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This page contains philatelic information on the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) 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.
MESSENGER is also known as Discovery-8, one of the NASA Discovery-series satellites.
| 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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| MESSENGER | MESSENGER | MESSENGER |
| MESSENGER (on other than MESSENGER launch covers) |
Below is a list of MESSENGER 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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| MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) | ||||
| Guinea Republic | Mi4190A | Silver foil, from MS4 (4x Mi4190A) Imperforate silver foil, from imperforate MS4 (4x Mi4190B) | 2005 | "MESSENGER" |
| Guinea Republic | Mi4192A | Gold foil, from MS4 (4x Mi4192A) Imperforate gold foil, from imperforate MS4 (4x Mi4192B) | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL901A BL901B | SS1, silver foil Imperforate SS1, silver foil | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL903A BL903B | SS1, gold foil Imperforate SS1, gold foil | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL905A BL905B | MS2, silver foil Imperforate MS2, silver foil | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL906A BL906B | MS2, gold foil Imperforate MS2, gold foil | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL966A BL966B | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2006 | "MESSENGER" |
| Guinea Republic | BL966A fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | Mi5859A-5864A_ms6 Mi5859B-5864B_ms6 | MS6 (Mi5859A-5864A) Imperforate MS6 (Mi5859B-5864B) | 2008 | "MESSENGER" (except Mi5863 which shows "Mariner-10") |
| Guinea Republic | BL1583A BL1583B | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | ||
| Guinea Republic | Mi6514A Mi6514B | One stamp and in (upper-right) margin of MS6 (Mi6512A-6517A) Imperforate | 2009 | "MESSENGER" |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4545 | One of MS5 (Mi4545-4549) | 2010 | "MESSENGER" |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4545-4549_ms5 fdc | MS5 on FDC | ||
| Korea (North) | 4922 (BL768) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1, also in (upper-left) of 4922a booklet front (4921 (a-c) + 4922_stamp and label) (Mi5596-5599 + label) | 2010 | |
| United States | 4528 (Mi4702) | One of pair (4528a (4527-4528)), or 10 of MS20 (4528b (10x (4527-4528))) (Mi4701-4702), also 4528b back | 2011 | "MESSENGER" |
| United States | 4528 fdc1 | Stamp and (Lollini) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc2 | Stamp and (Lollini) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc3 | Stamp and (DCP) cancel and (Lollini) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc4 | Stamp and (DCP) cancel and (CL Cachets) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc5 | Stamp and (DCP) cancel and (HL) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc6 | Stamp and (DCP) cancel and (HL) cachet (different) on FDC, also back | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc7 | Stamp and (Messenger Station) cancel and (Webcraft) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc8 | Stamp and (Messenger Station) cancel and (Therome Cachets) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc9 | Stamp and (Messenger Station) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc10 | Stamp and (Bevil multi-colored) cachet (and signature) on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc11 | Stamp and (Bevil black) cachet (and signature) on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc12 | Stamp and (Fisher) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc13 | Stamp and (mission patch) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc14 | Stamp and (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc15 | Stamp and (Graebner) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc16 | Stamp and (Colorano silk) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc17 | Stamp and (Webcraft) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc18 | Stamp and (Lollini) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc19 | Stamp and (Collins) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc20 | Stamp and (RES&C) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc21 | Stamp and (Art Kober) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc22 | Stamp and (Aquila Associates) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc23 | Stamp and (All Star) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc24 | Stamp and (All Star) cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc25 | Stamp and (All Star) cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc26 | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc27 | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc28 | Stamp and (LMG) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc29 | Stamp and (LMG) cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc30 | Stamp and (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc31 | Stamp and (DCP) cancel and (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc32 | Stamp and (Ranski) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc33 | Stamp and (DCP) cancel and (Ranski) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc34 | Stamp and (Messenger Station) cancel and (Ranski) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc35 | Stamp and (Ranski) cachet on FDC (Wapakonets OH cancel) | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc36 | Stamp and (DCP) cancel and (Panda Cachet) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc37 | Stamp and (DCP) cancel and (Pugh Cachet) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc38 | Stamp and (DCP) cancel on FDC (blank/no cachet) | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc39 | Stamp on FDC (Ranto/SP361 cachet), also back | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc40 | Stamp on FDC (Ranto/SP454 cachet), also back | ||
| United States | 4528 fdc41 | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4527-4528 block | Gutter block of 4 (2x (4527-4528)) | ||
| United States | 4527-4528 fdc1 | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| United States | 4527-4528 fdc2 | One of two stamps and (mission patch) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4527-4528 fdc3 | One of two stamps and (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4527-4528 fdc4 | One of two stamps and (DCP) cancel and (mission patch) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4527-4528 fdc5 | One of two stamps and (DCP) cancel and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 4527-4528 fdc6 | One of two stamps and (Kover King) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | SP1796 | (USPS) souvenir page (4527-4528) | ||
| United States | CP871 | (USPS) commemorative panel (4527-4528) | ||
| United States | 5069 fdc1 (Mi5243 fdc1) | (Webcraft) cachet on FDC | 2016 | "MESSENGER" |
| United States | 5069 fdc2 (Mi5243 fdc2) | (Dave Curtis) cachet on FDC | "MESSENGER" | |
| United States | SP2015 | (USPS) souvenir page (5069-5076) | "MESSENGER" | |
Below is a list of MESSENGER 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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| MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) | ||||
| 2004-08-03: MESSENGER | ||||
| United States | 2004-08-03 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover | MESSENGER launch |
| United States | 2004-08-03 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover | MESSENGER launch |
| MESSENGER (events) | ||||
| United States | 2008-01-09 | Pasadena CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | "Optical navigation images" |
| United States | 2009-09-29 | Southern MD | (RES&C) cachet on cover | Mercury flyby |
| United States | 2009-09-29 | San Bernardino CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Mercury flyby |
| United States | 2009-09-29 | Southern MD | (Johns Hopkins) cachet on cover | Mercury flyby |
| United States | 2011-03-17 | Laurel MD | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Mercury orbit insertion |
| United States | 2011-03-17 | Ft. Irwin CA | (RES&C) cachet on cover | Mercury orbit insertion |
| United States | 2011-03-17 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover | Mercury orbit insertion |
| United States | 2011-03-29 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (RES&C) cachet on cover | first images from Mercury orbit |
| MESSENGER (on other than MESSENGER launch covers) | ||||
| United States | 2015-07-14 | Corsicana TX | (Danny Lee) cachet on New Horizons event cover | "Messenger" |
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