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This page contains philatelic information on the Chandrayaan satellite. 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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| Chandrayaan (India) | Chandrayaan (India) | Chandrayaan (India) |
Below is a list of Chandrayaan satellite 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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| Chandrayaan (India) | ||||
| Guinea Republic | Mi7627A Mi7627B | One of MS6 (Mi7627A-7632A) One of imperforate MS6 (Mi7627B-7632B) | 2010 | "Chandrayaan-1" |
| Guinea Republic | Mi7627A-7632A_fdc | MS6 on FDC | ||
| India | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (Schoolpex 2009) cachet on cover | 2009 | Chandrayaan-1 launch rocket, and the fairing that enclosed the satellite (in cachet); "Best wishes from Chandrayaan team - M. Annadurai" (hand-written - Annadurai is the Chandrayaan project manager); the cancel text refers implicitly to the crash-landing of Chandrayaan-1's Moon Impact Probe on the lunar surface on 14 November 2008 |
| India | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back and glow under UV light | 2019 | "Chandrayaan-2"; Vikram lander and the Pragyan lunar rover (depicted in the cancel) |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 1963c (Mi3910) | From MS4 (1963 (a-d)) (Mi3908-3911) | 2009 | "Chandrayaan-1" |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 1963d (Mi3911) | "Chandrayaan-1" launch | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2120 (BL692) i2120 | In (left) margin of SS1 (Mi4072) In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2009 | "Chandrayaan-1" launch |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2120 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Togo | Unknown ms (Mi?) | MS4 (a-d) | 2019 | "Chandrayaan-2", "Vikram" orbiter, and "rover" |
| Togo | Unknown ss (BL?) | SS1 | ||
Below is a list of Chandrayaan satellite 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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| Chandrayaan (India) | ||||
| 2008-10-22: Chandrayaan-1 | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2019-07-22: Chandrayaan-2 | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| Chandrayaan-2 (events) | ||||
| United States | 2019-09-02 | Washington DC | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-2 lander separation |
| India | 2019-09-07 | Ahmedabad | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-2 Moon landing |
| India | 2019-09-07 | Ahmedabad | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | Chandrayaan-2 Moon landing |
| United States | 2019-09-07 | Washington DC | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-2 Moon landing |
| United States | 2019-09-14 | Pasadena CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | "DSS-63 attempts to contact Chandrayaan-2's crashed Vikram lander" |
| United States | 2019-10-14 | Pasadena CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander suspected crash location imaged by LRO spacecraft" |
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