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This page contains (all known) covers with "Solar Covers" numbered cachets produced by Roger Jarrell to mark satellite launches and other space-related events. These covers include this logo on the cover front and on the insert. Most Solar Covers are also numbered on the insert, not on the cover front; the numbering exceptions are explaind with in-table notes.
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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| "Solar Covers" numbered cachets | "Solar Covers" cachets |
Below is a list of "Solar Covers" 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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| "Solar Covers" cachets (on (non-launch cover) postal items) | ||||
| United States | 1435b fdc1 (Mi1046-1047 fdc1) | (Solar Covers no.24 (assigned)) cachet on FDC (Houston TX cancel), also insert | 1971 | Apollo lunar rover and (generic) Earthrise imagery |
| United States | 1435b fdc2 (Mi1046-1047 fdc2) | (Solar Covers no.24 (assigned)) cachet on FDC (Huntsville AL cancel), also insert | ||
| United States | 1435b fdc3 (Mi1046-1047 fdc3) | (Solar Covers no.24 (assigned)) cachet on FDC (Kennedy Space Center FL, FDC machine cancel), also insert | ||
| United States | 1435b fdc4 (Mi1046-1047 fdc4) | (Solar Covers no.24 (assigned)) cachet on FDC (Kennedy Space Center FL, machine cancel), also insert | ||
| United States | 1435b fdc5 (Mi1046-1047 fdc5) | (Solar Covers no.24 (assigned)) cachet on FDC (Patrick AFB, FL cancel), also insert | ||
| United States | 1435b fdc6 (Mi1046-1047 fdc6) | (Solar Covers no.24 (assigned)) cachet on FDC (two Patrick AFB, FL cancels), also insert | ||
| United States | 1435b fdc7 (Mi1046-1047 fdc7) | (Solar Covers no.24 (assigned)) cachet on FDC (Cape Canaveral FL, hand cancel), also insert | ||
| United States | 1435b fdc8 (Mi1046-1047 fdc8) | (Solar Covers no.24 (assigned)) cachet on FDC (Cape Canaveral FL, machine cancel), also insert | ||
| United States | 1435b fdc9 (Mi1046-1047 fdc9) | (Solar Covers no.24 (assigned)) cachet on FDC (Titusville FL cancel), also insert | ||
| No.24 has been assigned to the above item, which is un-numbered and the only known Solar Covers FDC. A second possibility, judged less likely, is that our collection is missing no.24 and that no number at all should be assigned to this FDC. | ||||
| United States | None | (Solar Covers no.26) cachet on cover, also insert | 1971 | Astronaut A. Worden Homecoming slogan cancel |
| United States | None | (Solar Covers no.47) cachet (and signature) on cover, also insert | 1972 | Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan home town slogan cancel |
Below is a list of Solar Covers numbered 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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| "Solar Covers" numbered cachets (mostly on un-manned satellite launch or event covers) | ||||
| United States | 1970-04-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5) cachet on cover | Intelsat-3-7 launch |
| United States | 1970-07-23 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5) cachet on cover | Intelsat-3-8 launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5) cachet on cover | Skynet-1B launch |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1970-08-19 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5) cachet on cover | |
| United States | 1970-10-09 | Wallops Island VA | (Solar Covers no.1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5) cachet on cover, also insert | Castor rocket launch; SPED-2 |
| One of Solar Covers no.1 through no.5 are missing. If all five were available, their chronology could serve to assign specific numbers to each. With only four, the numbering is indeterminate. | ||||
| United States | 1970-11-30 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.6 (assigned)) cachet on cover, also insert | OAO-B launch [failed] |
| United States | 1970-11-30 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.6 (assigned)) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1970-11-30 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.6 (assigned)) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| No.6 is assigned to the cover above, assuming chronological order with no.7, the first numbered cover. | ||||
| United States | 1970-12-11 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Solar Covers no.7) cachet on cover, also insert | NOAA-1 and CEP-1 launch |
| United States | 1971-01-25 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.8 (assigned)) cachet on cover, also insert | Intelsat-4-2 launch |
| United States | 1971-01-25 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.8 (assigned)) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-01-26 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.8 (assigned)) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| No.8 is assigned to the cover above. It falls in the gap between the numbered covers no.7 and no.9. | ||||
| United States | 1971-01-31 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.9) cachet on cover, also insert | Apollo-14 launch |
| United States | 1971-01-31 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.9) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-01-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.9) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-02-05 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.10) cachet on cover, also insert | Apollo-14 landing on Moon |
| United States | 1971-02-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.11 (assigned)) cachet on cover, also insert | Apollo-14 splashdown/recovery |
| No.11 is assigned to the cover above under the assumption that the three Apollo-14 covers were numbered consecutively. | ||||
| United States | 1971-02-02 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.12 or 13 (assumed)) cachet on cover, also insert | NATO-2B launch ("NATO-B" in text) |
| One of Solar Covers no.12 and no.13 is missing; the un-numbered NATO-2B cover above must be one of them. | ||||
| United States | 1971-03-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Solar Covers no.14) cachet on cover, also insert | ISIS-2 launch |
| United States | 1971-05-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.15) cachet on cover, also insert | 10th anniv. Mercury-MR-3 launch: "A decade of American men in space" |
| United States | 1971-05-08 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.16) cachet on cover, also insert | Mariner-8 launch [failed] |
| United States | 1971-05-09 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.16) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-05-10 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.16) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-05-10 1981-05-05 | Kennedy Space Center FL (machine cancel) Kennedy Space Center FL (hand cancel) | (Solar Covers no.16) cachet on cover, also insert | Mariner-8 launch [failed] 10th anniv. Mariner-8 launch |
| United States | 1971-05-30 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.17) cachet on cover, also insert | Mariner-9 launch |
| United States | 1971-06-01 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.17) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-05-30 1981-05-30 | Patrick AFB, FL (machine cancel) Patrick AFB, FL (hand cancel) | (Solar Covers no.17) cachet on cover, also insert | Mariner-9 launch 10th anniv. Mariner-9 launch |
| United States | 1971-07-26 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.18) cachet on cover, also insert | Apollo-15 launch |
| United States | 1971-07-26 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.18) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-07-26 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.18) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-07-30 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.19) cachet on cover, also insert | Apollo-15 landing on Moon |
| United States | 1971-07-30 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.19) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-07-30 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.19) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-07-31 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.20) cachet on cover, also insert | Apollo-15 lunar rover excursion |
| United States | 1971-07-31 | Titusville FL | (Solar Covers no.20 label/sticker) cachet on cover, also insert and incomplete note about label/sticker and (possible) completed note about label/sticker | |
| United States | 1971-07-31 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.20 label/sticker) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-08-04 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.21) cachet on cover, also insert | P&FS-1 deployed (from Apollo-15) |
| United States | 1971-08-04 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.21) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-08-05 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.22) cachet on cover, also insert | Apollo-15 spacewalk |
| United States | 1971-08-05 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.22) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-08-07 | Titusville FL | (Solar Covers no.23) cachet on cover, also insert | Apollo-15 splashdown/recovery |
| United States | 1971-08-07 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.23) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-08-07 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.23) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-08-07 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.23) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| No.24 has been assigned to the un-numbered USA 1435b FDC (the only known Solar Covers FDC). It is in the separate table above. A second possibility, judged less likely, is that our collection is missing no.24 and that no number at all should be assigned to the FDC. | ||||
| United States | 1971-10-21 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Solar Covers no.25) cachet on cover, also insert | ITOS-B launch [failed] |
| No.26 is not a satellite launch or event cover and so is included in the non-launch cover table of postal items above. | ||||
| United States | 1971-08-16 | Wallops Island VA | (Solar Covers no.27) cachet on cover, also insert | Éole launch |
| United States | 1971-09-29 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.28) cachet on cover, also insert | OSO-7 and TETR-4 launch |
| United States | 1971-09-29 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.28) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-09-29 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.28) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-12-11 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Solar Covers no.29) cachet on cover, also insert | Ariel-4 launch |
| United States | 1971-12-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.30) cachet on cover, also insert | Intelsat-4-3 launch |
| United States | 1971-12-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.30) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-12-20 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.30) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-11-13 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.31) cachet on cover, also insert | Mariner-9 entry into Mars orbit |
| United States | 1971-11-13 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.31) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1971-11-15 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.31) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1972-01-23 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.32 or 33 (assumed)) cachet on cover, also insert | Intelsat-4-4 launch |
| United States | 1972-01-24 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.32 or 33 (assumed)) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1972-01-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.32 or 33 (assumed)) cachet on cover | Apollo-16 "rollback" |
| The Intelsat-4-4 cover above is un-numbered, and we have no insert for the Apollo-16 rollback cover immediately above. Those two are probably no.32 and no.33, though we don't know which is which. | ||||
| United States | 1972-01-31 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Solar Covers no.34) cachet on cover, also insert | HEOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1972-03-11 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Solar Covers no.35) cachet on cover, also insert | ESRO-TD1A launch |
| United States | 1972-04-16 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.36) cachet on cover, also insert | Apollo-16 launch |
| United States | 1972-04-16 | Titusville FL | (Solar Covers no.36) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1972-04-16 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.36) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1972-04-20 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.37) cachet on cover, also insert | Apollo-16 landing on Moon |
| United States | 1972-04-20 | Titusville FL | (Solar Covers no.37) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1972-04-20 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.37) cachet (and signature) on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1972-04-24 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.38) cachet on cover, also insert | P&FS-2 deployed (from Apollo-16) |
| United States | 1972-04-24 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.38) cachet (and signature) on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1972-04-25 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.39) cachet on cover, also insert | Apollo-16 spacewalk |
| Solar Covers no.40 is missing. | ||||
| United States | 1972-07-20 | Wapakoneta OH | (Solar Covers no.41) cachet on cover, also insert | 3rd anniv. Apollo-11 landing on Moon: opening of Armstrong Museum |
| United States | 1972-07-23 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Solar Covers no.42) cachet on cover, also insert | Landsat-1 launch |
| United States | 1972-08-21 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.43 or 44 or 45 (assumed)) cachet on cover | OAO-3 launch (but OAO-B depicted) |
| Two of Solar Covers no.43, no.44, and no.45 are missing. The OAO-3 cover above is probably one of the three. | ||||
| United States | 1972-11-09 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Solar Covers no.46) cachet on cover, also insert | Anik-A1 launch |
| United States | 1972-11-09 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Solar Covers no.46) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1972-11-10 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.46) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| No.47 is not a satellite launch or event cover and so is included in the non-launch cover table of postal items above. | ||||
| United States | 1972-12-07 | Titusville FL | (Solar Covers no.48) cachet on cover, also insert | Apollo-17 launch |
| United States | 1972-12-07 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Solar Covers no.48) cachet on cover, also insert | |
| Solar Covers no.49 through no.51 are missing. One or more of them may be for Apollo-17 mission events. | ||||
| United States | 1972-10-15 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Solar Covers no.52) cachet on cover, also insert | NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 (Amsat-P2A) launch |
| Solar Covers no.53 or greater have not been found and may not exist. | ||||
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