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This page contains philatelic information on the Ohsumi and IKAROS (and other Japanese scientific/research/technology 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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| Ohsumi (Japan) | Ohsumi (Japan) | Ohsumi (Japan) |
| Shinsei (Japan) | Shinsei (Japan) | Shinsei (Japan) |
| Shinsei (on other than Shinsei launch covers) | ||
| ISS / Ume (Japan) | ISS / Ume (Japan) | ISS / Ume (Japan) |
| CORSA / Hakucho (Japan) | CORSA / Hakucho (Japan) | CORSA / Hakucho (Japan) |
| COMETS / Kakehashi (Japan) | COMETS / Kakehashi (Japan) | COMETS / Kakehashi (Japan) |
| OICETS / Kikari (Japan) | OICETS / Kikari (Japan) | OICETS / Kikari (Japan) |
| IKAROS (Japan) | IKAROS (Japan) | IKAROS (Japan) |
Below is a list of Ohsumi and IKAROS (and other Japanese scientific/research/technology satellite) postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohsumi (Japan) | ||||
| Ajman | Mi1220A Mi1220B | Imperforate | 1971 | "Ohsumi"-5: "Japan's first satellite blasting into orbit" |
| Ajman | Mi1220 ss | SS1 (Mi1220) | ||
| Ajman | Mi1217_ss+Mi1219-1220_ss fdc | One of three SS1 on FDC | ||
| Djibouti | 1991 (Mi3403) | From MS6 (1991b (6x 1991)) | 2020 | "50th anniv. launch of Ohsumi, the first Japanese satellite" (in French text); (the launch took place on 11 February, 1970) |
| Djibouti | 1992 (Mi3404) | From MS6 (1992b (6x 1992)) | ||
| Djibouti | 1993 (Mi3405) | From MS6 (1993b (6x 1993)) | ||
| Djibouti | 1994 (Mi3406) | From MS6 (1994b (6x 1994)) | ||
| Djibouti | 1994a (Mi3403-3406) | MS4 (1991-1994) | ||
| Djibouti | 1995 (BL1420, Mi3407) | SS1 | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi11140 | From MS8 (8x Mi11140 + label) | 2020 | "50th anniv. launch of Ohsumi, Japan's first satellite" (in 1970); also Ohsumi and Lambda-4S launch rocket (in label) |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi11141 | From MS8 (8x Mi11141 + label) | "50th anniv. launch of Ohsumi, Japan's first satellite"; "Lambda-4S"-1-4 failed to put Ohsumi-1-4 into orbit; "Lambda-4S"-5 succeeded in carrying Ohsumi-5, Japan's first satellite, to orbit in 1970; also Ohsumi and Lambda-4S rocket (in label) | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi11142 | From MS8 (8x Mi11142 + label) | "50th anniv. launch of Ohsumi, Japan's first satellite"; "Lambda-4S"-1-4 failed to put Ohsumi-1-4 into orbit; "Lambda-4S"-5 succeeded in carrying Ohsumi-5, Japan's first satellite, to orbit in 1970; also Ohsumi and Lambda-4S rocket (in label) | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi11143 | From MS8 (8x Mi11143 + label) | "50th anniv. launch of Ohsumi, Japan's first satellite ... in 1970, from the Kagoshima Space Centre" by the Lambda-4S-5 rocket; also Ohsumi and Lambda-4S rocket (in label) | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi11140-11143_ms4 | MS4 (Mi11140-11143) | "50th anniv. launch of Ohsumi, Japan's first satellite"; Ohsumi (in one stamp) and the Lambda-4S Ohsumi launch rocket (in the three other stamps) | |
| Guinea-Bissau | BL1907 | SS1 | "50th anniv. launch of Ohsumi, Japan's first satellite" | |
| Japan | 2881c (Mi3650) | One of strip of 5 (2881 (a-e)) (Mi3648-3652), or two stamps and in (upper-right) margin of MS10 (2881f (2x (2881 (a-e)))), or one stamp and in (upper-right) margin of MS10 (2882 (2881 (b-e) + 2882 (2x (a-c)))) | 2004 | Ohsumi |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Mi8737-8740_ms4 | MS4 (Mi8737-8740) | 2020 | "50th anniv. launch Ohsumi" |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | BL1590 | SS1 (Mi8741) | ||
| Shinsei (Japan) | ||||
| United Nations | 256 fdc (Mi279 fdc) | (Space Voyage) cachet on FDC | 1975 | "Shinsei" |
| ISS / Ume (Japan) | ||||
| No (non-launch cover) postal items found | ||||
| CORSA / Hakucho (Japan) | ||||
| No (non-launch cover) postal items found | ||||
| COMETS / Kakehashi (Japan) | ||||
| Japan | 2548 fdc1 (Mi2427 fdc1) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (multi-color printed cachet) | 1996 | COMETS / Kakehashi |
| Japan | 2548 fdc2 | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Japan | 2548 fdc3 | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Japan | 2549 (Mi2426) | |||
| Japan | 2549 fdc | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| OICETS / Kikari (and INDEX / Reimei) (Japan) | ||||
| Turkmenistan | MiA185 | 2006 | OICETS and INDEX launch (with launch date) | |
| Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun (IKAROS) (Japan) | ||||
| Benin | Unknown a (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2013 | "IKAROS" |
| Central African Republic | Mi3818 | One of MS4 (Mi3817-3820) | 2012 | "IKAROS" |
| Central African Republic | Mi3817-3120_ms4 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Chad | Unknown b (Mi?) Unknown ib | One of MS4 (a-d) One of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2013 | "IKAROS" |
| Chad | Unknown b proof | One of MS4 proof (a-d) | ||
| Chad | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS4 on FDC Imperforate MS4 on FDC | ||
| Chad | Unknown a-d fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Guyana | 4055b (Mi8147) | One of MS4 (4055 (a-d)) (Mi8146-8149) | 2011 | "IKAROS" |
| Guyana | 4055 proof | Signed proof (4055) | ||
| Guyana | 4055 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | 2134 (Mi4179-4184) | MS6 (2134 (a-f)) | 2010 | "IKAROS" |
| Mozambique | 2134 fdc | MS6 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | 2145 (BL389) | SS1 | ||
| Mozambique | 2145 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | 2134d-e cover (Mi4182-4183 cover) | Two stamps on cover | 2013 | "IKAROS" |
| St. Vincent | 1481 (Mi1733) i1481 | Imperforate | 1991 | Early-design solar sail similar to IKAROS (this concept was imagined as a competitor in a solar sailing race to Mars (later changed to the Moon) that was proposed to take place in 1992 by the American Columbus Quincentennial Consortium to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to America). |
| Sierra Leone | 5063a (Mi10469) | One of MS4 (5063 (a-d)) (Mi10469-10472) | 2018 | "IKAROS" |
| Sierra Leone | 5083 (BL1600, Mi10473) | In (lower) margin of SS1 | 2018 | "IKAROS" |
| United States | None | (Zazzle.com) personalized postage, from MS20 | 2011 | |
Below is a list of Ohsumi and IKAROS (and other Japanese scientific/research/technology 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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| pre-Ohsumi | ||||
| Japan | 1966-09-26 | Yotsuya | (Rank velvet) cachet on cover | pre-Ohsumi-1 "Lamda-4s" launch [failed] |
| Japan | 1966-12-20 | Yotsuya | (Rank velvet) cachet on cover | pre-Ohsumi-2 "Lamda-4s" launch [failed] |
| Japan | 1967-04-13 | Yotsuya | (Rank velvet) cachet on cover | pre-Ohsumi-3 "Lamda-4s" launch [failed] |
| Japan | 1967-04-13 | Uchinoura | (Rank velvet) cachet on cover | pre-Ohsumi-3 "Lamda-4s" launch [failed] |
| United States | 1967-09-22 | Colorado Springs CO | (R.E. Nichol) cachet on cover, also back | pre-Ohsumi-4 launch [failed]; ("ten years to build" appears exaggerated, since the University of Tokyo started its satellite program in 1962, and this launch was in 1969); also "1st stage bumps on separation" is incorrect - the third stage failed to shut down properly and continued to burn, causing a collision between 3rd and 4th stages at fourth stage separation) |
| 1970-02-11: Ohsumi | ||||
| Great Britain | 1970-02-11 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Ohsumi launch |
| Japan | 1970-02-11 | Uchinoura | (Rank velvet) cachet on cover | Ohsumi "Lamda-4s5" launch |
| United States | 1970-02-11 | Colorado Springs CO | (R.E. Nichol) cachet on cover | Ohsumi launch (but Alouette depicted) |
| 1971-09-28: Shinsei | ||||
| Japan | 1971-09-28 | Uchinoura | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Shinsei launch |
| Japan | 1971-09-28 | Uchinoura | (Black printed) cachet on cover | Shinsei launch |
| Shinsei (on other than Shinsei launch covers) | ||||
| Japan | 1971-02-16 | Uchinoura (scenic cancel) | (Black printed) cachet on Tansei-1 launch cover | "Tansei was designed to test rocket and satellite systems to be used for the orbiting of the first Japanese scientific observation satellite [Shinsei], scheduled for this year". |
| Japan | 1977-02-23 | Tanegashima (scenic cancel) | (JapanCover no.79) cachet on ETS-2 launch cover | Shinsei |
| ISS / Ume (Japan) | ||||
| 1976-02-29: ISS-1 / Ume-1 | ||||
| Japan | 1976-02-29 | Tanegashima (scenic cancel) | (JapanCover no.6(?)) cachet on cover | ISS-1 launch |
| 1978-02-16: ISS-2 / Ume-2 | ||||
| Japan | 1978-02-16 | Tanegashima (scenic cancel) | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | ISS-2 launch |
| Japan | 1978-02-16 | Tanegashima (scenic cancel) | (JapanCover no.93) cachet on cover | ISS-2 launch |
| CORSA / Hakucho (Japan) | ||||
| 1976-02-04: CORSA-A / Hakucho [failed] | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1979-02-21: CORSA-B / Hakucho | ||||
| Japan | 1979-02-21 | Uchinoura | (Zaso silk) cachet on cover | CORSA-B launch |
| Japan | 1979-02-21 | Uchinoura | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | CORSA-B launch |
| Japan | 1979-02-21 | Uchinoura | (Red printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | CORSA-B launch |
| 1998-02-21: COMETS / Kakehashi | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2005-08-23: OICETS / Kikari (and INDEX / Reimei and Turkmenistan Memorial Capsule) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2010-05-20: IKAROS (and Planet-C / VCO / Akatsuki and others) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
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