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This page contains (all known) covers with "Riser" cachets, mostly on un-manned satellite launch or event covers.
Charles R. Riser of Bowie MD created Riser cachets to mark satellite launches and other space-related events. These covers include a Riser logo. The covers found in this page are primarily for un-manned satellite (or scientific rocket or balloon) launches or events. Covers for manned and other missions are included if they contain an element of interest to the authors.
Riser also manufactured covers with the following logos: Andromeda, Andromeda Space Covers, Andromeda Cover (numbered), and Cygnus Cover (numbered).
Nearly all Riser launch and event covers were produced on airmail envelopes.
Most of the postal items listed below are also found in other pages of the Un-manned Satellite Philately website. However, below are also a few items not found elsewhere in the website because they are not of direct interest to the authors. They are nevertheless included here to make this list of named covers more complete. Such items are highlighted in blue.
Readers who know of additional information or images are invited to contact the authors using the e-mail addresses found at the link at the bottom of this page.
| 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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Below is a list of Riser / Andromeda / Cygnus cachets on 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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| "Riser" cachets (on (non-launch cover) postal items) | ||||
| United States | 1338D fdc1 (Mi? fdc1) | (Riser/Special Andromeda Cover) cachet on FDC | 1970 | "Space tracking" |
| United States | 1338D fdc2 (Mi? fdc2) | (Riser/Andromeda) cachet on FDC | "Old Glory" | |
| United States | 1393 fdc1 (Mi1005 fdc1) | (Riser/Andromeda Space Covers) cachet on FDC | 1970 | "Echo-1" and "SCORE" |
| United States | 1393 fdc2 (Mi1005 fdc2) | (Riser/Andromeda) cachet on FDC | "Goddard Space Flight Center" | |
| United States | UX57 fdc | (Riser/Andromeda Space Covers) cachet on postal card FDC | 1970 | "U.S. Weather Services" |
| United States | UX57 fdc 1371 cover | (Riser/Andromeda Space Covers) cachet on postal card FDC (also USA 1371 cover) | ||
Below is a list of Riser / Andromeda / Cygnus cachets on 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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| "Riser" cachets (mostly on un-manned satellite launch or event covers) | ||||
| "Andromeda Cover" numbered cachets | ||||
| United States | 1970-01-15 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.1) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Intelsat-3-6 launch |
| United States | 1970-01-23 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.2) cachet on (airmail) cover, also back, also insert | TIROS-M and OSCAR-5 launch |
| United States | 1970-02-03 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.3) cachet on (airmail) cover | SERT-2 launch |
| United States | 1970-03-07 | Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.4) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | "Solar eclipse: 32 sounding rockets launched" |
| United States | 1970-03-07 | Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.4) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1970-03-07 | Wallops Island VA | (Riser/Andromeda Space Cover no.5) cachet on (airmail) cover | Aerobee-150 rocket launch |
| United States | 1970-03-21 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.6) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | NATO-2A launch |
| United States | 1970-03-26 | Palestine TX | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.7) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Stratoscope-II balloon launch |
| United States | 1970-03-26 | Palestine TX | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.7) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.8) cachet on (airmail) cover | Vela-11/12 launch |
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.9) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Nimbus-4 and Topo-1 launch |
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.9) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1970-04-11 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.10) cachet on (airmail) cover | Apollo-13 launch |
| United States | 1970-04-11 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.10) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover | |
| United States | 1970-04-14 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.11) cachet on (airmail) cover, also black and white with number not covered by sticker | Apollo-13 "deep space abort" |
| United States | 1970-04-23 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.12) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Intelsat-3-7 launch |
| United States | 1970-07-24 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.13) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Intelsat-3-8 launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.14) cachet on (airmail) cover | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-27 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.15 grey and blue) cachet on (airmail) cover | Transit-O19 launch |
| United States | 1970-08-27 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.15 green and blue) cachet on (airmail) cover | |
| United States | 1970-08-27 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.15 green and blue and black rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover | |
| United States | 1970-09-30 | Wallops Island VA | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.16) cachet on (airmail) cover | Scout rocket launch |
| United States | 1970-10-05 | Wallops Island VA | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.17) cachet on (airmail) cover | Javelin rocket launch |
| United States | 1970-10-09 | Wallops Island VA | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.18) cachet on (airmail) cover | Castor rocket launch |
| United States | 1970-11-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.19) cachet on (airmail) cover | DSP-1 launch |
| United States | 1970-11-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.19) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover | |
| United States | 1970-11-09 | Wallops Island VA | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.20) cachet on (airmail) cover | OFO-1 and RM-1 launch |
| United States | 1970-11-30 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.21) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | OAO-B launch [failed] |
| United States | 1970-11-30 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.21) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1970-12-11 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.22) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 (partial) | NOAA-1 and CEP-1 launch |
| United States | 1971-01-26 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.23) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 (partial) | Intelsat-4-2 launch (not "Intelsat-4-F1", as in text) |
| Andromeda Cover no.24 through 26 are missing | ||||
| United States | 1971-01-31 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.27) cachet on (airmail) cover | Apollo-14 launch |
| United States | 1971-02-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.28) cachet on (airmail) cover | Apollo-14 landing on Moon |
| United States | 1971-02-09 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.29) cachet on (airmail) cover | Apollo-14 splashdown/recovery |
| Andromeda Cover no.30 is missing | ||||
| United States | 1971-03-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.31) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | ISIS-2 launch |
| United States | 1971-03-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.31) cachet (and signatures) on (airmail) cover, also insert | |
| Andromeda Cover no.32 and greater have not been found. However, a Mariner-8 launch cover dated 1971-05-08 has been reported as the last Andromeda Cover produced |
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| "Cygnus Cover" numbered cachets | ||||
| United States | 1971-07-26 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.1) cachet on (airmail) cover | Apollo-15 launch |
| United States | 1971-07-30 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.2) cachet on (airmail) cover | Apollo-15 landing on Moon |
| United States | 1971-08-04 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.3) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | P&FS-1 deployed (from Apollo-15) |
| United States | 1971-08-07 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.4) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Apollo-15 splashdown/recovery |
| United States | 1971-08-16 | Wallops Island VA | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.5) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | Éole launch |
| United States | 1971-09-21 | Wallops Island VA | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.6) cachet on cover, also insert | Scout rocket launch |
| United States | 1971-09-21 | Wallops Island VA | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.6) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-09-29 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.7) cachet on (airmail) cover (incorrectly identified as "OSO-8"), also insert1 and insert2 | OSO-7 and TETR-4 launch |
| United States | 1971-10-21 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.8) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | ITOS-B launch [failed] |
| United States | 1971-11-03 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.9) cachet on cover, also insert1 and insert2 | DSCS-2-1/2 launch |
| United States | 1971-11-03 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.9) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | |
| United States | 1971-11-03 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.9) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | |
| United States | 1971-11-13 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.10) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | Mariner-9 entry into Mars orbit |
| United States | 1971-12-11 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.11) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | Ariel-4 launch |
| United States | 1971-12-11 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.11) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | |
| United States | 1971-12-11 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.11) cachet (and signature, different) on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | |
| United States | 1971-12-13 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.12) cachet on (airmail) cover | Apollo-16 pre-launch: "rollout" |
| United States | 1971-12-13 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.12) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover | |
| United States | 1971-12-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.13) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Intelsat-4-3 launch |
| United States | 1972-01-24 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.14) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | Intelsat-4-4 launch |
| United States | 1972-01-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.15) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and/or insert2 and/or insert3 | HEOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1972-02-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.16) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | 10th anniv. John Glenn's orbital flight in the Friendship-7 capsule (launched by a Mercury-MA-6 rocket) |
| United States | 1972-03-02 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.17) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | Pioneer-10 launch |
| United States | 1972-03-11 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.18) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | ESRO-TD1A launch |
| United States | 1972-04-16 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.19) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Apollo-16 launch |
| United States | 1972-04-16 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.19) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1972-04-20 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.20) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Apollo-16 "thrust vector control system aborts" |
| United States | 1972-04-20 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.21) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | Apollo-16 landing on Moon |
| United States | 1972-04-24 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.22) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | P&FS-2 deployed (from Apollo-16) |
| United States | 1972-04-25 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.23) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Apollo-16 "deep space EVA" |
| United States | 1972-04-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.24) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Apollo-16 splashdown/recovery |
| United States | 1972-06-13 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.25) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | Intelsat-4-5 launch |
| United States | 1972-07-11 | WSMR, NM | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.26) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | "Viking lander supersonic flight" |
| United States | 1972-07-23 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.27) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Landsat-1 launch |
| United States | 1972-07-26 | WSMR, NM | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.28) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | "Viking (high altitude rocket firing) test" |
| United States | 1972-08-14 | Wallops Island VA | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.29) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Explorer-46 (MTS) launch |
| United States | 1972-08-19 | WSMR, NM | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.30) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | "Viking (lander) subsonic deceleration test" |
| United States | 1972-08-21 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.31) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | OAO-3 launch (but OAO-B depicted) |
| United States | 1972-08-28 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.32) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Apollo-17 pre-launch: "rollout" |
| United States | 1972-09-25 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.33) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Explorer-47 (IMP-I/IMP-7) launch |
| United States | 1972-12-07 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.34) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Apollo-17 launch |
| United States | 1972-12-11 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.35) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Apollo-17 landing on Moon |
| United States | 1972-12-14 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.36) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | Apollo-17 liftoff from Moon |
| United States | 1972-12-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.37) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | Apollo-17 splashdown/recovery |
| United States | 1972-10-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.38) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 launch |
| United States | 1972-11-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.39) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1, or also insert2 | Anik-A1 launch |
| United States | 1972-12-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.40) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 (partial) | Nimbus-5 launch |
| United States | 1972-11-21 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.41) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | ESRO-4 launch |
| United States | 1972-12-16 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.42) cachet on (aimrmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | Aeros-1 launch |
| United States | 1972-12-20 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.43) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | Canyon-5 launch (not "SDS", as in text; not "MIDAS" or "SAMOS", as in text) |
| United States | 1973-04-05 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.44) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Pioneer-11 launch |
| United States | 1973-04-16 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.45) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover, also insert | Skylab-11 pre-launch: "rollout" |
| United States | 1973-04-20 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.46) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Anik-A2 launch |
| United States | 1973-04-20 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.46) cachet (and signatures) on (airmail) cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1973-05-14 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.47) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Skylab-11 launch |
| United States | 1973-05-25 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.48) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Skylab-21 (not "Skylab-1" as in text) crew launch |
| United States | 1973-05-25 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.48) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover, also back (with insert inside) | |
| United States | 1973-05-25 | Houston TX (machine cancel) | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.49) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Skylab-21 (not "Skylab-1" as in text) "studies begin" |
| United States | 1973-05-25 | Houston TX (hand cancel) | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.49) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1973-06-22 | Houston TX | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.50) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Skylab-21 (not "Skylab-1" as in text) crew splashdown/recovery |
| United States | 1973-06-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.51) cachet on (airmail) cover, also insert | Explorer-49 (RAE-2) launch |
| Cygnus Cover no.52 and greater are not known to exist | ||||
1The numbered Skylab missions are identified on the Skylab-mission Earth imagery page.
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