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Below are checklists of Air pollution and atmospheric chemistry on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items 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 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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| (References to) Air pollution and air quality |
(References to) Air pollution and air quality |
| Fossil fuel burning | |
| Atmospheric chemistry | |
| Acid rain | |
| Smog | |
| Health effects | Health effects |
| Ozone (in an atmospheric chemistry context) |
Ozone (in an atmospheric chemistry context) |
| Aerosols2,4 | Aerosols2,4 |
Below is a list of Air pollution and atmospheric chemistry 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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| (References to) Air pollution and air quality | ||||
| This section contains philatelic items that include general references to air pollution and air quality and that do not fit into any of the other tables below. | ||||
| Belgium | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 1974 | "Against environmental pollution" (including air pollution) (in French and Dutch) |
| Germany (West) | 1468 (Mi1291) | 1986 | Augsburg Cathedral stained glass window damaged by air pollution | |
| Greece | 1288-1231 fdc (Mi1287-1290 fdc) | (Purple and black printed) cachet on FDC | 1977 | Air pollution choking Earth |
| Netherlands | 729 (Mi771) | 1974 | No more atmospheric lead (Pb) pollution; also other atmospheric pollutants from gasoline | |
| Netherlands | 729-730 fdc | One of two stamps and (NVPH) cachet on FDC | ||
| Spain | 3826 (Mi4668) | 2012 | "No contaminar el aire" ("don't pollute the air") | |
| Spain | 3826 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Spanish Post/S.F.C.- 2012 cachet) | ||
| Spain | 3826 card (Mi4668 card) | Printed stamp (like 3826) on postal card | 2012 | "No contaminar el aire" ("don't pollute the air") |
| Spain | 4508 (Mi5529) | From MS6 (4508a (6x 4508)) | 2021 | Air pollution (symbolized by Earth with a gas mask) |
| Spain | 4508 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Spanish Post /S.F.C. 2021) cachet on FDC | ||
| UN (New York) UN (Geneva) | Unknown label | One label from MS10 (5 UN stamps + 5 labels, and 5 UN-Geneva stamps + 5 labels), also MS10 CTO | 2023 | "La chasseresse de fumée" (female action hero chasing away the smoke, which can be interpreted to refer to fighting air pollution); the UNPA Philatelic Bulletin for this MS says that the "chasseresse" is "Fume Fighter - defender of clean air and protecting the atmosphere from bad fumes" |
| United States | 1410 fdc1 (Mi1012 fdc1) | (Fleetwood green and black and grey) cachet on FDC | 1970 | "fight the creeping decay of our land, air and waters" |
| United States | 1410 fdc2 (Mi1012 fdc2) | (Fleetwood orange and black and grey) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1411 fdc (Mi1013 fdc) | (Fleetwood red and black and grey) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1412 fdc (Mi1014 fdc) | (Fleetwood green and black and grey) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413 (Mi1015) | One of block of 4 (1413a (1410-1413)) (Mi1012-1015) | 1970 | "Save Our Air" |
| United States | 1413 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (SCCS cachet) | ||
| United States | 1413 fdc2 | Stamp and (Sarzin metallic) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413 fdc3 | Stamp and (Sarzin metallic) cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413 fdc4 | Stamp and (Fleetwood orange and brown and grey) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413 fdc5 | Stamp and (Fleetwood blue and black and grey) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413 fdc6 | Stamp and (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413 fdc7 | Stamp and (Virgil Crow) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413 fdc8 | Stamp and (Artmaster) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413 fdc9 | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413 fdc10 | Stamp and (silk) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413 fdc11 | Stamp and (Colonial Cachet) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413 fdc12 | Stamp on FDC (blank/no cachet) | ||
| United States | 1413 fdc13 | Stamp and (cyan printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413 fdc14 | Stamp and (HOC) cachet (with 1413 stamp) on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC (multi-color printed cachet) | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc2 | One of four stamps and (Artmaster) cachet on FDC (small-font cancel) | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc3 | One of four stamps and (Artmaster) cachet on FDC (large-font cancel) | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc4 | One of four stamps and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc5 | One of four stamps and (Cover Craft Cachets) cachet on FDC, also insert | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc6 | One of four stamps and (HF) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc7 | One of four stamps and (Artopages) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc8 | One of four stamps and (San Clemente CA, Western White House) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc9 | One of four stamps on FDC (multi-color printed cachet) | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc10 | One of four stamps and (black printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc11 | One of four stamps on FDC (Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission cachet), also insert | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc12 | One of four stamps and (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc13 | One of four stamps and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc14 | One of four stamps and (SCCS) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | SP264 | (USPS) stamp poster (1413a) (canceled block of four stamps) | ||
| United States | SP264 unofficial | (USPS) stamp poster (1413a) (single canceled stamp) | ||
| United States | 2951 fdc (Mi2553 fdc) | (Mystic Stamp Company) back of FDC, also front | 1995 | "prevention of pollution" and "control pollution" (including air pollution) |
| United States | 2953-2954 fdc (Mi2555-2556 fdc) | (PCS) cachet on FDC on souvenir card | "to ensure that future generations enjoy clean air, water and land" | |
| United States | 3189a fdc1 (Mi3225 fdc1) | (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC, also back | 1999 | Air pollution symbolized by the gas mask; also "Clean Air and Clean Water Acts" (in text on the back) |
| United States | 3189a fdc2 (Mi3225 fdc2) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | "pollution of air, water and soils" | |
| Fossil fuel burning | ||||
| This section contains philatelic items that depict fossil fuel burning (such as industrial smokestacks and vehicle exhaust) in the context of the theme of air pollution or an explicit or implicit environmental theme such as World Environment Day or other related themes such as "preserving the environment" or a "clean environment". If they also refer explicitly or implicitly to climate change, global warming, carbon, CO2, etc, they are found in the Anthropogenic Climate Change page. | ||||
| Azerbaijan | 1227b (Mi1446) | One of MS4 (1227 (a-d)) (BL222, Mi1445-1448) | 2019 | Smokestack emissions and pollution versus a rainbow in a clean environment |
| Belgium | 865 (Mi1759) | 1974 | Smokestack emissions depicted as an idealized unpolluted environment with clean air | |
| Belgium | 865 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Belgium | 865 sc1 | Souvenir card | ||
| Belgium | 865 sc2 | Souvenir card (different) | ||
| Belgium | 865 sc3 | Souvenir card (different) | ||
| Belgium | 865 fdc1 | Stamp and (l'Association internationale des Amis de Robert Schuman) cachet on FDC | ||
| Belgium | 865 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Belgium Post cachet) | ||
| Belgium | 865 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (Conseil de l'Europe cachet) | ||
| Belgium | 865 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (Conseil de l'Europe cachet, different) | ||
| Belgium | 865 fdc5 | Stamp on FDC (Conseil de l'Europe cachet, different) | ||
| Brazil | 1747 (Mi1831) | One of block of four (1748a (1745-1748)) (Mi1829-1832) | 1981 | "Environmental protection - air" (in Portuguese text) |
| Brazil | 1748a fdc1 | One of block of four and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (Rio cancel; Brasil Post cachet) | ||
| Brazil | 1748a fdc2 | One of block of four and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (Sao Paulo cancel; Brasil Post cachet) | ||
| Burundi | 1122 (Mi2565-2568) | MS4 (a-d) | 2012 | Smokestacks and "Pollution de l'air" |
| Burundi | 1142 (BL237) | SS1 | ||
| Central African Republic | Mi7355 | One of MS4 (Mi7355-7358) | 2017 | "Fossil fuel [burning] air pollution" (in French text) |
| Chile | 1178b (Mi1776) | One of MS4 (1178 (a-d)) (Mi1775-1778) | 1996 | |
| Chile | 1178a-b fdc | One of two stamps on FDC (Correos de Chile cachet), also back | ||
| Chile | 1178 brochure | Brochure | ||
| Ghana | 1166 (Mi1336) | 1989 | WED3: "industrial pollution" (of the atmosphere) | |
| Great Britain | 1466 (Mi1417) | 1992 | "Bird of Hope" in the context of industrial pollution (on stamp and the cachet of the Fleetwood GB 1466 FDC); industrial smokestacks in the cachet of the Cotswold & Stuart FDC | |
| Great Britain | 1466 fdc | Stamp and (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC (Edinburgh cancel), also back | ||
| Great Britain | 1466 card | (Royal Mail) PHQ card back, also front | ||
| Great Britain | 1463-1466 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC (Howletts, Canterbury cancel, Royal Mail cachet) | ||
| Great Britain | 1463-1466 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (Stockport cancel, Royal Mail cachet) | ||
| Great Britain | 1463-1466 fdc3 | One of four stamps on FDC (Twickenham cancel, Royal Mail cachet) | ||
| Great Britain | 1463-1466 fdc4 | One of four stamps and (Cotswold & Stuart) cachet on FDC (Poole, Dorset cancel) | ||
| Great Britain | 1463-1466 fdc5 | One of four stamps on FDC (Edinburgh cancel, Fleetwood cachet), also back | ||
| Great Britain | 1463-1466 fdc6 | One of four stamps and (Mercury) cachet on FDC (Poole Dorset cancel), also back | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4423 | One of MS5 (Mi4420-4424) | 2009 | "[Air] pollution" (in Portuguese text) |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4423_ss1 | SS1 (Mi4423) | ||
| Korea (South) | 1583 (Mi1621) | From booklet of 10 (1584a (10x 1584)) with booklet front | 2019 | Symbolic capture of air pollution from fossil fuel burning in the context of environmental protection (on stamp and booklet front) |
| Korea (South) | 1594G (Mi1621C) | Coil stamp | ||
| Korea (South) | 2407a (Mi2941) | One of block of 4 (2407 (a-d)), or from MS8 (2x (2407 (a-d))) (Mi2939-2942), or from MS8 with control number, or from MS8 with different border | 2013 | Symbolic reduction of atmospheric pollution (and greenhouse gases) from industrial emissions |
| Korea (South) | 2407a fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Korea (South) | 2407 folder | FDC folder | ||
| Luxembourg | 751 (Mi1151) | 1986 | Fossil fuel burning - symbolic effects on cities and forests | |
| Luxembourg | 752 (Mi1152) | |||
| Luxembourg | 752 maxi | Maxicard (752) | ||
| Luxembourg | 751-752 fdc | Two stamps and (Éditions Thill) cachet on FDC | ||
| Macedonia | 128 (Mi132) | From MS9 (128a (9x 128)) | 1998 | |
| Macedonia | 128 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Macedonia Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| Macedonia | 128 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Macedonia | 413 (Mi434) | 2007 | ||
| Macedonia | 413 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Macedonia Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| Macedonia | 413 folder | FDC-folder front, also inside and back | ||
| Maldive Islands | 1833 (Mi1845) | 1992 | Smokestack and environmental degradation | |
| Maldive Islands | 1832-1835 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Maldive Islands | 1833 op (Mi1845 op) | 1833 overprinted in black | 1995 | Smokestack and environmental degradation |
| Monaco | 1089 (Mi1295) | 1977 | ||
| Morocco | 320 (Mi771) | 1974 | ||
| Morocco | 320 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (green and blue and brown printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| Morocco | 1243d (Mi?) | One of booklet pane of 8 (1243 (a-h)) | 2017 | |
| Morocco | 1248b (Mi1961) | One of strip of 4 (1248 (a-d)) (Mi1960-1963) | 2018 | |
| Mozambique | Mi9632 | One of MS4 (Mi9629-9632) | 2018 | |
| Mozambique | Mi10205 | One of MS4 (Mi10202-10205) | 2019 | "Atmospheric pollution" (in Portuguese text) |
| Mozambique | Mi10206 | Stamp from SS1 (BL1476) | Industrial smokestacks | |
| Netherlands Antilles | 1175a (Mi1621) | Two of MS8 (1175e (2x (1175 (a-d)) + 2 labels)) (Mi1621-1624) | 2008 | Fossil fuel burning - "one of the causes" (of global warming) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 1175 fdc | Block of four stamps on FDC (Netherlands Antilles Nieuwe Post cachet) | ||
| New Zealand | 1267 (Mi1417) | One of booklet pane of 10 (1268a (1259-1268)) (Mi1409-1418), with booklet outside (1268b) | 1995 | "Control air and water quality" |
| Niger | Mi6498 | One of MS4 (Mi6498-6501) | 2019 | "Pollution atmosphérique" |
| Poland | 4362a+selvedge (Mi5016+selvedge) | From MS3 (4362 (a-c)) (BL276, Mi5016-5018) | 2018 | "Necessary changes" (to save our planet) (in Polish text) |
| Poland | 4362b+selvedge (Mi5017+selvedge) | "To save our planet" (in Polish text) | ||
| San Marino | 1469f (Mi1876) | One of MS12 (1469 (a-l)) (Mi1871-1882) | 2000 | |
| Spain | 2135 (Mi2400) | 1979 | "Save energy" (in Spanish text) (by burning less fossil fuel in transport) | |
| Spain | 2135 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Spain | 4492 (Mi5506) | 2021 | A green breath of fresh air versus polluting smokestacks | |
| Spain | 4492 fdc | Stamp on FDC (S.F.C. cachet) | ||
| Surinam | 969 (Mi1475) | 1994 | (Air) "pollution!" | |
| Togo | Unknown d (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2019 | "Pollution atmosphérique" |
| Turkey | B176 (Mi2515) | 1980 | "Environmental health" (in Turkish text) | |
| Turkey | B174-B177 fdc | One of four stamps and (Kemer) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc1 (Mi1012-1015 fdc1) | (Cover Craft Cachets) cachet on FDC | 1970 | "Fight pollution" |
| United States | 1413a fdc2 (Mi1012-1015 fdc2) | (HF) cachet on FDC | "Anti-pollution" | |
| Atmospheric chemistry | ||||
| This section contains philatelic items that refer explicitly or implicitly to atmospheric chemistry, unless they also refer to Acid Rain, Smog, Health Effects, Ozone or Aerosols, in which case they will be found in one of the five tables below. | ||||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1983 | "RACEA1 Physico-chimie de l'atmosphère - Kerguelen" |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Turquoise rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1985 | "RACEA1 Physico-chimie de l'atmosphère - Crozet" |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1985 | "RACEA1 Physico-chimie de l'atmosphère - Île Amsterdam" |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1986 | "RACEA1 Physico-chimie de la basse atmosphère - Terre Adélie" |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1991 | "RACEA1 Physico-chimie de la basse atmosphère - Terre Adélie" |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 215 (Mi343) | 1996 | "Station de Pointe Bénédicte: Chimie de l'atmosphère"; (see also FSAT cover 1996 and FSAT cover 2000) | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1996 | "Programme RACEA1 47 - physico-chimie - troposphère" with the names of specialists studying "DMS" (dimethyl sulfate/sulfide), CO and CO2; also "Pointe B." (refers to the atmospheric chemistry studies at the Pointe Bénédicte station; (see also FSAT 215 and FSAT cover 2000) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover back, also front | 1998 | "49ème Mission scientifique RACEA1 1997-99" with the names of specialists studying "soufre" (atmospheric sulfur, sulfides and sulfates), "Capoxy" (oxidizing capacity of the subpolar atmosphere) and "CO2 (and) Radon" |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Black round rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 2000 | "Physico-Chimie de l"Atmosphère - District de Saint Paul et Amsterdam"; also the names of specialists studying CO2 and DMS (dimethyl sulfate/sulfide); also a depiction of the Pointe Bénédicte station, where atmospheric chemistry studies are conducted; (see also FSAT 215 and FSAT cover 1996) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 294f_stamp cover (Mi464 cover) | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 2003 | "Physico-chimie de la troposphère polaire" |
| Italy | None | (Blue and green and black printed and cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1999 | "IGAC" ("International Global Atmospheric Chemistry") logo and "IGAC 6th International Scientific Conference" (in Italian text) |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet | 1976 | "South Pole Atmospheric Chemistry Program" |
| Acid rain | ||||
| This section contains philatelic items that refer explicitly or implicitly to acid rain. | ||||
| Burundi | 1129 (Mi2530-2533) | MS4 (a-d) | 2012 | "Pluies acides", smokestacks and dead trees |
| Burundi | 1149 (BL230) | SS1 | ||
| Egypt | 1198 (Mi1420) | 1982 | Acid rain and dead tree contrasted with healthy tree | |
| Brazil | 1746 (Mi1830) | One of block of four (1748a (1745-1748)) (Mi1829-1832) | 1981 | Symbolic effect of acid rain on trees; "Environmental protection - forests" (in Portuguese text) |
| Brazil | 1748a fdc1 | One of block of four on FDC (Rio cancel; Brasil Post cachet) | ||
| Brazil | 1748a fdc2 | One of block of four on FDC (Sao Paulo cancel; Brasil Post cachet) | ||
| Egypt | 1320 (Mi1556) | 1986 | Symbolic effect of acid rain (with dead tree) | |
| Egypt | 1320 fdc | Stamp and (green and black printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| Germany | 3237 fdc1 (Mi3634 fdc1) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC (Berlin cancel) | 2021 | Symbolic effect of acid rain on trees |
| Germany | 3237 fdc2 (Mi3634 fdc2) | (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC (Bonn cancel) | ||
| Great Britain | 1463 (Mi1414) | 1992 | "Acid Rain Kills" (on stamp and the cachet of the Fleetwood GB 1463 FDC and the cachet of the Cotswold & Stuart FDC) | |
| Great Britain | 1463 pair | Gutter-pair | ||
| Great Britain | 1463 fdc | Stamp and (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC (Edinburgh cancel), also back | ||
| Great Britain | 1463 card | (Royal Mail) PHQ card back, also front | ||
| Great Britain | 1463-1466 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC (Howletts, Canterbury cancel, Royal Mail cachet) | ||
| Great Britain | 1463-1466 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (Stockport cancel, Royal Mail cachet) | ||
| Great Britain | 1463-1466 fdc3 | One of four stamps and (Cotswold & Stuart) cachet on FDC (Poole, Dorset cancel) | ||
| Great Britain | 1463-1466 fdc4 | One of four stamps on FDC (Edinburgh cancel, Fleetwood cachet), also back | ||
| Great Britain | 1463-1466 fdc5 | One of four stamps on FDC (Twickenham cancel, Royal Mail cachet) | ||
| Great Britain | 1463-1466 fdc6 | One of four stamps on FDC (Poole Dorset cancel, Mercury cachet), also back | ||
| Greece | 1230 (Mi1289) | 1977 | Effect of acid rain on vegetation | |
| Greece | 1231 (Mi1290) | Symbolic effect of acid rain from industrial air pollution on monuments | ||
| Greece | 1288-1231 fdc | Two of four stamps on FDC | (As above for stamps) | |
| Italy | 1029 (Mi1325) | 1970 | Symbolic effect of acid rain (with dead tree) | |
| Italy | 1030 (Mi1326) | |||
| Italy | 1029-1030 fdc | Two stamps on FDC (Italy Post cachet) | ||
| Netherlands | 680 (Mi1293) | 1986 | Symbolic effect of acid rain on trees | |
| Netherlands | 679-680 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC (NVPH cachet) | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 5318 (BL178) | On stamp of SS1 | 1984 | Symbolic acid rain effect, with healthy leaf at left and sick leaf at right depicted with various polluting industries |
| Russia (USSR) | 5851 (Mi6043) | From MS50 5851a (50x 5851) | 1990 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 5851 maxi | Maxicard, also back | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 5851 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Sweden | 1605 (Mi1397C) | Perforated horizontally | 1986 | Vehicle emissions contributing to acid rain |
| Sweden | 1606 top (Mi1398Do) 1606 bottom (Mi1398Du) | Imperforate on top and bottom, respectively, from booklet pane of 6 (1606a (6x 1606)), with booklet interior and outside (front and back) | Industrial emissions contributing to acid rain (in stamp); symbolic acid rain resulting from industrial and vehicle emissions (in booklet front) | |
| Sweden | 1605-1606 fdc | Three stamps and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC, also insert and insert back | (As above for stamps); "Stop acid rain" (in the cachet, in many languages); acid rain and its chemical components (in the cancel); also in insert text: "Acidity is one of many problems caused by polluted air. Every minute, industries and cars emit acid pollutants, primarily sulphur, nitrogen and hydrocarbon compounds. Some exhausts pollute the immediate environment [while] others are carried by the wind for long distances". Acid rain caused by air pollution has damaged "over 20,000 Swedish lakes" as well as "the big forests". "Air pollution must be reduced drastically by using better purification and combustion methods". | |
| United States | 2569 maxi | (Unicover) maxicard back, also front | 1991 | "found in a high concentration in the exceedingly dense atmosphere of Venus is sulphuric acid, a major component of acid rain on Earth" |
| Smog | ||||
| This section contains philatelic items that refer explicitly or implicitly to smog | ||||
| Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc1 (Mi1924-1927 fdc1) | (Dawn Cover Productions) cachet on FDC (Bracknell Berkshire "150 Years of Weather Charts" pictorial cancel) | 2001 | "1952 - London's notorious smog" |
| Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc2 (Mi1924-1927 fdc2) | (Dawn Cover Productions) cachet on FDC (Bracknell Berkshire "The Weather" pictorial cancel) | ||
| Great Britain | 1966a fdc (BL10, Mi1924-1927 fdc) | (Dawn Cover Productions) cachet on FDC (Bracknell Berkshire "150 Years of Weather Charts" pictorial cancel) | ||
| Poland | 4362c+selvedge (Mi5018+selvedge) | One of MS3 (4362 (a-c)) (BL276, Mi5016-5018) | 2018 | "Fight against smog" (in Polish text) |
| United States | 1413 fdc (Mi1015 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 1970 | "smog" |
| United States | None | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 2012 | "The Great Smog of 1952" |
| Health effects | ||||
| This section contains philatelic items that refer explicitly or implicitly to health effects related to air pollution, air quality or atmospheric chemistry. | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card back, also front | 2002 | "too much UV can lead to cataracts, and too much UV-B can cause skin cancer and weaken the immune system" (in Chinese text); (a result of the atmospheric chemistry that leads to ozone depletion) |
| Monaco | B112 (Mi2174?) | 1994 | "La lutte contre la tuberculose et les maladies respiratoires" (stamp shows polluting smokestacks which can contribute to respiratory problems) | |
| New Zealand | B217 (Mi?) | 2015 | "Sunsmart" - "Slip" on a shirt, and into some shade (to protect from harmful solar UV-B radiation) | |
| New Zealand | B218 (Mi?) | "Sunsmart" - "Slop" on some sunscreen, minimum "SPF-30" (to protect from harmful solar UV-B radiation) | ||
| New Zealand | B219 (Mi?) | "Sunsmart" - "Slap" on a hat (to protect from harmful solar UV-B radiation) | ||
| New Zealand | B220 (Mi?) | Heat-sensitive MS4 (B217a+B218a+B219a+B220a), different perforations | (As above and below for stamps) | |
| New Zealand | B220 fdc | MS4 and (pictorial) cancel and (New Zealand Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| New Zealand | B221 | Self-adhesive, same design as B220a | "Sunsmart" - "Wrap" on some sunglasses (to protect from harmful solar UV-B radiation) | |
| New Zealand | B217a+B218a+B219a+B220a fdc | Four stamps and (pictorial) cancel and (New Zealand Post) cachet on FDC | (As above for stamps) | |
| Romania | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on postcard | 1995 | "Air pollution causes more deaths than genetic changes or climate change" |
| San Marino | 1746 (Mi2329) | 2008 | Symbolic UV effect on human health | |
| San Marino | 1746 bp | Booklet pane of 4 (4x 1476) | ||
| San Marino | 1745-1748 fdc | One of four stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| San Marino | 1746-1747 fdc | One of two stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| Ozone (in an atmospheric chemistry context) | ||||
| This section contains philatelic items that refer to ozone in the context of atmospheric chemistry, including explicit references to CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). The full set of all ozone items is found in the Ozone page, which also includes links to other ozone-related pages, such as scientists who studied ozone, ozone-monitoring satellites and ozonesondes. | ||||
| British Antarctic Territory | 179 (Mi180) | 1991 | "Chemical studies in the ozone layer" | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 176-179 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC, also insert and insert back | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 198-201 fdc insert back | Page 2 of insert from FDC, also front, also insert | 1992 | "ozone is being destroyed because of the release of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)" |
| Ghana | 2147 (Mi3039) | 1999 | Avoid "CFC"s; "Use ozone-friendly products" | |
| Mexico | 2060 (Mi2663) | 1997 | Chemical equation "Cl + O3 yields ClO + O2" | |
| Mexico | 2060 fdc | Stamp and (green and blue printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| New Zealand | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1990 | "Antarctic air chemistry" in the context of Antarctic ozone depletion - the aerosol spray can is a reference to CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | "For their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone" (in Spanish text), Paul J. Crutzen, Mario Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland won the 1995 Nobel Prize in physics |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | "For their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone", Paul J. Crutzen, Mario Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland won the 1995 Nobel Prize in physics | |
| Aerosols2,4 | ||||
| This section includes philatelic items that refer explicitly or implicitly to atmospheric aerosols2,4 | ||||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 2008 | "Lidar, Ozone, Aerosols" |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on postcard | 2008 | "Lidar, Ozone, Aerosols" |
| Great Britain | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 1975 | "10th International Aerosol Congress" |
| United States | None | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 2011 | The Pinatubo volcano "injected large amounts of aerosols into the stratosphere ... over the following months the aerosols formed a global layer of sulfuric acid haze" |
1RACEA (RAdioactivité et Chimie de l'Environnement Atmosphérique) is a scientific laboratory on Amsterdam Island. Available information about its history is sketchy. It may have been set up in the late '50s or early '60s in the era of frequent atmospheric nuclear tests, with the goal of studying natural and manmade radioactive aerosols. It was well-established by 1968. With the passage of time its mandate apparently expanded so that by the 1980s it was generally referred to as the Laboratory of the Physical Chemistry of the (Low) Atmosphere, and still later as the Laboratory of the Physical Chemistry of the (Polar) Troposphere. The acronym "RACEA" is often included on philatelic covers that feature those names, presumably as a legacy of the early days of the Lab.
2Atmospheric aerosols play important roles in climate and atmospheric chemistry: they scatter sunlight, provide condensation nuclei for cloud droplets, and participate in heterogeneous chemical reactions.
3WED: World Environmental Day
4The EarthCARE (Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) satellite has the measurement of aerosols as one of its scientific goals.
Below is a list of Air pollution and atmospheric chemistry on launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (References to) Air pollution and air quality | ||||
| United States | 1981-07-01 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage magent and orange-brown) cachet on STS-2 pre-launch cover | "Measurement of air pollution from satellites" (MAPS1) |
| United States | 1981-07-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage blue and orange) cachet on STS-2 pre-launch cover | |
| United States | 1981-11-12 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage) cachet on STS-2 launch cover | "Measurement of air pollution" (MAPS1) |
| United States | 1981-11-13 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage) cachet on STS-2 event cover | "Measurement of air pollution from satellites" (MAPS1) |
| United States | 1994-09-30 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Titusville Moonport Stamp Club) cachet on STS-68 launch cover, also front | "Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites (MAPS1) sensor"; "the gold band surrounding the globe symbolized the atmospheric envelope examined by MAPS1" |
| Ozone (in an atmospheric chemistry context) | ||||
| United States | 1979-02-18 | Wallops Island VA | (Space Voyage) cachet on Explorer-60 launch cover | "SAGE - Stratospheric Aerosol & Gas Experiment ... to obtain data on the aerosols and ozone in the stratosphere - study to aid concern about methods to preserve the environment of the ozone layer in Earth's atmosphere" |
| Health effects | ||||
| United States | 1979-02-18 | Wallops Island VA | (Space Voyage) cachet on Explorer-60 launch cover | "SAGE - Stratospheric Aerosol & Gas Experiment ... to obtain data on the aerosols and ozone in the stratosphere ... (ozone protects the Earth and its inhabitants from ultraviolet radiation)" |
| Aerosols2,4 | ||||
| Japan | 1977-09-15 | Uchinoura | (Scenic) cancel and (JapanCover no.87) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | Measurement by rocket of "aerosol density in the region of 15 - 50 km altitude" |
| United States | 1979-02-18 | Wallops Island VA | (Space Voyage) cachet on Explorer-60 launch cover | "SAGE - Stratospheric Aerosol & Gas Experiment ... to obtain data on the aerosols and ozone in the stratosphere" |
| United States | 2011-03-04 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission-57) back of Glory and E1P and KySat-1 and Hermes launch cover, also front | "will characterize the aerosol types in the atmosphere, whether from wildfires, organic particulates, combustion engines, or some other source" |
| Great Britain | 2016-03-14 | Leicester | (Buckingham Covers) insert from ExoMars launch cover, also front and back | The NOMAD (Nadir and Occultation for MArs Discovery) instrument aboard the ExoMars satellite includes the "'UVIS', a miniature ultraviolet spectrometer whose main objective is to detect and quantify trace gas concentrations, but also to study aerosols present in the Martian atmosphere" |
1This document discusses the MAPS (Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites) payload, which flew on four Shuttle missions: STS-2, STS-41G, STS-59, and STS-68)
2Atmospheric aerosols play important roles in climate and atmospheric chemistry: they scatter sunlight, provide condensation nuclei for cloud droplets, and participate in heterogeneous chemical reactions.
4The EarthCARE (Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) satellite has the measurement of aerosols as one of its scientific goals.
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