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Below are checklists of Ozone and ozone-related events 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.
See the Weather balloons page for ozonesonde (ozone sounding balloon) items.
See also the Ozone-monitoring satellites (and instruments) page.
See also the following Contributors to Meteorology involved with the study of ozone:
| 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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| Ozone (O3) | Ozone (O3) |
| World Ozone Day (IDPOL)1 (annually: 16 September) | |
| Summary (by year of issue and IDPOL ordinal number) | |
| Vienna Convention4 (1985) | |
| Montréal Protocol2 (1987) |
Below is a list of Ozone and ozone-related events on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozone | ||||
| Antarctica | P6 | $100. (banknote), also back | 1996 | "Stop ozone depletion"; map of the Antarctic ozone hole; "Dobson units" (for ozone measurement); ozone measured by Nimbus-7 |
| Antarctica | P13 | $100. (banknote), also back | 2001 | Ozone measured by Nimbus-7 |
| Antarctica | P13s | $100. (banknote) overprinted "specimen", also back | 2009 | |
| Argentina | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1988 | Map of Antarctic ozone hole; first ozone sounding at Vicecomodoro Marambio Meteorological Station |
| Argentina | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1992 | Inauguration of ozone measuring station at Belgrano 2 Base |
| Argentina | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1992 | Belgrano 2 ozone measuring station; map of Antarctic ozone hole |
| Argentina | None | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover, or in more detail in this black version | 1993 | Vicecomodoro Marambio station: ozone measurements and other atmospheric studies |
| Argentina | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 1994 | "O3" on GAW logo |
| Argentina | 1989 (Mi2400) | 1998 | "Cuidemos nuestro ozono" | |
| Argentina | 1989 fdc1 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| Argentina | 1989 fdc2 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Argentina | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC for 1989 (stamp missing) | 1998 | "Cuidemos nuestro ozono" |
| Argentina | 2520 (BL105, Mi3252-3253) | MS2 (2520 (a-b)) | 2009 | Aerosol spray can (ozone destruction) |
| Argentina | 2520 fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
| Argentina | 2966c (Mi3926) | One of MS4 (2966 (a-d)) (BL181, Mi3924-3927) | 2022 | making an ozone observation with a Dobson spectrophotometer in Antarctica at the Marambio Base |
| Argentina | 2966 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Argentina | 2966 brochure | Brochure outside | ||
| Aruba | 347b (Mi444) | One of MS4 (347 (a-d)) (BL10, Mi443-446), also detail | 2009 | Antarctic ozone hole |
| Aruba | 347 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Austria | None | Phonecard, also back | 199? | Ozone hole |
| Belarus | 210 (Mi223) | One of strip of 2 (210a (209-210 + label)) (Mi222-223) | 1997 | Protect the ozone layer |
| British Antarctic Territory | 55 cover (Mi? cover) | (Hand-printed) cachet on cover | 1980 | Signature of researcher and study areas: "Solar radiation [and] atmospheric ozone" |
| British Antarctic Territory | 176 (Mi177) | 1991 | Ozonesonde "balloon launch at Halley IV" | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 177 (Mi178) | Dobson spectrophotometer | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 178 (Mi179) | Antarctic ozone hole | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 179 (Mi180) | "chemical studies in the ozone layer", by aircraft | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 176-179 fdc | Four stamps and cachet on FDC, also insert and insert back | (As above for stamps); "ozone hole" | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 198-201 fdc insert back | Page 2 of insert from FDC, also front, also insert | 1992 | "Antarctic ozone hole"; "ozone is being destroyed because of the release of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)" |
| British Antarctic Territory | B1-B4 fdc | Insert back of FDC (BAT Official cachet), also insert front and cover front | 1994 | "ozone depletion" |
| British Antarctic Territory | 283 (Mi296) | 1999 | British Antarctic Survey (BAS) discovery: Antarctic "ozone hole"; the BAS studies "the atmosphere extending from the surface to beyond the ozone layer" (in insert text) | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 280-284 fdc | One of five stamps on FDC, also insert | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 487 (Mi?) | 2015 | "Antarctic ozone hole, discovered 1985" | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Muslim Govt.) | 602 (Mi?) | 2007 | Aerosol spray can (ozone destruction) | |
| Burundi | 1113 (Mi2600-2603) | MS4 (a-d) | 2012 | "Antarctic ozone destruction" (in French text in upper margin); maps of ozone hole above Antarctica (in 'a' and 'd'); "Release of ozonesonde balloons at the South Pole" (in French text in 'b'); also in French text in 'b': "The loss of stratospheric clouds above Antarctica is a symptom of ozone destruction" |
| Burundi | 1113a ss | SS1 (1113a) | "Antarctic ozone destruction" (in French text in upper margin); map of ozone hole above Antarctica (in stamp); symbolic ozone chemistry, with Cl, N, and O (in upper margin) | |
| Burundi | 1113a ds | Deluxe sheet (1113a) | ||
| Burundi | 1113a ms | MS4 (4x 1113a) | ||
| Burundi | 1113b ss | SS1 (1113b) | "Antarctic ozone destruction" (in French text in upper margin); "The loss of stratospheric clouds above Antarctica is a symptom of ozone destruction" and "Release of ozonesonde balloons at the South Pole" (in French text in stamp) | |
| Burundi | 1113b ds | Deluxe sheet (1113b) | ||
| Burundi | 1113b ms | MS4 (4x 1113b) | ||
| Burundi | 1113c ss | SS1 (1113c) | "Antarctic ozone destruction" (in French text in upper margin); "Antarctic research station" (in French text in stamp, possibly Halley station) | |
| Burundi | 1113c ds | Deluxe sheet (1113c) | ||
| Burundi | 1113c ms | MS4 (4x 1113c) | ||
| Burundi | 1113d ss | SS1 (1113d) | "Antarctic ozone destruction" (in French text in upper margin); map of ozone hole above Antarctica (in stamp) | |
| Burundi | 1113d ds | Deluxe sheet (1113d) | ||
| Burundi | 1113d ms | MS4 (4x 1113d) | ||
| Burundi | 1133 (BL244) | SS1 | "Antarctic ozone destruction" (in French text); symbolic ozone chemistry involving Cl, O, and N in a "model of the release of chlorine from reservoirs of Antarctic gases" (in French text); symbolic ozone hole (on stamp) | |
| Burundi | 1133 ds | Deluxe sheet for stamp from SS1 | ||
| Canada | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 1989 | "Save the Ozone campaign" |
| Canada | 1442a fdc (Mi1323-1324 fdc) | (Canada Post Corp.) back of FDC, also front | 1992 | "research into the ozone layer" |
| Canada | 2326-2327 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Lowe Martin) back of FDC, also front | 2009 | "ozone" |
| Central African Republic | BL1045 | SS1 | 2013 | "Measurements made at Halley Station led to the discovery of the ozone hole in 1985" (in French text) |
| Central African Republic | BL1045 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Chad | 765 (Mi1667) | 1998 | Protect the ozone layer: ozone emblem | |
| Chad | 766 (Mi1668) | Protect the ozone layer: ozone emblem | ||
| Chad | 767 (Mi1669) | Protect the ozone layer: ozone emblem | ||
| Chad | 768 (Mi1670) | Protect the ozone layer: ozone emblem | ||
| Chad | 810 (Mi?) | In (lower-right) margin of MS9 (810 (a-i)) | 1999 | (partial) Drawing of Antarctic ozone hole |
| Chile | 897 (Mi1391) | One of strip of 5 (901a (897-901)) | 1990 | (Red) aerosol spray can (ozone destruction) |
| Chile | 901b | Booklet pane of 10 (2x (897-901)), with booklet outside (front and back) | ||
| Chile | 902 (Mi?) | One of strip of 5 (906a (902-906)), inscribed "D.S.20" | ||
| Chile | 906b | Booklet pane of 10 (2x (902-906)), with booklet outside (front and back) | ||
| Chile | 974 (Mi1466) | One of strip of 2 (975a (974-975)) | 1991 | Antarctic ozone hole |
| Chile | 975a fdc | Strip of 2 on FDC, also back | ||
| Chile | 988 (Mi1480) | One of strip of 5 (992a (988-992)) | 1992 | (Yellow) aerosol spray can (ozone destruction) |
| Chile | 992b | Booklet pane of 10 (2x (988-992)), with booklet outside (front and back) | ||
| Chile | 993 (Mi1485) | One of strip of 5 (997a (993-997)), inscribed "D.S.20" | (Orange) aerosol spray can (ozone destruction) | |
| Chile | 997b | Booklet pane of 10 (2x (993-997)), with booklet front | ||
| Chile | 1165c (Mi1746) | One of MS10 (1165 (a-j)) (Mi1744-1753) | 1996 | Sunscreen; don't get a sunburn |
| 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" |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2002 | Mend the ozone hole; "Ozone hole has been as large as 24 million sq km" (translated from the Chinese) |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2007 | (Antarctic) ozone hole symbolized as the pupil of an eye; protect the ozone layer |
| Comoro Islands | BL584A BL584B | SS1 (Mi2746A) Imperforate SS1 (Mi2746B) | 2009 | "Les Ravages du Changement de Climat" and "le Trou dans l'Ozone" |
| Croatia | None | One of two cancels | 2003 | Drawing of ozone molecule (O3); also O2 (in text) |
| Cuba | 3391 (Mi3556) | 1992 | Antarctic ozone hole; values in Dobson units | |
| Cuba | 3390-3391 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Cyprus | None | Phonecard | 2005 | Symbolic ozone layer protecting the globe |
| Dominican Republic | 1412 (Mi?) | 2005 | Aerosol spray can (ozone destruction) | |
| France | 2284 cover (Mi? cover) | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1992 | Spectrometric measurements of ozone |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C115 (Mi277A) iC115 (Mi277B) | One of strip of 2 (C116a (C115-C116 + label)), or five of MS10 (C116b (5x 166a (115-116))) One of imperforate strip of 2 (iC116a (iC115-iC116 + label)) | 1991 | Antarctic ozone hole; probable Brewer spectrophotometer for ground-based ozone measurements; also ozonesonde balloon |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C115 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C116a fdc1 | One of strip of 2 and cachet on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C116a fdc2 | One of strip of 2 and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C116a fdc3 | One of strip of 2 and cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C116a fdc4 | One of strip of 2 on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C116a sc | Souvenir card | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Black printed) cachet on cover | 1996 | "Terre Adélie - Ozone" |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Pale red-violet) cachet on cover | 1997 | Study of the ozone layer |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 218 cover (Mi? cover) | Cachet (same, except black) on cover | 1997 | Study of the ozone layer |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 2007 | O3; Antarctic ozone soundings [by balloon] (in French text) |
| 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" |
| Germany (West) | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1987 | Ozone |
| Germany | 1884 fdc (Mi1785 fdc) | (ETABO) cachet on FDC | 1995 | Antarctic ozone hole |
| Ghana | 2143 (Mi3035) | 1999 | UV effect on aquatic life | |
| Ghana | 2144 (Mi3036) | (Symbolic) ozone layer | ||
| Ghana | 2145 (Mi3037) | UV effect on Earth | ||
| Ghana | 2146 (Mi3038) | (Symbolic) blocking of UV rays | ||
| Ghana | 2147 (Mi3039) | CFC uses: be "ozone friendly" | ||
| Great Britain | 1464 (Mi1415) | 1992 | Child's drawing of "Ozone Layer" (in stamp); "The Ozone Layer" (in the Fleetwood-cachet FDCs); "Save the Ozone Layer" (in the meter on one Royal Mail FDC); "Protect the Ozone Layer" (in the cachet of the Cotswold & Stuart FDC); "the growing hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica" (in text on the back of the Fleetwood-cachet FDCs) | |
| Great Britain | 1464 fdc | Stamp and (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC (Edinburgh cancel), also back | ||
| Great Britain | 1464 card | (Royal Mail) PHQ card back, also front | ||
| Great Britain | 1463-1466 fdc1 | One of four stamps and meter 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 on FDC (Poole Dorset cancel, Mercury cachet), also back | ||
| Greece | 2056a cover (Mi? cover) | (Pictorial) cancel and cachet on cover | 2004 | International Ozone Commission (IOC): Quadrennial Ozone Symposium |
| Greenland | None | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1996 | European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment (EASOE) |
| Greenland | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 1992 | "ozone observation and analysis" (in Danish text) |
| Grenada Grenadines | 1293 (Mi1414) | 1991 | Use natural coolers | |
| Grenada Grenadines | 1298 (BL215?) | SS1 | Protect ozone layer, plant more trees | |
| Jordan | 1554 (Mi1606) | 1997 | Protect ozone layer; hand symbol | |
| Jordan | 1554 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Kazakhstan | 283b (Mi269) | One of MS3 (283 (a-c)) | 1999 | Protect the ozone layer |
| Kiribati | 731 (Mi790) | 1998 | Aerosol spray can (ozone destruction) | |
| Kiribati | 731 specimen | Overprinted "specimen" | ||
| Kiribati | 731-734 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Kuwait | 1369 (Mi1519) | 1997 | Protect ozone layer; hand symbol | |
| Kuwait | 1370 (Mi1520) | |||
| Kuwait | 1371 (Mi1521) | |||
| Kuwait | 1369-1371 fdc1 | Three stamps and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Kuwait | 1369-1371 fdc2 | Three stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| Maldive Islands | 1444 (Mi1533?) | SS1 | 1990 | "Freon"; greenhouse effect |
| Mexico | 2060 (Mi2663) | 1997 | Molina's ozone depletion equation | |
| Mexico | 2060 fdc | Stamp and (green and blue printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Mexico | 2550 (Mi?) | Pair (2550 a-b)) | 2007 | Ozone |
| Mozambique | 1293 (Mi1386) | 1997 | Protect the ozone layer | |
| Netherlands | 766 (Mi1396) | 1991 | Aerosol spray can (ozone destruction) | |
| Netherlands | 1429 personalized | Personalized postage (1429 stamp base from 2013) | 2016 | "Paul J. Crutzen - Ozone"; "Ozone Layer"; "UV-A" and "UV-B" radiation |
| New Zealand | None | Private post printed stamp on stamped envelope | 1983 | "Save our ozone" |
| New Zealand | None | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1990 | Aerosol spray can (ozone destruction) |
| New Zealand | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1990 | "National Ozone Expedition II" |
| New Zealand | None | Cinderella | 200? | Save our ozone |
| 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 cancel and 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 cancel and cachet on FDC | (As above for stamps) | |
| Norway | 1260 (Mi1354) | 2000 | Aerosol spray can (ozone destruction) | |
| Norway | 1570a (Mi1676) | One of MS2 (1570 (a-b)) (BL37, Mi1676-1677) | 2009 | The Earth and a depiction of the ozone layer lighting up under UV light |
| Panama | 794 (Mi1727) | One of tête-bêche pair (794a (2x 794)) | 1992 | Save the ozone layer; Antarctic ozone hole |
| Philippines | 3328 (Mi4414-4415) | Strip of 2 (3328 (a-b)) | 2010 | Protect the ozone layer; hand symbol |
| Philippines | 3328 specimen | Strip of 2 overprinted "specimen" | ||
| Philippines | 3328 fdc1 | Strip of 2 and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Philippines | 3328 fdc2 | Strip of 2 and (pictorial) cancel and cachet (same) on FDC (different 'ozone' address) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ms (Mi?) | In (upper-right) margin of MS9 | 2006 | Antarctic ozone hole |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ms fdc | MS9 on FDC (different) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ims fdc1 | Imperforate MS9 on FDC | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ims fdc2 | Imperforate MS9 on FDC (different) | ||
| 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 cancel on FDC | ||
| San Marino | 1746-1747 fdc | One of two stamps and cancel on FDC | ||
| South Georgia | 375 (Mi?) | MS2 (375 (a-b)) | 2009 | Antarctic ozone hole; values in Dobson units |
| South Georgia | 375a-b fdc | Two stamps on FDC | ||
| 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 | |
| Switzerland | 1060 (Mi1697) | 1999 | O3 formula | |
| Switzerland | 1060 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Thailand | 2362 (Mi?) | 2008 | Aerosol spray can (ozone destruction) | |
| Thailand | 2365 (Mi?) | Symbolic ozone hole | ||
| Thailand | 2362-2365 fdc1 | Two of four stamps on FDC | (As above for stamps) | |
| Thailand | 2362-2365 fdc2 | Two of four stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| Thailand | 2362-2365 cp | Two stamps in commemorative panel of 4 (2362-2365) | ||
| Togo | Unknown ms (Mi?) | MS4 (a-d) | 2011 | O3; Volcanoes, the destruction of ozone and the effects of ozone damage on orchids |
| Togo | Unknown ss (BL?) | SS1 | ||
| Tonga | 737 (Mi1121) | 1990 | "Ice caps in danger as holes in the ozone layer grow" | |
| Tonga | 737 specimen | Overprinted "specimen" | ||
| Tonga | 737 mono-proof | Monochrome proof (black) | ||
| Tonga | 737 plate-proof1 | Imperforate plate proof | ||
| Tonga | 737 plate-proof2 | Imperforate plate proof (different) | ||
| Tonga | 737 proof1 | Specimen and progressive proof, color 1 | ||
| Tonga | 737 proof2 | Specimen and progressive proof, color 2 | ||
| Tonga | 737 proof3 | Specimen and progressive proof, color 3 | ||
| Tonga | 737 proof4 | Specimen and progressive proof, colors 1 and 2 | ||
| Tonga | 737 proof5 | Specimen and progressive proof, final colors 1, 2 and 3 | ||
| Turkey | 3499 (BL149) | MS3 (3499 (a-c)) | 2016 | (Protect the) "Ozone layer"; also symbolic O3 molecule (on stamp 'a') |
| Turkey | 3499 fdc | MS3 and (pictorial) cancel and (Turkish Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 243a (Mi239-242) | Strip of 4 (240-243), from MS24 (243b (6x (240-243))) | 1993 | Symbolic strong solar and UV radiation reaching Earth |
| United Nations (Geneva) | 243a fdc1 | Strip of 4 and (UNPA) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 243a fdc2 | Strip of 4 on FDC (PhilSwiss cachet) | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 243a maxi | Maxicard | ||
| UN (New York) UN (Geneva) UN (Vienna) | 636a fdc1 243a fdc1 159a fdc1 | One of 3 strips of 4 on FDC (636a+243a+159a) | 1993 | Symbolic strong solar and UV radiation reaching Earth |
| UN (New York) UN (Geneva) UN (Vienna) | 636a fdc2 243a fdc2 159a fdc2 | One of 3 strips of 4 and cachet on FDC (636a+243a+159a) | ||
| UN (New York) UN (Geneva) UN (Vienna) | 636a folder 243a folder 159a folder | One of 3 strips of 4 on FDC folder, also folder front | ||
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1898 | Ozone Park NY (post office) |
| United States | None | Advertising cover | 1912 | "ozone...belt" |
| United States | None | Advertising cover | 1916 | "ozone-belt" |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel | 1918 | Ozone ID (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel and (green printed) cachet (return address) on cover | 1937 | Ozone TN (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1937 | Ozone TN (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel and cachet (return address) on cover | 1943 | Ozone TN (post office) |
| United States | None | (Red pictorial) meter | 1952 | Sunburn |
| United States | None | Address on cover | 1968 | South Ozone Park NY (post office) |
| United States | None | Backstamp | 1968 | South Ozone Park Station, Jamaica NY (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel | 1971 | Ozone TN (post office) |
| United States | 1915 fdc (Mi1484 fdc) | (Bazaar no.394-5) cachet on FDC | 1981 | "Main object: to measure affect (sic) of Sun's ultraviolet radiation on Earth's ozone layer" |
| United States | None | (Hand-printed) cachet (and signatures) on cover | 1986 | "National OZone Expedition" (NOZE) |
| United States | None | (Hand-written) cachet (and signatures) on postal card | 1986 | "National OZone Expedition - NOZE'86" |
| United States | None | Backstamp | 1987 | Ozone Park NY (post office) |
| United States | 2169 precancel | Precancel on stamp | 1987 | Ozone AR (post office) |
| United States | 2220+2222 cover (Mi? cover) | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1987 | "National OZone Expedition II" |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1987 | "National OZone Expedition II" |
| United States | 2841a fdc1 (Mi2477 fdc1) | (Chris Calle black printed) cachet on FDC | 1994 | "Fixing the ozone hole" |
| United States | 2841a fdc2 (Mi2477 fdc2) | (Chris Calle multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 1994 | "Ozone alert station" |
| United States | 2952 fdc (Mi2554 fdc) | (CG) cachet on FDC | 1995 | "Where'd the Ozone Go?" and symbolic representation of ozone depletion over the Antarctic |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel | 1998 | Ozone AR (post office) |
| United States | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 2008 | "focus on ozone pollution" |
| Uzbekistan | 329 (Mi451) | 2002 | Protect the ozone layer | |
| Yugoslavia | None | (Red-brown printed) cachet on WMD cover | 1991 | "Ozone" |
| World Ozone Day1 (IDPOL, annually: 16 September) | ||||
| Argentina | None | (Red pictorial) meter | 1999 | (5th) World Ozone Day |
| Bangladesh | 805 (Mi1108) | 2012 | (18th) World Ozone Day | |
| Bangladesh | 805 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Bangladesh | 819 (Mi1139) | 2013 | (19th) World Ozone Day | |
| Bangladesh | 819 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Brazil | 2761 (Mi3056) | 2000 | (6th) World Ozone Day | |
| Brazil | 2761 fdc | Stamp and cancel on FDC | ||
| Colombia | 1250 (Mi2388) | From MS6 (1250a (6x 1250)) | 2005 | (11th) World Ozone Day |
| Colombia | 1250 fdc | Stamp and cancel on FDC, also back | ||
| Croatia | 408 (Mi523) | From MS12 (408a (12x 408)) | 1999 | (5th) World Ozone Day |
| Croatia | 408 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Croatia | 408 folder | FDC folder | ||
| Cuba | 4782 (Mi4981) i4782 | Imperforate | 2007 | (13th) World Ozone Day |
| Cuba | 4782 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (yellow-orange printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Egypt | 1595 (Mi1848) | 1995 | (1st) World Ozone Day | |
| Egypt | 1595 fdc | Stamp and cancel on FDC | ||
| Egypt | 1596 (Mi1849) | |||
| Egypt | 1596 var | Missing red color | ||
| Egypt | 1595-1596 fdc | Two stamps and (pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| Egypt | 1595-1597 fdc | Three stamps on FDC | ||
| Egypt | 1595-1597 folder | Folder (of three stamps) | ||
| Egypt | 1597 (Mi1850) | |||
| Egypt | 1597 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Egypt | 1622 (Mi1878) | 1996 | 2nd World Ozone Day | |
| Egypt | 1622 var | Shifted circles | ||
| Egypt | 1623 (Mi1879) | |||
| Egypt | 1622-1623 fdc | Two stamps and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Egypt | 1824 (Mi2098) | 2002 | (8th) World Ozone Day | |
| Egypt | 1824 fdc1 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| Egypt | 1824 fdc2 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Egypt | 1824 folder | Folder, also inside | ||
| India | None | Special commemorative envelope and cancel | 2001 | 7th World Ozone Day |
| India | None | Special commemorative envelope and cancel | 2002 | 8th World Ozone Day |
| India | None | Special commemorative envelope and cancel | 2004 | 10th World Ozone Day |
| India | None | Special commemorative envelope and cancel, also insert | 2006 | (12th) World Ozone Day |
| India | None | Special commemorative envelope and cancel | 2006 | (12th) World Ozone Day |
| Maldive Islands | 2953 (Mi?) | MS4 (2953 (a-d)) | 2008 | (14th) World Ozone Day |
| Mexico | 2015 (Mi2617) | 1996 | (2nd) World Ozone Day | |
| Mexico | 2015 sc | Souvenir card | ||
| Mexico | 2015 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Oman State | None | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet | 1998 | (4th) World Ozone Day |
| Russia | 6415 (Mi621) | 1997 | (3rd) World Ozone Day | |
| Russia | 6415 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Salvador (El) | 1464 (Mi2060) | 1997 | (3rd) World Ozone Day | |
| Saudi Arabia | 1265 (Mi1286) | 1997 | Protect our Earth - Save the Ozone Layer | |
| Saudi Arabia | 1266 (Mi1287) | |||
| Serbia | 400 (Mi216) | From MS8 (400a (8x 400 + label)) | 2007 | (13th) World Ozone Day |
| Serbia | 400 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Slovakia | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 1997 | (3rd) World Ozone Day |
| Sri Lanka | 1763 (Mi1805) | 2010 | (16th) World Ozone Day | |
| Sri Lanka | 1763 fdc | Date of (text) cancel on FDC | ||
| Sri Lanka | 2110+label (Mi2174+label) | Label with stamp (from 2017) | 2019 | (25th) World Ozone Day |
| Sri Lanka | 2110+label fdc | Stamp and (text) cancel and label and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | None | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 2014 | 20th World Ozone Day; Antarctic ozone hole; aerosol spray can (ozone destruction); "Montréal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer"; "Dobsonmeter" (Dobson spectrophotometer) |
| Vienna Convention4 (1985) | ||||
| Myanmar | Unknown ss (BL1) | SS1 (Mi393) | 2010 | O3; "25th Anniversary of [the] Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer" |
| Myanmar | Unknown maxi | Maxicard (of stamp only) | ||
| Myanmar | Unknown ss (BL?) | Pane of 3 SS1 | ||
| Myanmar | Unknown ss fdc | SS1 and cancel and cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Sri Lanka | 1763 (Mi1805) | 2010 | 25th anniv. Vienna Convention | |
| Sri Lanka | 1763 fdc | Stamp and (text) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Montréal Protocol2 (1987) | ||||
| Bahrain | 497 (Mi646) | 1997 | 10th anniv. Montréal Protocol | |
| Bahrain | 498 (Mi647) | |||
| Bahrain | 499 (Mi648) | |||
| Bahrain | 500 (Mi649) | |||
| Bahrain | 497-500 fdc | Four stamps and cancel and cachet on FDC, also insert | ||
| Bangladesh | 805 (Mi1108) | 2012 | 25th anniv. Montréal Protocol | |
| Bangladesh | 805 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Czech Republic | None | (Ceská posta) cachet on postal card | 1997 | 10th anniv. Montréal Protocol |
| Czech Republic | None | (PostFila (Ceská posta)) cachet on postal card | 2004 | 16th meeting of Parties to Montréal Protocol3 |
| Egypt | 1652 (Mi1918) | 1997 | 10th anniv. Montréal Protocol | |
| Egypt | 1653 (Mi1919) | |||
| Egypt | 1652-1653 fdc | Two stamps and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Greece | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 2007 | 20th anniv. Montréal Protocol |
| Greece | None | (Pictorial) cancel on postcard, also back | 2007 | 20th anniv. Montréal Protocol |
| Iran | 2710 (Mi2731) | 1997 | 10th anniv. Montréal Protocol | |
| Kenya | 862 (Mi?) | From strip of 3 (861-863) | 2012 | 25th anniv. Montréal Protocol |
| Mexico | 3074 (Mi4068) | 2017 | 30th anniv. Montréal Protocol | |
| Mexico | 3074 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Pakistan | 882 (Mi993) | From MS28 (882a (28x 882)) | 1997 | 10th anniv. Montréal Protocol |
| Pakistan | 882 fdc1 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Pakistan | 882 fdc2 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| Pakistan | 882 sc | Souvenir card | ||
| Pakistan | 882 essay | Unlisted essay | ||
| Peru | 1156 (Mi1598) | 1997 | 10th anniv. Montréal Protocol | |
| Peru | 1156 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| St. Vincent | 2488 (Mi4084) | 1997 | 10th anniv. Montréal Protocol | |
| Sri Lanka | 1349 (Mi1308) | 2001 | 13th meeting of Parties to Montréal Protocol3 | |
| Sri Lanka | 2110+label fdc (Mi2174+label fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 2019 | "1989-2019: 30th Anniversary of Sri Lanka becoming a party to the Montréal Protocol" |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 827 (Mi?) | SS1 | 2007 | 20th anniv. Montréal Protocol |
| United States | None | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 2014 | "Montréal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer"; 20th World Ozone Day; Antarctic ozone hole; aerosol spray can (ozone destruction); "Dobsonmeter" (Dobson spectrophotometer) |
1World Ozone Day: the official United Nations name is International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (IDPOL); annually, starting 16 September 1995. World Ozone Day ordinal numbers given in parentheses are not specifically noted on items, but are based on year of issue.
2The Montréal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of a number of substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion. The treaty was opened for signature on 16 September 1987 and entered into force on 1 January 1989.
3The Meetings of the Parties to the Montréal Protocol have taken place annually since the first one in 1989.
4The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer was a multilateral agreement on a framework for international efforts to protect the ozone layer. It was signed at the Vienna Conference in 1985 and came into effect in 1988. It did not, however, include legally binding reductions in the use of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons, the chemicals that caused ozone depletion). Those reductions were agreed to in the subsequent Montréal Protocol, which came into effect in 1989.
The table below is a Summary (by year of issue and World Ozone Day (IDPOL) ordinal number) of the postal items in the World Ozone Day table above. Included are the number of countries issuing World Ozone Day items, as well as the number of items that were issued. IDPOL themes are also provided. This summary is also available in spreadsheet form.
| Year of Issue | IDPOL Ordinal Number | Number of | IDPOL Theme | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countries | Items | ||||
| 1995 | 1st | 2 | 8 | Saving the Ozone Layer - Every Action Counts1 | |
| 1996 | 2nd | 2 | 7 | ? | |
| 1997 | 3rd | 4 | 6 | ? | |
| 1998 | 4th | 1 | 1 | ? | |
| 1999 | 5th | 1 | 3 | ? | |
| 2000 | 6th | 1 | 2 | ? | |
| 2001 | 7th | 1 | 1 | ? | |
| 2002 | 8th | 2 | 5 | Save O3ur Sky: Protect yourself; Protect the ozone layer | |
| 2003 | 9th | 0 | 0 | Save O3ur Sky: There is a hole lot more to do for our children | |
| 2004 | 10th | 1 | 1 | Save O3ur Sky: Ozone friendly planet, our target | |
| 2005 | 11th | 1 | 2 | Act ozone friendly - Stay Sun safe | |
| 2006 | 12th | 1 | 2 | Protect the ozone layer, save life on Earth | |
| 2007 | 13th | 2 | 4 | Celebrating 20 years of progress in 2007 | |
| 2008 | 14th | 1 | 1 | Montréal Protocol - Global partnership for global benefits | |
| 2009 | 15th | 0 | 0 | Universal Participation: Ozone protection unifies the world | |
| 2010 | 16th | 1 | 2 | Ozone layer protection: Governance and compliance at their best | |
| 2011 | 17th | 0 | 0 | HCFC phase-out: A unique opportunity | |
| 2012 | 18th | 1 | 2 | Protecting our atmosphere for generations to come | |
| 2013 | 19th | 1 | 1 | A healthy atmosphere, the future we want | |
| 2014 | 20th | 1 | 1 | Ozone layer protection: The mission goes on | |
| 2015 | 21st | 0 | 0 | Ozone: All there is between you and UV | |
| 2016 | 22nd | 0 | 0 | Ozone and climate: Restored by a world united | |
| 2017 | 23rd | 0 | 0 | Caring for all life under the sun | |
| 2018 | 24th | 0 | 0 | Keep cool and carry on: The Montréal Protocol | |
| 2019 | 25th | 1 | 1 | 32 years and Healing | |
| 2020 | 26th | 0 | 0 | Ozone for Life: 35 Years of Ozone Layer Protection | |
| 2021 | 27th | 0 | 0 | Montreal Protocol - keeping us, our food and vaccines cool | |
| 2022 | 28th | 0 | 0 | Montreal Protocol@35: global cooperation protecting life on earth | |
| 2023 | 29th | 0 | 0 | Montreal Protocol: fixing the ozone layer and reducing climate change | |
| 2024 | 30th | 0 | 0 | Ozone for life | |
| Summary: 18 out of 30 years | Summary: 18 countries 50 items | ||||
1A film entitled "Saving the Ozone Layer - Every Action Counts" was produced and distributed to over 100 developing countries in 1995. Although there was apparently no official theme for the 1995 World Ozone Day, the title of the film expresses an idea that can be taken as the theme for that year.
Below is a list of Ozone and ozone-related events on satellite, rocket, and balloon launch covers.
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozone | ||||
| United States | 1962-04-05 | Wallops Island VA (machine cancel) | (Swanson magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "Ozone cloud" (refers to the release of ozone into the upper atmosphere) |
| United States | 1962-04-05 | Wallops Island VA (hand cancel) | (Swanson green and purple rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (sub-orbital) rocket launch (airmail) cover | |
| United States | 1964-03-27 | Wallops Island VA | (Orbit Covers, no logo) cachet on Ariel-2 launch cover | "Ozone distribution" |
| United States | 1964-03-27 | Wallops Island VA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert from Ariel-2 launch cover, also front | "the atmospheric ozone experiment measures the vertical distribution of ozone in the Earth's atmosphere" |
| United States | 1969-04-13 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert from Nimbus-3 and SECOR-13 launch cover, also front | ozone measurement |
| United States | 1969-04-13 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert from Nimbus-3 and SECOR-13 launch cover, also front | |
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on Nimbus-4 launch cover | "ozone" |
| Australia | 1970-05-27 | Glenelg SA | (Green printed) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "ozone" |
| Australia | 1970-07-14 | Glenelg SA | (Blue and green printed) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "ozone" |
| Australia | 1971-02-03 | Woomera SA | (Green and yellow-orange printed) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "ozone" |
| Australia | 1971-06-22 | Woomera SA | (Green and yellow-green printed) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "ozone" |
| Australia | 1971-06-23 | Woomera SA | (Purple and tan printed) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "ozone" |
| Australia | 1971-10-12 | Woomera SA | (Purple and yellow-orange printed) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "ozone" |
| Australia | 1971-11-25 | Woomera SA | (Purple and yellow-orange printed) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "ozone" |
| Australia | 1971-11-25 | Woomera SA | (Puprle and orange printed) cachet (and signature) on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | |
| Australia | 1972-10-24 | Woomera SA | (Green and blue printed) cachet on cover | Skylark rocket mission from Woomera, Australia; carried a UK Meteorological Office experiment to measure "ozone concentration"; reached 210 km altitude |
| United States | 1973-12-16 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on Explorer-51 launch cover | "Investigate the photochemical processes accompanying the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation in the Earth's atmosphere" |
| United States | 1974-01-07 | Houston TX | (MSC) cachet on Skylab-4 event cover | "S063 experiment" (The S063 was a camera that photographed Earth's ozone layers and the horizon airglow, in visible and UV light, in reflected sunlight and at night) |
| French Guiana | 1974-03-22 | Kourou | (CPK) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | NASA Campaign |
| Japan | 1975-01-17 | Uchinoura | (JapanCover no.47) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | ozone measurement |
| Australia | 1975-03-20 | Sydney Philatelic Sales Centre | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "ozone" |
| Australia | 1975-04-04 | Sydney Philatelic Sales Centre | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "ozone" |
| Australia | 1975-04-24 | Sydney Philatelic Sales Centre | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "ozone" |
| United States | 1975-07-18 | Palestine TX | (Red and black rubber-stamp) cachet on stratospheric balloon launch cover | "ozone" |
| United States | 1975-10-06 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on Explorer-54 launch cover | "Investigate the photochemical processes accompanying the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation in the Earth's atmosphere" |
| United States | 1975-11-19 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on Explorer-55 launch cover | "Investigate the photochemical processes accompanying the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation in the Earth's atmosphere" |
| United States | 1975-11-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Centennial) cachet on Explorer-55 launch cover | "To study the Earth's protective ozone layer" |
| United States | 1975-11-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on Explorer-55 launch cover | |
| United States | 1975-11-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS) cachet on Explorer-55 launch cover | various references to ozone (in text) |
| United States | 1975-11-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on Explorer-55 launch cover | various references to ozone |
| Japan | 1976-09-18 | Uchinoura | (JapanCover no.73) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | ionospheric ozone mission |
| Japan | 1977-09-15 | Uchinoura | (JapanCover no.87) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | ozone measurement |
| United States | 1977-09-29 | WSMR, NM | (Boudwin? blue and black rubber-stamp) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "measure vertical atmospheric [profile of] ozone in Chappuis bands" |
| United States | 1979-02-18 | Wallops Island VA | (Space Voyage) cachet on Explorer-60 launch cover | "to obtain data on aerosols and ozone in the stratosphere" |
| United States | 1979-02-241 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Zaso silk/IASP no.9) cachet on Solwind launch cover | "solar flare ozone detectors" |
| United States | 1979-02-24 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Zaso silk/IASP no.9) cachet on Solwind launch cover | |
| United States | 1980-05-29 | Greenbelt MD | (Space Voyage purple and orange) cachet on NOAA-B launch cover | "ozone" |
| United States | 1980-05-29 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage brown and orange) cachet on NOAA-B launch cover | |
| United States | 1980-05-29 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Boudwin? breen and black rubber-stamp) cachet on NOAA-B launch cover | "ozone" |
| United States | 1981-10-06 | Pasadena CA | (JPL Stamp Club) insert from Explorer-64 and OSCAR-9 launch cover, also front | Several references to ozone, as part of the Solar Mesosphere Explorer mission |
| Japan | 1991-09-11 | Uchinoura | (Space Voyage) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "study ozone, wind velocity and temperature in [the] stratosphere" |
| United States | 1991-09-14 | Nassau Bay Branch, Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on STS-48 and UARS deployment cover | "Data ... will enable scientists to study ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere" |
| United States | 1992-03-24 | Kennedy Space Center FL | Insert from STS-45 launch cover, also (mission patch) front | "The colors of the setting Sun, measured by sensitive instruments [of ATLAS2-1], provide detailed information about ozone" |
| United States | 1993-04-08 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Burton) cachet on STS-56 and SPARTAN-201-F5 launch cover | "ATLAS2-2 will gather data on [the] relationship between [the] Sun's energy output and Earth's middle atmospheric chemical makeup and how these factors affect Earth's ozone level" |
| United States | 1994-11-03 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (ATLAS2 patch) cachet on STS-66 and CRISTA-SPAS-1 launch cover | depiction of the Antarctic ozone hole |
| United States | 1997-08-01 | Wallops Island VA | (DuBeau black rubber-stamp) cachet on stratospheric balloon launch (airmail) cover | "Ozone and atmospheric measurements" |
| United States | 2001-09-29 | Kodiak AK | (Multi-color printed) cachet on STARSHINE-3 / OSCAR-43 launch cover | to study "how the Earth's upper atmosphere reacts to fluctuations in the Sun's ultraviolet radiation during a sunspot cycle" (important in ozone studies) |
| United States | 2002-06-24 | Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc CA | (SCPS) insert from NOAA-17 launch cover, also front | "ozone" (measurements) |
| United States | 2003-08-12 | Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on SciSat-1 launch cover | "ozone" |
| United States | 2003-01-25 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on SORCE launch cover | "atmospheric ozone and UV-B radiation" |
| United States | 2004-07-15 | Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on EOS-Aura launch cover | "ozone"; ozone map with Antarctic ozone hole |
| United States | 2004-07-15 | Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc CA | (SCP mission-patch sticker) cachet on EOS-Aura launch cover | ozone map with Antarctic ozone hole |
| United States | 2004-07-15 | Pasadena CA | (JPL Stamp Club) cachet on EOS-Aura launch cover | "ozone"; ozone map with Antarctic ozone hole |
| United States | 2009-02-06 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Mission 57) back of NOAA-19 launch cover, also front | "[NOAA-N Prime] measures...ozone distribution in the atmosphere and stratosphere" |
| United States | 2009-06-27 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission 57) back of GOES-14 launch cover, also front | "measuring ... ozone distribution" |
| United States | 2011-09-23 | Sagamore Beach MA | (Coverscape) cachet on UARS re-entry cover | studied Earth's atmosphere, and "particularly the holes in the protective ozone layer" |
| United States | 2011-10-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Mission 57) back of S-NPP launch cover, also front | Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) for "global ozone layer" measurements including how "ozone concentration varies with altitude", and research into "ozone pollution and depletion" |
1This Solwind cover should have a 1979 "Feb" 24 cancel date, instead of 1979 "Mar" 24 as incorrectly given.
2ATLAS: ATmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
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