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This page contains philatelic information on the Venus Express satellite. 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) |
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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| Venus Express (ESA) | Venus Express (ESA) | Venus Express (ESA) |
Below is a list of Venus Express 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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| Venus Express (ESA) | ||||
| Chad | Unknown b (Mi?) Unknown ib | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] One of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2011 | "Venus Express"; design like Madagascar unknown b 2011 |
| Djibouti | Unknown ms (Mi none) Unknown ims | In (upper-left) margin of MS2 (a-b) [known illegal issue] In (upper-left) margin of imperforate MS2 (a-b) | 2013 | |
| Djibouti | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS2 on FDC Imperforate MS2 on FDC | ||
| Djibouti | Unknown ms (Mi none) | On one stamp and one label and in (left) margin of MS2 (a-b + 2 labels) [known illegal issue] | 2014 | "Venus Express" and logo |
| Djibouti | Unknown fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
| Djibouti | Unknown iss (BL none) | Imperforate SS1 [known illegal issue] | ||
| Dominica | 2583 (BL520) | SS1 | 2006 | "Venus Express", also logo (in lower-right margin) |
| Gambia | 3049 (BL704) | SS1 | 2006 | "Venus Express", also logo (in lower-left margin) |
| Great Britain | 3114 (Mi3367) | From presentation pack (3113-3118) (Mi3366-3371) | 2012 | "Venus Express" (in text and presentation pack front) |
| Great Britain | 3113-3118 fdc1 | One of six stamps and (Tallents House, Edinburgh) cancel and (Royal Mail) cachet on FDC, also annotated cancel and annotated cachet | ||
| Great Britain | 3113-3118 fdc2 | One of six stamps and (Royal Mail) cachet on FDC (Star Gaerwen, Gwynedd cancel), also annotated cachet | ||
| Great Britain | 3113-3118 fdc3 | One of six stamps and (Royal Mail) cachet on FDC (Sunbeam Way, Birmingham cancel), also annotated cachet | ||
| Great Britain | 3113-3118 fdc4 | One of six stamps and (Royal Mail) cachet on FDC (Picadilly, London cancel), also annotated cachet | ||
| Great Britain | 3113-3118 fdc5 | One of six stamps on FDC (Macclesfield, Cheshire cancel, Cotswold Covers/BPCPA cachet) | ||
| Grenada Carriacou | 2635 (BL610) | SS1 | 2006 | "Venus Express", also logo (in lower margin) |
| Guinea Republic | BL966A BL966B | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2006 | "Venus Express" |
| Guinea Republic | BL966A fdc | SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | Mi7634 | One of MS6 (Mi7634-7639) | 2010 | |
| Guinea Republic | Mi7634-7639_ms6 fdc | MS6 on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL1842 | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | Venus Express depicted, but the SS1 was issued for the launch of the Japanese satellite Akatsuki | |
| Guinea Republic | BL1842 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4547 | One of MS5 (Mi4545-4549) | 2010 | "Venus Express" |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4545-4549_ms5 fdc | MS5 on FDC | ||
| Guyana | 3929 (BL805) | SS1 | 2006 | "Venus Express", also logo (in lower-left margin) |
| Ivory Coast | BL141 | On silver-foil stamp of SS1 (Mi1440A) | 2005 | "sonde Venus Express 2"1 |
| Ivory Coast | Mi1440A_ms4 | On 4 silver-foil stamps and in (upper-left and lower-right) margins of MS4 (4x Mi1440A) | ||
| Ivory Coast | Unknown c (Mi none) | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2012 | Venus Express (not "Mars Express", as in text) |
| Liberia | 2439 (BL541) | SS1 | 2006 | "Venus Express" |
| Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) | Unknown b (Mi none) Unknown ib | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] One of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2011 | Design like Chad unknown b 2011 |
| Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) | Unknown a-d fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS4 on FDC Imperforate MS4 on FDC | ||
| Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) | Unknown ss (BL none) | SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2014 | "Venus Express", also logo (on stamp) |
| Micronesia | 696 (Mi1727-1732) | MS6 (696 (a-f)) | 2006 | "Venus Express" |
| Mozambique | BL976 | In (upper-center) margin of SS1 | 2014 | "Venus Express" |
| Sierra Leone | 3356c (Mi6276) | One of MS4 (3356 (a-d)) (Mi6274-6277) | 2015 | Venus Express (but "Mars Orbiter Mission" in text) |
| Togo | 2033 (Mi3314) i2033 | Imperforate | 2006 | "Venus Express", also logo |
| Union Island (St. Vincent) | 307 (Mi387-390) | MS4 (307 (a-d)) | 2006 | "Venus Express" |
| United States | 5070 fdc (Mi5244 fdc) | (?) cachet on FDC | 2016 | "Venus Express" |
1To date there has been only one Venus Express launched, so the number "2" is not correct.
Below is a list of Venus Express 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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| 2005-11-09: Venus Express (ESA) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2005-11-09 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Venus Express launch |
| Russia | 2005-11-09 | Baikonur | (Purple and red and black printed) cachet on cover | Venus Express launch |
| Russia | 2005-11-09 | Polevaya | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Venus Express launch |
| Russia | 2005-11-09 | Korolev 1 Moscow Oblast | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Venus Express launch |
| Venus Express (events) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2006-04-11 | Korolev 9 Moscow Oblast | (Lollini) cachet on cover | entry into Venus orbit |
| French Guiana | 2006-04-11 | Kourou | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | entry into Venus orbit |
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