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This page contains (selected) covers with Smithsonian Institution "Milestones of Flight" numbered cachets produced by the Smithsonian Institution to mark satellite launches and other space-related events. Those covers include this Smithsonian Institution "Milestones of Flight" numbered logo on the front.
Many 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 not items 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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| Smithsonian Institution "Milestones of Flight" cachets | Smithsonian Institution "Milestones of Flight" cachets |
Below is a list of Smithsonian Institution "Milestones of Flight" 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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| Smithsonian Institution "Milestones of Flight" cachets (on (non-launch cover) postal items) | ||||
| "Milestones of Flight" numbers that are missing from this list, and the table below, are being sought | ||||
| United States | None | (MoF no.1) cachet on cover, also back | 1972 | 25th anniv. supersonic flight |
| United States | None | (MoF no.1) cachet (and signature) on cover, also back | ||
| United States | None | (MoF no.6) cachet on cover | 1973 | 40th anniv. Post's 1933 solo around-the-world flight |
| United States | None | (MoF no.21) cachet on cover | 1974 | 45th anniv. Byrd's South Pole flight |
| United States | None | (MoF no.37) cachet on cover | 1976 | 50th anniv. Goddard testing first liquid-propelled rocket, 1926 (common design) |
| United States | 1710 fdc (Mi1298 fdc) | (MoF no.51) cachet on FDC | 1977 | "50th anniversary [Lindbergh's] solo transatlantic flight" and Spirit of St. Louis |
| France | None | (MoF no.55) cachet on cover | 1977 | 125th anniv. Giffard airship; a similar airship was later flown by the Tissandier brothers |
| Great Britain | None | (MoF no.83) cachet on cover | 1980 | 195th anniv. Blanchard and Jeffries' balloon crossing of the English Channel |
| Germany (West) | None | (MoF no.96) cachet on cover | 1981 | 50th anniv. Auguste Piccard's 1931 flight; inaccurate drawing of balloon FNRS |
Below is a list of Smithsonian Institution "Milestones of Flight" 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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| Smithsonian Institution "Milestones of Flight" numbered cachets (many on un-manned satellite launch or event covers) | ||||
| "Milestones of Flight" numbers that are missing from this list, and the table above, are being sought | ||||
| United States | 1973-01-31 | Redstone Arsenal AL | (MoF no.3) cachet on cover, also insert and insert back | 15th anniv. Explorer-1 launch |
| United States | 1973-03-17 | Cape Canaveral FL | (MoF no.4) cachet on cover, also insert and insert back | 15th anniv. Vanguard-1 launch |
| United States | 1974-03-03 | Cape Canaveral FL | (MoF no.13) cachet on cover, also insert top and insert bottom and insert back | 5th anniv. Apollo-9 launch |
| United States | 1974-08-14 | Cape Canaveral FL | (MoF no.18) cachet on cover, also insert and insert back | 15th anniv. Explorer-6 first televised image |
| United States | 1975-02-14 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.24) cachet on cover | 10th anniv. Pegasus-1 launch |
| United States | 1975-02-14 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.24 and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1975-04-01 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.26) cachet on cover, also insert1, insert1 back, and insert2 | 15th anniv. TIROS-1 launch |
| United States | 1975-07-14 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.29) cachet on cover, also insert and insert back | 10th anniv. Mariner-4 flyby of Mars |
| United States | 1975-08-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.30) cachet on cover | 15th anniv. Echo-1 launch |
| United States | 1976-06-02 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.40) cachet on cover | 10th anniv. Surveyor-1 lunar landing |
| United States | 1976-11-13 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.45) cachet on cover, also insert (partial) | 5th anniv. Mariner-9 entry into Mars orbit |
| United States | 1977-02-20 1962-02-20 | Orlando FL, Kennedy Space Center Branch Cape Canaveral FL | (MoF no.48) cachet on cover, also insert and insert back | 15th anniv. Mercury MA-6 launch USA 1193 FDC |
| Russia (USSR) | 1977-10-04 | Moscow PO | (MoF no.56) cachet on cover | 20th anniv. Sputnik-1 launch |
| United States | 1978-01-31 | Cape Canaveral FL | (MoF no.59) cachet on cover | 20th anniv. Explorer-1 launch |
| United States | 1978-11-03 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.67) cachet on cover, also insert and insert back | 5th anniv. Mariner-10 launch |
| United States | 1979-07-16 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.75) cachet on cover | 10th anniv. Apollo-11 launch |
| United States | 1979-07-28 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.77) cachet on cover, also insert | 15th anniv. Ranger-7 launch |
| United States | 1980-07-24 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.90) cachet on cover | 30th anniv. Bumper-WAC-8 launch |
| United States | 1980-08-18 | Honolulu HI | (MoF no.91) cachet on cover | 20th anniv. Discoverer-14 capsule recovery |
| United States | 1980-08-20 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.92) cachet on cover | 5th anniv. Viking-1 launch |
| United States | 1981-08-10 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (MoF no.98) cachet on cover, also insert (partial) | 15th anniv. Lunar Orbiter-1 launch |
| Smithsonian MoF covers are known to exist thru no.100 | ||||
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