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This page contains (un-manned satellite and other selected) covers with "First Rank" (Robert G. Rank) cachets, mostly on un-manned satellite launch or event covers. These covers include a First Rank logo.
The covers found in this page are primarily for un-manned satellite (or scientific rocket or balloon) launches or events. Covers for manned and other missions are included if they contain an element of interest to the authors.
Besides First Rank cachets, Rank also manufactured Rank velvet, Space Voyage, InterSpace Cover, and Lunar Voyage Cachets.
Launch covers with multiple cancels are listed only one time on this page, by the earliest cancel, or by the cancel of interest even if later than another cancel not of interest; this is unlike the multiple listings on other pages where those covers are also found. Links to those other pages are included in each of the entries.
Readers who know of additional information or images are invited to contact the authors using the e-mail addresses found at the link at the bottom of this page.
| 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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| First Rank cachets | First Rank cachets |
Below is a list of First Rank cachets on 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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| "First Rank" cachets (on (non-launch cover) postal items) | ||||
| Canada United States | 681 fdc (Mi630 fdc) | (First Rank/Space Voyage) cachet on FDC | 1976 1985 | Intelsat-4A |
| Russia | 6080 fdc (Mi241 fdc) | (First Rank/Space Voyage grey and red) cachet on FDC | 1992 | "Sputnik"-1 |
| Russia | 6081 fdc (Mi242 fdc) | (First Rank/Space Voyage cyan and red) cachet on FDC | ||
| Russia | 6082 fdc (Mi243 fdc) | (First Rank/Space Voyage brown and red) cachet on FDC | ||
| Russia | 6083 fdc (Mi244 fdc) | (First Rank/Space Voyage green and red) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | C96a fdc (Mi1376-1377 fdc) | (First Rank) cachet on FDC | 1979 | "Wiley Post" |
| United States United States | 1774 fdc None | (First Rank) cachet on FDC (Einstein birthdate) cancel on cover | 1979 | "Einstein relativity Gravity Probe" (GP-A) "Born-March 14, 1879" |
| United States | 1912+1916 fdc1 (Mi1481+1485 fdc1) | (First Rank/Space Voyage blue and red) cachet on FDC (KSC, FL cancel) | 1981 | "Pioneer-10/11 type, and Earthrise |
| United States | 1912+1916 fdc2 (Mi1481+1485 fdc2) | (First Rank/Space Voyage purple and red) cachet on FDC (MSFC, AL cancel) | ||
| United States | 1914+1918 fdc (Mi1583+1487 fdc) | (First Rank/Space Voyage) cachet on FDC | Space Shuttle, manipulator arm and fantasy spacecraft | |
| United States | 1915+1919 fdc1 (Mi1484+1488 fdc1) | (First Rank/Space Voyage blue and red) cachet on FDC (KSC, FL cancel) | (probable) early-design Chandra/CXO | |
| United States | 1915+1919 fdc2 (Mi1484+1488 fdc2) | (First Rank/Space Voyage brown and orange) cachet on FDC (Houston TX cancel) | ||
| United States | 1915+1919 fdc3 (Mi1484+1488 fdc3) | (First Rank/Space Voyage green and orange) cachet on FDC (MSFC, AL cancel) | ||
| United States | 1919a fdc (Mi1481-1488 fdc) | (First Rank/Space Voyage) cachet on FDC, also back | Space Shuttle and manipulator arm and fantasy; Pioneer-10/11 type, USA_C76 design | |
| United States | 2699 fdc1 (Mi2313 fdc1) | (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and cyan) cachet (and signature) on FDC (with extra stamp) | 1992 | "Theodore von Kármán" |
| United States | 2699 fdc2 (Mi2313 fdc2) | (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and cyan) cachet (and signature) on FDC (different extra stamp) | ||
| United States | 2699 fdc3 (Mi2313 fdc3) | (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and cyan) cachet (and signature) on FDC (Houston TX cancel) | ||
| United States | 2699 fdc4 (Mi2313 fdc4) | (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and magenta) cachet (and signature) on FDC (with extra stamp) | ||
| United States | 2699 fdc5 (Mi2313 fdc5) | (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and green) cachet (and signature) on FDC (different extra stamp) | ||
| United States | 2699 fdc6 (Mi2313 fdc6) | (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and green) cachet (and signature) on FDC (Houston TX cancel) | ||
| United States | 2699 sdoi (Mi2313 sdoi) | (Space Voyage/First Rank orange and magenta) cachet (and signature) on SDOI (Second Day of Issue) cover | ||
| United States | 3384+3388 fdc (Mi3280+3284 fdc) | (Space Voyage/First Rank brown and red) cachet on FDC | 2000 | "STS-31"R, "STS-61, 82, and 103", "Hubble Space Telescope" |
| United States | 3388 fdc1 (Mi3284 fdc1) | (Space Voyage/First Rank green and red) cachet on FDC (Stony Brook NY cancel) | ||
| United States | 3388 fdc2 (Mi3284 fdc2) | (Space Voyage/First Rank green and red) cachet on FDC (KSC, FL cancel) | ||
| United States | 3409a fdc (Mi3361 fdc) | (Space Voyage/First Rank) cachet on FDC | 2000 | HST, Viking |
| United States | 3410a fdc (Mi3367 fdc) | (Space Voyage/First Rank) cachet on FDC | "STS-41C"/Challenger, "Solar Max" (SMM), "Ulysses", "Mariner-10", "Voyager" | |
Below is a list of First Rank cachets on 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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| "First Rank" cachets (on un-manned satellite launch or event covers) | ||||
| United States | 1973-04-05 1981-05-21 | Kennedy Space Center FL Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage/First Rank) cachet on FDC | Pioneer-11 launch USA 1916 FDC |
| United States Canada | 1985-04-12 1976-06-18 | Houston TX Montréal CA | (First Rank/Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Anik-C1 deployed (by STS-51D) Canada 681 FDC |
| United States | 1980-04-26 1988-03-22 | Vandenberg AFB, CA Washington DC | (First Rank/Space Voyage) cachet on cover | NAVSTAR-6 launch USA 2277 FDC |
| United States | 1983-03-28 1988-03-22 | Vandenberg AFB, CA Washington DC | (First Rank/Space Voyage) cachet on cover | NOAA-8 launch USA 2277 FDC |
| United States | 1983-06-22 1981-05-21 | Houston TX Kennedy Space Center FL | (First Rank/Space Voyage) cachet on cover | SPAS-1 deployed (by STS-7) USA 1914 FDC |
| United States | 1984-08-30 1981-05-21 | Kennedy Space Center FL Kennedy Space Center FL | (First Rank/Space Voyage) cachet on cover | SBS-4 deployed (by STS-41D) USA 1917 FDC |
| United States | 1984-10-05 1985-04-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL Houston TX | (First Rank/Space Voyage) cachet on cover | STS-41G launch and ERBS deployed STS-51D launch and Anik-C1 deployed |
| United States | 1984-10-11 1981-05-21 | Houston TX Kennedy Space Center FL | (First Rank/Space Voyage) cachet on cover | ERBS in orbit? (by STS-41G) USA 1913 FDC |
| United States | 1985-10-03 1986-07-04 | Houston TX Liberty Island NY/NJ | (Space Voyage/First Rank) cachet on cover | STS-51J launch USA 2224 FDC |
| United States | 1985-10-07 1986-07-04 | Houston TX Liberty Island NY/NJ | (Space Voyage/First Rank) cachet on cover | STS-51J landing USA 2224 FDC |
| United States | 1985-11-06 1981-05-21 | Houston TX Kennedy Space Center FL | (Mission Control Station) cancel and (First Rank/Space Voyage) cachet on cover | STS-61A landing USA 1918 FDC |
| United States | 1990-04-24 2000-04-10 | Kennedy Space Center FL Houston TX | (Space Voyage/First Rank) cachet on cover (STS-103 Station) cancel on cover | HST deployed (by STS-31R) 10th anniv. HST launch |
| United States | 1990-04-25 2000-04-10 | Houston TX Houston TX | (Space Voyage/First Rank) cachet on cover (10th Anniversary Station) cancel on cover | HST deployed (by STS-31R) 10th anniv. HST launch |
| United States | 1990-04-25 2000-04-24 | Houston TX Houston TX | (Space Voyage/First Rank) cachet on cover (10th Anniversary Station) cancel on cover | HST deployed (by STS-31R) 10th anniv. HST launch |
| United States | 2000-04-25 | Greenbelt MD | (Space Voyage/First Rank purple and red and pink) cachet on cover | 10th anniv. HST launch |
| United States | 2000-04-25 | Greenbelt MD | (Space Voyage/First Rank cyan and red and pink) cachet on cover | 10th anniv. HST launch |
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