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This page contains philatelic information on the AMSC (American Mobile Satellite Corporation) / M-Sat (Mobile SATellite) series. 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.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
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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| AMSC / M-Sat (Canada-USA) | AMSC / M-Sat (Canada-USA) | AMSC / M-Sat (Canada-USA) |
Below is a list of AMSC / M-Sat series postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| AMSC / M-Sat (Canada-USA) | ||||
| Abkhazia | Unknown ms (Mi?) Unknown ims | MS9 (a-i) Imperforate MS9 (a-i) | 1996 | "MSat" (M-Sat) |
| Abkhazia | Unknown ms fdc | MS9 and (multi-color printed) cachet (design same as MS9) on FDC | ||
| Canada | 1079 (Mi989) | 1986 | AMSC-1 | |
| Canada | 1079 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Canada Post cachet) | ||
| Canada | 1079 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet), also back | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL839A BL839B | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2003 | "AMSC-1" |
| Guinea Republic | BL839A fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL890A BL890B | In (upper-right) margin of MS2 (Mi4180A-4181A) In (upper-right) margin of imperforate MS2 (Mi4180B-4181B) | 2005 | AMSC-1 |
Below is a list of AMSC / M-Sat series 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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| 1995-04-07: AMSC-1 / M-Sat-2 | ||||
| United States | 1995-04-07 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Black printed) cachet on cover | AMSC-1 (M-Sat-2; not "M-Sat-1", as in text) launched |
| 1996-04-20: AMSC-2 / M-Sat-1 | ||||
| French Guiana | 1996-04-20 | Kourou | (KPS) cachet on cover, also back | ASMC-2 ("M-Sat-1") launch |
| French Guiana | 1996-04-20 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | ASMC-2 ("M-Sat-1") launch |
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