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This page contains philatelic information on the Chandrayaan series spacecraft. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes 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/ISRO) | Chandrayaan (India/ISRO) | Chandrayaan (India/ISRO) |
Below is a list of Chandrayaan-series spacecraft postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandrayaan (India/ISRO) | ||||
| Central African Republic | Unknown ms (Mi?) | MS4 (a-d) | 2023 | "Chandrayaan-3" and "Pragyan" rover |
| Central African Republic | Unknown ss (BL?) | SS1 | ||
| Central African Republic | Unknown ss (BL?) | SS1 (different) | ||
| Djibouti | Unknown ms (Mi?) | MS4 (a-d) | 2023 | "Chandrayaan-3" |
| Djibouti | Unknown ss (BL?) | SS1 | ||
| Germany | None | (BiberPost) private post | 2019 | "Chandrayaan-2" |
| Germany | None | (BiberPost) private post | 2023 | Chandrayaan-3 |
| 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 | ||
| Guinea Republic | Mi17787-17792_ms6 | MS6 (Mi17787-17792) | 2023 | "Chandrayaan-3" |
| Guinea Republic | BL3881 | SS1 (Mi17793) | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Unknown ms (Mi?) | MS3 (a-c) | 2023 | "Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing" |
| Guinea-Bissau | Unknown ss (BL?) | SS1 | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Unknown ss (BL?) | SS1 (different) | ||
| India | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (Schoolpex 2009) cachet on cover | 2009 | Chandrayaan-1 launch rocket, and the fairing that enclosed the spacecraft (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) |
| India | None | (India Post) cachet on cover, also back | 2023 | "Chandrayaan-3" |
| India | None | (India Post) cachet (different) on cover, also back | "Chandrayaan-3" | |
| India | None | (India Post) cachet on postcard back, also front | "Chandrayaan-3" | |
| India | None | (India Post) cachet on postcard back (different) | "Chandrayaan-3" | |
| India | None | (India Post) cachets on set of 5 postcard backs and one (common) front | "Chandrayaan-3" | |
| 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, Mi4072) i2120 | In (left) margin of SS1 In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2009 | "Chandrayaan-1" launch |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2120 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Sierra Leone | Unknown ms (Mi?) | MS4 (a-d) | 2023 | "India's Chandrayaan-3 landing on the Moon" |
| Sierra Leone | Unknown ss (BL?) | SS1 | ||
| Togo | Mi10791-10794_ms4 | MS4 (Mi10791-10794) | 2019 | "Chandrayaan-2", "Vikram" orbiter, and "rover" |
| Togo | BL1950 | SS1 (Mi10795) | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 748b (Mi?) | MS10 (5x (748a (747-748))) | 2024 | "Chandrayaan-3" |
Below is a list of Chandrayaan-series spacecraft 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/ISRO) | ||||
| 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" |
| 2023-07-14: Chandrayaan-3 | ||||
| Australia | 2023-07-14 | Sydney NSW | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back | Chandrayaan-3 launch |
| India Germany | 2023-07-14 | Satish Dahwan | (BiberPost) stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (ISRO) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-3 launch |
| United States | 2023-07-14 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-3 launch |
| Chandrayaan-3 (events) | ||||
| United States | 2023-07-31 | Ft. Irwin CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 lunar spacecraft trans-lunar injection burn" |
| United States | 2023-08-06 | Ft. Irwin CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 enters lunar orbit" |
| United States | 2023-08-21 | Ft. Irwin CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander splits from propulsion module" (cancel day hand-corrected from 21 to 17") |
| India | 2023-08-23 | ISRO P.O. | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back | Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing |
| India | 2023-08-23 | Mumbai | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing |
| India | 2023-08-23 | Mumbai | (Pictorial) cancel on postal card | Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing |
| India | 2023-08-23 | Bengaluru | (Pictorial) cancel (different) and (black printed) cachet on postal card | Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing |
| India | 2023-08-23 | Mumbai | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing |
| India | 2023-08-23 | Bengaluru | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back | Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing |
| India | 2023-08-23 | Bengaluru | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover, also back | Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing |
| India Germany | 2023-08-23 | ? | (BiberPost) stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-3 launch |
| India | 2023-08-23 | ISRO P.O. | (Pictorial) cancel on postal card | Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing |
| United States | 2023-08-23 | Ft. Irwin CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing" |
| United States | 2023-08-23 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet (different) on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing" |
| India | 2023-08-24 | Mumbai | (Pictorial) cancel on postal card | Chandrayaan-3 rover deployment |
| India | 2023-08-24 | Mumbai | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-3 rover deployment |
| United States | 2023-08-24 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 'Prayan' rover rolls onto lunar surface" |
| United States | 2023-08-30 | Ft. Irwin CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 'Prayan' rover photographs mothership lander" |
| United States | 2023-09-02 | Ft. Irwin CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 'Prayan' lander and rover set into sleep mode" |
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