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This page contains philatelic information on the Dong Fang Hong (DFH) series satellites. 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.
DFH-1, SJ-1 and KMS-1 have similar designs. This intercomparison image will help in differentiating among them (and also includes Telstar, which appears to be the ultimate source of their designs). Furthermore, this brief discussion presents some of their characteristics and differences.
DFH-3 and the Chinese navigation satellite BD-1 have similar designs. This comparison image shows the two as an aid in differentiating between them.
| 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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| Dong Fang Hong (DFH) (China/PRC) | Dong Fang Hong (DFH) (China/PRC) | Dong Fang Hong (DFH) (China/PRC) |
| DFH (on other than DFH launch covers) |
Below is a list of Dong Fang Hong (DFH) series postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dong Fang Hong (DFH) (China/PRC) | ||||
| Albania | 1360 (Mi1486) | 1971 | "First Chinese Earth-orbiting satellite" (DFH-1) | |
| Albania | 1361 (Mi1487) | "First Chinese satellite passed over Tirana" (DFH-1) | ||
| Benin | 1177c (Mi1186) | One stamp and in (upper-center) selvedge, (lower) selvedge, and (upper-left) selvedge of MS8 (1177 (a-h)) | 1999 | "DFH-3" (on stamp), DFH-1 (on upper-center selvedge), DFH-2 (on lower selvedge), DFH-3 (on upper-left selvedge) |
| China (People's Republic) | 1382 (Mi1392) | 1978 | DFH-1 | |
| China (People's Republic) | 1383a (BL11) | On one of MS3 (1381-1383) | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 2020 (Mi2046) | 1986 | DFH-1 | |
| China (People's Republic) | 2020 maxi | Maxicard, also back | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 2023 (Mi2049) | DFH-2 launch | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 2023 maxi | Maxicard, also back | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 2025 (Mi2051) | DFH-2 | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 2025 maxi | Maxicard, also back | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 2020+2022+2024 fdc | One of three stamps and (pictorial) cancel and (Beijing Stamp Company) cachet on FDC, also back | (As above for stamps); (also for DFH-2A-1 launch1 based on the date of the various cancels) | |
| China (People's Republic) | 2020+2024+2025 fdc | Two of three stamps and (pictorial) cancel (different) and (China National Philatelic Corporation) cachet on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 2021+2023+2025 fdc | Two of three stamps and (pictorial) cancel (different) and (Beijing Stamp Company) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 2021-2023 fdc | One of three stamps and (pictorial) cancel (different) and (China National Philatelic Corporation) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 2020-2025 folder | (Beijing Stamp Company) FDC folder outside, also inside | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 2021 cover (Mi2047 cover) | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1988 | DFH-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | 2315 cover1 (Mi23247A cover1) | (Multi-color printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1991 | DFH-2 |
| China (People's Republic) | 2315 cover2 (Mi23247A cover2) | (Multi-color printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also annotated | DFH-1, DFH-2 | |
| China (People's Republic) | 2402 fdc (Mi2435 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC, also back | 1992 | DFH-3 |
| China (People's Republic) | 2402 cover (Mi2435 cover) | (Multi-color printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also annotated and back | 1993 | DFH-1, DFH-2, DFH-2A, DFH-3; "Dong FangHong-1" (in text on back) |
| China (People's Republic) | None | In (upper) margin of MS14 cinderella, also annotated | 1994 | DFH-1 [#1], DFH-2A [#5] |
| China (People's Republic) | 2731 (Mi2768) | 1996 | DFH-3 launch | |
| China (People's Republic) | 2732 (Mi2769) | DFH-3 | ||
| China (People's Republic) | Y863 | (10 yuan silver) coin | 1996 | DFH-1, DFH-3 |
| China (People's Republic) | Y864 | (10 yuan silver) coin | DFH-2A | |
| China (People's Republic) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 1997 | DFH-3 |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card back, also annotated, and front | 1999 | DFH-1, DFH-2, DFH-2A, and DFH-3 |
| China (People's Republic) | 2020-2021+2025 cover (Mi? cover) | Two of three stamps, also back | 1999 | |
| China (People's Republic) | 3505d (Mi3764-3765) | On one label and in (left) margin of MS8 (3505d (4x (3505 (a-b)) + 8 labels)) | 2006 | DFH-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | 3505a cover (Mi3764 cover) | (Brown monochrome) cachet on cover, also back | 2006 | DFH-1 [#2 in annotated cachet], DFH-2A [#4 in annotated cachet] |
| China (People's Republic) | 3505b cover (Mi3765 cover) | (Blue monochrome) cachet on cover, also back | ||
| China (People's Republic) | None | (Red pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back | 2008 | DFH-3 |
| China (People's Republic) | 4300d_ms12 (Mi4703_ms12) | 1 label from MS12 (12x 4300 + 3x 4-labels) | 2015 | DFH-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | KM2096 | (10 yuan gold) coin reverse, also obverse | 2015 | DFH-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | P910 | (100 yuan) banknote, also back | 2015 | DFH-1 (in green, at left on front) |
| China (People's Republic) | P-unknown | (50 yuan, like 100 yuan above, but possibly bogus) banknote, also back | 2016 | DFH-1 (in green, at left on front) |
| China (People's Republic) | P-unknown var | (50 yuan variation, with spacecraft changes, also possibly bogus) banknote, also back | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 3750+4008+4300 booklet1 p0 (Mi4071+4946+4703 booklet1 p0) | page0/front (blue) of booklet, also annotated, and p17/back | 2018? | DFH-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | 3750+4008+4300 booklet2 p0 (Mi4071+4946+4703 booklet2 p0) | page0/front (white) of booklet, also annotated | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 3750+4008+4300 booklet p1-4 | p1-4 of booklet | DFH-1 (in p1 and in the label in p2) | |
| China (People's Republic) | 3750+4008+4300 booklet p13-16 | p13-16 of booklet | p15: DFH-2 (cylindrical satellite at left) | |
| China (People's Republic) | 4709 (Mi5186) | From MS10 (4709a (10x 4709)) | 2020 | 50th anniv. launch DFH-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | 4709 fdc1 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 4709 fdc2 | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (different, with reproducton of China/PRC 2020) on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 4709 maxi1 | Maxicard, also back | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 4709 maxi2 | Maxicard (different) | ||
| China (People's Republic) | P-unknown | (30 yuan) banknote, also annotated and back | 2020s | DFH-1 (in green, at upper-right on front) |
| Grenada | 4170a (Mi7322) | One of strip of 2 (4170 (a-b)) (Mi7322-7323), or ten of MS20 (4170c (10x (a-b))) | 2016 | DFH-1 |
| Guinea Republic | Mi4590-4592_ms3 | In (upper) margin of MS3 (a-c) | 2007 | "DFH-3" |
| Guinea Republic | BL1140 | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 (Mi4626) | 2007 | "Dong Fang Hong"-2 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi11601 | One of MS16 (Mi11598-11613) | 2020 | DFH-1 |
| Hong Kong | 2227 (BL408, Mi2551-2552) | MS2 (2227 (a-b)), also annotated | 2022 | DFH-1 (on stamp 'b') |
| Ivory Coast | BL157A | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (Mi1452A) | 2008 | "Satellite chinois DFH-4" (But there was no satellite named DFH-4. DFH-4 was a Chinese three-axis stabilized satellite bus designed and developed from 1999 through 2005. The first satellite based on the DFH-4 bus, Sinosat-2, was launched in 2006. The satellite depicted in these items is probably meant to be Sinosat-2 (though it shows 3 panels per solar array rather than 4 as in the actual satellite)) |
| Ivory Coast | BL158A | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (Mi1453A) | ||
| Ivory Coast | BL159A | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (Mi1454A) | ||
| Ivory Coast | BL160A | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (Mi1455A) | ||
| Kiribati | 632 cover (Mi? cover) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back | 1997 | DFH-3 |
| Korea (North) | 1247 (BL10) | Imperforate SS1 | 1974 | DFH-1 launch |
| Korea (North) | 4900 (Mi5559-5565) | On label2 of MS7 (4900 (a-g + 2 labels)) | 2010 | (possible) DFH-3 (at upper-right) |
| Korea (North) | 4960 (BL795) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 2011 | DFH-3 |
| Korea (North) | 5059_ms4 i5059_ms4 | In (upper-right) margin of MS4 (4x 5059) In (upper-right) margin of imperforate MS4 (4x i5059) | 2011 | DFH-3 |
| Korea (North) | 5083 (BL843) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 2012 | DFH-3 |
| Korea (North) | 5147 (BL857) i5147 | In (right) margin of SS1 In (right) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2012 | DFH-3 |
| Korea (North) | Unknown ss (BL908) | On stamp of SS1 | 2016 | DFH-3 |
| Libya | 1195c (Mi1340) | From strip of 3 (1195 (a-c)), or from MS15 (1195d (5x (a-c))) | 1984 | (possible) DFH-3 |
| Niger | 952e (Mi1288) i952e | One of MS6 (952 (a-f)) (Mi1284-1289) One of imperforate MS6 (i952 (a-f)) | 1997 | DFH-3 |
| Pakistan | 1023 (Mi?) | From MS20 (1023a (20x 1023)), also annotated | 2003 | DFH-2 |
| Pakistan | 1023 fdc | Stamp and cachet (annotated) on FDC, also back | ||
| Pakistan | 1023 leaflet | Leaflet, also back | ||
| Sierra Leone | Mi12253-12255_ms3 | MS3 (Mi12253-12255) | 2020 | 50th anniv. launch "Dong Fang Hong-1" |
| Sierra Leone | BL1949 | SS1 | ||
| Sierra Leone | BL1950 | SS1 | ||
| Sierra Leone | BL1951 | SS1 | ||
| Vietnam (North) | 619 (Mi648) | 1971 | DFH-1 launch (also launch date in text) | |
| Vietnam (North) | 620 (Mi649) | |||
1DFH-2A-1 was launched on 1986-02-01 (as in the launch table below), the same date as the issue/FDC date on this set of stamps. The FDCs have scenic/launch cancels on the front and normal FDC cancels on the back, both with the same date.
Below is a list of Dong Fang Hong (DFH) 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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| Dong Fang Hong (DFH) (China/PRC) | ||||
| 1970-04-24: DFH-1 | ||||
| United States | 1970-04-24 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Black printed and black typed) cachet on cover | DFH-1 launch |
| DFH-1 (anniversaries) | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 1995-04-24 | ? | (Multi-color printed and black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 25th anniv. launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 2020-04-24 | ? | (Multi-color pictorial) meter and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 50th anniv. launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 2020-04-24 | ? | (Multi-color pictorial) meter (different) and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | 50th anniv. launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 2020-04-24 | ? | (Multi-color pictorial) meter (different) and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | 50th anniv. launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 2020-04-24 | ? | (Multi-color pictorial) meter (same) on (airmail) cover | 50th anniv. launch |
| 1986-02-01: DFH-2A-1 | ||||
| DFH-2A-1 was launched on 1986-02-01, the same date as the issue/FDC date for China/PRC 2020-2025 (as in the stamp table above) | ||||
| 1991-12-28: DFH-2A-5 [partial failure] | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 1991-12-28 | ? | (Red and black printed and red rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | DFH-2A-5 launch [partial failure] |
| 1994-11-29: DFH-3-1 | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 1994-11-30 | Sichuan (province), Mian Ning | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | DFH-3-1 launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 1994-11-30 | ? | (Two printed) cachets on cover | DFH-3-1 launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 1994-11-30 | ? | (China Academy of Space Technology) cachet on cover | DFH-3-1 launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 1994-11-30 | ? | (China Maritime Tracking and Control Center) cachet on cover | DFH-3-1 launch |
| 1997-05-12: DFH-3-2 | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 1997-05-12 | Jiangsu (province) | (Multi-color printed and red rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | DFH-3-2 launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 1997-05-12 | Sichuan (province), Mian Ning | (Multi-color printed and red rubber-stamp) cachets on cover, also back | DFH-3-2 launch |
| DFH-3-2 (post-launch events) | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 1997-05-20 | Xi'an, Han Sen Road PO | (Multi-color printed and red rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | congratulations on successful orbit positioning (in red Chinese text) |
| DFH (on other than DFH launch covers) | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 1994-08-28 | Xichang, Sichuan? | (Multi-color printed and red rubber-stamp) cachets on Optus-B3 launch cover | (stylized) DFH-3 |
| China (People's Republic) | 2007-10-24 | ? | (Lollini) cachet on Chang'e-1 launch cover | DFH-3 (larger/central satellite) |
| China (People's Republic) | 2007-10-24 | ? | (Lollini) cachet on Chang'e-1 launch cover | DFH-3 (smaller/left satellite) |
| China (People's Republic) | 2020-06-23 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on BD-3-G3Q launch cover | DFH-3 |
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