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This page contains philatelic information on the Muses-series satellites. 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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| Muses-series lunar-exploration (Japan) | Muses (Japan) | Muses (Japan) |
| Muses-series astronomical (Japan) | ||
| Muses-series asteroid-exploration (Japan) |
Below is a list of Muses-series 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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| Muses (Japan) | ||||
| Burundi | BL500A BL500B | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (Mi3480A) In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 (Mi3480B) | 2014 | "Hayabusa-2" (Muses-C follow-on) |
| Central African Republic | Mi3820 | One of MS4 (Mi3817-3820) | 2012 | Hayabusa / Muses-C (not "Haybusa-2") |
| Central African Republic | Mi3817-3120_ms4 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Central African Republic | BL978 | In (lower) margin of SS1 | ||
| Central African Republic | BL978 fdc | SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Congo Republic | Unknown ms (Mi none) | MS2 (a-b) [known illegal issue] | 2019 | Hayabusa / Muses-C (not "Haybusa-2") |
| Congo Republic | Unknown ms fdc | MS2 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | Hayabusa / Muses-C (not "Haybusa-2") (in stamps); Hayabusa-2 / Muses-C follow-on (in cachet) | |
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss (BL none) | SS1 [known illegal issue] | "Hayabusa-2" (Muses-C follow-on) | |
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Congo Republic | Unknown2 ss fdc | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | Hayabusa / Muses-C | |
| Congo Republic | Unknown ms fdc | (Multi-oolor printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Djibouti | 1607 (BL1257) | On stamp of SS1 | 2018 | "Hayabusa-2" (Muses-C follow-on) |
| France | 6100a (Mi8049) | In (surrounding) margin of MS15 (15x 6100), also annotated | 2021 | Hayabusa-2 [#13] |
| Gambia | 3050 (BL703) i3050 | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | 2006 | "Muses-C" / "Hayabusa" (but incorrectly depicted above Saturn's moon Hyperion; it should be above the "Asteroid Itokawa") |
| Guinea Republic | BL1109A BL1109B | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (Mi4523A) In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 (Mi4523B) | 2006 | "sonde spatiale Hayabusa" (Muses-C) |
| Guinea Republic | BL1109A fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4495A Mi4495B | One of MS5 (Mi4492A-4496A) One of imperforate MS5 (Mi4492B-4496B) | 2009 | Muses-C / "Hayabusa" |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4495A ds | Deluxe sheet (Mi4495A) | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4492A-4496A_ms5 fdc | MS5 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Guyana | 3928 (Mi7845-7848) i3928 | MS4 (3928 (a-d)) Imperforate MS4 (i3928 (a-d)) | 2006 | Muses-C / "Hayabusa" (but incorrectly depicted above an unknown planetary object; it should be above the "Asteroid Itokawa"); (the launch (stamp 'a'); Muses-C crash-landed on Asteroid Itokawa (stamp 'c') but still managed to get back to Earth with a tiny amount of asteroid material (stamp 'd')) |
| Guyana | 3932 (BL802A) i3932 (BL802B) | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | Muses-C / "Hayabusa" (but incorrectly depicted above Saturn's moon Hyperion; it should be above the "Asteroid Itokawa") | |
| Japan | 3017e (Mi4471) | One of strip of 2 (3017e-f), or one of MS10 (3017 (a-j)) (Mi4467-4476) | 2008 | Muses-C / Hayabusa |
| Japan | 3017a-j fdc | One of ten stamps on FDC | ||
| Japan | Unlisted1 | Frame stamp, from MS10 | 2014 | Asteroid Itokawa, and a rocket symbolizing the Muses-C mission (Muses-C crash-landed on Asteroid Itokawa but still managed to get back to Earth with a tiny amount of asteroid material) |
| Japan | Unlisted2 | Frame stamp (different) | ||
| Japan | 2937a cover (Mi3898-3899 cover) | (Pictorial) cancel and (JPS Stamp Club) cachet on cover | 2015 | Muses-C; also Asteroid Itokawa in the two stamps reproduced in the cachet (Muses-C crash-landed on Itokawa but still managed to get back to Earth with a tiny amount of asteroid material) |
| Japan | None | Printed stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (JPS Stamp Club) cachet on stamped envelope, also cachet detail | 2015 | Muses-C; also Asteroid Itokawa in the two stamps reproduced in the cachet (Muses-C crash-landed on Asteroid Itokawa but still managed to get back to Earth with a tiny amount of asteroid material) |
| Japan | 3017e-f cover (Mi4471-4472 cover) | One of strip of 2 on cover (Cosmopex/JPS Space Stamp Club cachet) | 2016 | Muses-C / Hayabusa |
| Japan | 3017e-f cover1 (Mi4471-4472 cover1) | One of strip of 2 and (pictorial) cancel and (Cosmopex/JPS Space Stamp Club) cachet on cover | 2020 | Muses-C / Hayabusa (on stamp), Muses-C follow-on / Hayabusa-2 (in cancels and in cachet of cover1) |
| Japan | 3017e-f cover2 (Mi4471-4472 cover2) | One of strip of 2 and (pictorial) cancel on postcard | ||
| Japan | None | (Cosmopex 2020) poster | 2020 | Muses-C follow-on / Hayabusa-2 |
| Korea (North) | 4868 (BL728) | On label1 and in (lower-left) margin of MS2 (4868 (a-b + 2 labels)) | 2009 | Muses-C / Hayabusa |
| Korea (North) | 4868c (BL729) | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 (4868a) | ||
| Malagasy (DR) | 1051 (BL175) | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 1992 | "Muses-A" / Hiten |
| Niger | 843Bc (BL78A) i843Bc (BL78B) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (843B) In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 (i843B) | 1991 | "Muses-A" / Hiten launch |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2097 (Mi4068-4071) i2097 | In (lower-center) margin of MS4 (a-d) In (lower-center) margin of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2009 | Muses-B / Haruka / "HALCA" |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2097 fdc | MS4 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2120 fdc (BL692 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 2009 | Muses-B / Haruka / HALCA |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2138 (Mi4135-4138) | In (lower-center) margin of MS4 (a-d) | 2009 | Muses-A / "Hiten" |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2138 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Sierra Leone | Unknown c | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2023 | "Hayabusa-2" |
| Sierra Leone | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (upper) margin of SS1 | ||
| Tanzania | 2445 (BL593) | SS1 | 2006 | "Muses-C" / Hayabusa |
| Togo | 2032 (Mi3313) | 2006 | Muses-C / "Hayabusa" | |
| Tuvalu | 1389 (Mi2322-2325) | MS4 (1389 (a-d)) | 2017 | Hayabusa / Muses-C (not "Hayabusa-2"); "MINERVA1-2", "MASCOT1" |
| Tuvalu | 1389 fdc | MS4 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Tuvalu | 1389 proof | Signed-proof MS4 (a-d) | ||
| Tuvalu | 1390 (BL264) | SS1, with stamp | Hayabusa / Muses-C (not "Hayabusa-2"); "MINERVA1-2", "MASCOT1" (launch date in text) | |
1Hayabusa-2 carried MINERVA-2, a container with three small rovers designed to be deployed on an asteroid's surface, and MASCOT, a fourth rover, larger than the others, that carried its own set of scientific instruments. On 21 September 2018, Hayabusa-2 ejected the first two rovers from MINERVA-2 (Rovers 1A and 1B), from about 55 m above asteroid Ryugu. They fell independently to the surface.
Below is a list of Muses-series 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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| Muses (Japan) | ||||
| 1990-01-24: Muses-A / Hiten and Hagoromo | ||||
| Japan | 1990-01-24 | Usuda | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Muses-A launch |
| 1997-02-12: Muses-B / Haruka / HALCA | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2003-05-09: Muses-C / Hayabusa, MINERVA | ||||
| Australia | 2003-05-09 | Uchinoura, Kagoshima | (Silk) cachet on cover | Muses-C launch (Eutelsat-1-F4 and Aussat-A/Optus-B depicted) [silk portion of cachet also found on this Eutelsat-1-F4 and Aussat-A3 cover and this Eutelsat-1-F4 and Aussat-A3 cover] |
| Muses-C (events) | ||||
| Australia | 2010-06-13 | Woomera SA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | SRC (Sample Recovery Capsule) return |
| Australia | 2010-06-13 | Woomera SA | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | SRC (Sample Recovery Capsule) return |
| 2014-12-03: Muses-C follow-on / Hayabusa-2 (and OSCAR-81/82 and PROCYON) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| Hayabusa-2 (events) | ||||
| United States | 2018-06-12 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 approaches Asteroid 'Ryugu'" |
| United States | 2018-09-21 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 Rovers landing" |
| United States | 2018-10-26 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 Box-C operations" |
| United States | 2018-11-22 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 conjunction transition orbit" |
| United States | 2018-11-29 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | Hayabusa-2 "first Trajectory Control Maneuver (TCM01)" |
| United States | 2019-03-20 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 crater search operation" |
| United States | 2019-04-02 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 begins SCI operation" |
| United States | 2019-07-11 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 touch down" on asteroid Ryugu, and sample collection |
| United States | 2019-10-08 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 Minerva mission completion" |
| United States | 2020-10-22 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 return trajectory course maneuver-1" |
| Finland | 2020-12-06 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 ... re-entry capsule returned to Earth" |
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