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This page contains philatelic information on the San Marco 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) |
Reference images (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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| San Marco (Italy) | San Marco (Italy) | San Marco (Italy) | San Marco (Italy) |
| San Marco (on other than San Marco launch covers) |
Below is a list of San Marco-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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| San Marco (Italy) | ||||
| Ajman | Mi266A Mi266B | Imperforate | 1968 | "San Marco"-1/2 type (red and white stripes)1 |
| Ajman | Mi260A+Mi263A-266A fdc | One of five stamps on FDC | ||
| Comoro Islands | 281 (BL107A) i281 (BL107B) | On stamp of SS1 On stamp of imperforate SS1 | 1977 | San Marco-D/L |
| Ecuador | 756 (Mi1283) 756A (Mi1284) 756B (Mi1285) | On (lower and right) selvedge in black | 1966 | San Marco-1 (without stripes)2 |
| Ecuador | 756 pair | On (upper) selvedge of tête-bêche pair | ||
| Ecuador | 756 (Mi1283) 756A (Mi1284) 756B (Mi1285) | On (lower) selvedge in red | ||
| Ecuador | 756B pair | In red on (upper) selvedge of tête-bêche pair | ||
| Ecuador | 757 (Mi1292) | On stamp and on (right) selvedge in black | 1966 | San Marco-1 (without stripes)2 |
| Ecuador | 757A (Mi1293) | On stamp and on (right) selvedge in black | ||
| Ecuador | 757B (Mi1294) | On (right) selvedge only in black | ||
| Ecuador | 757Bc (BL31) i757Bc (BL32) | MS3 (757-757B) Imperforate MS3 (i757-i757B), changed colors | ||
| Ecuador | 758 (Mi1301) 758A (Mi1302) 758B (Mi1303) 758C (Mi1304) 758D (Mi1305) 758E (Mi1306) | On (upper and right) selvedge only in black | 1966 | San Marco-1 (without stripes)2 |
| Hungary | C254 (Mi2195A) iC254 (Mi2195B) | Imperforate | 1965 | "San Marco"-1 (launched "1964.XII.15" as in the text, but SolRad-1/7 type is depicted) |
| Italy | 1189 (Mi1492) | 1975 | San Marco-D/L, also "S. Marco A", "S. Marco B", and "S. Marco C" (in fdc7 back) | |
| Italy | 1189 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Venetia cachet), also back | ||
| Italy | 1189 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Filagrano Sintoni cachet) | ||
| Italy | 1189 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (Roma cachet, Udine CP Filatelico cancel) | ||
| Italy | 1189 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (Roma cachet, same; Rome cancel) | ||
| Italy | 1189 fdc5 | Stamp on FDC (Roma cachet, different) | ||
| Italy | 1189 fdc6 | Stamp on FDC (Roma cachet, different) | ||
| Italy | 1189 fdc7 | Stamp on FDC (Filagrano Gold cachet), also back | ||
| Italy | 1553a label (Mi1834-1837 label) | On one of two labels with block of 4 (1553a (1550-1553 + 2 labels)) | 1983 | San Marco-2 |
| Italy | 3279 (Mi3762) | 2014 | 50th anniv. San Marco-1 launch | |
| Italy | 3279 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on postcard FDC | ||
| Italy | None | Souvenir card | 2014 | 50th anniv. San Marco-1 launch, including reproduction of Italy 1189 |
| Manama | Mi96A Mi96B | Imperforate | 1968 | "San Marco"-1/2 type (red and white stripes)1 |
| Manama | Mi90A+Mi93A-96A fdc Mi90B+Mi93B-96B fdc | One of five stamps on FDC One of five imperforate stamps on FDC | ||
| Micronesia | 81g (Mi138) | One of MS9 (81 (a-i)) (Mi132-140) | 1989 | San Marco-3/4 type (red and white stripes)1 |
| Panama | 469 (Mi892) 469+selvedge i469 i469 changed-colors (Mi897) | On selvedge also Imperforate Imperforate with changed colors | 1966 | San Marco-1 launch |
| Panama | 469A (Mi893) 469A+selvedge i469A i469A changed-colors (Mi898) | From block of 4 (4x 469A + selvedge) On selvedge also Imperforate Imperforate with changed colors | San Marco-1 (without stripes)2 | |
| Panama | 469A pair | Tête-bêche pair | ||
| Panama | 469B (Mi894) 469B+selvedge i469B i469B changed-colors (Mi899) | On selvedge also Imperforate Imperforate with changed colors | San Marco sub-orbital test 2 (on "2 August 1963" the Shotput rocket depicted in the stamp carried an 80 kg test version of the San Marco satellite to an altitude of 294 km) | |
| Panama | 469C+selvedge (Mi895+selvedge) i469C+selvedge (Mi900+selvedge) i469C+selvedge changed-colors (Mi900+selvedge changed-colors) | On selvedge only On selvedge only of imperforate On selvedge only of imperforate with changed colors | San Marco-1 (without stripes)2 | |
| Panama | 469D (Mi896) 469D+selvedge i469D i469D changed-colors (Mi901) | On selvedge also Imperforate Imperforate with changed colors | San Marco-1 (without stripes)2 | |
| Panama | 469De (BL53) | Imperforate MS2 (i469C-i469D) | San Marco-1 (without stripes)2 | |
| Panama | C365b (Mi1138) | One stamp and on (upper and right) selvedges of MS6 (C365 (a-f)) (Mi1137-1142) | 1969 | San Marco-2 (without stripes)2 |
| Paraguay | 959 (Mi1591) i959 (Mi1599) | On stamp and on (upper) selvedge On imperforate stamp with changed colors and on (upper) selvedge | 1966 | "San Marco-1" (without stripes)2 |
| Paraguay | 959 muestra | Overprinted "muestra" | ||
| Paraguay | 960 (Mi1592) i960 (Mi1600) | On (upper) selvedge only On (upper) selvedge only of imperforate | San Marco-1 (without stripes)2 | |
| Paraguay | 961 (Mi1593) i961 (Mi1601) i961 var | On (upper) selvedge only On (upper) selvedge only of imperforate On (upper) selvedge (different) only of imperforate | San Marco-1 (without stripes)2; San Marco platform3 (on second imperforate selvedge), same selvedge on several perforated stamps and on several imperforate stamps from this set | |
| Paraguay | 962 (Mi1594) i962 (Mi1602) | On stamp and on (upper) selvedge On imperforate stamp with changed colors and on (upper) selvedge | San Marco-1 (without stripes)2, also San Marco platform3 (on perforate selvedge) | |
| Paraguay | 962 muestra | On stamp and (upper) selvedge, overprinted "muestra" | ||
| Paraguay | 963 (Mi1595) i963 (Mi1603) | On stamp and on (upper) selvedge On imperforate stamp with changed colors and on (upper) selvedge | San Marco-1 (without stripes)2, also San Marco platform3 | |
| Paraguay | 963 muestra | Overprinted "muestra" | ||
| Paraguay | 964 (Mi1596) i964 (Mi1604) | On (upper) selvedge only On (upper) selvedge only of imperforate | San Marco-1 (without stripes)2 | |
| Paraguay | 965 (Mi1597) i965 (Mi1607) | On (upper) selvedge only On (upper) selvedge only of imperforate | San Marco-1 (without stripes)2 | |
| Paraguay | 959-963 fdc | Three of five stamps and (pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet on FDC | (As above for stamps) | |
| Paraguay | 966 (Mi1598) i966 (Mi1606) | On stamp and on (upper) selvedge On imperforate stamp with changed colors and on (upper) selvedge | "San Marco-1" (without stripes)2 | |
| Paraguay | 966 muestra | Overprinted "muestra" | ||
| Paraguay | 966a (BL87) i966a (BL88) | SS1 Imperforate SS1, changed colors | "San Marco-1" (without stripes)2 | |
| Paraguay | 966a muestra i966a muestra | SS1 overprinted "muestra" Imperforate SS1, changed colors, overprinted "muestra" | "San Marco-1" (without stripes)2 | |
| Poland | 1472 (Mi1736) | 1966 | "San Marco-1" (red and white stripes)1 | |
| Poland | 1467-1468+1472 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| United States | None | (GSFC multi-satellite blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1979 | "San Marco"-5 |
| Yugoslavia | 1045 (Mi1409) | From MS9 (1045a (9x 1045)) | 1971 | San Marco-1/2 type |
| Yugoslavia | 1045-1047 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
1The red and white longitudinal stripes on these items are incorrect, as the stripes were actually black and white according to reference materials. See the A-1 satellite page for a similar dilemma about stripes on that spacecraft.
2The images on all of these items are similar but apparently incorrect, looking more like Vanguard-2 (a spherical satellite without stripes), some with an attachment similar to that seen on some of the Vanguard-1 images.
3Italy's oldest launch site, consisting of a floating platform in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Kenya, close to the town of Malindi.
Below is a list of San Marco-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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| San Marco (Shotput) sub-orbital | ||||
| 1963-04-20: San Marco (Shotput) sub-orbital test-1 | ||||
| United States | 1963-04-22 | Wallops Island VA | (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on postal card | Shotput (sub-orbital) rocket launch1 |
| United States | 1963-04-22 | Wallops Island VA | (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Shotput (sub-orbital) rocket launch1 |
| United States | 1963-04-22 | Wallops Island VA | (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover | Shotput (sub-orbital) rocket launch1 |
| 1963-08-02: San Marco (Shotput) sub-orbital test-2 | ||||
| United States | 1963-08-03 | Wallops Island VA | (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on postal card | Shotput (sub-orbital) rocket launch2 |
| United States | 1963-08-03 | Wallops Island VA | (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Shotput (sub-orbital) rocket launch2 |
| United States | 1963-08-03 | Wallops Island VA | (Swanson green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Shotput (sub-orbital) rocket launch2 |
| San Marco (Italy) | ||||
| 1964-12-15: San Marco-1 | ||||
| United States | 1964-12-15 | Wallops Island VA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on cover, also insert | San Marco-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-12-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Sarzin? printed and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | San Marco-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-12-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Sarzin? printed) cachet on cover | San Marco-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-12-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Goldcraft Cachet) cachet on cover | San Marco-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-12-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Blue printed) cachet on cover | San Marco-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-12-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Red printed) cachet on cover | San Marco-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-12-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Rank velvet, bright) cachet on cover | San Marco-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-12-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Rank velvet, pastel) cachet on cover | San Marco-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-12-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Rank silkscreened, blue/black) cachet on cover | San Marco-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-12-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover (and Italy 1189 fdc) | San Marco-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-12-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Swanson green and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | San Marco-1 launch |
| United States | 1964-12-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Swanson blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | San Marco-1 launch |
| 1967-04-26: San Marco-2 | ||||
| Vatican City | 1967-04-26 | Vatican City | (Orbit Covers) cachet on cover | San Marco-2 launch |
| 1971-04-24: San Marco-3 | ||||
| Kenya | 1971-04-24 | Malindi | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover, also insert | San Marco-3 launch |
| 1974-02-18: San Marco-4 | ||||
| Kenya | 1974-02-18 | Malindi | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on cover | San Marco-4 launch |
| Kenya | 1974-02-18 | Malindi | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | San Marco-4 launch |
| Kenya | 1974-02-18 | Malindi | (Black rubber-stamp and red hand-written) cachet on cover | San Marco-4 launch |
| United States | 1974-02-18 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | San Marco-4 launch |
| United States | 1974-02-18 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC STDN blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | San Marco-4 launch |
| 1988-03-25: San Marco-5 | ||||
| Kenya | 1988-03-25 | Malindi | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | San Marco-5 launch |
| United States | 1988-03-25 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | San Marco-5 launch |
| San Marco (on other than San Marco launch covers) | ||||
| United States | 1976-03-16 | Auburn MA | (GSFC Stamp Club blue printed) cachet on 50th anniv. first liquid fuel rocket flight/launch cover | "San Marco"-5 |
| United States | 1978-05-20 | GSFC, MD | (GSFC multi-satellite blue rubber-stamp) cachet (same design as immediately above) on Pioneer-12 launch cover | "San Marco"-5 |
| United States | 1978-10-24 | GSFC, MD | (GSFC multi-satellite blue rubber-stamp) cachet (same) on Nimbus-7 and CAMEO launch cover | "San Marco"-5 |
| United States | 1983-01-25 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC multi-satellite blue rubber-stamp) cachet (same) on IRAS and PIX-2 launch cover | "San Marco"-5 |
1The Shotput rocket carried an 80 kg test version of the San Marco satellite to an altitude of 426 km
2The Shotput rocket carried an 80 kg test version of the San Marco satellite to an altitude of 294 km
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