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This page contains philatelic information on the Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite (HEOS) 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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| HEOS (ESRO) | HEOS (ESRO) | HEOS (ESRO) |
| HEOS (on other than HEOS launch covers) |
Below is a list of HEOS-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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| Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite (HEOS) (ESRO) | ||||
| Belgium | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 1971 | |
| Chad | 365 (Mi847) i365 | Imperforate | 1979 | (tiny) HEOS |
| Dhufar | Local f Local if | One of local post MS8 (a-h) One of imperforate local post MS8 (a-h) | 1972 | "HEOS" |
| Dhufar | Local f o/p | One of local post MS8 (a-h) overprinted "Apollo-17" | 1973 | "HEOS" |
| Germany (West) | None | (ESRO) cachet on cover | 1968 | "HEOS-A" (HEOS-1) |
| Germany (West) | None | (MBB) cachet on cover | 1972 | "HEOS-2" (in rubber-stamp cachet); "HEOS-A-1" and "HEOS-A-2" (in printed cachet) |
| Madagascar | Unknown ms (Mi none) Unknown ims | In (upper-left) margin of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] In (upper-left) margin of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 1999 | "HEOS-2" (but HEAO-1 depicted) |
| Madagascar | Unknown fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Mongolia | 1369 (BL98) | On stamp of SS1 | 1983 | (tiny) HEOS |
| Paraguay | 1149 (Mi1906) | 1969 | "HEOS-A" (HEOS-1) | |
| Paraguay | 1149 muestra | Overprinted "muestra" | ||
| Paraguay | 1152 (Mi1909) | |||
| Paraguay | 1152 muestra | Overprinted "muestra" | ||
| Paraguay | 1152b (BL123) | Imperforate MS3 (1149-1150+1152) | ||
| Paraguay | 1152b muestra | Imperforate MS3, overprinted "muestra" | ||
Below is a list of HEOS-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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| Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite (HEOS) (ESRO) | ||||
| 1968-12-05: HEOS-1 | ||||
| Germany (West) | 1968-12-05 | Hamburg | (Pictorial) cancel and (purple and black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| Germany (West) | 1968-12-05 | Hamburg | (Pictorial) cancel and (AK Commemorative Cover) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| Germany (West) | 1968-12-05 | Hamburg | (Pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet (different) on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| Germany (West) | 1968-12-05 | Hamburg | (Pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet (different) on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| Germany (West) | 1968-12-05 | Hamburg | (Pictorial) cancel and (JFM/Junkers) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| Germany (West) | 1968-12-05 | Hamburg | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| Germany (West) | 1968-12-05 | Munchen | (JFM/Junkers) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| Germany (West) | 1968-12-05 | Darmstadt | (ESOC) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| Netherlands | 1968-12-05 | Noordwijk-Binnen | (ESTEC black and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| Netherlands | 1968-12-05 | Noordwijk-Binnen | (ESTEC black and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-05 | Patrick AFB, FL (hand cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson and cyan rubber-stamp) cachets on cover, also insert | HEOS-1 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-05 | Patrick AFB, FL (machine cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson and cyan rubber-stamp) cachets on cover, also insert | HEOS-1 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-05 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson and cyan rubber-stamp) cachets on cover, also insert | HEOS-1 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-05 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson and cyan rubber-stamp) cachets on cover, also insert | HEOS-1 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Swanson/DuBeau? red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (AK Commemorative Cover) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Whitney red and blue and purple) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-05 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (ESOC?) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (ESRO) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Black printed and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| United States | 1968-12-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Blue printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | HEOS-1 launch |
| HEOS-1 (anniversaries) | ||||
| United States | 1974-12-05 | Fairbanks AK | (Red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 6th anniv. HEOS-1 launch |
| 1972-01-31: HEOS-2 | ||||
| France | 1972-01-31 | Neuilly Sablons | (ESRO) cachet on cover | HEOS-2 launch |
| Germany (West) | 1972-01-31 | Ottobrunn | (MBB?) cachet on cover | HEOS-2 launch |
| Germany (West) | 1972-01-31 | Bochum | (InterCover) cachet on cover | HEOS-2 launch |
| Germany (West) | 1972-01-31 | Bochum | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | HEOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1972-01-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.15) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and/or insert2 and/or insert3 | HEOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1972-01-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Centennial grey rocket, type-2 and red text) cachet on cover | HEOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1972-01-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover, also insert | HEOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1972-01-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Solar Covers no.34) cachet on cover, also insert | HEOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1972-01-31 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | HEOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1972-01-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Black printed) cachet on cover | HEOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1972-01-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (ESRO?) cachet on cover | HEOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1972-01-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (MBB?) cachet on cover | HEOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1972-01-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (DuBeau?/Swanson black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | HEOS-2 launch (but ESRO-2A depicted) |
| United States | 1972-01-31 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (DuBeau?/Swanson black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | HEOS-2 launch (but ESRO-2A depicted) |
| HEOS (on other than HEOS launch covers) | ||||
| United States | 1969-10-01 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert2 back from ESRO-1B launch cover, also insert2 front and insert1 and cover front | "HEOS-1" |
| United States | 1969-10-01 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert2 back from ESRO-1B launch cover, also insert2 front and insert1 and cover front | |
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