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This page contains philatelic information on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) 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.
| 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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| MRO (on other than MRO launch covers) |
Below is a list of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) 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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| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) | ||||
| Albania | 2884a | On booklet outside (front and back), also annotated, with booklet pane of 3 | 2009 | MRO |
| Bequia | 396 (Mi517-520) | MS4 (395 (a-d)) | 2006 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Burundi | 1155c (Mi2722A) i1155c (Mi2722B) | One of MS4 (1155 (a-d)) (Mi2720A-2723A) One of imperforate MS4 (i1155 (a-d)) (Mi2720B-2723B) | 2012 | "Orbital reconnaissance of Mars" (in French text) |
| Burundi | 1174 (BL268A) i1174 (BL268B) | In (right) margin of SS1 In (right) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2012 | MRO (but "Mars Global Surveyor" in text) |
| Central African Republic | Mi12781 | One of MS4 (Mi12779-12782) | 2022 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Central African Republic | BL2627 fdc | (CAR Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | Mi2191A-2193A_ms3_vert Mi2191B-2193B_ms3_vert | In (right) margin of MS3 (Mi2191A-2193A) vertical In (right) margin of imperforate MS3 (Mi2191B-2193B) vertical | 2013 | "MRO" |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | Mi2191A-2193A_ms3_horiz Mi2191B-2193B_ms3_horiz | In (upper-right) margin of MS3 (Mi2191A-2193A) horizontal In (upper-right) margin of imperforate MS3 (Mi2191B-2193B) horizontal | ||
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss (BL none) | In (right) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2016 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Dominica | 2582 (BL518) | SS1 | 2006 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Gambia | 3045 (Mi5703-5708) | MS6 (3045 (a-f)) | 2007 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Grenada Carriacou | 2636 (BL611) | SS1 | 2006 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Guinea Republic | 2232g (Mi4063A) i2232g (Mi4063B) | One of MS8 (2232 (a-h)) (Mi4057A-4064A) One of imperforate MS8 (i2232 (a-h)) (Mi4057B-4064B) | 2003 | "Mars [Reconnaissance] Orbiter" |
| Guinea Republic | 2232 fdc | MS8 on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | Mi5290 | From MS6 (Mi5289-5294) | 2007 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" (theme of MS6 is "Mars Pathfinder") |
| Guinea Republic | Mi5293 | |||
| Guinea Republic | Mi5289-5294_ms6 fdc | MS6 on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL1480 | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL1480 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | Mi6512A Mi6512B | One stamp and in (upper-left) margin of MS6 (Mi6512A-6517A) Imperforate | 2009 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi3996 | One of MS6 (Mi3993-3998) | 2008 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | BL739 | On stamp of SS1 | 2010 | USA reconnaissance satellite Mars [Reconnaissance] Orbiter 2005 (in Portuguese text) |
| Guinea-Bissau | BL739 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Guyana | 4056c (Mi8144) 4056c+margin | One of MS4 (4056 (a-d)) (Mi8142-8145) | 2011 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Guyana | 4056 proof | Signed-proof MS4 | ||
| Guyana | 4056 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Guyana | i4056c proof i4056c proof+margin | One of imperforate trial-proof MS4 (i4056 (a-d)) | ||
| Guyana | 4240d (Mi8605) | One of MS4 (4240 (a-d)) (Mi8602-8605) | 2013 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Italy | 2689 (Mi3054) | From MS4 (2689a (4x 2689)) | 2005 | |
| Italy | 2689 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Filagrano Sintoni) cachet on FDC | ||
| Ivory Coast | Unknown b (Mi none) | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2012 | "MRO" |
| Liberia | 2438 (BL538) | SS1 | 2006 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Madagascar | Unknown ms (Mi none) Unknown ims | In (upper-right) margin of MS3 (a-c) [known illegal issue] In (upper-right) margin of imperforate MS3 (a-c) | 2017 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Madagascar | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS3 on FDC Imperforate MS3 on FDC | ||
| Maldive Islands | 3554 (Mi6170-6173) | MS4 (a-d) | 2016 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Maldive Islands | 3563 (BL894) | SS1 | ||
| Micronesia | 700 (BL164) | SS1 | 2006 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Niger | Mi8711-8714_ms4 | In (upper-right) margin of MS4 (Mi8711-8714) | 2022 | |
| Rwanda | Unknown b (Mi none) | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2012 | "MRO" |
| Rwanda | Unknown a (Mi none) | One of MS4 (a-d) (different) [known illegal issue] | "MRO" | |
| St. Kitts | 870a (Mi1368) | From MS4 (870 (a-d)) (Mi1368-1371) | 2014 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| St. Kitts | 870b (Mi1369) | MRO ("Phobos" in text refers to the Martian moon depicted in stamps 'a' and 'b') | ||
| St. Kitts | 871a (Mi1372) | One of MS4 (871 (a-d)) (Mi1372-1375) | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" | |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 1685a-d fdc (Mi3000-3003 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 2007 | |
| Sierra Leone | 2876 (BL628) i2876 | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | 2006 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Sierra Leone | 2876 error (BL628 error) | SS1 with error | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter", with incorrect additional text "Impactor with Deep Impact probe" (that text is correctly found on 2875) | |
| Sierra Leone | 3356d (Mi6277) | One of MS4 (3356 (a-d)) (Mi6274-6277) | 2015 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Sierra Leone | 3719b (Mi7164) | One of MS4 (3719 (a-d)) (Mi7163-7166) | 2016 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Sierra Leone | 3719b cto | One of MS4 (3719 cto (a-d)) | ||
| Somalia | Unknown a (Mi?) | One of MS6 (a-f) | 2004 | |
| Tanzania | 2443 (Mi4385-4388) | MS4 (2443 (a-d)) | 2006 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| Togo | 2037 (BL481) i2037 | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | 2006 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
| United Nations | 1301 (Mi1851) | On stamps of MS10 (1301a (10x 1301)) | 2022 | Two types of sand dunes in the Proctor crater on Mars (from a photo taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on MRO |
| United States | None | (Pasadena CA, Launch Station Mission Control) cancel | 2005 | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" launch station |
Below is a list of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) 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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| 2005-08-12: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) | ||||
| United States | 2005-08-12 | Pasadena CA | (Launch Station) cancel and (JPL Stamp Club) cachet on cover | MRO launch |
| United States | 2005-08-12 | Pasadena CA | (Launch Station) cancel and (NASA JPL) cachet on cover | MRO launch |
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| United States | 2006-03-10 | Pasadena CA | (JPL Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Mars orbit insertion |
| United States | 2006-03-10 | Pasadena CA | (Mission 57) cachet on cover, also back | Mars orbit insertion |
| United States | 2006-03-10 | Pasadena CA | (Mission 57) cachet (different) on cover, also back | Mars orbit insertion |
| MRO (on other than MRO launch covers) | ||||
| United States | 1976-07-20 1975-02-28 | Cape Canaveral FL Mountain View CA | (Doc's Local Post) cachet on Viking-1 event cover, also back; (also USA local rocket-mail cover 2005) | "Mars mission launch 12 Aug 05 - landing Mar 06" (MRO implied) USA 1556 FDC |
| United States | 1995-12-07 | Pasadena CA | Insert from cover, also cover | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)" |
| United States | 2016-03-14 | GSFC, Greenbelt MD | (Multi-color printed) cachet on ExoMars launch cover | "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" |
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