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Below is a checklist of Aurora 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.
This page contains all known items with depictions of auroras, which may be very realistic (e.g. based on photographs), or artistic, or even symbolic. Some items with aurora-related text are also included: cancels from post offices called "Aurora", items with the word "aurora" in a historical context, and items referring to the Australian icebreaker and research and supply ship Aurora Australis, which was named specifically for the phenomenon of the auroras. Philatelic items that feature the word "aurora" in biological names (e.g. of butterflies or flowers), or in contexts other than those mentioned above, are not included.
The science of the auroras is intimately linked to the science of space weather. Philatelic items referring to auroras in that general context are found in the Space Weather page. Earth's auroras as well as those of some other planets have been observed from space by both manned and un-manned spacecraft. Philatelic items that depict such auroras are also considered to be space weather items and are included in the Space Weather page, where they are highlighted in green.
| 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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Below is a list of Auroras 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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| Aurora (on Stamps) | ||||
| Aland (Finland) | 419 (Mi470) | 2019 | ||
| Aland (Finland) | 419 pairs | Four gutter-pairs | ||
| Aland (Finland) | 419 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (blue printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Aland (Finland) | None | Postcard back, also front | 2019 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 3283c (Mi5274) | One of MS4 (3283 (a-d)) (Mi5272-5275) | 2015 | |
| Argentina | 2966d (Mi3927) | One of MS4 (2966 (a-d)) (BL181, Mi3924-3927) | 2022 | Aurora Australis in Antarctica at the Belgrano II Base |
| Argentina | 2966 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Argentina | 2966 brochure | Brochure outside | ||
| Australia | 4161 (Mi4171) | From strip of 2 (4162a (4161-4162)), or from MS4 (4164b (4161-4164)) | 2014 | "southern lights" |
| Australia | 4162 (Mi4172) | |||
| Australia | 4163 (Mi4173) | From strip of 2 (4164a (4163-4164)), or from MS4 (4164b (4161-4164)) | ||
| Australia | 4164 (Mi4174) | |||
| Australia | 4161 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Australia | 4162 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Australia | 4163 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Australia | 4164 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Australia | 4161-4164 pack | Four stamps and MS4 in stamp pack | ||
| Australia | 4162a+4164a fdc1 | Two strips of two and (Hobart) cancel and (Australia Post?) cachet on FDC | ||
| Australia | 4162a+4164a fdc2 | Two strips of two and (Hobart) cancel and (WCS/Wesley) cachet on FDC | ||
| Australia | 4162a+4164a fdc3 | Two strips of two and (Australia Post?) cachet on FDC (Rosebud cancel) | ||
| Australia | 4164a fdc | Strip of two stamps and (Hobart) cancel and (Australia Post?) cachet on FDC | ||
| Australia | 4161-4164 bl4 fdc | Block of 4 stamps from MS4 and (Australia Post?) cachet on FDC (Rosebud cancel) | ||
| Australia | 4164b fdc1 | MS4 and (Hobart) cancel and (WCS/Wesley) cachet on FDC | ||
| Australia | 4164b fdc2 | MS4 and (Hobart) cancel and (Australia Post?) cachet on FDC | ||
| Australia | 4165 (Mi4175) | Self-adhesive, from strip of 2 (4165-4166) | ||
| Australia | 4166 (Mi4176) | |||
| Australia | 4166a (MH618) | Self-adhesive booklet pane of 10 in booklet | ||
| Australia | 4165-4166 fdc | Self-adhesive strip of 2 and (WCS/Wesley) cachet on FDC | ||
| Australia | 4166a fdc | Self-adhesive booklet pane of 10 stamps and (WCS/Wesley) cachet on FDC | ||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L4 fdc (Mi1 fdc) | (WCS) cachet on FDC | 1957 | |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L8 (Mi8) | 1966 | Aurora and auroral observation camera | |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L81 (Mi88) | 1991 | "Aurora Australis" | |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L81 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L81-L82 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L81-L82 folder | Folder | ||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L117m (Mi137) | One of MS20 (L117 (a-t)) (Mi125-144) | 2001 | |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L119a (Mi149) | One of block of 4 (L119 (a-d)) | 2002 | |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L119a maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | KM1081 | $5. (silver coin) | 2009 | "Aurora Australis", also IPY logo |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L236 (Mi?) | One of MS4 (L237a (L234-L237)) | 2020 | "Nuyina means "southern lights" in palawa kani, a composite Tasmanian indigenous language. The name links the vessel not only to Australia and the atmospheric phenomenon associated with the southern latitudes, but also to its immediate predecessor, the RSV Aurora Australis, and to Douglas Mawson's earlier vessel, the SY Aurora". |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L237a fdc | MS4 on FDC, also back (Australia Post cachet/back) | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 11 (Mi11) | 1963 | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 35 (Mi35) | 11 surcharged new (decimal) currency | 1971 | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 39 (Mi39) | 1971 | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 40 (Mi40) | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | 41 (Mi41) | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | 42 (Mi42) | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | 39-42 fdc | Four stamps on FDC | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 145 (Mi148) | 1988 | "Aurora over South Ice" | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 237 (Mi247) | 1996 | Also "SCAR XXIV 1996" | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 235-238 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 235-238 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 284 (Mi297) | 1999 | "The electric field associated with the aurora" (measured with an ionospheric antenna array) | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 280-284 fdc | One of five stamps on FDC, also insert | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 358 (Mi405) | 2005 | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 400a (Mi479) | One of strip of 5 (400 (a-e)), or four of MS20 (400f (4x (400 (a-e)) + 5 labels) | 2008 | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 400b (Mi480) | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | 400c (Mi481) | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | 400d (Mi482) | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | 400e (Mi483) | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | 452 (Mi626) | Stamp-on-stamp: 11 | 2013 | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 465 (Mi653) | 2013 | Aurora above "Halley VI Research Station" | |
| Canada | 322 (Mi283A) | 1953 | ||
| Canada | None | (Text) cancel | 1957 | Aurora ON (post office) |
| Canada | None | (Aurora report) envelope | 1957 | addressed to Auroral Centre, IGY, National Research Council, Ottawa |
| Canada | 454 (Mi398Ax) | From MS50 (50x 454) | 1967 | |
| Canada | 454 misperf | Mis-perforation error | ||
| Canada | 454a (H-Blatt68 from MH54) | Booklet pane of 5 | ||
| Canada | 454f | Printed on gummed side | ||
| Canada | 454xx | 454 pre-cancel | ||
| Canada | 454b (H-Blatt74 from MH59) | Booklet pane of 5, also BK59 front | 1968 | |
| Canada | 454c (H-Blatt71 from MH56) | Booklet pane of 10, also BK56 front and back | ||
| Canada | 454d 1-side (Mi398Fx) | Perforated 10 x 10, imperforate on 1 side | ||
| Canada | 454d 2-sides (Mi398Gx) | Perforated 10 x 10, imperforate on 2 sides | ||
| Canada | None | (Aurora report) envelope | 1968 | addressed to Auroral Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa |
| Canada | 454e (Mi398Hx) | Perforated 12.5 x 12, on booklet panes: 543a, 543b, 544a, 544b, 544c, 544q, 544r, 544s | 1971 | |
| Canada | 454ep (Mi398AyII?) | Perforated 12.5 x 12, different | ||
| Canada | 454p_WCB (Mi398AyI?) | WCB (Winnipeg Centre Bar) phosphor tag | ||
| Canada | 454p_W2B (Mi398AyI?) | W2B (Winnipeg Two Bar) phosphor tag | 1972 | |
| Canada | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1975 | Aurora ON (post office) |
| Canada | 742 (Mi670) | 1977 | Aurora in the form of angels | |
| Canada | 742 fdc | Stamp(s) on FDC | ||
| Canada | 1562 (Mi1493) | 1995 | ||
| Canada | 1953a (Mi2059) | One of BK260 booklet of 5 (1953 (a-e)) (MH0-274; Mi2059-2063), with BK260 front | 2002 | "Northern Lights, NT - Aurores boréales, T.N.-O." (same design as Canada envelope 2006) |
| Canada | None | Printed stamp on postal card, also back | 2002 | "Northern Lights, NT - Aurores boréales, T.N.-O." (same design as Canada 1953a) |
| Canada | None | Printed stamp on letter-size stamped envelope | 2006 | Aurora Borealis over Northwest Territory (same design as Canada 1953a) |
| Canada | None | Printed stamp (same) on legal-size stamped envelope, also back | ||
| Canada | KM-unknown1 | $2. (bi-metal coin) reverse, also obverse | 2017 | |
| Canada | KM-unknown2 | $2. glow-in-the-dark (bi-metal coin) reverse, also obverse | ||
| Canada | KM-unknown3 | $10. (silver coin) reverse, also obverse | ||
| Canada | 3006a (Mi3507; MH0-600) | BK672 booklet front, also back, with booklet pane of 8 | 2017 | |
| Canada | 3006 fdc | (Blue and yellow printed) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Canada | None | Personalized postage | 2017 | |
| Canada | None | Postcard back, and front with Personalized postage | 2017 | "northern lights" (on postcard front) |
| Canada | 3056i (Mi3586) | One stamp and in (upper-left) margin of MS9 (3056 (a-i)) (BL272, Mi3578-3586) | 2018 | |
| Canada | 3069 (Mi3595C) | Coil stamp (die-cut 8-1/4) | ||
| Canada | 3078 (Mi3595) | Self-adhesive (die-cut 9-1/4) from BK693 booklet of 6 (3078a (6x 3078)), also back | ||
| Canada | 3102b (Mi3629) | One of MS2 (3102 (a-b)) (BL276, Mi3628-3629) | 2018 | Also "northern lights" (in booklet back), and "northern lights (aurora borealis)" (in FDC back) |
| Canada | 3102 fdc | MS2 FDC, also back | ||
| Canada | 3104 (Mi3631) | Self-adhesive, five of BK702 booklet pane of 10 (3104a (5x (3103-3104)) (MH0-624; Mi3630-3631), with booklet front and back | ||
| Canada | KM-unknown1 | $5. (silver coin) reverse, also obverse | 2018 | |
| Canada | KM-unknown1 folder | Folder, also back | ||
| Canada | KM-unknown2 | $5. (silver coin) reverse, also obverse | ||
| Canada | KM-unknown2 folder | Folder, also back | ||
| Canada | 3308 (Mi?) | In (upper-left) margin of MS3 (3308 (a-c)) | 2021 | |
| Canada | 3308 fdc | MS3 and (Canada Post) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Canada | None | (Canada Post) cachet on stamped envelope, also insert | 2021 | |
| Canada | 3361 (Mi3968) | From MS5 (3361a (5x 3361)) | 2022 | |
| Canada | 3362 (Mi3969) | Self-adhesive | ||
| Canada | 3362 fdc | Self-adhesive stamp and (Canada Post) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Canada | 3362 bk (MH706) | Self-adhesive booklet pane of 10 (10x 3362), also booklet front and booklet back | ||
| Central African Republic | Mi4156-4159_ms4 | In background of MS4 (Mi4156-4159) | 2013 | Also "Aurora australis" (in SS1 text) |
| Central African Republic | BL1045 | In background of SS1 | ||
| Central African Republic | BL1045 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Central African Republic | Mi15220-15225_ms6 | MS6 (Mi15220-15225) | 2023 | |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Printed stamp on stamped envelope | 1989 | |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postcard back, also front | 1995 | |
| China (People's Republic) | 3216 (Mi3373) | From MS17 (3216a (17x 3216)) | 2002 | |
| China (People's Republic) | 3216 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 3215-3217 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (with reproduction of CPR 3216) on cover | 2003 | |
| China (People's Republic) | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back | 2004 | ship Aurora Australis (in cachet); "Aurora Australis" (on back) |
| Comoro Islands | 937c (Mi1738) | One of MS3 (937 (a-c)) (Mi1736-1738) | 1999 | |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | BL231A BL231B | In (upper) margin of SS1 In (upper) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2004 | |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | BL231A fdc BL231B fdc | SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC Imperforate SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss (BL none) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2015 | |
| Curacao | 236 (BL20) | In (upper-left) margin of MS4 (a-d) | 2015 | |
| Denmark | 522 (Mi545) | CDT | 1973 | Nordic postal cooperation issue |
| Denmark | 523 (Mi546) | |||
| Denmark | MiAuto70 | ATM stamp | 2013 | |
| Denmark | MiAuto103 | ATM stamp | 2017 | |
| Djibouti | 1409 (BL1142) | SS1 | 2018 | |
| Estonia | 463 (Mi469) | 2003 | "Bellingshausen" and aurora australis | |
| Faroe Islands | None ms | Christmas seal MS30 | 1985 | |
| Faroe Islands | None ms | Christmas seal MS30 | 1991 | |
| Faroe Islands | 801 (Mi?) | 2022 | "Aurora Borealis" | |
| Faroe Islands | 802 (Mi?) | |||
| Faroe Islands | 801-802 fdc | Two stamps and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Finland | 374 (Mi523) | 1960 | Also International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) | |
| Finland | 373-374 fdc | One of two stamps and (grey printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Finland | 450 (Mi633) | 1967 | (possible) symbolic aurora | |
| Finland | 527 (Mi724) | CDT | 1973 | Nordic postal cooperation issue |
| Finland | 528 (Mi725) | |||
| Finland | 595 (Mi805) | 1977 | ||
| Finland | 1024 (Mi1366) | 1996 | ||
| Finland | 1117 (Mi1499) | Same design as Italy 2314 | 1999 | |
| Finland | 1151 fdc (Mi1567 fdc) | (Finnish Post Stamp Center) cachet on FDC, also back | 2001 | |
| Finland | MiAuto36 | ATM stamp | 2000 | |
| Finland | MiAuto36 cover | ATM stamps and (Finnish Post?) cachet on cover | ||
| Finland | MiAuto36 cover | ATM stamps and (Finnish Post?) cachet on cover | 2001 | |
| Finland | MiAuto37 | ATM stamp | 2002 | |
| Finland | MiAuto37 cover | ATM stamps and (Finnish Post?) cachet on cover | ||
| Finland | 1280 (BL42) | MS2 (1280 (a-b)) (Mi1835-1836) | 2007 | Also Fourth International Polar Year (IPY) |
| Finland | 1280 fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
| Finland | 1341a (Mi1995) | From vertical strip of 3 (1341 (a-c)) | 2009 | |
| Finland | 1341b (Mi1994) | |||
| Finland | 1341c (Mi1993) | |||
| Finland | 1341a-c fdc | Three stamps and (blue printed) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Finland | 1363 (Mi2057-2058) | Pair (1363 (a-b)) | 2010 | |
| Finland | 1363a-b fdc | Two stamps on FDC (Finnish Post cachet), also back | ||
| Finland | 1363a-b maxi | Maxicard, also back | ||
| Finland | 1364 (Mi2059) | |||
| Finland | 1365c (Mi2062) | From MS4 (1365 (a-e)) (BL62) | 2010 | See also Japan 3269 |
| Finland | 1365e (Mi2064) | |||
| Finland | 1561 (Mi2555) | One of strip of 2 (1561-1562) | 2018 | |
| Finland | 1561-1562 bk | Booklet of 10 (5x (1561-1562)) | ||
| Finland | Unknown (Mi?) | From MS10 (10x single) | 2018 | |
| Finland | 1602 (Mi2670) | From booklet of 10 (1602a (10x 1602)) | 2019 | |
| Finland | 1611 (Mi2696) | From booklet of 10 (1611a (10x 1611)) | 2020 | |
| Finland | 1652 (Mi2776) | From booklet pane of 10 (10x 1652) with booklet front | 2021 | |
| France | 611 (Mi839) | 1949 | ||
| France | None | In (upper-center) margin of (CNEP) SS1 cinderella | 2007 | |
| France | None | Stamp-on-stamp in (lower-right) margin of SS1 cinderella (with reproduction of Russia 5060) | 2010 | Aurora and research rocket for auroral studies |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 8 (Mi10) | 1957 | Also International Geophysical Year (IGY) | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 9 (Mi11) | |||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 10 (Mi12) | |||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 29 (Mi38) i29 | Imperforate | 1967 | Aurora and research rocket for auroral studies |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 29 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 29 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions P.J. cachet) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 29 fdc3 | Stamp on (airmail) FDC (black rubber-stamp cachet), also back | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C40 (Mi97) | One stamp in strip of 2 (C40a (C39-C40 + label)) (Mi96-97) from MS10 (C40b (5x (C39-C40 + label))) | 1975 | Aurora (on stamp); "magnetospheric research - Franco-Soviet program ARAKS" (in French text on label). The ARAKS (Artificial Radiation and Aurora between Kerguelen and Sogra) experiment was dedicated to auroral studies; (see also Russia 4012 cover 1975 and Mali Unknown c 2018) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C40 ds | Deluxe sheet (C40) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C40 proof | Signed proof (C40) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C40a fdc1 | One stamp in strip of 2 on FDC (FSAT PO official embossed cachet) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C40a fdc2 | One stamp in strip of 2 and (Lollini) cachet on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C40a fdc3 | One stamp in strip of 2 and (Éditions P.J.) cachet on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C40a fdc4 | One stamp in strip of 2 on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C40a fdc5 | One stamp in strip of 2 and (Lollini) cachet on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C40a ds | Deluxe sheet (C40a) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C75 (Mi179) | One of strip of 3 (C75a (C73-C75)) (Mi177-179), or five of MS15 (C75b (5x (C73-C75))) | 1983 | Also 50th anniv. Second International Polar Year (IPY) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C75 ds | Deluxe sheet (C75) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C75a fdc | One of strip of 3 on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C80 (Mi190) iC80 | From MS25 (C80a (25x C80)) Imperforate | 1984 | "Aurore polaire" (in stamp); "Aurore boréale" (in fdc cachet) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C80 ds | Deluxe sheet (C80) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C80 fdc1 | Stamp and (purple printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C80 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C80 sc | Souvenir card (C80) | "The auroras result from a large-scale interaction between Earth's magnetic field and the electrically-charged particles of the solar wind"; "The most intense auroras are associated with strong magnetic storms caused by major solar activity" (in French text) | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C149 (Mi386) | 1998 | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C149 fdc | Stamp and (purple printed) cachet (reproduction of stamp) on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C149 cover (Mi386 cover) | Stamp on cover | 1998 | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 386b (Mi622) | One of strip of 2 (386 (a-b + label)), or five of MS10 (386c (5x 386 (a-b) + 5 labels)); IGY stamp-on-stamp: 9 | 2007 | Also, possible artistically-drawn aurora in the background of 386 |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 482g (Mi819) | One of MS4 (482e-h ms (e-h)) (Mi817-820), or one of booklet (482 (a-p)) (Mi813-828) | 2013 | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2016 | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 629 (BL75) | SS1 | 2020 | "Aurore australe - Dumont d'Urville" |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 677 (BL99) | SS1 | 2022 | |
| Germany (East) | None | (Black printed) cachet (including reproduction of Russia 1767) on cover | 1962 | |
| Germany (East) | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet on cover | 1979 | |
| Germany (West) | 1404 (Mi1187) | 1983 | Auroras (in 4th inset from left on stamp) | |
| Germany (West) | 1404 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (FIDACOS cachet) | ||
| Germany (West) | 1404 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (ETABO cachet) | ||
| Germany (West) | 1404 fdc3 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| Germany (West) | 1404 maxi1 | Maxicard | ||
| Germany (West) | 1404 maxi2 | Maxicard (Bonn cancel) | ||
| Germany (West) | 1404 maxi3 | Maxicard (Hamburg cancel) | ||
| Germany (West) | 1404 sc | Souvenir card, also back | ||
| Germany (West) | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 1986 | |
| Germany | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover (DLR cachet) | 1994 | Research rocket and aurora |
| Germany | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2011 | Aurora, also Fridtjof Nansen and his ship Fram |
| Germany | B1012 (Mi2709) | From MS10 (B1012a (10x B1012)) | 2009 | |
| Germany | B1010-1013 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Germany | 3290 (Mi3680) | From MS10 (3290a (10x 3290)) | 2022 | "Polarlicht": "Aurora: Luminous molecules in Earth's atmosphere that react to electrically charged particles in the solar wind" (in German text) |
| Greenland | None | Un-adopted essay | 1938 | See also Greenland 387 |
| Greenland | None | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover (Christians Sund cancel) | 1952 | |
| Greenland | None | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover (Upernavik cancel) | 1952 | |
| Greenland | 48 (Mi47) | 1963 | ||
| Greenland | 49 (Mi48) | |||
| Greenland | 50 (Mi49) | |||
| Greenland | 51 (Mi50) | |||
| Greenland | 52 (Mi51) | |||
| Greenland | 48-52 fdc | Five stamps on FDC | ||
| Greenland | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1970 | |
| Greenland | None | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ||
| Greenland | None | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ||
| Greenland | None | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ||
| Greenland | 101 fdc (Mi95 fdc) | (Grey printed) cachet on FDC | 1975 | |
| Greenland | 111 (Mi118) | 1979 | ||
| Greenland | 275 (Mi254) | 1994 | ||
| Greenland | 275 fdc | (Blue printed) cachet on postal card FDC, also back | ||
| Greenland | 276 (Mi255) | |||
| Greenland | 276 fdc | (Blue printed) cachet on postal card FDC, also back | ||
| Greenland | 275-276 fdc | Two stamps on FDC | ||
| Greenland | 302 fdc (Mi280 fdc) | (Populaer Filateli) cachet on FDC | 1995 | |
| Greenland | 327 (Mi313) | From booklet 328a front, and interior with booklet pane1 and booklet pane2 | 1997 | |
| Greenland | 328 (Mi314) | |||
| Greenland | B22 (Mi299y) | 1997 | ||
| Greenland | B22a (BL12, Mi299x) | MS4 (4x B22) | ||
| Greenland | 378 (Mi359) | From booklet 379a front (Mi359-360), and interior with 378a booklet pane of 6 (6x 378) and 379a booklet pane of 6 (6x 379) | 2000 | |
| Greenland | 387 (Mi371) | Stamp-on-stamp: un-adopted essay from 1938 | 2001 | |
| Greenland | 387 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Greenland | 389a (BL22) | On one of MS3 (387-389) | ||
| Greenland | 387-389 fdc | One of three stamps and (tan/yellow and black printed) cachet (reproductions of stamps) on FDC | ||
| Greenland | 387-389 folder | Folder, also inside containing 389a | ||
| Greenland | B28a (BL26) | In (upper) margin of MS4 (4x B28) | 2003 | |
| Greenland | 428 (Mi415) | One of MS2 (428a (427-428)) | 2004 | In Inuit mythology, the aurora are a manifestation of the spirits of the Dead in the Heavens playing a game that uses a walrus head or skull as a ball |
| Greenland | 529 (Mi521) | 2008 | ||
| Greenland | 530 (Mi522) | |||
| Greenland | 531 (Mi523) | Self-adhesive, from booklet pane of 12 (532b (12x (531-532))), with booklet front | ||
| Greenland | 532 (Mi524) | |||
| Greenland | 537 (Mi525) | From MS8 (537a (8x 537 + label)) | 2009 | |
| Greenland | 538 (Mi526) | From MS8 (538a (8x 538 + label)) | ||
| Greenland | 539 (Mi527) | Self-adhesive, from booklet pane of 12 (540a (12x (539-540))), with booklet front | ||
| Greenland | 540 (Mi528) | |||
| Greenland | 603 maxi (Mi597 maxi) | Image (only) on maxicard | 2011 | |
| Greenland | 620 (Mi613) | Stamp from MS8 (620a (8x 620 + label)) | 2012 | |
| Greenland | 621a label (Mi614 label) | Label from MS8 (621a (8x 621 + label)) | ||
| Greenland | 620-621 fdc | One of two stamps and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Greenland | 622 (Mi615) | Self-adhesive, from booklet pane of 12 (623a (6x (622-623))) with booklet front | ||
| Greenland | B38 (Mi629) | 2013 | "Child passes gifts from a boat, Northern Lights" | |
| Greenland | B38a (BL61) | MS4 (4x B38) | ||
| Greenland | 671 (Mi668) | One of MS2 (671a (670-671)) (BL67, Mi667-668) | 2014 | |
| Greenland | MiAuto12 | ATM stamp | 2014 | |
| Greenland | MiAuto15 | ATM stamp | 2016 | |
| Greenland | MiAuto19 | ATM stamp | 2017 | |
| Greenland | MiAuto19 maxi | ATM-stamp maxicard | ||
| Greenland | 760 (Mi753) | From MS9 (760a (9x 760)) | 2017 | |
| Greenland | 762 (Mi755) | Self-adhesive, from booklet of 12 (762a (6x (761-762))) (Mi754-755), with front and back | ||
| Greenland | 783 (Mi799) | From MS10 (783a (10x 783)) | 2018 | |
| Greenland | 783 fdc | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Greenland | MiAuto21I | ATM stamp | 2018 | |
| Greenland | MiAuto21II | ATM stamp, overprinted new value and "Copenhagen 2018" | ||
| Greenland | 772-801a+B43-B44+8xATM-stamps | Year pack | 2018 | |
| Greenland | MiAuto unknown | ATM stamp, overprinted new value and "Greenland Post" | 2019 | |
| Greenland | 828 (Mi838) | From MS10 (828a (10x 828)) | 2019 | |
| Greenland | 830 (Mi809) | From booklet pane of 12 (830a (10x (829-830)) (Mi808-809) | ||
| Greenland | 857 (Mi870) | From MS10 (857a (10x 857)) | 2020 | |
| Greenland | 859 (Mi872) | Self-adhesive, from booklet of 12 (859a (12x 859)) | ||
| Grenada Carriacou | 2920 (Mi5023-5027) | MS5 (2920 (a-f)) | 2015 | |
| Grenada Carriacou | 2921 (BL709) | SS1 | ||
| Hungary | 1214 (Mi1573A) | 1959 | Also International Geophysical Year (IGY) | |
| Hungary | 1665 (Mi2107A) i1665 (Mi2107B) | Imperforate | 1965 | Also International Quiet Sun Year (IQSY) |
| Hungary | 1660+1662-1665 fdc i1660+i1662-i1665 fdc | One of five stamps and (blue printed) cachet on FDC One of five imperforate stamps and (blue printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Iceland | C17 (Mi177A) | Perforated 14 x 14 | 1934 | Earliest known issued stamps that unambiguously feature auroras; (see also Iceland aerogamme 1950) |
| Iceland | C17a (Mi177B) | Perforated 12-1/2 x 14 | ||
| Iceland | C18 (Mi178A) | |||
| Iceland | None | Printed stamp on aerogramme, also back | 1950 | (See also Iceland C17, C17a, and C18) |
| Iceland | None fdc | Aerogramme FDC, also back | ||
| Iceland | 454 (Mi478) | CDT | 1973 | Nordic postal cooperation issue |
| Iceland | 455 (Mi479) | |||
| Iceland | 1229 (Mi1309) | 2011 | ||
| Iceland | 1275 (Mi1362A) | From sheet | 2012 | |
| Iceland | 1277 (Mi1362D) | From booklet pane of 10 (1277a (10x 1277)), also booklet front | ||
| Iceland | 1313 (BL58) | MS4 (1313 (a-d)) (Mi1396-1399) | 2013 | |
| Iceland | 1313 fdc | MS4 and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| Iceland | 1436 (Mi1527) | From MS10 (1436a (10x 1436)) | 2017 | |
| Iceland | 1436-1437 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Iceland | 1497 (Mi1584) | From MS10 (1497a (10x 1497)) | 2019 | |
| Iceland | 1529 (Mi1621) | From MS10 (1529a (10x 1529)) | 2020 | |
| Iceland | 1530 (Mi1622) | From MS10 (1530a (10x 1530)) | ||
| Iceland | 1531c (Mi1625) | From MS4 (1531 (a-d)) (BL70, Mi1623-1626) | 2023 | |
| Isle of Man (Great Britain) | Unknown1-6 | From MS6 (a-f) | 2024 | |
| Italy | 1194 (Mi1496) | 1975 | Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn2 (detail from the ceiling fresco Aurora by Guido Reni (1575 - 1642) which is found in the Casino dell'Aurora, Palazzo Pallavicini, Rome) | |
| Italy | 2314 (Mi2658) | Same design as Finland 1117 | 1999 | |
| Ivory Coast | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 2013 | |
| Ivory Coast | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 2016 | |
| Ivory Coast | Unknown ss (BL none) | In (upper) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2017 | |
| Ivory Coast | Unknown ms (Mi none) | MS2 (a-b) [known illegal issue] | 2018 | |
| Ivory Coast | Unknown fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
| Japan | 857 (Mi905) | 1965 | ||
| Japan | 857 fdc | Stamp and (Saburo Watanabe) cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | 857 maxi | (JSPA) maxicard | ||
| Japan | 1061 fdc (Mi1111 fdc) | (Ministry of Postal Services) cachet on FDC | 1971 | |
| Japan | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (Hitoshi?) cachet on cover | 1971 | Aurora and research rocket for auroral studies |
| Japan | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 1972 | Aurora and research rocket for auroral studies |
| Japan | None | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1977 | |
| Japan | 1554 (Mi1568) | 1983 | ||
| Japan | 1554 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| Japan | 2978a-d (Mi4145-4148) | Block of 4 from MS10 (2978 (a-j)) (Mi4145-4154) | 2007 | |
| Japan | 3011d (Mi4428) | One of MS5 (3011 (a-e)) | 1999 | Christmas roses forming Aurora Borealis |
| Japan | 3125 (Mi4942-4945) | MS4 (3125 (a-d)) | 2009 | |
| Japan | 3269c (Mi5461) | From MS5 (3269 (a-e)) (Mi5459-5463) | 2010 | See also Finland 1365 |
| Japan | 3269e (Mi5463) | |||
| Japan | 3270 (Mi5465-5468) | On all five stamps of MS5 (3270 (a-e)) | 2010 | |
| Kiribati | 958 (Mi1083) | 2009 | Also "Ernest Shackleton" | |
| Korea (South) | 2485a (Mi3187) | From MS10 (round 2485 (a-j)) or from ms10 (rectangular 2485 (a-j)) | 2017 | |
| Korea (South) | 2485a maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Latvia | 731 (BL26, Mi755-756) | MS2 (731 (a-b)) | 2009 | |
| Latvia | 731 fdc | MS2 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Liberia | 3418 (Mi?) | In (upper) margin of MS4 (3418 (a-d + label)) | 2020 | |
| Maldive Islands | 3845a (Mi6813-6816) | One of MS4 (3845 (a-d)) | 2017 | |
| Maldive Islands | 3848 (BL1029) | SS1 | ||
| Maldive Islands | 3943 (Mi7078-7081) | MS4 (a-d) | 2017 | (questionable) auroras |
| Maldive Islands | 3944 (Mi7068-7071) | MS4 (a-d) | ||
| Maldive Islands | 3953 (BL1081) | SS1 | 2017 | (questionable) auroras |
| Maldive Islands | 3954 (BL1079) | SS1 | ||
| Maldive Islands | 4076 (Mi7423-7426) | In (upper) margin of MS4 (a-d) | 2018 | |
| Maldive Islands | 4091 (BL1150, Mi7427) | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 2018 | |
| Mali | 901 (BL114) | SS1 | 1997 | |
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (left and right) margins of MS3 (a-c) [known illegal issue] | 2013 | |
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (left and right) margins of MS3 (a-c) (different) [known illegal issue] | ||
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (lower-right) margin of MS3 (a-c) (different) [known illegal issue] | ||
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (left and upper-right) margins of MS3 (a-c) (different) [known illegal issue] | ||
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (lower-left) margin of MS3 (a-c) (different) [known illegal issue] | ||
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (right) margin of MS3 (a-c) (different) [known illegal issue] | ||
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (left) margin of MS3 (a-c) (different) [known illegal issue] | ||
| Mali | Unknown c (Mi none) | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2018 | "Artificial Aurora" (in text) in the Franco-Soviet magnetospheric research program "ARAKS". The ARAKS (Artificial Radiation and Aurora between Kerguelen and Sogra) experiment was dedicated to auroral studies; (see also Russia 4012 cover 1975 and FSAT C40a) |
| Mali | Unknown ims fdc | Imperforate MS4 on FDC | ||
| Micronesia | 920d (Mi2210) | One of MS4 (920 (a-d)) (Mi2207-2210) | 2011 | "Aurora Australis at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station" |
| Monaco | 3069 (Mi3558) | 2021 | ||
| Mongolia | 373 (Mi379) | 1965 | Also International Quiet Sun Year (IQSY) | |
| Mongolia | 371+373-374+C6 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Mongolia | 371+373-374+C6 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (no cancel) | ||
| Montserrat | 1201 (BL123) | SS1 | 2008 | Aurora (and Explorer-1) |
| Montserrat | 1201 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | 2836 (Mi6483-6488) | On all stamps of MS6 (2836 (a-f)) | 2013 | |
| Mozambique | 2865 (BL745) | SS1 | ||
| Mozambique | BL897 | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 2014 | |
| Mozambique | Mi8619-8622_ms4 | On stamps 'a' and 'd' and in (upper) margin of MS4 (a-d) | 2016 | |
| Mozambique | BL1260 | On stamp (Mi9103) of SS1 | 2017 | |
| Netherlands | 1671c (Mi4249) | Two of MS20 (2x (1671 (a-j))) (Mi4247-4256) | 2023 | |
| Nevis | 1821 (Mi2938-2946) | MS9 (1821 (a-i)) | 2014 | |
| Nevis | 1822 (BL352) | SS1 | ||
| New Zealand | 406 (Mi478) | 1962 | ||
| New Zealand | 2703 (Mi3428I) | 2017 | "Southern Lights" | |
| New Zealand | 2704 (Mi3429I) | |||
| New Zealand | 2705 (Mi3430I) | |||
| New Zealand | 2706 (Mi3431I) | |||
| New Zealand | 2707 (Mi3432I) | |||
| New Zealand | 2708 (Mi3433I) | |||
| New Zealand | 2709 (BL385) | MS6 (2709 (a-f)) | ||
| Niger | 843B (Mi1143A) i843B (Mi1143B) | Imperforate | 1991 | Aurora and Japanese satellite EXOS-D (whose mission was the "observation of the Aurora Borealis") |
| Niger | 843Bc (BL78A) i843Bc (BL78B) | On stamp of SS1 (843B) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i843B) | ||
| Niger | 843A-843B+843F_ms3 i843A-i843B+i843F_ms3 | On one of MS3 (843A-843B+843F) On one of imperforate MS3 (i843A-i843B+i843F) | ||
| Niger | Mi6055 | One of MS4 (Mi6055-6058) | 2018 | |
| Niger | BL913 | SS1 | ||
| Niger | Mi6153 | One of MS4 (Mi6150-6153) | 2018 | "Aurora australis" |
| Niger | BL932 | In (lower) margin of SS1 | ||
| Norway | B19 (Mi231) | 1941 | ||
| Norway | None | Block of 4 with two each of two different Christmas seals | 1955 | |
| Norway | 355-357 fdc1 (Mi411-413 fdc1) | (Blue and red printed) cachet on FDC (1-star Oslo cancel) | 1957 | aurora (at top) |
| Norway | 355-357 fdc2 (Mi411-412 fdc2) | (Blue and red printed) cachet on FDC (4-star Oslo cancel) | ||
| Norway | 356 cover (Mi411 cover) | (Green and black printed) cachet on cover | 1957 | |
| Norway | 397-398 fdc (Mi460-461 fdc) | (Blue and yellow and black printed) cachet on FDC | 1961 | Also Fridtjof Nansen |
| Norway | 427 (Mi505x) | From booklet of 10 (10x 427) | 1963 | Aurora above a stave church |
| Norway | 428 (Mi506x) | |||
| Norway | 428 fluorescent (Mi506y) | Fluorescent paper | 1970 | Aurora above a stave church |
| Norway | None | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1971 | Tromso Auroral Observatory |
| Norway | 596 (Mi649) | 1972 | Also Amundsen's ship "Maud" | |
| Norway | 598 (Mi651) | Also Amundsen's ship "Gjoa" | ||
| Norway | 596-598 fdc | Two of three stamps on FDC (Norsk Filatelistisk Tidsskrift cachet) | (As above for stamps) | |
| Norway | 609 (Mi633) | From booklet of 10 (10x 609) | 1972 | Aurora above a stave church |
| Norway | 615 (Mi657) | 1973 | Aurora above a stave church | |
| Norway | 617 (Mi662) | CDT | 1973 | Nordic postal cooperation issue |
| Norway | 618 (Mi663) | |||
| Norway | 981 (Mi1047) | 1990 | ||
| Norway | 990 (Mi1063) | 1991 | Aurora and research rocket for auroral studies | |
| Norway | 989-990 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Norway | 1318 (Mi1413) | 2001 | ||
| Norway | 1319 (Mi1414) | |||
| Norway | 1318-1319 fdc | Two stamps on FDC | ||
| Norway | 1500b (Mi1605) | From MS2 (1500 (a-b)) (BL34) | 2007 | |
| Norway | 1500 fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
| Norway | 1500 folder | MS2 in FDC folder | ||
| Norway | 1577 (Mi1684) | From MS10 (1578a (5x (1577-1578))) | 2009 | |
| Norway | 1746 (Mi1859) | 2014 | ||
| Norway | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 2014 | symbolic "Northern light[s]" |
| Norway | 1948 (BL58) | In (upper-left) margin of MS2 (a-b) | 2022 | |
| Norway | 1948 fdc | MS2 and (surrounding) cachet on FDC | ||
| Norway | 1960 (Mi2096) | 2023 | ||
| Norway | 1961a | Booklet of 10 (5x (1960-1961)) (Mi2096-2097), also front | ||
| Poland | 2541 (Mi2832) | From MS20 (2541a (20x 2541)) | 1982 | Also 50th anniv. Second International Polar Year (IPY) |
| Poland | 4137a (Mi4711) | From strip of 4 (4137 (a-d)) (Mi4711-4714), or from MS12 (4137e (3x (a-d))) | 2014 | |
| Poland | 4137 fdc | One of strip of 4 and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| Portugal | 3655 (Mi3989) | 2014 | Geomagnetic studies at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Coimbra | |
| Romania | None | Stamped envelope | 1996 | |
| Romania | None | Postal card | 1998 | |
| Ross Dependency (NZ) | L167 (Mi172) | Also heat-activated and original-image | 2020 | |
| Ross Dependency (NZ) | L170a (BL23) | On one of MS4 (L167-L170) (Mi172-175), also heat-activated and original-images | ||
| Ross Dependency (NZ) | L180 (Mi185) | From MS4 (L182a (L179-L182)) (BL29, Mi184-187) | 2023 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1767 (Mi1793) | 1955 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 1767a (BL27) | MS4 (4x 1767) | 1958 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 2089 (Mi2105) | 1958 | Aurora and S-180 auroral observation camera used during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) | |
| Russia (USSR) | 2089-2091 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 2089 cover (Mi2105 cover) | Stamp on cover | 1958 | Aurora and S-180 auroral observation camera used during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) |
| Russia (USSR) | 2495 (Mi2500) | 1961 | Research rocket for auroral and ionospheric studies | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Upper-middle purple rubber-stamp) cachet and (lower-right purple rubber-stamp) cachet and (multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope | ~1961 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1767b (BL30) | MS4 (1767a (4x 1767)) overprinted in red | 1962 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 1767b fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Blue printed) cachet on cover, also (un-stamped and un-canceled) cover | 1962 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 2779 (Mi2801) | 1963 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 2780 (Mi2802) | |||
| Russia (USSR) | 3164 (Mi3183) | One of strip of 3 (3164a (3162-3164 + label) (Mi3181-3183 + label), or 8 of MS24 (3164b (8x (3162-3164 + label))) | 1966 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3854 (Mi3885) | 1971 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 3854 cover (Mi3885 cover) | Extra stamp and (pictorial) cancel on stamped envelope | 1971 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3991 (Mi4026) | 1972 | Also Roald Amundsen | |
| Russia (USSR) | 4084 (Mi4123) | 1973 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 4084 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 4084 sheet | Exhibition sheet (containing 4084) | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | QSL card (same design as Russia 4084) | 1973 | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Blue and red printed) cachet on (un-stamped) cover | 1973 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 4084 card (Mi4123 card) | Stamp and (purple rubber-stamp) cachet on card | 1974 | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | QSL card (same design as Russia 4084) | 1975 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 4012 cover (Mi4045 cover) | (Multi-color printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1975 | Aurora and "ARAKS 1975" (in Cyrillic text in the cancel); The ARAKS (Artificial Radiation and Aurora between Kerguelen and Sogra) experiment was dedicated to auroral studies; (see also FSAT C40a and Mali Unknown c 2018) |
| Russia (USSR) | 4492 (Mi4533) | 1976 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 4492 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Green and orange and black printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 1977 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 4899 (Mi5030) | From MS36 (4899a (36x 4899)) | 1981 | Symbolic red and blue auroras (in stamp); the auroras are drawn in black and white (in the FDC cachet) |
| Russia (USSR) | 4899 fdc | Stamp and (Soviet Ministry of Postal Services and Telecommunications) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 1981 | Also 50th anniv. Second International Polar Year (IPY), and other meteorological topics |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Blue and green and black printed and purple rubber-stamp) cachets on stamped envelope | 1981 | Also 100th anniv. First International Polar Year (IPY) |
| Russia (USSR) | 5060 (Mi5191) | From MS8 (5060a (8x 5060)) | 1982 | Aurora and research rocket for auroral studies |
| Russia (USSR) | None (Mi_PSo108) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on postal card | 1982 | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 1983 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 5263 (Mi5394) | 1984 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | Printed stamp on postal card | 1986 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 5618 (Mi5775) | 1987 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1987 | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 1987 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 5675 (Mi5835) | 1988 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | Printed stamp and (pictorial) cancel on postal card | 1988 | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | 1989 | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 1989 | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Purple pictorial) cancel and (round black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1992 | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Black pictorial) cancel and (partly-circular purple rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope | 1992 | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Large dark-blue printed) cachet on cover | 1992 | |
| Russia | None | (Purple rubber-stamp1) and (purple rubber-stamp2) and (blue rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1993 | |
| Russia | None | (Blue and black printed) cachet on cover | 1993 | |
| Russia | 6577 (BL31) | SS1 | 2000 | Also Meteor weather satellite, and 50th anniv. World Meteor. Organization (WMO) |
| Russia | 6577 fdc | SS1 on FDC (Russia Post cachet), also back | ||
| Russia | 6591 (Mi824) | 2000 | ||
| Russia | 6939 (Mi1306) | 2006 | Symbolic auroras | |
| Russia | 6940 (Mi1305) | |||
| Russia | 6941 (Mi1304) | |||
| Russia | 6939-6941 fdc | Three stamps on FDC | ||
| Russia | 6941a (Mi1304_ms6) | MS6 (6x 6941) | ||
| Russia | 7021a (Mi1400) | One of MS3 (7021 (a-c)) (BL98, Mi1400-1402) | 2007 | |
| Russia | 7021a maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Russia | 7021 fdc | MS3 on FDC | ||
| Russia | 6939 cover (Mi1306 cover) | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (with reproduction of Russia 2779 and 2780) on cover | 2008 | Symbolic auroras (on stamps) |
| Russia | 6940 cover (Mi1305 cover) | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (with reproduction of Russia 2779 and 2780) on cover | ||
| Russia | 6941 cover (Mi1304 cover) | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (with reproduction of Russia 2779 and 2780) on cover | ||
| Russia | None | (Two blue rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 2011 | |
| Russia | 7815 (Mi2428) | From MS14 (7815a (14x 7815 + label)) | 2017 | |
| Russia | 7815 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Russia | 8039 (BL278I) | In (upper) margin of MS2 (a-b) | 2019 | |
| Russia | 8039 fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
| Russia | 8039 folder | Folder outside and inside, also inside stamp section, inside text section, cinderella MS2, outside (complete), and outside detail (ship and aurora) | ||
| Russia | 8039_var (BL278II) | In (upper) margin of MS2 (a-b) | 2019 | This variation of 8039 has apparently been printed with a darker bronze tint (possibly in the banner in the upper margin) than is seen in the original version. |
| Russia | 8039_var folder p2 | Folder, page2 (with MS2 variation), also page0/front, page1, and page3/back | ||
| Russia | None | (Multi-color printed) postal card back with extra (6941) stamp, also front | 2020 | |
| Russia | 8456 (BL356, Mi3222-3223) | MS2 (a-b) | 2022 | |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown f (Mi?) | One of MS9 (a-i) | 2006 | |
| Sierra Leone | 854 (Mi977) | From MS10 (854a (10x 854)) | 1987 | "Aurora Borealis" |
| Sierra Leone | 3672 (Mi7068-7071) | MS4 (a-d) | 2016 | |
| Sierra Leone | 3692 (BL946) | SS1 | ||
| Sierra Leone | 3687 (BL950) | SS1 | 2016 | |
| Sierra Leone | Mi17003 | Stamp from SS1 (BL2887) | 2023 | |
| South Africa | 1555j (Mi2442) 1555j back | From MS10 (1555 (a-j)) (Mi2433-2442), also 1555 back | "water, sound vibrations and bouncing laser lights allow participants to 'see' the Northern Lights in southern Africa" | |
| Sweden | None | Christmas seal (cinderella) | 1935/36 | |
| Sweden | 857 (Mi680) | One of strip of 5 (857b (853-857)) (Mi676-680), and from booklet pane of 10 (857c (2x (853-857)), or complete booklet (857a) (MH25) | 1970 | Launch of research rocket for auroral studies; also in booklet and fdc1 insert text: "North Magnetic Pole attracts showers of charged particles emanating from solar flares, which collide spectacularly with the Earth's atmosphere" (and in doing so, form the aurora). "Hither come both Swedish and European aerospace research teams to shoot their rocket probes into the flaming auroral skies". |
| Sweden | 853-857 fdc1 | One of five stamps on FDC, also insert | ||
| Sweden | 853-857 fdc2 | One of five stamps on FDC | ||
| Sweden | 1003 (Mi808) | CDT | 1973 | Nordic postal cooperation issue |
| Sweden | 1004 (Mi809) | |||
| Sweden | 1514 (Mi1305) | 1984 | Aurora and Viking satellite (its mission was to study the charged particles that cause the Aurora Borealis) | |
| Sweden | 1514 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Sweden | 1515 (Mi1306) | Aurora and launch of research rocket for auroral studies | ||
| Sweden | 1515 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Sweden | 1514-1515 fdc1 | Two stamps on FDC, also insert | (As above for stamps) | |
| Sweden | 1514-1515 fdc2 | Two stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| Sweden | 1892 (Mi1664) | One of booklet pane of 3 (1893a (1891-1893)), with booklet front, and booklet interior (1893b (2x 1893a)) (MH159, Mi1663-1665); also full booklet (1893c) | 1991 | |
| Sweden | 1893a fdc | One of booklet pane of 3 on FDC | ||
| Sweden | 1893a folder inside | Inside of folder (2x (1893a (1891-1893))) | ||
| Sweden | 1893a black | Blackprint | ||
| Sweden | i1893a trial | Imperforate trial color printing on white paper | ||
| Sweden | 2396d (Mi2189) | One of booklet pane of 6 (2396 (a-f)) (Mi2186-2191), also booklet front | 2000 | |
| Sweden | 2396a-f fdc | One of six stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (2396 (a-f)) | ||
| Sweden | 2787 (Mi3140-3144) | Strip of 5 (a-e), also yearly Collection Book front | 2016 | |
| Tonga | 1465 (Mi2461-2466) | MS6 (1465 (a-f)) | 2022 | |
| Tonga | 1466 (BL147) | SS1 (Mi2467) | ||
| Tuvalu | 1369b (Mi2247) | One of MS6 (1369 (a-f)) (Mi2246-2251) | 2017 | "Aurora Borealis" |
| Umm Al Qiwain | BL60 | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 1972 | |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1892 | Aurora IL (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on cover | ~1920s | Aurora MN (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1928 | Aurora IL (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1931 | Aurora NE (post office) |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1957 | |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1958 | Aurora MO (post office) |
| United States | 1128 fdc1 (Mi751 fdc1) | (Fluegel Covers) cachet on FDC | 1959 | |
| United States | 1128 fdc2 (Mi751 fdc2) | (The Aristocrats/Day Lowry) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1196 cover (Mi? cover) | (Alaskan Collectors' Club) cachet on cover | 1962 | |
| United States | None | (ESSA-SDL blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1969 | "aurora" |
| United States | UC65 | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (USPS) stamped envelope (aerogramme) | 1999 | |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel | 1999 | Aurora CO (post office) |
| United States | 2223a fdc (Mi1835-1838 fdc) | (Colorano silk) cachet on FDC | 1986 | |
| United States | 3802b fdc (Mi3762 fdc) | (Collins) cachet on FDC | 2003 | |
| United States | 4123a1 (Mi4196) | From MS2 (4123 (a-b)) (BL62) | 2007 | For all derivative items, see this set on the International Polar Year (IPY) page |
| United States | 4123b1 (Mi4197) | |||
| United States | 42031 (Mi4315) 4203+back | From pair (4204a (4203-4204)), or from MS20 (4204b (10x (4203-4204))), also back | 2007 | In addition to the depictions on the stamps and in the (upper) margin, the text on the back of the stamps and on the back provides some information on auroras; for all derivative items, see this set on the International Polar Year (IPY) page |
| United States | 42041 (Mi4316) 4204+back | |||
| United States | 4947 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (JVC) cachet on FDC | 2014 | |
| United States | None 1 | (Zazzle.com) personalized postage | 2014 | |
| United States | None 2 | (Zazzle.com) personalized postage (different) | ||
| United States | None 3 | (Zazzle.com) personalized postage (different) | ||
| United States | None 4 | (Zazzle.com) personalized postage (different) | "Northern Lights" | |
| United States | 5298b (Mi5499) | One of MS20 (5298 (a-t)) | 2018 | |
| United States | 5298b maxi | Maxicard | ||
| United States | None | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 2018 | "Aurora Borealis" |
| United States | 5602 fdc (Mi5835BA fdc) | (Janet Hobbs hand-drawn and hand-painted) cachet on FDC, also back | 2021 | |
| United States | None | (Coverscape) cachet on cover, also back | 2024 | "The solar storms of May 10-13, 2024 ... were the most intense to affect Earth since Oct of 2003, producing aurorae as far south as Arizona and Georgia" |
1Images for a large number of FDCs and other derivative items for these stamps can be found in the International Polar Year (IPY) page; only the stamps are included in this page.
2Galileo (1564 - 1642) observed the northern lights in the early 1600s. Sometimes they were tinged with pink, reminiscent of dawn, and in an essay published in 1616 he described them as questa boreale aurora ("this northern dawn") after Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn. The modern term aurora borealis comes from the French astronomer Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655), who introduced it in a publication in 1649. The terms aurora australis and aurora polaris came later.
Below is a list of Auroras on launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auroras (on Launch Covers) | ||||
| Norway | 1963-09-12 | Andenes | (Black printed and black typed) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | |
| United States | 1965-10-14 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on OGO-2 launch cover | to study "the mysterious causes of the northern lights" |
| Sweden | 1967-07-31 | Kiruna | (Black printed) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | |
| United States | 1968-03-04 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (Orbit Covers) cachet on OGO-5 launch cover | "Data on aurora" |
| United States | 1968-03-04 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (Orbit Covers) cachet on OGO-5 launch cover | |
| Sweden | 1968-03-27 | Kiruna | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on Skylark-1 (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | ESRO S16-1 Aurora mission |
| Sweden | 1968-06-07 | Kiruna | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | |
| United States | 1969-06-05 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on OGO-6 launch cover | "Data on aurora and polar [ice] cap events" |
| United States | 1970-04-11 | Boulder CO | (ESSA-SDL blue rubber-stamp) cachet on Apollo-13 launch cover | "aurora" |
| United States | 1971-07-26 | Boulder CO | (NOAA-SEL blue rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on Apollo-15 launch cover | "aurora" |
| Sweden | 1972-10-09 | Kiruna | (Pictorial) cancel and (JG) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | Nike-Apache NNA-4 Giacobini-Zinner comet dust collection mission |
| United States | 1973-03-30 | Chatanika AK | (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "inst(rument) payload [for] auroral research" |
| United States | 1974-02-18 | Chatanika AK | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | Aurora and the "Icecap Aurora Program" |
| United States | 1974-08-19 | Chatanika AK | (Red-brown and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | |
| United States | 1976-03-15 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (NRL) folder inside5, also inside1 and inside2 and inside3 and inside4 and SolRad-11A/11B and LES-8/9 launch front | "Earth's solar radiation environment", with schematic solar flares, magnetosphere and "aurorae" |
| Japan | 1978-08-20 | Uchinoura | (JapanCover no.97) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "observation of Aurora and Galactic Ray[s]" |
| Sweden | 1980-11-16 | Kiruna | (MBB) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | |
| United States | 1981-04-12 | Boulder CO | (NOAA-SEL black rubber-stamp) cachet on STS-1 launch (airmail) cover | "aurora" |
| United States | 1982-03-22 | Boulder CO | (NOAA-SEL black rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on STS-3 launch cover | "aurora" |
| United States | 1982-11-11 | Boulder CO | (NOAA-SEL black rubber-stamp) cachet on STS-5 launch and SBS-3 deployment (airmail) cover | "aurora" |
| United States | 1983-11-28 | Boulder CO | (NOAA-SEL black rubber-stamp) cachet on STS-9 launch cover | "aurora" |
| United States | 1984-02-03 | Boulder CO | (NOAA-SEL black rubber-stamp) cachet on STS-41B and Westar-6 deployment (airmail) cover | "aurora" |
| Russia (USSR) | 1984-12-21 | Magadan | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on Vega-2 launch cover; cachet also available in blue, brown, green, and red | |
| United States | 1985-05-06 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Zaso silk/IASP no.100) cachet on STS-51B landing cover | "Challenger became the first American manned spacecraft to pass through an aurora, doing so 3 times; 18 displays of aurorae, [and] charged particles from the solar wind were photographed". |
| United States | 1996-08-21 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Sarmiento) cachet on Explorer-70 (FAST) launch cover | "Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer" |
| United States | 2007-02-17 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission 57) back of Explorer-85/89 (THEMIS) launch cover, also front | "to observe auroral activity and the Earth's magnetosphere" |
| United States | 2007-02-17 | Cape Canaveral FL | (B&D) cachet on Explorer-85/89 (THEMIS) launch cover | "embarking on a revolutionary journey to study the iridescent Northern Lights" |
| French Guiana | 2011-02-16 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet (with reproduction of Russia 5060) on ATV-2 launch cover | Aurora and research rocket for auroral studies |
| Gabon | 2016-12-22 | Libreville | (Lollini) cachet on JCSat-15 and StarOne-D1 launch cover | |
| Finland | 2021-02-28 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on Arktika-M1 launch cover | |
| Finland | 2021-02-28 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet (different) on Arktika-M1 launch cover | |
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