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Below is a checklist of ocean weather ships 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.
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Ocean weather ships | ||||
| Brazil | 1975 (Mi2096) | 1985 | Weather ship1 | |
| Brazil | 1975 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc (Mi420 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1968 | Weather ship1 |
| Dubai | 121 (Mi365) | 1970 | Weather ship1 | |
| Great Britain | None | Cancel on cover | 1950 | Ocean Weather Service ship Weather Explorer |
| Great Britain | None | Cancel on cover | 1958 | Ocean Weather Service ship Weather Watcher |
| Great Britain | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1974 | British weather ship Weather Surveyor (was stationed in the North Atlantic) |
| Japan | None | (Space Voyage) cachet on GMS-2 launch cover | 1981 | Weather ship1 |
| Japan | None | (Space Voyage) cachet (different color) on GMS-2 launch cover | ||
| New Zealand | None | (Purple and blue rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1962 | New Zealand Antarctic weather ship Rotoiti |
| Niger | C55 (Mi391) iC55 | Imperforate | 1966 | "Frégate météorologique" (weather ship) |
| Niger | C55 ds | Deluxe sheet (C55) | ||
| Niger | C55 proof | Die proof | ||
| Niger | C55 proof-pair | Color proof pair | ||
| Niger | C55 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Niger | C55 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Qatar | 347 (Mi561) | 1973 | Weather ship1 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3860 (Mi3891) | 1971 | Weather ship1 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3860 cover1 | Stamp on cover | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 3860 cover2 | 3860 stamp added to stamped envelope (black cancel), with cachet of same design | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 3860 cover3 | 3860 stamp added to stamped envelope (purple cancel), with cachet of same design | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Printed) cachet and (four rubber-stamp) cachets on stamped envelope | 1981 | Hydrometeorological research ship Professor Zubov (in rubber-stamp cachets); also weather ship1 (in printed cachet) |
| Russia (USSR) | None | Cachet on WMD stamped envelope | 1984 | Weather ship1 |
| Russia | None | (Four rubber stamp) cachets on cover | 1986 | Hydrometeorological research ship Professor Zubov |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1989 | Hydrometeorological research ship Professor Buse |
| St. Pierre and Miquelon | 431 (Mi495A) i431 (Mi495B) | Imperforate | 1974 | Weather ship1 |
| South Africa | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1970 | South African weather ship SS Edwin Cook (was stationed in the South Atlantic at 40°S 10°E) |
| United Nations | 188 fdc (Mi204 fdc) | (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC, also detail | 1968 | ICAO weather ship SS Cirrus (was stationed in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle) |
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc (Mi204-205 fdc) | Cachet on FDC, also detail | ||
| United States | None | (Space Voyage) cachet on rocket launch cover | 1977 | Hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev |
| United States | None | (Space Voyage) cachet (different) on rocket launch cover | 1977 | Hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev |
| United States | None | (Space Voyage) cachet (different) on rocket launch cover | 1977 | Hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev |
| United States | None | (Hand-written and black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1979 | The NOAA Discoverer conducted environmental, oceanographic and meteorological research until it was decommissioned in 1996 |
| United States | None | (Space Voyage) cachet on GMS-2 launch cover | 1981 | Weather ship1 |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1983 | Weather and oceanographic research ship NOAA Researcher |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1984 | Weather and oceanographic research ship NOAA Researcher |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1985 | The NOAA Discoverer conducted environmental, oceanographic and meteorological research until it was decommissioned in 1996 |
| United States | None | (Space Voyage) cachet on GMS-4 launch cover | 1989 | Weather ship1 |
| United States | None | (Space Voyage) cachet on GMS-4 launch cover | ||
| United States | None | (Space Voyage) cachet (different color) on GMS-4 launch cover | ||
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1990 | Weather and oceanographic research ship NOAA Malcolm M. Baldrige |
1The ships on these items are assumed to be "weather ships" because of their weather-themed context.
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