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Below is a checklist of (Selected) Rainbow 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.
Included are items that also refer to an independent meteorological topic or that the authors find interesting because of their design or characteristics. Unlike most of our web pages, no attempt is made to be complete in this page.
| Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Rainbows | Rainbows |
Below is a list of Rainbows on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Selected) philatelic items depicting or referring to rainbows (following the criteria mentioned above). No attempt is made to be complete. | ||||
| (Selected) Rainbows | ||||
| Algeria | 1323 (Mi?) | 2004 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 3283b (Mi5273) | One of MS4 (3283 (a-d)) (Mi5272-5275) | 2015 | |
| Azerbaijan | 1227b (Mi1446) | One of MS4 (1227 (a-d)) (BL222, Mi1445-1448) | 2019 | A rainbow in a clean environment versus smokestack emissions and pollution |
| Bangladesh | 409 (Mi416) | 1992 | Also World Environment Day | |
| Benin | Unknown c (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2018 | Landscape with Rainbow, painting by Arkhip Kuindzhi |
| Benin | Unknown a-d fdc | Block of 4 stamps (from MS4) on FDC | ||
| Bhutan | KM69 | 300 ngultrum (silver coin) | 1994 | |
| Bolivia | 1223 (Mi?) | 2004 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb Admin.) | 516+label (Mi?+label) | From MS8 (516a (8x 516 + label)) | 2015 | Spectrum of light, like a rainbow |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb Admin.) | 516 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Bulgaria | 3534 (Mi?) | 1990 | ||
| Canada | 1287 (Mi1195) | 1990 | Also towering cumulus (TCU) cloud and a weather observation displayed with the standard plotting model used in weather maps | |
| Canada | 1287 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Canada Post Corp. cachet) | ||
| Canada | 1287 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Canada | 1287 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet, same, and signatures), also English insert and French insert | ||
| Canada | 1287 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (Colorano silk cachet) | ||
| Canada | 2838b (Mi3263) | From MS5 (2838 (a-e + label)) (BL215, Mi3262-3266) | 2015 | Double rainbow |
| Canada | 2838 fdc | MS5 on FDC, also back | ||
| Canada | 2838 sheet | Press sheet (containing 6x MS5) | (As above for stamps); double rainbow (in background and lower margin) | |
| Canada | 2842 (Mi3270) | Two of self-adhesive booklet of 10 (2843a (2x (2839-2843))) (Mi3267-3271, MH0-553), with outside | (As above for stamps) | |
| Central African Republic | 820 (BL395A, Mi1242A) | SS1 | 1986 | |
| Central African Republic | 851 (BL397A, Mi1244A) | SS1, 820 new value | 1986 | |
| Central African Republic | 851A_stamp red | Stamp from SS1, overprinted in red | 1987 | |
| Central African Republic | 851A+851B_ms2 | MS2 (851A+851B) | ||
| Central African Republic | i820+i851_ms2 | Imperforate MS2 (i820+i851) | ||
| Chile | C44 (Mi213a) | 1935 | ||
| Chile | C44a (Mi213b) | 1939 | ||
| Chile | C45 (Mi214) | 1935 | ||
| Chile | C46 (Mi215) | 1934 | ||
| Chile | C66 (Mi280) | 1941 | ||
| Chile | C121 (Mi281) | 1948 | ||
| Chile | C135 (Mi448) | 1954 | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 1650 (Mi1661) | 1980 | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 2140 (Mi2167) | 1988 | ||
| China (People's Republic) | None | Printed stamp on postal card | 1999 | |
| China (People's Republic) | 4281 (Mi4683) | From MS6 (4281a (6x 4281)), or from MS16 (4281b (16x 4281)) | 2015 | |
| China (People's Republic) | 4281 fdc | Stamp on FDC, also back | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 2547 (Mi1708) | 1986 | ||
| Croatia | None | (Main) cachet on postal card | 2013 | |
| Cuba | C22 (Mi?) | 1936 | ||
| Czechoslovakia | 2506+label (Mi2761+label) | On stamp | 1984 | |
| Dominican Republic | 1499 (Mi?) | 2011 | ||
| Dominican Republic | 1499-1500 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC (orange and brown printed cachet) | ||
| France | C19 (Mi749) | 1946 | Rainbow and rainbow goddess Iris | |
| France | 6368a (Mi8395-8406) | Booklet of 12 (6368a (6357-6368)) | 2023 | Rainbows around the world |
| French Polynesia | C112 (Mi?) | 1975 | ||
| Germany | 1149 (Mi808) | 1974 | ||
| Germany | 1149 fdc | Stamp on FDC (blank/no cachet) | ||
| Germany | 1830 (Mi1733) | 1994 | Spectrum of visible light (a rainbow is also an example of such a spectrum) | |
| Germany | 1830 fdc | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Germany | 1884 (Mi1785) | From MS10 (1884a (10x 1884)) | 1995 | Also climate meeting UNFCCC - COP-1 |
| Germany | 1884 block | Block of 4 stamps and (pictorial) cancel | ||
| Germany | 1884 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (ETABO cachet) | ||
| Germany | 1884 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Germany | 1884 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (FIDACOS cachet) | ||
| Germany | 1884 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (blank/no cachet) | ||
| Germany | 1884 folder | FDC folder | ||
| Germany | 1884 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Germany | 1884 cover (Mi1785 cover) | Block of 4 stamps and (Deutsche Post AG) cachet on cover | 1995 | |
| Germany | 2090 card (Mi2127 card) | (Deutsche Post) FDC art card, and back; also detail6 | 2000 | rainbow (in detail6) |
| Germany | B966 fdc (Mi2508 fdc) | (Deutsche Post) cachet on FDC | 2006 | |
| Germany | B1010 (Mi2707) | 2009 | ||
| Germany | B1010-1013 fdc | One of four stamps and (Deutsche Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| Germany | 3080 (Mi3442) | From MS10 (3080a (10x 3080)) | 2019 | "Regenbogenfragment" (short part of a full rainbow) |
| Germany | 3080-3081 fdc | One of two stamps and (Deutsche Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| Germany | 3083 (Mi3446) | Self-adhesive, from booklet pane of 20 3083a (10x (3082-3083)) (Mi3445-3446) | ||
| Germany | 3223 (Mi3613) | From MS10 (3223a (10x 3323)) | 2021 | |
| Germany | 3223-3324 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Germany | 3223-3224 sheet | Ministerial sheet page1, also page2 and page3 | ||
| Germany | 3225 (Mi3617) | Self-adhesive, from booklet of 10 (3225a (10x 3325)) (Mi Folienblatt 107) | ||
| Germany | 3225 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Germany | 3311 (Mi3735) | From sh10 (10x 3311) | 2023 | |
| Germany | 3318 (Mi3743) | Self-adhesive | ||
| Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc1 (Mi1924-1927 fdc1) | One of four stamps and (A.G. Bradbury Leicester) cachet on FDC | 2001 | |
| Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc2 (Mi1924-1927 fdc2) | One of four stamps and (A.G. Bradbury Leicester) cachet on FDC (with signature) | ||
| Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc3 (Mi1924-1927 fdc3) | One of four stamps and (A.G. Bradbury Leicester) cachet on FDC (with signature, different) | ||
| Great Britain | 2317_ms10 (Mi2341_ms10) | In (upper-left) margin of MS10 (10x 2317 + 10 labels) | 2010 | |
| Greece | C23 (Mi?) | 1935 | Rainbow and rainbow goddess Iris | |
| Greece | C32 (Mi375) | 1937 | Rainbow and rainbow goddess Iris | |
| Greece | C32_var (Mi375x?) | Color and/or paper variation | ||
| Greece | 668 (Mi?) | 1960 | ||
| Grenada | 493 (Mi519) | 1973 | Also Centenary of World Meteor. Organization (WMO); weather balloon; rainbow goddess Iris | |
| Grenada | 2590 (BL441, Mi3332) | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 1996 | |
| Grenada | 3104 (Mi4655) | 2001 | moonbow | |
| Guernsey (Great Britain) | 1721 (Mi1956) | 2023 | ||
| Guernsey (Great Britain) | 1721a | MS10 (1721a (10x 1721)) | ||
| Hong Kong | 1631 (Mi1887) | 2014 | Primary "rainbow" and (faint) secondary rainbow | |
| Hong Kong | 1631-1636 fdc | One of six stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| India | 2767 (Mi?) | 2015 | ||
| India | 2766-2767 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| India | 2767a (Mi?) | MS2 (2767a (2766-2767)) | ||
| India | 2767a fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
| India | 2766-2767 brochure | Brochure | ||
| Indonesia | 2466 (BL?) | SS1 | 2017 | |
| Iran | 1721 (Mi1644) | 1973 | Double rainbow; also Centenary of World Meteor. Organization (WMO) | |
| Iran | 2363a fdc (Mi2335-2336 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 1989 | |
| Israel | 398+tab (Mi453+tab) | Stamp and tab | 1969 | "And the bow is seen in the clouds" |
| Israel | None | Printed stamp and (Israel Post) cachet on stamped envelope | 1994 | |
| Italy | B47 (Mi2357) | 1995 | Also surcharge for flood relief | |
| Italy | B47a | B47 with missing colors | ||
| Italy | B47 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Israel | 496+tab (Mi563+tab) | 1972 | ||
| Israel | 496+tab fdc1 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Israel | 496+tab fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (with additional content) | ||
| Israel | 736+tab (Mi?+tab) | 1979 | ||
| Israel | 1712 (BL77) | MS6 (1712 (a-f)) (Mi1948-1953) | 2007 | Also Noah's Ark |
| Israel | 1712 booklet | Booklet (of ? stamps) | ||
| Israel | 1712 essay | Essay (smaller face value) | ||
| Israel | 1712 fdc | MS6 and (pictorial) cancel and (brown and blue printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Israel | 1712a-c fdc | Three of MS6 and (pictorial) cancel and (Israel Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| Israel | 1712 booklet | Exhibition booklet, also back | 2008 | Also Noah's Ark |
| Israel | 1712_sa p00 (Mi1994-1999) | Prestige booklet with serpentine-cut self-adhesive stamps (2x (1712a-f)), front (p.00) | 2008 | Also Noah's Ark |
| Japan | 459 fdc1 (Mi451 fdc1) | (Red pictorial) cancel on FDC (blue and black printed cachet) | 1949 | |
| Japan | 459 fdc2 (Mi451 fdc2) | (Red pictorial) cancel on FDC (multi-color printed cachet), also back | ||
| Japan | None | (Red pictorial) cancel on cover | 1949 | |
| Japan | 699 (Mi731) | 1960 | ||
| Japan | 1327 (Mi1355) | 1978 | ||
| Japan | 1327 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Japan | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on advertising postal card | 1982 | |
| Japan | Z143 (Mi2218) | 1994 | ||
| Japan | Z143a | Booklet pane of 10 | ||
| Japan | Z143a_stamps fdc | Two stamps from booklet pane and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | None | Printed stamp on postal card | 1996 | |
| Japan | 2716 (Mi?) | 1999 | ||
| Japan | 2933c (Mi3873) | One of MS10 (2933 (a-j)) | 2005 | |
| Japan | 4613 (Mi11563-11572) | In (right) margin of MS10 (a-j) | 2022 | |
| Korea (South) | 1977b (Mi2148) | One of MS6 (1977 (a-f)) (BL691, Mi2147-2152) | 2001 | |
| Korea (South) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on postal card | 2016 | |
| Liechtenstein | 1397 (Mi1464) | 2007 | ||
| Liechtenstein | 1397-1399 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| Liechtenstein | 1895 (Mi?) | From MS12 (1895a (12x 1895)) | 2023 | |
| Liechtenstein | 1894-1995 fdc | One of two stamps on FSC | ||
| Madeconia | 14 (Mi14) | 1993 | ||
| Madagascar | Unknown a (Mi?) | One of MS3 (a-c) | 2015 | Le Cimetičre juif, painting by Jacob van Ruisdael |
| Madagascar | Unknown b (Mi none) | From MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2019 | |
| Madagascar | Unknown ms fdc | MS4 on FDC (Lollini cachet) | (As above for stamps); also (poorly-depicted) Aqua (in the cachet of the MS4 fdc) | |
| Madagascar | Unknown a-d+ fdc | One of five stamps on FDC (Lollini cachet) | ||
| Malaysia | 732 (BL?) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 1999 | |
| Malta | None | Lower of two printed stamps on postal card | 1995 | |
| Micronesia | 176 (Mi?) | One of block of 4 (176a (173-176)) | 1993 | |
| Micronesia | 198b (Mi?) | One of block of 4 (198 (a-d)); stamps-on-stamp: 176a | 1994 | |
| Mongolia | 1039 (Mi?) | 1978 | Melancholy by Dürer | |
| Mongolia | 1148 (Mi1749) | 1980 | ||
| Netherlands | 509 (Mi1016) | 1973 | Also Centenary of World Meteor. Organization (WMO) | |
| Netherlands | 509 folder | FDC folder, also inside | ||
| Netherlands | 508-509 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Netherlands | 506-509 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Netherlands | 731 (Mi1345) | 1988 | Spectrum of visible light (a rainbow is also an example of such a spectrum) | |
| Netherlands | 731 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Netherlands | 1165 (Mi2193) | From pair (1166a (1165-1166)), or from MS10 (1166b (5x (1165-1166))) | 2004 | |
| Netherlands | 1166 (Mi2194) | |||
| Netherlands | 1165-1166 fdc | Two stamps on FDC (NVPH cachet) | ||
| Netherlands | 1429 personalized (Mi? personalized) | Personalized postage | 2013 | |
| Nigeria | 312 essay (Mi294 essay) | Essay | 1973 | Also Centenary of World Meteor. Organization (WMO) |
| Niue | 844 (Mi?) | 2009 | ||
| Niue | 846a (BL?) | On one of MS6 (841-846) | ||
| Norway | 1022 (Mi1094) | 1992 | ||
| Norway | 1023 (Mi1095) | |||
| Palau | KM-unknown | $5. (silver coin) obverse, also reverse and case | 2014 | "Rainbow's end" |
| Poland | 154 (Mi158) | Slate blue/dark blue color, 18 perforations across | 1921 | Sower and rainbow of hope; these are the earliest known stamps that depict a rainbow |
| Poland | 154_var (Mi158_var) | Slate blue/dark blue color, 20 preforations across | ||
| Poland | 155 (Mi159) | 19 perforations across | ||
| Poland | 155_var (Mi159_var) | 22 perforations across | ||
| Poland | 155A (Mi160) | 14 perforations across | ||
| Poland | 155A_var (Mi160_var) | 18 perforations across | ||
| Poland | Mi162 | like 154 except green-blue color, 18 perforations across | 1922 | Sower and rainbow of hope |
| Poland | 191 (Mi163) | 155A redrawn, size 25x21 mm, 18 perforations across | ||
| Poland | 191_var (Mi163_var) | 155A redrawn, size 25x21 mm, 20 perforations across | ||
| Poland | 191 card (Mi163 card) | Telegraph card | ||
| Poland | 196 (Mi186) | 155A surcharged | 1923/1924 | |
| Poland | 196a (Mi?) | 155A double surcharge | ||
| Poland | 196b (Mi?) | 155A inverted surcharge | ||
| Poland | 197 (Mi188a) | 154 surcharged (slate blue/dark blue color), 20 perforations across | ||
| Poland | 197_var1 (Mi188a_var1) | 154 surcharged (slate blue/dark blue color), 21 perforations across | ||
| Poland | 197_var2 (Mi188a_var2) | 154 surcharged (slate blue/dark blue color), 18 perforations across | ||
| Poland | 197a (Mi?) | 154 double surcharge | ||
| Poland | 197b (Mi?) | 154 inverted surcharge | ||
| Poland | Mi188b | Mi162 surcharged, like 197 except green-blue color | ||
| Poland | 198 (Mi187) | 191 surcharged, 18 perforations across | ||
| Poland | 198_var1 (Mi187_var1) | 191_var surcharged, 20 perforations across | ||
| Poland | 198_var2 (Mi187_var2) | 191 with shifted surcharge | ||
| Poland | 198a (Mi?) | 191 double surcharge | ||
| Poland | 198b (Mi?) | 191 inverted surcharge | ||
| Poland | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on postal card | 1996 | |
| Poland | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on postal card | 1999 | |
| Poland | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on postal card (different) | 1999 | |
| Poland | 3892c (Mi?) | One of strip of 4 (3292 (a-d)), or three of MS12 (3892e (3x (3892 (a-d))) | 2008 | |
| Poland | 3892a-d fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Portugal | 4351 (BL479, Mi4757) | SS1 | 2021 | |
| Reunion | C36 (Mi?) | France C19 overprinted | 1949 | Rainbow and rainbow goddess Iris |
| Reunion | C36 ds | Deluxe sheet (C36) | ||
| Romania | BL190 | Imperforate SS1 | 1982 | |
| Romania | 4144 (Mi5237) | 1997 | Also 26th anniv. Greenpeace | |
| Romania | 4747+label (Mi5971+label) | From MS8 (4747a (8x (4747 + label)), or from MS8 (4747a_var (8x (4747 + label)) with imperforate margins | 2005 | Also flood |
| Romania | 4747+label fdc | Stamp and label and (pictorial) cancel and (Romania Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| Romania | None | Printed stamp on postal card | 2005 | Rainbow with incorrect order of colors |
| Romania | None | Printed stamp on stamped envelope | 2005? | Also flood (in cachet) |
| Romania | None | Printed stamp on stamped envelope (Posta Romana cachet) | 2013 | Also flood (in cachet) |
| Russia (USSR) | 2837 (Mi2860) | 1963 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 4182 (Mi4223) | 1974 | Rainbow, painting by Ivan Aďvazovski (depicts a faint rainbow, possibly symbolizing hope for the sailors' salvation?, and a shipwreck in a stormy sea) | |
| Russia (USSR) | 4182 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 4182 fdc | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 4188 (Mi4229) | 1974 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 4576 (Mi4611) | 1977 | Landscape with Rainbow, painting by Rubens, 1636 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 4576 fdc | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 4576 maxi1 | Maxicard, also back | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 4576 maxi2 | Maxicard (different) | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 5213 (BL169, Mi5343) | On stamp of SS1 | 1983 | |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-oolor printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 1983 | |
| Russia (USSR) | B148a label (Mi5889-5891 label) | Label from block of 3 (B148a (B146-B148 + label)) | 1988 | |
| Russia (USSR) | B148a fdc | Block of 3 with label and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 5749+label fdc (Mi5923+label fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | 1989 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 5952 (Mi6152) | 1990 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 6018 (Mi6213) | 1991 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 6030 (Mi6228) | 1991 | ||
| Russia | 6924 (BL84, Mi1282-1286) | In background of MS5 (6924 (a-e + label) | 2005 | |
| St. Vincent | 1152 (Mi1167-1191) | MS25 (1152 (a-y)) | 1989 | |
| St. Vincent | 2482 (BL435) | In (left) margin of SS1 | 1997 | rainbow (actual photo) |
| San Marino | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on postal card | 1998 | |
| Spain | 1570 (Mi?) | 1969 | Spectrum of visible light (a rainbow is also an example of such a spectrum) | |
| Sri Lanka | 1234 (Mi1187) | 1998 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 1234 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Sweden | 1347 (Mi1136) | Two of booklet pane of 10 (1346-1350) (Mi1135-1139), also booklet outside (front and back) | 1981 | Rainbow, and Heimdall (Norse god who dwelt at the entry to Asgard, where he guarded Bifrost, the rainbow bridge) |
| Sweden | 1346-1350 fdc1 | Two of ten stamps on FDC | ||
| Sweden | 1346-1350 fdc2 | Two of ten stamps on FDC, also insert | ||
| Sweden | 2396e (Mi2190) | One of booklet pane of 6 (2396 (a-f)) (Mi2186-2191), also booklet front | 2000 | |
| Sweden | 2396a-f fdc | One of six stamps on FDC (2396 (a-f)) | ||
| Thailand | 1292 (Mi1297) | From booklet pane of 5 (1292a (5x 1292)), also booklet outside | 1989 | |
| Thailand | 1293 (Mi1298) | From booklet pane of 5 (1293a (5x 1293)), also booklet outside | ||
| Thailand | 1292-1295 fdc | Two of four stamps and (Thai Post) cachet on FDC | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 185 (Mi269) | 1970 | Also Noah's Ark | |
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 337 (Mi344) | 1992 | ||
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 336-338 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| Ukraine | 378 (Mi369) | 2000 | Also 50th anniv. World Meteor. Organization (WMO) | |
| United Nations | 484a fdc (Mi503-506 fdc) | (UNICEF) cachet on FDC | 1986 | |
| United States | None | (Black printed) cachet on postal card | 1913 | "Rainbow corn" |
| United States | None | (Two text) cancels and (hand-written) cachet (return address) on cover | 1930 | Rainbow OR (post office) |
| United States | 689 cover (Mi? cover) | (Text) cancel and (brown printed) cachet on cover | ~1930 | Rainbow Lake NY (post office) |
| United States | None | (Purple pictorial) meter on cover | ~1930s | "Rainbow Classics" and depiction of rainbow |
| United States | 930-933 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Zito) cachet on FDC card | 1945/1946 | |
| United States | 1486 (Mi1119) | 1973 | ||
| United States | 1486 fdc1 | Stamp and (Ross silver foil) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| United States | 1486 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet) | ||
| United States | 1486 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (Artopages cachet) | ||
| United States | 1486 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (? metallic cachet) | ||
| United States | 1486 fdc5 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet) | ||
| United States | 1486 fdc6 | Stamp on FDC (Jackson/Overseas Mailer cachet) | ||
| United States | 1486 fdc7 | Stamp on FDC (Ellis cachet) | ||
| United States | 1486 fdc8 | Stamp on FDC (Colorano silk cachet) | ||
| United States | 1486 fdc9 | Stamp on FDC (blank/no cachet) | ||
| United States | SP327 | (USPS) souvenir page (1486) | ||
| United States | CP21 | (USPS no.21) commemorative panel (1486) | ||
| United States | 1487 (Mi1120) | 1973 | ||
| United States | 1487 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet) | ||
| United States | 1487 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Jackson/Chickering/Overseas Mailer cachet) | ||
| United States | 1487 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet, small-font cancel) | ||
| United States | 1487 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet, large-font cancel) | ||
| United States | 1487 fdc5 | Stamp on FDC (Colorano silk cachet) | ||
| United States | 1487 fdc6 | Stamp on FDC (? metallic cachet) | ||
| United States | 1487 fdc7 | Stamp on FDC (Virgil Crow cachet) | ||
| United States | 1487 fdc8 | Stamp on FDC (Artmaster cachet) | ||
| United States | 1487 fdc9 | Stamp on FDC (Bazaar no.95 cachet) | ||
| United States | SP328 | (USPS) souvenir page (1487) | ||
| United States | CP22 | (USPS no.22) commemorative panel (1487) | ||
| United States | UX81 | Printed stamp on postal card | 1979 | |
| United States | UX81 fdc1 | Printed stamp on postal card FDC (Artmaster cachet) | ||
| United States | UX81 fdc2 | Printed stamp on postal card FDC (blank/no cachet) | ||
| United States | None | (PCS) cachet (including 1487) on cover | 1980 | |
| United States | 1848 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Carrollton no.232, with USA 1487) cachet on FDC | 1983 | |
| United States | 2396 (Mi?) | Any of three perforated and imperforate varieties from booklet pane of 6 (2396a (3x (2395-2396))) with gutter between | 1988 | |
| United States | 2396 fdc | (Three) stamp(s) and (GillCraft) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 2396 maxi | (Unicover) maxicard, also back | ||
| United States | BK165 | Front of booklet of 12 (3x (2395-2398)) | ||
| United States | SP838 | (USPS) souvenir page (2396a) | ||
| United States | CP321 | (USPS no.320) commemorative panel (2395-2398) | ||
| United States | UX158 | Printed stamp on postal card | 1991 | |
| United States | UX158 fdc1 | Printed stamp on postal card (ArtCraft/PCS cachet) | ||
| United States | UX158 fdc2 | Printed stamp and (Ranto/stamp poster) cachet on postal card, also back | ||
| United States | UX158 fdc3 | Printed stamp on postal card (Fleetwood cachet), also back | ||
| United States | UX158 fdc4 | Printed stamp on postal card (Collins hand-painted cachet) | ||
| United States | UX158 fdc5 | Printed stamp on postal card (blank/no cachet) | ||
| United States | 3257 fdc (Mi3061 fdc) | (CW Ray hand-painted) cachet on FDC | 1998 | |
| United States | None | (PCS) cachet (including 1486) on cover | 2002 | |
| United States | 3905 (Mi?) | 2005 | ||
| United States | 3905 fdc1 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 3905 fdc2 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (C-Cubed) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 3905 fdc3 | Stamp and (Collins hand-painted) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | SP1562 | (USPS) souvenir page (3905) | ||
| United States | CP732 | (USPS no.735) commemorative panel (3905) | ||
| United States | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 2005 | |
| United States | 4066 (Mi4111) 4066_back | One of MS40 (4072a (4033-4072)) (Mi4078-4117), also back | 2006 | |
| United States | 4066 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (PCS cachet) | ||
| United States | 4066 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Mystic Stamp Company cachet), also back | ||
| United States | 4066 fdc3 | Stamp and (PCS golden-replica) cachet on FDC, also insert | ||
| United States | 4066 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet), also back | ||
| United States | SP1611 | (USPS) souvenir page (4033-4072), also back | ||
| United States | CP763 page1 | (USPS no.766) commemorative panel (4033-4072), also page2 | ||
| United States | 4764 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (DWc) cachet on FDC | 2013 | |
| United States | 5080m (Mi5271) | One of MS16 (5080 (a-p + label) (Mi5259-5274) | 2016 | |
| United States | 5080m fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (blank/no cachet) | ||
| United States | 5080m fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (multi-color printed cachet) | ||
| United States | SP2018 | (USPS) souvenir page (5080) | ||
| United States | CP969 page1 | (USPS no.970) commemorative panel (5080), also page2 | ||
| United States | 5298c (Mi5500) | One of MS20 (5298 (a-t)) (Mi5498-5517) | 2018 | Double rainbow |
| United States | 5298c maxi | Maxicard | ||
| United States | 5298c cover (Mi5500 cover) | Stamp on cover (Coverscape cachet) | 2019 | Double rainbow |
| Vatican City | 548 (Mi633) | 1974 | ||
| Vatican City | 548-549 fdc1 | One of two stamps and (Roma) cachet on FDC | ||
| Vatican City | 548-549 fdc2 | One of two stamps on FDC (multi-color printed cachet) | ||
Below is a list of Rainbows on launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbows | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 2008-12-23 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FY-2E launch cover | |
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