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This page contains philatelic information on the Magellan 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.
Originally called the Venus Radar Mapper, Magellan was renamed to honor the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480 - 1521).
| 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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| Magellan | Magellan | Magellan |
Below is a list of Magellan 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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| Magellan | ||||
| Abkhazia | Mi348 | One of MS8 (Mi346-353 + label) | 1999 | (small) Magellan (in lower right) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2244d (Mi2931) i2244d | One of MS6 (2244 (a-f)) (Mi2928-2933) One of imperforate MS6 (i2244 (a-f)) | 1999 | "Magellan" |
| Barbuda | 1791d (Mi2391) | One of MS6 (1791 (a-f)) (Mi2388-2393), Antigua and Barbuda 2244d overprinted | 2000 | "Magellan" |
| Bulgaria | 3625 (Mi3914) | 1991 | Depicted with Space Shuttle "Atlantis" | |
| Chad | BL402A BL402B | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2003 | Magellan (without solar panels or solar panels folded?) |
| Comoro Islands | 794 (Mi1000A) i794 (Mi1000B) | More perforations than MS6 or SS1 | 1992 | "Magellan"; also Ferdinand Magellan (1480 - 1521) |
| Comoro Islands | 794 from ms6 i794 from ms6 | One of MS6 (795a (like 790-795)) (Mi996A-1001A) One of imperforate MS6 (i795a (like i790-i795)) (Mi996B-1001B) | ||
| Comoro Islands | 794b (BL377A) i794b (BL377B) | On stamp of SS1 (like 794) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (like i794) | ||
| Comoro Islands | 796E (Mi1084) | 794 overprinted new value | 1993 | "Magellan"; also Ferdinand Magellan (1480 - 1521) |
| Comoro Islands | 804P (Mi1112) | 794 overprinted new value (different) | 1993 | "Magellan"; also Ferdinand Magellan (1480 - 1521) |
| Congo (Republic) | 923 (Mi1278A) i923 (Mi1278B) | One of MS3 (924b (922-924)) (Mi1277A-1279A) One of imperforate MS3 (i924b (i922-i924)) (Mi1277B-1279B) | 1991 | "Magellan" |
| Congo (Republic) | 923a (BL74) | SS1 (923) | ||
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | BL178A BL178B | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2003 | Also Ferdinand Magellan (1480 - 1521) |
| Djibouti | Unknown ms (Mi none) Unknown ims | In (upper-right) margin of MS2 (a-b) [known illegal issue] In (upper-right) margin of imperforate MS2 (a-b) | 2013 | |
| Djibouti | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS2 on FDC Imperforate MS2 on FDC | ||
| Grenada | 2824f (Mi3939) | One of MS6 (2824 (a-f)) (Mi3834-3839) | 1999 | "Magellan" |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi3186-3188 label | One of six labels from MS3 (Mi3186-3188 + 6 labels) | 2005 | |
| Guyana | 2874f (Mi4925) i2874f | One of MS9 (2874 (a-i)) (Mi4920-4928) One of imperforate MS9 (i2874 (a-i)) | 1994 | "Magellan" |
| Malagasy (DR) | 970 (Mi1249A) i970 (Mi1249B) | One of MS6 (972b (967-972)) (Mi1246A-1251A) One of imperforate MS6 (i972b (i967-i972)) (Mi1246B-1251B) | 1990 | "Magellan" remote sensing1 |
| Malagasy (DR) | 970a (BL136) i970a | SS1 (970) Imperforate SS1 (i970) | ||
| Madagascar | 1304A (Mi1799aA-1804aA) i1304A (Mi1799aB-1804aB) | On one of MS6 (a-f), 972b overprinted in silver On one of imperforate MS6, i972b overprinted in silver | 1996 | "Magellan" |
| Madagascar | 1304B (Mi1799bA-1804bA) i1304B (Mi1799bB-1804bB) | On one of MS6 (a-f), 972b overprinted in gold On one of imperforate MS6, i972b overprinted in gold | ||
| Mordovia | Local_b | One of local post MS6 (a-f) | 1998 | |
| Mordovia | Local_ms6 fdc | MS6 on FDC | ||
| Rwanda | Unknown c (Mi none) | One of MS10 (a-j) [known illegal issue] | 2010 | "Magellan" (with booster attached and solar panels folded and one end in Space Shuttle cargo bay) |
| San Marino | 1869 (BL?) | SS1 | 2012 | (possible) Magellan (but depicted above Earth rather than Venus) |
| San Marino | 1869 fdc | SS1 and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| St. Vincent | 1476 (Mi1728) i1476 | Imperforate | 1991 | "Magellan" |
| St. Vincent | 1476 specimen | 1476 overprinted "specimen" | ||
| Sierra Leone | 1074f (Mi1262) | One of MS9 (1074 (a-f)) (Mi1257-1265) | 1989 | "Magellan" |
| Sierra Leone | 1074f specimen | One of MS9 (1074 specimen (a-f)) | ||
| Sierra Leone | Mi12962-12965_ms4 | MS4 (Mi12962-12965) | 2020 | "30th anniv. of Magellan space probe reaching Venus" |
| Sierra Leone | BL2068 | SS1 | ||
| Tanzania | 564 (BL106) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 1990 | (mis-spelled "Magellean" in text) |
| Tanzania | 1324 (Mi2022) | 1994 | Magellan (with booster attached and solar panels folded) | |
| Ukraine | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 2005 | Depicted with Space Shuttle |
| United States | None | (Mercury-Venus Station, Cerritos CA) cancel on cover | 1991 | "Magellan" event? |
| United States | None | (Zazzle.com) personalized postage | 2014 | "Magellan" mission patch |
| United States | 5070 fdc (Mi5244 fdc) | (Dave Curtis) cachet on FDC | 2016 | "Magellan" |
1Magellan's primary mission was to make observations of Venus' geology and topography, which it did through the use of its synthetic aperture radar and radar altimeter. The radar microwaves passed through the planet's clouds to the surface and were reflected back to the satellite. There was also a radiometry mode, in which the high-gain antenna recorded the planet's microwave radiothermal emissions, from which estimates of its surface temperature could be obtained. The right margin of the SS1 shows a schematic depiction of the radiometry mode.
Below is a list of Magellan 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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| Magellan (pre-launch events) | ||||
| United States | 1989-04-28 | La Verne CA | (JPL blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back | STS-30R pre-launch: "launch scrubbed" |
| 1989-05-04: Magellan (deployed by STS-30R) | ||||
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Houston TX | (Boudwin green and blue rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Houston TX | (Green printed) cachet on cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Mission patch) cachet on cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (STS mission patch) cachet on cover, also insert | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Pasadena CA | (JPL blue and black printed) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Pasadena CA | (JPL purple and magenta printed) cachet on cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Boudwin blue and red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Marianna FL | (Boudwin green and red and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Viroqua WI | (Boudwin red and blue and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Southhampton NY | (Brown and purple and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Houston TX | (Magenta rubber-stamp and multi-color printed) cachet on cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Black printed) cachet on cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-04 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-30R launch; Magellan deployed |
| United States | 1989-05-05 | Houston TX | (NASA photo) cachet on cover | (possible) image of thunderstorm tops as part of the MLE2 experiment conducted by this mission |
| United States | 1989-05-08 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-30R landing |
| Magellan (events) | ||||
| Romania | 1989-08-011 | Botosani | (Pictorial) cancel and (green and blue printed) cachet on cover | Venus orbit insertion |
| United States | 1990-08-10 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | Venus orbit insertion |
| Magellan (anniversaries) | ||||
| United States | 2010-08-10 | Sagamore Beach MA | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 20th anniv. Venus orbit insertion (text incorrectly reads "landed on planet Venus", Magellan never landed on Venus) |
1Cancel date has 1989-08-01, but Venus insertion took place on 1989-08-10!
2The Mesoscale Lightning Experiment (MLE) was designed to obtain nighttime images of lightning in an attempt to better understand the effects of lightning discharges on each other, on nearby storm systems, on storm microbursts and wind patterns, and other interrelationships over an extremely large geographical area. The MLE employed payload bay color video cameras and a 35 mm handheld still picture camera to observe lightning discharges at night from active storms.
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