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SCORE
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This page contains philatelic information on the SCORE (Signal Communication Orbit Relay Experiment) and Courier-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.
SCORE was un-officially nicknamed "Chatterbox".
| 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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| SCORE | SCORE | SCORE |
| Courier | Courier | Courier |
| Courier (on other than Courier launch covers) |
Below is a list of SCORE and Courier-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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| Chile | C193a o/p (Mi529+530 o/p) | Imperforate MS2 (C193a (i302+iC193)) overprinted in blue | 1959? | "TRAVERSIA SOBRE OSORNO DE ATLAS - SCORE - NAVIDAD 1958" (Christmas 1958 overflight of Atlas-SCORE above Osorno) |
| Laos | 266A (Mi406A) i266A (Mi406B) | Imperforate | 1974 | SCORE1 |
| Laos | 266Ab (BL56A) i266Ab (BL56B) | On stamp of SS1 (266A) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i266A) | ||
| Turkmenistan | Unknown c (Mi none) | One of MS9 (a-i) [known illegal issue] | 2001 | SCORE1 |
| United States | 1393 fdc (Mi1005 fdc) | (Riser/Andromeda Space Covers) cachet on FDC | 1970 | "SCORE" (and "Echo-1") |
| Courier | ||||
| Costa Rica | C324 (Mi591) | 1961 | "Communications satellite 'Courier-1B'" (in Spanish text, but Fantasy satellite depicted) | |
| Costa Rica | C322+C324 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC (K Print cachet) | ||
| Costa Rica | C324-C325 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC (Asociación Filatélica de Costa Rica cachet), also back | ||
| Costa Rica | C338 (Mi605) | C324 overprinted in red | 1962 | "Communications satellite 'Courier-1B'" (in Spanish text, but Fantasy satellite depicted) |
| Costa Rica | C338 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Asociación Filatélica de Costa Rica cachet) | ||
| Germany (West) | None | Cinderella (poster stamp), one of MS30 cinderella | ~1966 | "Courier-1B" |
1The Atlas-B launch rocket, without its booster engines, constituted the SCORE satellite. It is depicted in the upper part of the stamp.
Below is a list of SCORE and Courier-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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| 1958-12-18: SCORE | ||||
| United States | 1958-12-18 | Port Canaveral FL | (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover | SCORE launch, also "Chatterbox" |
| United States | 1958-12-18 | Patrick AFB, FL | (H. Flick) cachet on (airmail) cover | SCORE launch |
| SCORE (anniversaries) | ||||
| United States | 2013-12-18 | Sagamore Beach MA | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 55th anniv. SCORE launch, and "Project SCORE" |
| United States | 2018-12-18 | Sagamore Beach MA | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 60th anniv. SCORE launch, and "Project SCORE" |
| Courier | ||||
| 1960-08-18: Courier-1A [failed] | ||||
| United States | 1960-08-18 | Port Canaveral FL | (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover | Courier-1A launch [failed] |
| United States | 1960-08-18 | Port Canaveral FL | (Goldcraft Cachets and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Courier-1A launch [failed] |
| 1960-10-04: Courier-1B | ||||
| United States | 1960-10-04 | Port Canaveral FL | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | Courier-1B launch |
| United States | 1960-10-04 | Port Canaveral FL | (Sarzin?) cachet on cover | Courier-1B launch |
| United States | 1960-10-04 | Port Canaveral FL | (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover | Courier-1B launch |
| Courier (on other than Courier launch covers) | ||||
| United States | 1962-09-29 | Lompoc CA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on Alouette-1 and TAVE launch cover, also insert | "Courier-type satellite" (in the cachet), "Courier-type communication satellite" (in the insert) |
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