / radar reflector | |
| Central Africa Republic | C115 proof1 | Die proof (blue) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 proof2 | Die proof (black) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 proof strip | Color proof strip | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Chad | 227 (Mi305) | 1970 | Weather balloon / parachute / radar reflector / radiosonde | |
| Chad | 227 ds | Deluxe sheet | ||
| Chad | 227 proof1 | Die proof (orange) | ||
| Chad | 227 proof2 | Die proof (green) | ||
| Chad | 227 proof strip | Color proof strip | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 1337 (Mi452) | 1962 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| China (Taiwan) | 1337 specimen | Specimen | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 1338 fdc | Cachet on FDC | Weather balloon | |
| China (Taiwan) | 1339 (Mi454) | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 1339 specimen | Specimen | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 1337+1339 fdc | Cancel on FDC | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| China (Taiwan) | 1337-1339 folder | FDC folder | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| China (Taiwan) | 1651-1652 fdc | Cancel and cachet on FDC | 1970 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde |
| China (People's Republic) | 368 (Mi396) | 1958 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde with 4-cup horizontal sequencer | |
| China (People's Republic) | 367-369 fdc | One of three stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 484 (Mi512) | 1960 | Weather balloon / radar reflector / radiosonde with horizontal sequencer | |
| China (People's Republic) | 1384 (Mi1394) | 1978 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| China (People's Republic) | 1384-1388 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 3067 (Mi3195) | 2000 | Balloon tethersonde | |
| China (People's Republic) | 3066-3069 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC | 2000 | Balloon tethersonde |
| China (People's Republic) | 3066-3069 fdc2 | One of four stamps and cachet on FDC | 2000 | Balloon tethersonde, weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Cuba | 962 (Mi1024) | 1965 | Weather balloon | |
| Cuba | 1221 (Mi1291) | 1967 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| Cuba | 1592 (Mi1666) | 1971 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| Cuba | 1589-1592 fdc | One of four stamps and cancel on FDC | ||
| Cyprus | 960 (Mi959) | On stamp and on (left) selvedge of block of 4 (4x 960) | 2000 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Denmark | 489 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1972 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Denmark | 1004 (Mi1077) | 1994 | Wegener's weather balloon, 1906-1908 Danish Greenland expedition | |
| Dominica | 356 (Mi356) | 1973 | Weather balloon / radar reflector / radiosonde with vertical sequencer | |
| Dominica | 354-360 fdc | One of seven stamps on FDC | ||
| Dubai | 121 (Mi365) | 1970 | Weather balloon / parachute / radar reflector | |
| Dubai | 122 (Mi366) | 1970 | Weather balloon / parachute / radar reflector / radiosonde with 6-cup vertical sequencer | |
| Finland | 531 (Mi728) | 1973 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| Finland | 938 (Mi1249) | 1994 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| France | 1903 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1983 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1984 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C92 (Mi218) | 1986 | Weather balloon | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C92 cov | Stamp and cachet on cover | 1986 | Weather balloon |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1988 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Dark blue) cachet on cover | 1991 | Weather balloon |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C116a cover | (Blue) cachet on cover | 1991 | Weather balloon |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1992 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover (blue) | 1993 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Two cachets on cover (both black) | 1993 | Two weather balloons / radiosondes |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1994 | 11,000th weather balloon / radiosonde |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 294f | On stamp and in (upper-left) margin of page from souvenir booklet of 28 (2x 294 (a-n)) | 2001 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 2003 | Weather balloon / ozonesonde |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 2004 | Weather balloon / ozonesonde |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 2007 | Weather balloon |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 2007 | "Ballon sonde météorologique" |
| Gabon | 170 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1964 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde |
| Germany (East) | None | Cancel and cachet on cover | 1986 | Sounding balloon, 1911-1912 German Antarctic expedition |
| Germany (East) | None | Cachet on cover | 1989 | Weather balloon / ozonesonde |
| Germany (West) | None | (Blue) cachet on cover | 1981 | Weather balloon / radiosonde (above the ship's stern) |
| Ghana | 503 (Mi520) | 1973 | Weather balloon / parachute / radar reflector / radiosonde with vertical sequencer | |
| Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 220 (Mi215) | 1973 | Weather balloon / radiosonde / radar reflector | |
| Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 218-221 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Greece | None | Cachet (design based on United Nations 49 and 50) on cover | 1970 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde |
| Grenada | 493 (Mi519) | 1973 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde with vertical sequencer | |
| Hungary | 1664 (Mi2106A) i1664 (Mi2106B) | 1965 | Weather balloon / parachute / radar reflector / radiosonde | |
| Indonesia | 840 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1973 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde with horizontal sequencer |
| Iraq | 644 (Mi716) | 1972 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde with horizontal sequencer | |
| Iraq | 645 (Mi717) | |||
| Ivory Coast | 213 (Mi266) | 1964 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| Ivory Coast | 213 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Jamaica | 746 (Mi760) | 1991 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| Jamaica | 747 (Mi761) | |||
| Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania | 260 (Mi248) | 1973 | Weather balloon / parachute / radar reflector / radiosonde with possible horizontal sequencer | |
| Korea (South) | 2142 (Mi2398) | One of MS4 (2142a (4x 2142)), or one of MS20 (2142b (20x 2142)) | 2004 | Symbolic weather balloon (light-blue shape) |
| Kuwait | 272 (Mi269) | 1965 | Weather balloon / parachute / radar reflector / radiosonde | |
| Kuwait | 273 (Mi270) | |||
| Kuwait | 274 (Mi271) | |||
| Kuwait | 1132 (Mi1224) | 1990 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| Kuwait | 1133 (Mi1225) | |||
| Kuwait | 1134 (Mi1226) | |||
| Libya | 276 (Mi185) | 1965 | Four weather balloons | |
| Libya | 277 (Mi186) | |||
| Libya | 278 (Mi187) | |||
| Libya | 359 (Mi274) | 1969 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| Macedonia | 185 fdc (Mi194 fdc) | FDC | 2000 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde |
| Mali | 45 (Mi62) i45 | 1963 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| Mali | 46 (Mi63) | |||
| Mali | 47 (Mi64) | |||
| Mali | 45-47 fdc | Three stamps on FDC | ||
| Mexico | C323 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1967 | Weather balloon / radiosonde with horizontal sequencer |
| Namibia | 690 (Mi698) | 1991 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| New Zealand | None | Cachet on cover | 1961 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| New Zealand | 794 (Mi892) | 1984 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| New Zealand | 794 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| New Zealand | 794a | MS4 (791-794) | ||
| Norway | 1500 (BL34) | In (lower-left) margin of MS2 (1500 (a-b)) (BL34) | 2007 | Weather balloon |
| Poland | 2976 (Mi3275) | 1990 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| Poland | 2976-2977 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Portugal | 1114 (Mi1147) | 1971 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| Portugal | 1113-1115 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| Qatar | 348 (Mi562) | 1973 | Weather balloon / parachute / radar reflector / radiosonde with vertical sequencer | |
| Romania | None | Stamped envelope | 1984 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Russia (USSR) | 1765 (Mi1791) | 1955 | Weather balloon | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1766 (Mi1792) | 1955 | Weather balloon | |
| Russia (USSR) | 2091 (Mi2104) | 1958 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| Russia (USSR) | 2234 (Mi2260) | 1959 | Weather balloon | |
| Russia (USSR) | 2235 (Mi2261) | 1959 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| Russia (USSR) | 2495 (Mi2500) | 1961 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Lower-right purple rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | ~1961 | Weather balloon |
| Russia (USSR) | 3251 fdc (Mi3275 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1966 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Russia (USSR) | 3700 (Mi3728) | 1970 | Weather balloon | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Stamped envelope | 1979 | Weather balloon / radiosonde, 50 years of Soviet radiosondes |
| Russia (USSR) | 4898 (Mi5029) | 1981 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Stamped envelope | 1981 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Stamped envelope | 1982 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Cancel and cachet on postal card | 1984 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Russia | None | Cachet | 1991 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Russia | None | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | 1991 | Weather balloon |
| Russia | None | Square (rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | 1992 | Weather balloon |
| Russia | None | Cachet on cover | 1994 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Russia | None | Cachet | 1994 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Russia | 6575a | In margin of MS5 (6571-6575 + label) | 2000 | Weather balloon |
| Russia | KM-unknown (new issue) | 100 roubles (coin) | 2007 | Weather balloon |
| St. Pierre and Miquelon | 431 (Mi495A) i431 (Mi495B) | 1974 | Weather balloon / parachute / radar reflector | |
| Salvador, El | 1195-1196 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1989 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde |
| Saudi Arabia | 456 (Mi389) | 1967 | Weather balloon / radiosonde with horizontal sequencer emphasized | |
| Saudi Arabia | 457 (Mi390) | |||
| Saudi Arabia | 458 (Mi391) | |||
| Saudi Arabia | 459 (Mi392) | |||
| Saudi Arabia | 460 (Mi393) | |||
| Saudi Arabia | 670 (Mi577) | 1975 | Weather balloon / radar reflector | |
| Senegal | C62 (Mi372) iC62 | 1968 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde with vertical sequencer | |
| Senegal | C62 proof1 | Die proof (green) | ||
| Senegal | C62 proof2 | Die proof (blue) | ||
| Senegal | 1442 (Mi1953) i1442 | 2000 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| Senegal | 1442 proof | Deluxe proof | ||
| South Africa | None | Cachet on cover | 1979 | Balloon tethersonde |
| South Africa | 613 (Mi629) | 1983 | Weather balloon | |
| South Africa | 610-613 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| South Africa | 610-613 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| South Africa | None | Cachet on cover | 1995 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Spain | None | Aerogramme | 1999 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Staffa (Scotland) | Local | 1978 | Weather balloon | |
| Staffa (Scotland) | Local fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Syria | C452 (Mi1097) | 1970 | Weather balloon / radiosonde with possible horizontal sequencer | |
| Syria | C453 (Mi1098) | |||
| Thailand | 1173 (Mi1196) | One of booklet pane of 5 (1173a (5x 1173)) | 1987 | Weather balloon / radiosonde |
| Thailand | 1461 (Mi1479) | 1992 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| Thailand | 1472 (Mi1498) | 1992 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| Thailand | 1472 fdc | FDC, also insert | ||
| Tunisia | 441 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1964 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde |
| United Nations | 49 (Mi55) | 1957 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| United Nations | 49 fdc1 | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 49 fdc2 | Stamp and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 49 fdc3 | Block of 4 stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 50 (Mi56) | |||
| United Nations | 50 fdc1 | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 50 fdc2 | Stamp and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 50 fdc3 | Block of 4 stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 49-50 fdc1 | Two stamps on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 49-50 fdc2 | Two stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 188 fdc | (Art Craft) cachet on FDC, also detail | 1968 | Weather balloon |
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc | Cachet on FDC, also detail | 1968 | Weather balloon |
| United States | None | (Lollini silk) cachet on GOES-1 launch cover | 1975 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde |
| United States | None | (Lollini silk) cachet on GOES-1 launch cover (different) | 1975 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde |
| Upper Volta | C63 (Mi258) iC63 | 1969 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| Upper Volta | C63 die-proof | Die proof | ||
| Upper Volta | C63 deluxe-proof | Deluxe proof | ||
| Upper Volta | C63 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Vanuatu | 565 (Mi889) | 1992 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| Vanuatu | 565-568 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 235 (Mi312) | 1964 | Weather balloon / parachute / radiosonde | |
| Viet Nam (South) | 236 (Mi313) | |||
| Viet Nam (South) | 237 (Mi314) | |||
| Viet Nam (South) | 238 (Mi315) | |||
| Viet Nam (South) | 238 ds | Deluxe sheet | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 235-238 fdc1 | Four stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 235-238 fdc2 | Four stamps and cachet (different color) on FDC | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 235-238 fdc3 | Four stamps and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 235-238 fdc4 | Four stamps and cachet (different color) on FDC | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 235-238 fdc5 | Four stamps and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 235-238 fdc6 | Four stamps and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 447 fdc1 | Cachet (black and white) on FDC | 1973 | Weather balloon / parachute / radar reflector / radiosonde |
| Viet Nam (South) | 447 fdc2 | Cachet (green) on FDC | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 447 fdc3 | Cachet (orange) on FDC | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 447 fdc4 | Cachet (yellow) on FDC | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 447 fdc5 | Cachet (red) on FDC | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 447 fdc6 | Cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 447 folder1 | Cachet on FDC folder, also inside | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 447 folder2 | Cachet on FDC folder (different color) | ||
| Viet Nam (South) | 447 sc | Souvenir card | ||
| Viet Nam | 2338 (Mi2413) | 1992 | Weather balloon / radiosonde | |
| Viet Nam | 2338-2339 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Pilot Balloons (Pibals) and Tracking Theodolites | ||||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L14 (Mi16) | 1966 | Pilot balloon and tracking theodolite | |
| Belgium | B799 (Mi1450) | 1966 | Possible pilot balloon and tracking theodolite, 1963-1965 Belgian Antarctic expedition | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 82-85 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1981 | Pilot balloon tracking theodolite (no balloon shown) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 8 (Mi10) | 1957 | Pilot balloon tracking theodolite (no balloon shown) | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 9 (Mi11) | |||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 10 (Mi12) | |||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 189 (Mi312) | One of pair (189a (188-189 + label)) | 1993 | Pilot balloon tracking theodolite (no balloon shown) |
| Romania | B415 (Mi1167) | See balloon detail | 1948 | Pilot balloon and tracking theodolite |
| Romania | B416a | Imperforate MS4 (B413-B416), colors (slightly) changed | 1948 | Pilot balloon and tracking theodolite |
| Romania | None | Postal card | 1998 | Pilot balloon tracking theodolite (no balloon shown), 1898-1899 Belgica Antarctic expedition |
| Ross Dependency (New Zealand) | L97 (Mi?) | 2006 | Triangular pilot balloon and tracking theodolite | |
| United Nations | 188 fdc | Cachet on FDC, see theodolite detail | 1968 | Pilot balloon with possible light for night launch, and tracking theodolite |
| United States | UX57 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1970 | Pilot balloon with possible light for night launch |
| United States | UX57 fdc | Cachet (different) on FDC | 1970 | Pilot balloon and tracking theodolite |
| Weather Balloon Tracking Antennas and Tracking Equipment (See also APT-like tracking antennas at the bottom of the APT page.) |
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| Belize | 972 (Mi1071) | 1991 | Weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome | |
| China (Taiwan) | 2222 (Mi1374) | 1981 | Possible weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome on building | |
| Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 220 (Mi215) | 1973 | Wind-finding (weather balloon tracking) radar | |
| Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 218-221 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Korea (North) | 2998 (Mi3201) | 1991 | Weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome | |
| Malagasy Republic | C78 (Mi519) iC78 | 1964 | Probable weather balloon tracking antenna (feedhorn missing, or not visible) | |
| Malagasy Republic | C78 die-proof | Die proof | ||
| Malagasy Republic | C78 deluxe-proof | Deluxe proof | ||
| Niger | C55 (Mi117) | 1966 | Weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome on stern of ship | |
| Niger | C55 die-proof | Die proof | ||
| Niger | C55 deluxe-proof | Deluxe proof | ||
| Niger | C55 proof-pair | Color proof pair | ||
| Niger | C55 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Niger | C55 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Panama | 457D (Mi782) | 1964 | Weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome | |
| Panama | 457D specimen | Specimen | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | Postal card | 1981 | Weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Postal card | 1984 | Weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Cachet on cover | 1994 | Weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome |
| Russia | 6575a | In (lower-left) margin of MS5 (6571-6575 + label) | 2000 | Weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome |
| Russia | 6939 (Mi1304) | 2005 | Weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome | |
| Russia | 6941a | On selvedge of MS6 (6936-6941) | 2005 | Weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome |
| Russia | None | Cancel | 2006 | Weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome |
| United Nations | 49 fdc (Mi55 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1957 | Weather balloon tracking antenna and tracking equipment |
| United Nations | 50 fdc (Mi56 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | ||
| Eole-Program Balloons1 (See also the Eole-series satellite page.) |
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| Argentina | 977 (Mi1127) | 1972 | Eole-program balloon | |
| Argentina | 977 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Argentina | 977 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| Argentina | 977 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 (Mi326) | 1973 | Eole-program balloon | |
| Central Africa Republic | C115 proof1 | Die proof (blue) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 proof2 | Die proof (black) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 proof strip | Color proof strip | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Guyana | None | Cachet on cover | 1974 | Eole-program balloon |
| Guyana | None | (Lollini) cachet on Super Arcas 35-48 (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | 1974 | Eole-program balloon |
| Mali | 174 (Mi331) | 1972 | Eole-program balloon | |
| Mali | 174 ds | Deluxe sheet | ||
| United States | None | (Space Voyage) cachet on Eole launch cover | 1971 | Earth as symbolic Eole-program balloon |
| United States | None | (Orbit) cachet on Eole launch cover | 1971 | Thirteen (13) Eole-program balloons |
| United States | None | (Sarzin) cachet on Eole launch cover | 1971 | Thirteen (13) Eole-program balloons |
| Argos-Program Balloons4 (See also the Argos Data Collection and Location System page.) |
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| South Africa | None | Cachet on cover | 1981 | Argos-program balloon |
| Other Un-Manned Stratospheric Balloons2 | ||||
| Australia | None | Strato-balloon launch cover | 1973 | Mildura stratospheric balloon |
| Canada | 376 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1958 | Stratospheric balloon |
| Comoro Islands | 789 (BL365) | In (right) margin of SS1 | 1992 | Stratospheric balloon |
| France | None | Cachet on cover | 1973 | Stratospheric balloon |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 24 (Mi29) | 1963 | Stratospheric balloon | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 24 proof-strip | Color proof strip | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 24+C6 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C81 (Mi192) | One of strip of 2 (C82a (C81-C82 + label)) | 1983 | Stratospheric balloon |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C115 (Mi277) | One of strip of 2 (C116a (C115-C116 + label)) | 1991 | Stratospheric balloon for ozone study |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C116a fdc | One of strip of 2 and cachet on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C116a cover | One of strip of 2 on cover | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 189 maxi (Mi321 maxi) | Maxicard | 1993 | Stratospheric balloon |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 189a fdc | Pair + label on FDC | ||
| Germany (East) | 371 (Mi616) | 1958 | Stratospheric balloon | |
| Germany | None | Cancel | 2000 | Stratospheric balloon |
| Guyana | None | Cachet on cover | 1974 | Program Essor stratospheric balloons |
| Guyana | None | (Lollini) cachet on Super Arcas 35-58 (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | 1974 | Unknown super-pressure balloon |
| Mongolia | 372 (Mi378) | 1965 | Stratospheric balloon | |
| Mozambique | 946 (Mi1015) | 1985 | Stratospheric balloon | |
| Sweden | 1892 (Mi1664) | One of booklet pane of 3 (1893a (1891-1893)) | 1991 | Stratospheric balloon |
| Sweden | 1893a folder | Inside of folder: includes 1893a (1891-1893) | ||
| Sweden | 1893a blackprint | 1893a blackprint | ||
| Sweden | 2605 | One of pair (2605+), or two of booklet pane of 4 (2605+ bp4); see also booklet cover and interior | 2009 | Stratospheric balloon |
| United States | None | Balloon launch cover | 1963 | Stratoscope Balloon II |
| United States | None | Strato-balloon launch cover, common design #1 | 1967 | Palestine TX stratospheric balloon3 |
| United States | None | Balloon launch cover | 1971 | Stratoscope Balloon II |
| United States | None | Balloon launch cover (different) | 1971 | Stratoscope Balloon II |
| United States | None | Strato-balloon launch cover, common design #2 | 1974 | Palestine TX stratospheric balloon3 |
| United States | None | Strato-balloon launch cover, common design #3 | 1975 | Palestine TX stratospheric balloon3 |
*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel; "i" prefix denotes imperforate version.
**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.
1Instrumented earth-circling constant-density meteorological balloons tracked by French Eole-series satellites.
2Only un-manned stratospheric balloons are included in this checklist.
3Palestine TX stratospheric balloon launch covers are of three common designs that represent most, if not all, covers produced.
4Balloons tracked by Argos Data Collection and Location System on NOAA satellites.
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