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Below is a checklist of Remote sensing of the Earth-atmosphere system from space (images, instruments, and techniques) 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.
In this page, green highlighting indicates manned mission items, as follows:
1. those with Earth images from Soyuz, Salyut, Mir, the Space Shuttle, and the ISS; and
2. those that refer to imaging instruments, techniques or symbolic scanning from any manned mission.
Philatelic items including Earth images from the Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab missions are found in three separate pages:
The Notes for entries in this page identify the spacecraft that provided the image, if it is known. In some cases uncertainty in that identification is indicated by words such as "possible". In many cases the source of the image is unknown.
Some Apollo missions also provided beautiful Earthrise images. In this page, a few Earthrise images from non-Apollo sources are highlighted in yellow. Earthrise images from Apollo missions are found in a separate page (Apollo-mission Earth (and Earthrise) imagery).
The two tables Blue Marble (2001) and Blue Marble (2012) present Earth images constructed from imagery from specific satellites12,16. The first such image, Blue Marble (1972), is a photograph from the Apollo-17 mission and its philatelic items are found in the Apollo-mission Earth imagery page.
Symbolic scanning or imaging items are limited to those for the Earth, not the Moon or any other planets. The word "scanning" is used when the across-track or along-track path is depicted; "imaging" is used when a single view or snapshot is depicted, but the scanning is not.
Below is a list of Remote sensing of the Earth-atmosphere system from space (Images, instruments, and techniques) 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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| Images of cloud systems | ||||
| Ajman | Mi467A Mi467B | Imperforate | 1969 | Full-disk false-color image |
| Ajman | Mi467 ds | Deluxe sheet (Mi467) | ||
| Angola | 1699 (BL189) | In (lower-right) margin of SS1 | 2019 | Full-disk true-color image |
| Antigua and Barbuda | None | Phonecard | 199? | Visible image of Hurricane Luis |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2360a-b (Mi3181-3182) | Pair from MS6 (2360 (a-f)) | 2000 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982; see all items with this image |
| Argentina | 2618 (Mi3412) | 2011 | (probable) ash or smoke plume above lower clouds (possible altocumulus) (in lower-right) | |
| Argentina | 2618 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Correo Argentino cachet) | ||
| Armenia | 773 maxi (Mi632 maxi) | Maxicard, also back | 2007 | (partial) Full-disk true-color image |
| Australia | 1260a (BL14) | In (upper) margin of MS3 (1258-1260) | 1992 | (partial) Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Australia | 1260a fdc1 | MS3 on FDC (Australia Post cachet, Coogee NSW cancel), also back | ||
| Australia | 1260a fdc2 | MS3 on FDC (Australia Post cachet, Coonabarabran NSW cancel), also back | ||
| Australia | 1258-1260+1260a pack | Presentation pack, also front | ||
| Australia | 1260b (BL14I) | In (upper) margin of 1260a overprinted | ||
| Austria | None | Card, also detail | 1969 | Photo of Europe from Nimbus-2 |
| Austria | 1233 maxi (Mi? maxi) | Maxicard | 1983 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| Austria | 1535 fdc (Mi2026 fdc) | (?) cachet on FDC | 1991 | Full-disk true-color image, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| Azerbaijan | 1099 (Mi?) | On parts of both stamps and in (lower-right) margin of MS2 (a-b) | 2015 | (partial) Full-disk color-enhanced image, possibly from the eastern of two Meteosat locations; (see also Belarus 967) |
| Bahamas | 489a (Mi476-479) | Three of four stamps on MS4 (486-489) | 1981 | (artistic) Visible images of clouds over the Bahamas |
| Bahrain | 404 (Mi495) | 1993 | True-color image of Bahrain | |
| Bahrain | 406 (Mi497) | Full-disk true-color image based on this image from GOES-1, taken in 1979 when it was temporarily at 58 deg E, over the Indian Ocean, as part of GARP; see all items with this image | ||
| Bahrain | 404-406 fdc | Two of three stamps on FDC | (As above for stamps) | |
| Barbados | 555 (Mi539) | 1981 | Visible image of hurricane near Leeward Islands | |
| Belarus | 967 (Mi?) | On parts of both stamps and in (lower-right) margin of MS2 (a-b) | 2015 | (partial) Full-disk color-enhanced image, possibly from the eastern of two Meteosat locations; (see also Azerbaijan 1099) |
| Belarus | 967 fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
| Belgium | 2015 maxi (Mi3327 maxi) | Image on maxicard | 2004 | Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Belgium | 2858a (Mi4831) | One of MS5 (2858 (a-e)) (BL226, Mi4831-4835) | 2018 | False-color multi-spectral visible image (spiral cloud pattern around a deep low pressure center southwest of Iceland) |
| Belize | 974 (Mi1073) | 1991 | Visible image of Hurricane Gilbert | |
| Benin | Unknown f (Mi none) | One of MS6 (a-f) [known illegal issue] | 2003 | A heavily cloud-covered portion of Earth forms the backdrop for this scene; the stamp design comes from this photo |
| Benin | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (lower-center) margin of MS6 (a-f) [known illegal issue] | 2003 | GOES-7 image from 25 Aug 1992 with Hurricane Andrew in the Gulf of Mexico, when rotated 90 deg; see all items with this image |
| Benin | Unknown ms (Mi?) | In (lower) margin of MS4 (a-d) | 2013 | Full-disk natural-color image |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb. Admin.) | Unknown1 (Mi39A) Unknown1 imperf (Mi39B) | Imperforate | 2016 | Full-disk true-color image |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb. Admin.) | Unknown2 (Mi?) Unknown2 imperf | Imperforate | ||
| Bulgaria | 3612 (Mi3901) | 1991 | Pixelated and (partial) Full-disk image | |
| Bulgaria | 3612 maxi | Maxicard | (As above for stamp); enhanced true-color image of western Europe and north Africa (on maxicard cachet) | |
| Bulgaria | 3613 (Mi3902) | (partial) Full-disk image | ||
| Bulgaria | 3612-3613 fdc | Two stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | (As above for stamps) | |
| Bulgaria | 3612-3613 booklet | Booklet of 8 (4x (3612-3613)) | ||
| Burundi | BL499A BL499B | In (lower) margin of MS2 (Mi3480A-3481A) In (lower) margin of imperforate MS2 (Mi3480B-3481B) | 2014 | (partial) Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982; see all items with this image |
| Cameroun | C99 (Mi533) | 1968 | Black-and-white image from Explorer-6 | |
| Cameroun | C99 fdc | Stamp and (Éditions So.Ge.Im.) cachet on FDC | ||
| Cameroun | C101 (Mi535) | 1968 | Black-and-white image from or transmitted by Molniya-14 | |
| Canada | 1046 maxi (Mi945 maxi) | Image on maxicard, also back, also text detail | 1985 | Cumulus clouds over the Canadian maritimes from the Space Shuttle |
| Canada | 1442a fdc (Mi1323-1324 fdc) | (Canada Post Corp.) cachet on FDC, also back | 1992 | Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Canada | 2999e (Mi?) | One of MS10 (2999 (a-j)) | 2017 | Earth image from the Space Shuttle |
| Canada | 3004 (Mi?) | Die-cut | ||
| Canada | 3004 fdc | Die-cut stamp on FDC (Canada Post cachet) | ||
| Cayman Islands | 510 (Mi514) | 1983 | Full-disk true-color3 image | |
| Cayman Islands | 1049 (Mi1164) | From MS6 (1049a (6x 1049)) | 2009 | Earth image with the ISS in the foreground |
| Central African Republic | C234 (Mi692) iC234 | Imperforate | 1980 | Images from Meteosat |
| Central African Republic | C234a (BL95) | On stamp of SS1 (C234) | ||
| Central African Republic | 534 (Mi861A) i534 (Mi861B) | Imperforate | 1982 | Full-disk true-color3 image (in background) |
| Central African Republic | 534 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Central African Republic | 534a (BL202) | On stamp of SS1 (534) | ||
| Central African Republic | 535 (Mi862A) i535 (Mi862B) | Imperforate | 1982 | Full-disk false-color image (in background) |
| Central African Republic | 535a (BL203) | On stamp of SS1 (535) | ||
| Central African Republic | C266 fdc (Mi? fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1982 | Color-enhanced infrared image of hurricane |
| Central African Republic | C268Ab (BL180) | In (right) margin of SS1 (C268A) | ||
| Chad | 708 (Mi1505A-1510A) i708 (Mi1505B-1510B) | In background of MS6 (708 (a-f)) In background of imperforate MS6 (i708 (a-f)) | 1997 | Full-disk false-color image (in background) |
| Chad | Unknown a (Mi?) Unknown ia | One of MS4 (a-d) One of imperforate MS4 (a-d) or imperforate MS4 (different margins) or imperforate MS4 (even different margins) | 2013 | (partial) Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| Chad | Unknown ss (BL?) Unknown iss | On stamp of SS1 On stamp of imperforate SS1 | ||
| Chad | Unknown ms (Mi?) | In (surrounding) margin of MS4 (a-d), also detail | 2021 | (partial) full-disk visible image (in margin); includes a deep low pressure center and associated cold front over the western Atlantic off the North American coast |
| Chile | 1178a-b fdc (Mi1775-1776 fdc) | (Correos de Chile) cachet on FDC, also back | 1996 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image |
| Chile | 1178c-d fdc (Mi1777-1778 fdc) | (Correos de Chile) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card back, also front | 1999 | Composite visible image from FY-1B |
| China (People's Republic) | 3066 (Mi3194) | 2000 | Full-disk visible image (in background) | |
| China (People's Republic) | 3066 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 3066-3069 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 3066-3069 fdc2 | One of four stamps and cachet on FDC | Also (partial) Full-disk true-color3 image (in cachet) | |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2002 | Visible image of typhoon |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card back, also detail and front | 2003 | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| China (People's Republic) | 3505b+label (Mi3765+label) | One of four different labels associated with pair (3505 (a-b)), or two of eight labels associated with MS8 (3505c (4x (3505 (a-b)) + 8 labels)) | 2006 | Full-disk true-color3 image |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card back, also front | 2011? | Visible image of Hurricane Elena, from Space Shuttle Discovery on 1 Sep 1985; see all items with this image |
| China (Taiwan) | 3574k_1 label1 (Mi2986-2995 label1) | Labels from MS10 (3574k_1 (a-j + 10 labels)) | 2004 | Infrared image of Mei-yu weather pattern (quasi-stationary front over eastern China and eastward over the ocean). It occurs in and around May of each year and brings cloudy and wet conditions) |
| China (Taiwan) | 3574k_1 label2 (Mi2986-2995 label2) | Water-vapor image of an occluded mid-latitude low pressure center (at the lower left); orange shading inside the very dark grey areas shows dry conditions in the low-mid troposphere; typhoon (at upper right), probably moving northward and nearing the end of its life cycle. | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 3574k_1 label3 (Mi2986-2995 label3) | Visible image of a winter outbreak of very cold air from the Chinese mainland, with cloud streets forming over the ocean and transforming downstream into low stratocumulus and cumulus clouds and some areas of a closed cellular pattern. A low pressure center lies at the upper right of the image, while a high lies over the mainland. | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 3574k_1 label4 (Mi2986-2995 label4) | Microwave image of a typhoon to the northeast of Taiwan | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 3574k_1 label5 (Mi2986-2995 label5) | Multi-spectral visible and infrared image of a developing tropical depression or a tropical cyclone east of the Philippines. The "fuzzy" look of the clouds indicates cirrus from the cumulonimbus clouds in the system. | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 3574k_1 label9 (Mi2986-2995 label9) | False-color image of typhoon as an example of Taiwan's severe weather monitoring system | ||
| Ciskei (South Africa) | 187-190 fdc (Mi211-214 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1992 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| Colombia | 1250 (Mi2388) | From MS6 (1250a (6x 1250)) | 2005 | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| Colombia | 1250 fdc | Stamp on FDC, also back | ||
| Colombia | 1567 (Mi?) | MS2 (1567 (a-b)) | 2021 | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| Colombia | 1567a-b_fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Comoro Islands | 387 (Mi488) | 1978 | Visible image of clouds with shadows (to left of satellite); full-disk color-enhanced water-vapor image (below satellite) | |
| Comoro Islands | 387a (BL185) | On stamp of SS1 (387) | ||
| Comoro Islands | 768 (Mi964) i768 | Imperforate | 1991 | (very similar to, but slightly later than) Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982; see all items with this image |
| Comoro Islands | 768b (BL350A) i768b (BL350B) | On stamp of SS1 (768) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i768) | ||
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss (BL none) Unknown iss | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2014 | Earthrise image from Lunar Orbiter-1 (the first Earthrise image ever!); also enhancement1 and enhancement2 |
| Congo (Democratic Republic, Kinshasa) | Unknown ss (BL?) Unknown iss | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2006 | (partial) Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico), when flipped horizontally, also detail; see all items with this image |
| Congo (Democratic Republic, Kinshasa) | Unknown fdc Unknown ifdc | SS1 on FDC Imperforate SS1 on FDC | ||
| Cook Islands | KM1648 | $10. (silver coin) reverse, also obverse | 2012 | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| Cyprus | 960 sc (Mi959 sc) | Cachet on souvenir card, also back | 2000 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| Cyprus | 1109 maxi (Mi1150-1151 maxi) | Cachet (only) on maxicard | 2009 | Full-disk true-color3 image (on cachet) |
| Denmark | 489 fdc (Mi521 fdc) | (N) cachet (same as next item) on FDC | 1972 | Full-disk true-color3 image from ATS-3 |
| Denmark | 627 fdc (Mi677 fdc) | (N) cachet (same as previous item) on FDC | 1979 | Full-disk true-color3 image from ATS-3 |
| Dominica | 2428d (Mi3460) | One of MS4 (2428 (a-d)) (Mi3457-3460) | 2003 | Visible image from low-Earth orbit (in the foreground is Skylab-4 as photographed on 8 Feb 1974 (e.g. in this image: SL4-143-4706); it was apparently superimposed on the original Earth image as part of the stamp design) |
| Dominica | 359 (Mi359) | 1973 | "Hurricane transmitted by satellite"; visible image of un-identified hurricane over the northern Gulf of Mexico; image area also includes Central America | |
| Dominica | 354-360 fdc | One of seven stamps on FDC | ||
| Dominica | 354-360 proofs1 | Proof sheet | ||
| Dominica | 354-360 proofs2 | Proof sheet (different) | ||
| Dominica | 360a (BL17) | MS2 (359-360) | ||
| Dominica | 360a fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
| Dominica | 800 (Mi814) | 1983 | "Satellite Pictures of Hurricane"; tiny hurricane in color over Dominica in the black printed inset; the colored portion in the right half of the stamp does not look like a hurricane - it can be interpreted as an infrared image of a large mid-latitude weather system with fronts and a low pressure area | |
| Dominican Republic | 1482 (Mi2188) | 2010 | (partial) Full-disk true-color image | |
| Dominican Republic | 1586b (Mi?) | One of pair (1586 (a-b)) | 2015 | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| Dubai | 124 (Mi368) | 1970 | Infrared or water-vapor image of occluded mid-latitude low pressure system | |
| France | 1725 (Mi2253) | 1981 | Visible image of clouds (on stamp); full-disk true-color3 image from ATS-3 (on maxicard cachet, photo was taken 18 November 1967); image should be rotated -90 deg for N-S orientation | |
| France | 1725 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| France | 1903 maxi | Cachet on maxicard | 1983 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982; see all items with this image |
| France | 1835 cover (Mi2335 cover) | (Lollini) cachet on cover | 1983 | Full-disk infrared image, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| France | 2255 maxi (Mi2835 maxi) | Maxicard | 1991 | Full-disk true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| France | None1 | From (lettre-verte) personalized postage MS8 (a-h), also folder front | 2015 | Full-disk true-color3 image |
| France | None2 | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image | ||
| French Polynesia | 768 strip1 (Mi? strip1) | Strips of two stamps and one label and sheet margins from MS6? (6x 768 + 3 labels) | 1999 | (partial) Full-disk visible image (in label and in right sheet margin) |
| French Polynesia | 768 strip2 (Mi? strip2) | (partial) Full-disk visible image (different) (in label and in right and left sheet margins) | ||
| French Polynesia | 768 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | (partial) Full-disk visible image | |
| French Polynesia | 878 (Mi918) | 2004 | GOES-7 full-disk false-color image from 25 Aug 1992 (including Hurricane Andrew in the Gulf of Mexico); see all items with this image | |
| French Polynesia | 878 fdc | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| Gabon | Unknown ms (Mi none) Unknown ims | In (lower) margin of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] In (lower) margin of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2015 | Full-disk true-color image |
| Gabon | Unknown essay | MS4 (a-d) essay | ||
| Gabon | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS4 and cachet on FDC Imperforate MS4 on FDC | ||
| Gabon | Unknown d (Mi none) | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2018 | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); also detail; see all items with this image |
| Germany (East) | 1363 (BL35) | SS1 | 1972 | Two-tone image of cloud system |
| Germany (East) | 1363 fdc1 | SS1 on FDC (pictorial cancel) | ||
| Germany (East) | 1363 fdc2 | SS1 on FDC (text cancel) | ||
| Germany (East) | None c | (Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft) cinderella, from cinderella MS20 (a-t + 5 labels) | 1975 | (possible) infrared image with a mature low pressure and frontal system (lower-left image) |
| Germany (East) | 2850 (Mi3361) | 1990 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations | |
| Germany (East) | 2850 fdc | Stamp on FDC (ETABO cachet) | ||
| Germany (West) | None | Back of card, also (magenta pictorial) meter (from front) | 1968 | Black-and-white image from ESSA-2 |
| Germany (West) | 1404 fdc (Mi1187 fdc) | (FIDACOS) cachet on FDC | 1983 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| Germany (West) | 1467 maxi (Mi1290 maxi) | Maxicard | 1983 | False-color image |
| Germany | 2061 fdc (Mi2087 fdc) | (FIDACOS) cachet on FDC | 2000 | Full-disk false-color image (centered over North Atlantic Ocean) |
| Germany | B966 (Mi2508) | 2006 | Hurricane Bonnie over the Atlantic (photographed from Space Shuttle mission STS-47 on 19 Sept 1992); also, a deep low pressure center (possibly a post-tropical low) over the northern Atlantic at the northern edge of the frame, with a strong cyclonic circulation over a large area of the ocean to its south (in the FDC1 cachet) | |
| Germany | B966 fdc1 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| Germany | B966 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Deutsche Post cachet) | ||
| Germany | B966 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Germany | B966 card (Mi2508 card) | FDC card | ||
| Ghana | 507 (BL51A) i507 (BL51B) | In (left) margin of MS2 (507 (a-b)) (Mi524-525) In (left) margin of imperforate MS2 (i507 (a-b)) | 1973 | Visible image of clouds |
| Ghana | i507 fdc | Imperforate MS2 on FDC | ||
| Ghana | 2189 (BL397) | SS1 | 2000 | Artistic full-disk visible image |
| Great Britain | 1175 (Mi1104) | 1987 | Full-disk true-color image | |
| Great Britain | 1172-1175 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC (Cotswold/BPCPA cachet) | ||
| Great Britain | 2118-2123 fdc (Mi? fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 2003 | (partial) Full-disk true-color3 image, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| Great Britain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2005 | False-color infrared image of Hurricane Katrina |
| Great Britain | 2317 ms (Mi2341 ms) | In (left) margin of MS10 (10x 2317 + 10 labels) | 2010 | (red monochrome, partial) full-disk water-vapor image |
| Great Britain | 3113-3118 fdc1 (Mi3366-3371 fdc1) | (Royal Mail) cachet on FDC (Tallents House, Edinburgh cancel) | 2012 | (partial) Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Great Britain | 3113-3118 fdc2 (Mi3366-3371 fdc2) | (Royal Mail) cachet on FDC (Star Gaerwen, Gwynedd cancel) | ||
| Great Britain | 3113-3118 fdc3 (Mi3366-3371 fdc3) | (Royal Mail) cachet on FDC (Sunbeam Way, Birmingham cancel) | ||
| Great Britain | 3113-3118 fdc4 (Mi3366-3371 fdc4) | (Royal Mail) cachet on FDC (Picadilly, London cancel) | ||
| Grenada | 3604 (BL755) i3604 | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2006 | GOES-7 full-disk false-color image from 25 Aug 1992 (including Hurricane Andrew in the Gulf of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| Grenada Grenadines | 1071 (Mi1185) | 1989 | Full-disk true-color3 image | |
| Guernsey (Great Britain) | 449-452 fdc (Mi518-521 fdc) | Cachet on FDC, also insert and insert back | 1991 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| Guinea Republic | 1189a (BL393) | In (right) margin of SS1 (1189) | 1992 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982; see all items with this image |
| Guinea Republic | BL1586 | In (left) margin of SS1 | 2008 | Infrared image of a typhoon |
| Guinea Republic | BL1586 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | Unknown ss (BL1692) | In background of SS1 | 2009 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982; see all items with this image |
| Guinea Republic | BL1963 | In background of SS1 | 2011 | (partial) Full-disk true-color image of unknown source6; see all items with this image |
| Guinea Republic | BL1963 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | C10D (Mi394) | 1976 | (larger) False-color infrared image; (small) Full-disk visible image | |
| Guinea-Bissau | C10De (BL27) | On stamp of SS1 (C10) | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | BL623A BL623B | On stamp of SS1 (Mi3682A) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (Mi3682B) | 2007 | Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Guinea-Bissau | BL623A fdc BL623B fdc | SS1 and cachet on FDC Imperforate SS1 and cachet on FDC | ||
| Guyana | 2648 (BL239) | On stamp of SS1 | 1992 | Full-disk visible image of Earth from Voyager-1 |
| Guyana | 2648 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Guyana | 4298a (Mi?) | One of MS4 (4298 (a-d)) | 2014 | "A view of China [and the western Pacific] from space" (in this unusual color mapping, the clouds are in dark tones rather than the usual light tones) |
| Hawaii Post (USA) | Local | 2005 | Visible image of Hurricane Iniki, 1992 | |
| Hawaii Post (USA) | Local | 2005 | Color-enhanced infrared image of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 | |
| Honduras | C1262 (BL92) | On lower stamp of MS3 (1262 (a-c)) | 2007 | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| Honduras | C1263 (BL93) | On lower stamp of MS3 (1263 (a-c)) | ||
| Hong Kong | 421 (Mi421) | 1983 | Full-disk water-vapor image, possibly from GMS | |
| Hong Kong | 419-422 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Hong Kong | Unknown1 ss (BL?) | SS1 (stamp) | 2014 | Typhoon Vicente approaching Hong Kong. (The 20 value incorporates a lenticular effect designed to show the typhoon track.) |
| Hong Kong | Unknown1 ss (BL?) | SS1 in presentation pack, with front and back | ||
| Hong Kong | Unknown1 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Hong Kong | Unknown1 maxi | Maxicard of stamp | ||
| Hong Kong | Unknown2 ss (BL?) | SS1 (stamp) | ||
| Hong Kong | Unknown2 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Hong Kong | Unknown3 ss (BL?) | SS1 (page 3 of booklet, with front and back) | ||
| Hungary | C311c (Mi2656A) iC311c (Mi2656B) | One of MS4 (C311 (a-d)) (Mi2654A-2657A) One of imperforate MS4 (iC311 (a-d)) (Mi2654B-2657B) | 1971 | (stylized) Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Hungary | None | (Blue printed) cachet on postal card | 1986 | (partial) blue monochrome full-disk image |
| Hungary | 3698 (BL?) | On stamp of SS1, also different view of hologram | 2000 | Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Indonesia | 1897 fdc (Mi1987 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 2000 | Full-disk enhanced true-color image, possibly from GMS |
| Iran | 2980b (Mi3124) | One of strip of 2 (2980 (a-b)) | 2009 | Full-disk true-color image |
| Iran | 2980 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| Israel | 1294+tab (Mi1409+tab) | Stamp and tab | 1996 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| Israel | 1294+tab fdc | Stamp and tab on FDC, also insert | ||
| Israel | 1294+tab maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Israel | 2281d fdc | (Israel Post) cachet on MS9 FDC | 2021 | Full-disk true-color image |
| Ivory Coast | 955 (Mi1109) | 1994 | Full-disk infrared image, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations | |
| Ivory Coast | 955 fdc | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| Japan | 2936 (Mi3898) | One of pair (2937a (2936-2937)) (Mi3898-3899), or five of MS10 (2937b (5x (2936-2937))) | 2005 | (partial) Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Japan | 2937a fdc | Pair and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| Japan | 2936-2937 cancel | FDC cancel (different) | ||
| Japan | 2548 (Mi2427) | 1996 | (partial) Full-disk visible image, possibly from GMS | |
| Japan | 2548 fdc1 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Japan | 2548 fdc2 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Japan | 2548 fdc3 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Japan | 2548-2549 fdc | One of two stamps and (pictorial) cancel (different) on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| Japan | 4274i (Mi9578) | One of MS10 (4274 (a-j)) (Mi9570-9579) | 2019 | Full-disk visible image of Asia |
| Japan | 4474t (Mi10751) | One of MS25 (4474 (a-y)) (Mi10732-10756) | 2021 | Full-disk visible image of Asia |
| Jordan | 1687 (Mi1741) | 2000 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations | |
| Kazakhstan | 563 (Mi595) | From MS6 (563a (6x 563)) | 2007 | Full-disk true-color3 image (partial-disk on stamp) |
| Kazakhstan | 563 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Kazakhstan | 853 (BL102, Mi1071-1072) | In background of MS2 (a-b), also detail | 2018 | Full-disk false-color image |
| Korea (North) | 3114 (BL274) | On stamp of SS1 | 1992 | Full-disk visible image of Earth (and Moon in upper-left margin) |
| Korea (South) | 2020 fdc (Mi2087 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 2000 | (partial) Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Korea (North) | Unknown ss (BL908) | On stamp of SS1 | 2016 | Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Korea (South) | 1572 fdc1 (Mi1614 fdc1) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC (Purple pictorial cancel) | 1990 | (black monochrome) Full-disk visible image |
| Korea (South) | 1572 fdc2 (Mi1614 fdc2) | (Multi-color printed) cachet (same) on FDC (black pictorial cancel) | ||
| Korea (South) | 1572 fdc3 (Mi1614 fdc3) | (KPC) cachet on FDC (Purple pictorial cancel), also back | ||
| Korea (South) | 1572 fdc4 (Mi1614 fdc4 | (KPC) cachet on FDC (black pictorial cancel) | ||
| Korea (South) | 1572 folder | FDC folder | ||
| Korea (South) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on postal card, also back | 2016 | visible images (on front), visible and infrared images (on back) |
| Korea (South) | 2584b (Mi3483) | From strip of 3 (2584 (a-c)) (Mi3482-3484), or from MS12 (2584d (4x (2584 (a-c)))) | 2020 | False-color images |
| Korea (South) | 2584c (Mi3484) | |||
| Korea (South) | 2584 leaflet | FDC leaflet | (As above for stamps) | |
| Macedonia | 554 (Mi?) | 2011 | (two, partial) Full-disk visible image(s) (one in stamp, one in FDC cachet) | |
| Macedonia | 554 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) | 969a (BL135) i969a | In (right) margin of SS1 (969) In (right) margin of imperforate SS1 (i969) | 1990 | Full-disk IR (infrared) image, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations; also IR image of ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone) over West Africa |
| Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) | 1047b (BL178A) i1047b (BL178B) | In (left) margin of SS1 (1047) In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 (i1047) | 1992 | Spiral cloud band (defining an occluded front) and well-defined mid-latitude low pressure center in the Northern Hemisphere (counter-clockwise rotation) |
| Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) | 1050 (Mi1350A) i1050 (Mi1350B) | One of MS6 (1050a (1045-1050)) (Mi1345A-1350A) One of imperforate MS6 (i1050a (i1045-i1050)) (Mi1345B-1350B) | Circular window showing a remotely-sensed image of Earth's surface, presumably by ADEOS-1, with green tones indicating a river, delta and water surface, red tones indicating land surface, and a few areas of white indicating clouds, possibly with some associated black shadows. | |
| Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) | 1050b (BL181A) i1050b (BL181B) | On stamp of SS1 (1050) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (i1050) | ||
| Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) | Unknown ss (BL none) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2009 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982 portrayed as an Earthrise seen from the Moon; see all items with this image |
| Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) | Unknown a (Mi none) | One of MS3 (a-c) [known illegal issue] | 2016 | (partial) Full-disk true-color image |
| Madagascar | Unknown ss (BL none) | In background of SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2019 | (part of) Full-disk true-color image of unknown source6; see all items with this image |
| Malaysia | 253 (Mi257) | 1983 | Full-disk false-color infrared image, possibly from GMS | |
| Maldive Islands | 2897 (BL600, Mi4549) | In (lower-right) margin of SS1 | 2006 | (partial) Full-disk true-color image |
| Maldive Islands | Unknown c (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2019 | Full-disk true-color image of Earth and Moon from DSCOVR, 16 July 2015 |
| Maldive Islands | Unknown ms fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Maldive Islands | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (lower) margin of SS1 | (partial) Full-disk true-color image of Earth from DSCOVR, 16 July 2015 | |
| Maldive Islands | Unknown ss fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Mali | Unknown d (Mi?) Unknown id | One of MS4 (a-d) One of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2011 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, correctly oriented when inverted, possibly from the eastern of two GOES locations |
| Mali | Unknown fdc Unknown ifdc | MS4 on FDC Imperforate MS4 and cachet on FDC | ||
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (lower-left) margin of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2015 | (partial) Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| Marshall Islands | 930f (Mi2353) | One of MS10 (930 (a-j)) (Mi2348-2357) | 2008 | (partial) Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Mauritius | 815 (Mi806) | 1995 | Visible image of cyclone in Indian Ocean (the clockwise swirl indicates a Southern Hemisphere system; in the Indian Ocean, the term "cyclone" refers to what is known as a hurricane or typhoon in the Northern Hemisphere) | |
| Monaco | 2078 (Mi?) | 1998 | (artistic) Full-disk true-color3 image | |
| Monaco | 2078 fdc | Stamp and (La Philatélie Artistique CEF) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| Morocco | 759 (Mi1229) i759 | Imperforate | 1993 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| Morocco | 759 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | Unknown ms (Mi?) | On 3 of 4 stamps of MS4 (a-d) | 2013 | True-color images of hurricanes |
| Mozambique | Unknown fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | Unknown ss (BL?) | SS1 | True-color image of hurricane | |
| Mozambique | Unknown fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | Unknown stamp (BL?) | Stamp from SS1 | 2019 | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| Nagorno-Karabakh Republic | Mi61 | From MS8 (4x (Mi61-62) + 2 labels) | 2011 | Enhanced true-color image of NW Mexico and SW US, with low clouds or fog over the Pacific west of southern California |
| Netherlands | B652 (Mi1381) | One of book of 4 (B652a (B650-B651+2x B652)) (MH41 (1379C+1380D+1381D-E)), with interior | 1990 | Color-enhanced image of frontal system from NOAA-11 |
| Netherlands | B652 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Ruimtevaart filatelie club nederland cachet) | ||
| Netherlands | B650-B652 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC (NVPH cachet) | ||
| Nevis | 1705 (Mi?) | In (left) margin of MS4 (1705 (a-d)) | 2011 | (partial) True-color full-disk image |
| New Zealand | 2172-2177 fdc1 (Mi2484-2489 fdc1) | (New Zealand Post) cachet on FDC, also back | 2008 | True-color image over New Zealand |
| New Zealand | 2172-2177 fdc2 (Mi2484-2489 fdc2) | (New Zealand Post) cachet (similar) on FDC (different, available only in a special Limited-edition album) | ||
| Nicaragua | 2353 (Mi4194-4201) | In background of six stamps and in (surrounding) margin of MS8 (2353 (a-h)) | 2000 | (partial) Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Nicaragua | 2354b (Mi4203) | One of MS8 (2354 (a-h) (Mi4202-4209) | "La Tierra vista desde orbita" (Earth seen from orbit), low-altitude shallow-angle true-color image | |
| Niger | 969 (BL102) i969 | In (right) margin of SS1 In (right) margin of imperforate SS1 | 1997 | Full-disk image |
| Niger | 970 (BL103) i970 | In (left) margin of SS1 In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 | ||
| Niger | 970a (BL104) i970a | In (center) margin of MS2 (969-970) In (center) margin of imperforate MS2 (i969-i970) | ||
| Niger | Unknown ms (Mi?) | In (lower-left) margin of MS2 (a-b) | 2011 | (partial) Full-disk image |
| Niger | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 2015 | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| Norway | 1500 (BL34) | MS2 (1500 (a-b)) | 2007 | Winter scene near Svalbard including extensive cumulus cloud streets over the North Atlantic between Svalbard and the Norway coast |
| Norway | 1500 fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
| Norway | 1500 folder | MS2 in FDC folder | ||
| Oman | 349 (Mi359) | 1992 | Black-and-white visible image of clouds | |
| Oman | 349 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Osetia (North) | Local_a | One of local post MS6 (a-f) | 1997 | GOES-7 full-disk false-color image from 25 Aug 1992 (including Hurricane Andrew in the Gulf of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| Osetia (North) | Local_fdc | MS6 on FDC | ||
| Ossetia (South) | Label | Label from local MS8 (a-h + label) | 1999 | True-color image |
| Ossetia (South) | Label | Label from local MS8 (a-h + label) (different) | Visible image | |
| Ossetia (South) | Label | Label from local MS8 (a-h + label) (different) | Full-disk visible image, north at top when rotated 180 deg | |
| Ossetia (South) | Label | Label from local MS8 (a-h + label) (different) | Visible image | |
| Ossetia (South) | Label | Label from local MS8 (a-h + label) (different) | Full-disk visible image, north at top when rotated -130 deg | |
| Ossetia (South) | Label | Label from local MS8 (a-h + label) (different) | True-color image | |
| Ossetia (South) | Label | Label from local MS8 (a-h + label) (different) | True-color image | |
| Pakistan | None | (Blue and black printed) cachet on cover | 2014 | True-color image |
| Peru | 1676 (Mi2367) i1676 | 2009 | Visible image of hurricane | |
| Peru | 1676 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Portugal | 1115 (Mi1148) | 1971 | Infrared image (in background) | |
| Portugal | 1113-1115 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| Portugal | 3758a (Mi4094) | One of strip of 2 (3758 (a-b)) (Mi4094-4095) | 2015 | (partial) Full-disk visible image |
| Portugal | 3757-3758 fdc | Two strips of 2 (3757-3758) on FDC | ||
| Portugal | 3757-3758 folder | Folder, also inside | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 3579 (Mi3607) | 1969 | (possible) image of Earth from Zond-5 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3579 fdc | Stamp on FDC on (1968, Zond-5, airmail) stamped envelope | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 3682 (Mi3709) | 1969 | Image of Earth from Zond-7 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3682 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 3683 (BL60) | Imperforate MS2 (3683 (a-b)) | ||
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (airmail) stamped envelope | 1974 | Un-enhanced infrared image of deep low pressure systems in the Southern Hemisphere (clockwise rotation); (see also Russia 4175 and Russia 4428 fdc) |
| Russia (USSR) | 4175 (Mi4216) | 1974 | Un-enhanced infrared image of deep low pressure systems in the Southern Hemisphere (clockwise rotation); (See also Russia envelope 1974 and Russia 4428 fdc) | |
| Russia (USSR) | 4175 card (Mi4216 card) | Stamp and (Multi-color printed) cachet on card | 1974 | (As above for stamp); view of hurricane (on cachet) |
| Russia (USSR) | 4428 fdc (Mi4461 fdc) | (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 1976 | Un-enhanced infrared image of deep low pressure systems in the Southern Hemisphere (clockwise rotation); (See also Russia 4175 and Russia envelope 1974) |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on postal card (Moscow) cancel) | 1984 | True-color image |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (same) on postal card (Tallinn cancel) | 1984 | True-color image |
| Russia (USSR) | 4175 card (Mi4216 card) | Stamp and cachet on card | 19852 | (As above for stamp); view of edge of Earth |
| Russia (USSR) | 4646 (Mi4705) | 1978 | A poorly-depicted image of a deep low pressure system in the Southern Hemisphere (clockwise rotation, in the stamp); the image has been redrawn so that the low is in the Northern Hemisphere (counterclockwise rotation, in the FDC cachet) | |
| Russia (USSR) | 4646-4647 fdc | One of two stamps and (multi-color printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 5298 (Mi5440) | 1984 | (Poorly-depicted) image of a deep low pressure system in the Southern Hemisphere (clockwise rotation) | |
| Russia | 7741 maxi1 (Mi? maxi1) | Maxicard, also back | 2016 | (partial) Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Russia | 7741 maxi2 (Mi? maxi2) | Maxicard (different), also back | (partial) Full-disk true-color3 image | |
| Russia | 7741 maxi3 (Mi? maxi3) | Maxicard (different), also back | True-color image | |
| Russia | 7741 maxi4 (Mi? maxi4) | Maxicard (different), also back | Full-disk true-color3 image | |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Mi4042 | One of MS4 (Mi4039-4042) | 2009 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982; see all items with this image |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Mi4039-4042_ms4 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| St. Thomas and Price Islands | Unknown ms (Mi none) | MS2 (a-b) [known illegal issue] | 2015 | (partial) Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| St. Vincent | 4170 (BL869) | In (lower) margin of SS1 | 2019 | True-color image |
| San Marino | 1469 (Mi1871-1882) | In (upper-right) margin (inverted) of MS12 (1469 (a-l)) | 2000 | (partial) Full-disk true-color image |
| Serbia | 404 fdc (Mi220 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 2007 | Full-disk true-color3 image |
| Slovenia | 149 (Mi34) | 1992 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the eastern of two GOES locations | |
| Slovenia | 149 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Solomon Islands | 2407 (BL693) | In (left) margin of SS1 | 2017 | Full-disk false-color image |
| Somalia | Unknown ss (BL?) Unknown iss | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 In (lower-left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 1999 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982; see all items with this image |
| Somalia | Unknown iss fdc | Imperforate SS1 on FDC | ||
| Somalia | Unknown iss proof | Imperforate proof SS1 | ||
| Somalia | Unknown iss proof fdc | Imperforate proof SS1 on FDC | ||
| Somalia | Unknown ms (Mi?) | MS7 (MS6 and SS1 combination) | ||
| South Africa | 610-613 fdc (Mi626-629 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1983 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| South Africa | 816-818 fdc (Mi? fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1992 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| Spain | 3626 fdc (Mi? fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 2009 | Image of deep northern hemisphere low pressure system |
| Spain | None | Postal card, also detail | 2009 | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-12 from 20 Aug 2007 (including Hurricane Dean just east of the Yucatan Peninsula) and NASA Blue Marble land surface imagery |
| Spain | None | Postal card | 2009 | Full-disk true-color image |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | Visible images of typhoon |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | Visible and infrared images of typhoon | |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image | |
| Sri Lanka | 1234 fdc (Mi1187 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 2000 | False-color image of cloud system with the form of a mature mid-latitude system (not typical of tropical and sub-tropical latitudes) |
| Swaziland | 423 (Mi420) | 1983 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations | |
| Tajikistan | None ms | In (upper-right) margin of MS6 (a-f) | 2000 | (partial) Full-disk true-color image |
| Tajikistan | 330 (BL?) | On (upper-left) selvedge of MS2 (330 (a-b + label)) | 2008 | Visible image of hurricane |
| Tanzania | 740 (Mi907) | 1991 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations | |
| Tonga | 870 bk (Mi?) | Booklet front for 870 (a-m) | 1994 | True-color image |
| Transnistria/PMR (Moldova) | Unknown ss fdc (BL?) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 2021 | (partial) Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 209 (Mi291) | 1971 | Full-disk true-color3 image | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 209a (BL2) | Imperforate MS3 (207-209) (Mi289-291) | ||
| Tunisia | 1435 (Mi1687) | 2008 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982; see all items with this image | |
| Tunisia | 1435 ds | Deluxe sheet (1435) | ||
| Tunisia | 1435 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Tunisia | 1435 folder | FDC folder, also inside, also back | ||
| Turkey | 2331 (Mi2730) | 1985 | False-color infrared image | |
| Turkey | 2331 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 629 (Mi654) | 2007 | Full-disk false-color water-vapor image | |
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 628-629 fdc | One of two stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| Tuvalu | 1389d (Mi2325) | One of MS4 (1389 (a-d)) (Mi2322-2325) | 2017 | True-color full-disk image, should be rotated 180 deg for N-S orientation |
| Tuvalu | 1389 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Tuvalu | 1389 proof | Signed-proof MS4 (a-d) | ||
| Tuvalu | 1548 (BL326) | On stamp and in surrounding margins of SS1 | 2021 | True-color images |
| Ukraine | 697 (BL62) | In (lower) margin of SS1 | 2007 | Full-disk true-color image taken by Galileo spacecraft on 11 Dec 1990, showing South America with north at top when rotated 90 deg, see all items with this image; low-altitude shallow-angle true-color image (in FDC cachet) |
| Ukraine | 697 fdc | SS1 and cachet on FDC | ||
| Uganda | 385 (BL43) | SS1 | 1983 | (artistic) Full-disk image |
| Union Island (St. Vincent) | Unknown b (Mi897) | One of MS4 (a-d) (Mi896-899) | 2019 | Full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the western of two Meteosat locations |
| United Nations | 189 fdc (Mi205 fdc) | (WFUNA) cachet on FDC | 1968 | Composite quarter-hemisphere image centered on the pole |
| United Nations | 550 (Mi575) | 1989 | False-color infrared images | |
| United Nations | 550 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Artmaster cachet) | ||
| United Nations | 550 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet) | ||
| United Nations | 550 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| United Nations | 551 (Mi576) | |||
| United Nations | 551 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Artmaster cachet) | ||
| United Nations | 551 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet) | ||
| United Nations | 551 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| United Nations | 550-551 fdc | Two stamps on FDC (UNPA cachet) | ||
| United Nations | SC36 | Souvenir card of 10 (New York 49-50, 188-189, 550-551; Geneva 176-177; Vienna 91-92) | ||
| United Nations | SC36 (NY cancel) | SC36 with New York FDC cancel | ||
| United Nations UN (Geneva) UN (Vienna) | 550 fdc 176 fdc 91 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC (WFUNA cachet) | 1989 | False-color infrared images |
| United Nations UN (Geneva) UN (Vienna) | 550-551 fdc1 176-177 fdc1 91-92 fdc1 | Two of six stamps on FDC | ||
| United Nations UN (Geneva) UN (Vienna) | 550-551 fdc2 176-177 fdc2 91-92 fdc2 | Two of six stamps on FDC | ||
| United Nations UN (Geneva) UN (Vienna) | 551 fdc 177 fdc 92 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 176 (Mi176) | 1989 | False-color infrared image | |
| United Nations (Geneva) | 176 maxi | Maxicard, also back | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 177 maxi | Image printed on maxicard, also back | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 176-177 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC (UNPA cachet) | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | SC36 (Geneva cancel) | SC36 with Geneva FDC cancel | 1989 | False-color infrared images |
| United Nations (Vienna) | 91 (Mi92) | Block of 4 (4x 91) | 1989 | False-color infrared images |
| United Nations (Vienna) | 91 fdc | Stamp on FDC (WFUNA cachet) | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 91 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 92 (Mi93) | Block of 4 (4x 92) | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 91-92 fdc | Two stamps and (UNPA) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | SC36 (Vienna cancel) | SC36 with Vienna FDC cancel | 1989 | False-color infrared images |
| United States | C76 fdc (Mi990 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 1969 | Full-disk true-color image of unknown source6, portrayed as an Earthrise seen from the Moon; see all items with this image |
| United States | 1410 fdc (Mi1012 fdc) | (SCCS) cachet on FDC, also back | 1970 | Full-disk true-color image from ATS-3 |
| United States | 1413 fdc (Mi1015 fdc) | (SCCS) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc1 (Mi1012-1015 fdc1) | (SCCS) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 1413a fdc2 (Mi1012-1015 fdc2) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | Full-disk true-color image taken by Galileo spacecraft on 11 Dec 1990; see all items with this image | |
| United States | SP264 | (USPS) stamp poster (1413a) (canceled block of four stamps) | Artistic depiction of full-disk Earth in each stamp of 1413a and in its reproductions | |
| United States | SP264_2 | (USPS) stamp poster (1413a) (single canceled stamp) | ||
| United States | None | (Yellow and black printed) cachet on cover | 1985 | Black-and-white (newspaper) visible image of Hurricane Elena, from Space Shuttle Discovery on 1 Sep 1985; see all items with this image |
| United States | 2277 (Mi884) | From MS100 (2277a (100x 2277)) | 1988 | Full-disk true-color image |
| United States | 2277 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Gill Craft cachet) | ||
| United States | 2277 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (blank/no cachet) | ||
| United States | 2277 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| United States | 2277 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (Artmaster cachet), also back | ||
| United States | 2277 fdc5 | Stamp and (Key Philatelic Publishing Company) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC, also back | ||
| United States | 2277 fdc6 | Stamp on FDC (Ranto/SP784 unofficial) cachet and extra (2277) stamps on FDC, also back | ||
| United States | 2277 fdc7 | Stamp on FDC (Colorano silk cachet) | ||
| United States | 2277 fdc8 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet), also back | ||
| United States | 2277 fdc9 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft blue cachet) | (As above for stamp); Blue Marble (1972) image (in cachet) | |
| United States | 2277 fdc10 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft/PCS black cachet) | ||
| United States | 2277 fdc11 | Stamp and (blue and red printed) cachet on FDC | (As above for stamp); nighttime visible imagery from DMSP (in cachet) | |
| United States | 2277 fdc12 | Stamp and (cyan and orange printed) cachet on FDC | (As above for stamp); full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the eastern of two Meteosat locations (in cachet) | |
| United States | 2277 fdc13 | Stamp and (blue and green and yellow and red printed) cachet on FDC | (As above for stamp); full-disk quasi-true-color image3, possibly from the eastern of two GOES locations (in cachet) | |
| United States | 2277 fdc14 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | (As above for stamp); Earthrise image (in cachet) | |
| United States | 2277 fdc15 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
| United States | 2277 maxi | Maxicard | (As above for stamp); Blue Marble (1972) image (in cachet) | |
| United States | 2279 (Mi?) | Coil stamp | Full-disk visible image; GOES-8 full-disk quasi-true-color image from 1994-09-02 (in FDC2 and FDC3 cachets), see all items with this image | |
| United States | 2279 fdc1 | Stamp and (GillCraft) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 2279 fdc2 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 2279 fdc3 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 2279 misperf | Coil stamp, mis-perforated | ||
| United States | 2279a (Mi?) | Imperforate pair | ||
| United States | SP784 | (USPS) souvenir page (2277+2279) | (As above for stamps) | |
| United States | SP784 unofficial | (USPS unofficial) stamp poster (2277) | ||
| United States | 2282 imperf one side (Mi?) | Imperforate on one side, from booklet pane of 10 (2282a (10x 2282)), with booklet BK157 front and back | 1988 | Full-disk true-color image (on stamp); true-color image (in fdc1 cachet); (very poorly drawn) full-disk image (in fdc2 cachet) |
| United States | 2282 imperf_one_side fdc1 | Imperforate on one side stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 2282 imperf_one_side fdc2 | Imperforate on one side stamp and (black and red printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 2282 imperf two sides (Mi?) | Imperforate on two sides, from booklet pane of 10 (2282a (10x 2282)), with booklet BK157 front and back | ||
| United States | 2282 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| United States | 2282a fdc | Booklet pane of 10 and (black printed) cachet (black monochrome reproduction of USA 2277) on FDC | ||
| United States | SP785 | (USPS) souvenir page (2282a) | ||
| United States | 2570 fdc (Mi2185 fdc) | (Koslow/Fleetwood) cachet on FDC, also back | 1991 | (partial) Full-disk true-color3 image; also typical Landsat IR image (in inset) |
| United States | 2571 fdc (Mi2186 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC, also cachet detail | includes a hurricane east of Florida starting to transition to a post-tropical system | |
| United States | 2951 maxi (Mi? maxi) | (Mystic Stamp Company) maxicard | 1995 | Full-disk true-color image |
| United States | 3190a fdc (Mi3243 fdc) | (Mystic Stamp Company) cachet on FDC, also back | 2000 | "The cloud-covered Earth" below the Shuttle Challenger |
| United States | 3369 cover (Mi cover) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2000 | Full-disk true-color image |
| United States | 3412 (BL52, Mi3357) | SS1 | 2000 | Full-disk (hologram) image |
| United States | 3412 fdc1 | SS1 on FDC (ArtCraft cachet) | ||
| United States | 3412 fdc2 | Partial SS1 on FDC (Space Voyage cachet) | ||
| United States | 3412a fdc1 | Stamp from SS1 and (Artmaster) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | 3412a fdc2 | Stamp from SS1 on FDC (Panda Cachets cachet) | ||
| United States | None | (Therome Cachet) cachet on cover, also back | 2000 | Full-disk true-color image |
| United States | None | (JVC) cachet on cover | 2012 | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| United States | 4740 (Mi4927) i4740 | Imperforate, from imperforate press sheet of 20 (20x i4740) | 2013 | Full-disk true-color image; GOES-8 full-disk quasi-true-color image from 1994-09-02 (in FDC cachet), see all items with this image |
| United States | 4740 fdc | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | SP1878 | (USPS) souvenir page (4740) | ||
| United States | 5071 fdc1 (Mi5245 fdc1) | (Webcraft) cachet on FDC | 2016 | Full-disk true-color image; Blue Marble (2012) image (on stamp) |
| United States | 5071 fdc2 (Mi5245 fdc2) | (Bullfrog) cachet on FDC, also detail1 and detail2 | False-color IR image (detail1), true-color (detail2); Blue Marble (2012) image (on stamp) | |
| United States | 5071 fdc3 (Mi5245 fdc3) | (Bullfrog) cachet on FDC, also detail1 and detail2 | False-color IR image (detail1), false-color IR image (different, detail2); Blue Marble (2012) image (on stamp); Blue Marble (2001) Atlantic sector image (in cachet at lower left); Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image (one of the Earth images in cachet at lower right) | |
| United States | 5071 fdc4 (Mi5245 fdc4) | (JVC'16) cachet on FDC | Full-disk true-color image; Blue Marble (2012) image (on stamp) | |
| United States | 5071-5072 fdc (Mi5245-5246 fdc) | One of two stamps on FDC | (As above for stamp) | |
| Vietnam | 955 (Mi990) i955 | Imperforate | 1978 | Full-disk false-color image |
| Wallis and Futuna Islands | 693 (Mi?) | 2011 | Visible image of Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone with eye (name given as "Toma" instead of "Tomas") | |
| Wallis and Futuna Islands | 693 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Blue Marble (2001) (MODIS full-disk composite true-color image of the Earth) [image details in table at bottom of page] |
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| Albania | 2884 (BL174) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 2009 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Albania | 2884a | On 2884 SS1 in booklet pane of 3 (2882-2884), with booklet outside (front and back), also annotated | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 3017 (BL654) | SS1 | 2008 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 3401c (Mi?) | One of MS4 (3401 (a-d)) | 2018 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image, when rotated 180 deg |
| Australia | 4985 (Mi4981_I) | 2019 | Blue Marble (2001) Australia sector image, portrayed as an Earthrise seen from the Moon | |
| Australia | 4987 (Mi4983_I) | |||
| Australia | 4987a | MS12 (6x (4985+4987)) from presentation pack (4987a+4989ba) | ||
| Australia | 4989 as designed (BL595 as designed) | MS4 (4989 (4985, 4987, 4989a & 4989b)) with light border | ||
| Australia | 4989 as issued (BL595 as issued) | MS4 (4989 (4985, 4987, 4989a & 4989b)) with dark border | ||
| Australia | 4990 coil (Mi4985_I) | Coil stamp, from coil strip of 4 (4993b (4990-4993)) | ||
| Australia | 4992 coil (Mi4987_I) | |||
| Australia | 4990 (Mi4985_II) | Self-adhesive, from booklet pane of 10 (4990a (10x 4990)), with booklet outside (MH825) | ||
| Australia | 4992 (Mi4987_II) | Self-adhesive, from booklet pane of 10 (4992a (10x 4992)), with booklet outside (MH827) | ||
| Austria | KM-unknown | 20 euro (silver coin) obverse, also reverse | 2019 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Belgium | 2890c cover (Mi? cover) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2019 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Bulgaria | 4426 (BL291) | In (left) margin of SS1 | 2007 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Burundi | 1078d (Mi2429) | One of MS4 (1078 (a-d)) (Mi2426-2429) | 2012 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image, portrayed as an Earthrise seen from the Moon |
| Central African Republic | Unknown ss (BL?) | On stamp of SS1 | 2019 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image, portrayed as an Earthrise seen from the Moon |
| China (People's Republic) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2019 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Comoro Islands | Unknown ms (Mi?) | MS4 (a-d) | 2010 | (based on) Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Comoro Islands | Unknown ss (BL?) | SS1 | ||
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss (BL none) | SS1, also detail [known illegal issue] | 2015 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss (BL none) | On stamp of SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2017 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Congo Republic | Unknown ms (Mi?) | On one stamp of MS2 (a-b + 2 labels) | ||
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss (BL none) | In (right) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2018 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Congo Republic | Unknown ib (Mi none) | One of imperforate MS2 (a-b + 2 labels) [known illegal issue] | 2018 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Congo Republic | Unknown iss (BL none) | On stamp of imperforate SS1 [known illegal issue] | ||
| Congo Republic | Unknown iss (BL none) | In (right) margin of imperforate SS1 [known illegal issue] | ||
| Congo Republic | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (upper-right) margin of MS2 (a-b) [known illegal issue] | 2019 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss (BL none) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2019 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Congo Republic | Unknown b (Mi none) | One of MS2 (a-b) [known illegal issue] | 2019 | (modified) Blue Marble (2001) Europe-Africa sector image (VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) imagery from S-NPP has been integrated into the image over Asia and the Middle East; (see also Moldova Unknown ss 2019) |
| Cook Islands | KM1638 | $1. (silver coin) reverse, also obverse | 2012 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Cook Islands | KM1638 gold | $1. (gold coin) reverse, also obverse | ||
| Cook Islands | KM-unknown | $1. (silver coin) | 2014 | Blue Marble (2001) Atlantic sector image |
| Cyprus | 1109 (Mi1150-1151) | Strip of 2 and (lower-left) margin and (upper-right) margin from MS8 (1109c (4x (a-b))) | 2009 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere (on stamp '1109a' and in lower-left margin of MS8) and Blue Marble (2001) Europe-Africa sector image (on stamp '1109b' and in upper-right margin of MS8 and FDC cachets); full-disk true color image, not Blue Marble (on maxicard cachet) |
| Cyprus | 1109 specimen | Overprinted "specimen" | ||
| Cyprus | 1109 maxi | Strip of 2 (only) on maxicard | ||
| Cyprus | 1109 fdc1 | Strip of 2 and cachet on FDC | ||
| Cyprus | 1109 fdc2 | Strip of 2 and cachet (same) on FDC (different) | ||
| Djibouti | Unknown ms (Mi none) Unknown ims | In (upper-left) margin of MS2 (a-b) [known illegal issue] In (upper-left) margin of imperforate MS2 (a-b) | 2013 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Djibouti | Unknown ms (Mi none) Unknown ims | In (upper-left) margin of MS2 (a-b) (different) [known illegal issue] In (upper-left) margin of imperforate MS2 (a-b) (different) | ||
| Djibouti | Unknown fdc1 | MS2 on FDC | ||
| Djibouti | Unknown fdc2 | MS2 on FDC (different) | ||
| Djibouti | Unknown ss (BL none) | In (lower) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2015 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) Europe-Africa sector |
| France | 4798 (Mi6118) | Joint issue with India 2726 | 2015 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| France | 4798-4799 proof | Proof (4798-4799) | ||
| France India | 4798-4799 folder1 | Folder (4798-4799 and India 2725-2726) | ||
| France India | 4798-4799 folder2 | FDC folder inside (4798-4799 and India 2725-2726), also front | ||
| France | None | One of (lettre-verte) personalized postage MS8 (a-h), also folder front | 2015 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Gabon | Unknown ss (BL none) Unknown iss | In (left) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2009 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Gabon | Unknown ss fdc Unknown iss fdc | SS1 on FDC Imperforate SS1 on FDC | ||
| Gabon | Unknown ss o/p (BL none o/p) Unknown iss o/p | In (left) margin of SS1 overprinted in gold [known illegal issue] In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 overprinted in gold | ||
| Gabon | Unknown ss o/p fdc Unknown iss o/p fdc | SS1 overprinted in gold on FDC Imperforate SS1 overprinted in gold on FDC | ||
| Gabon | Unknown ms (Mi none) Unknown ims | In (lower-left) margin of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] In (lower-left) margin of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2018 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Germany | None | (Biberpost) private post | 2018 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Germany | None | (Biberpost) private post | 2019 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Grenada | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 2019 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image, portrayed as an Earthrise from the Moon |
| Guinea Republic | Unknown b (Mi?) | One of MS6 (a-f) | 2010 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Guinea Republic | BL1971 | In background of SS1 | 2011 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Guinea Republic | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 2017 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image, when flipped horizontally and rotated -45 deg |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi6493A Mi6493B | One of MS4 (Mi6492A-6495A) One of imperforate MS4 (Mi6492B-6495B) | 2013 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi6492A-6495A_ms4 fdc1 | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi6492A-6495A_ms4 fdc2 | MS4 on FDC (different) | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | BL1140 | On stamp (Mi6496) of SS1 | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | BL1140 fdc1 | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | BL1140 fdc2 | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi7379-7382_ms4 | On three stamps and in (lower-right) margin of MS4 (Mi7379-7382) | 2014 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| India | 2726 (Mi2870) | From MS45 (2726b (45x 2726)); joint issue with France 4798 | 2015 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| India | 2725-2726 fdc1 | One of two stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| India | 2725-2726 fdc2 | One of two stamps and cachet (similar) on FDC | ||
| India | 2726a (BL128) | MS2 (2726 (a-b)) | ||
| India | 2726a fdc1 | MS2 on FDC (Lucknow cancel) | ||
| India | 2726a fdc2 | MS2 on FDC (Amritsar cancel) | ||
| India | 2726a fdc3 | MS2 on FDC (Kolkata cancel) | ||
| India | 2726a fdc4 | MS2 on FDC on brochure (Kolkata cancel) | ||
| India | 2725-2726 brochure1 | Brochure, including page1 and page2 | ||
| India | 2725-2726 brochure2 | FDC brochure, including page1 and page2 | ||
| India France | 2725-2726 folder1 | Folder (2725-2726 and France 4798-4799) | ||
| India France | 2725-2726 folder2 | FDC folder inside (2725-2726 and France 4798-4799), also front | ||
| India | Unknown b (Mi?) | From MS8 (a-h), or from MS30 (30x unknown) | 2018 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| India | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also detail and back and glow under UV light | 2019 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image, but rotated north and east, to show southern N. America and the eastern Pacific Ocean |
| Indonesia | Unknown e (Mi3265) | From strip of 6 (a-f) (Mi3261-3266) | 2016 | Blue Marble (2001) Australia sector image |
| Indonesia | Unknown f (Mi3266) | |||
| Ireland | 1720a (Mi1759-1760) | Pair (1719-1720), also detail | 2007 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Ireland | 1722a (Mi1761-1762) | Pair (1721-1722), also detail | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image | |
| Ireland | 1720a+1722a fdc | Two pairs (1720a+1722a) on FDC | (As above for stamps) | |
| Ireland | 1722b (BL66) | MS4 (1719-1722) | ||
| Ireland | 1722c (MH62) | Cover of booklet of 12 (4x (1719-1722)), containing pane 1, pane 2, pane 3, and pane 4, also back | ||
| Ivory Coast | Unknown ss (BL none) Unknown iss | In (right) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] In (right) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2012 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Ivory Coast | Unknown fdc Unknown ifdc | SS1 on FDC Imperforate SS1 on FDC | ||
| Jordan | 2127 (Mi2168) | 2012 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image | |
| Jordan | 2127-2129 fdc | One of three stamps on FC | ||
| Korea (North) | 4866 (BL726) | In (lower-right) margin of MS2 (4866 (a-b + 2 labels)) | 2009 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Kyrgyzstan | 475 (BL?) | On stamp of SS1, also detail | 2014 | Blue Marble (2001) Atlantic sector image |
| Lebanon | 615 (Mi?) | From MS20 (615a (20x 615)) | 2007 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Liberia | Unknown a (Mi?) | From MS6 (a-f) | 2022 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Liberia | Unknown f (Mi?) | |||
| Macedonia | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 2018 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Macedonia | Unknown fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Madagascar (Malagasy Republic) | Unknown ss (BL none) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2016 | Blue Marble (2001) Europe-Africa sector image |
| Madagascar | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (center) margin and stamp 'b' of MS3 (a-c) [known illegal issue] | 2019 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Madagascar | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (upper-left) margin and parts of stamps 'a' and 'b' of MS3 (a-c) (different) [known illegal issue] | ||
| Madagascar | Unknown d (Mi none) | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2019 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Madagascar | Unknown ms fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Malawi | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 2014 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Maldive Islands | 3289 (Mi5520-5523) | In (upper-left) margin of MS4 (3289 (a-d)) | 2015 | Blue Marble (2001) Antarctic sector image |
| Maldive Islands | 3289 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Maldive Islands | 3299 (BL767) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image | |
| Maldive Islands | 3299 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Maldive Islands | 3563 (BL894) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 2015 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image (except Earth rotated westward slightly) |
| Mali | Unknown ss (BL none) Unknown iss | In (left) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2015 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Mali | Unknown ss fdc Unknown iss fdc | SS1 and cachet on FDC Imperforate SS1 and cachet on FDC | ||
| Mexico | 2620 (Mi3500) | 2009 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image with subdued colors; UN World Environment Day | |
| Mexico | 2620 sc | Souvenir card | ||
| Mexico | 2953 (Mi?) | 2015 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image, with Mexico highlighted in green | |
| Mexico | 2953 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Moldova | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 | 2019 | (modified) Blue Marble (2001) Europe-Africa sector image (VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) imagery from S-NPP has been integrated into the image over Asia and the Middle East; also the Arctic ice cap has been removed) (see also Congo Republic Unknown b 2019) |
| Monaco | Unknown (Mi?) | From MS10 (10x unknown) | 2014 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image, when rotated -90 deg, portrayed as an Earthrise from the Moon |
| Monaco | Unknown fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| Mongolia | 2705 (Mi3771) | From MS10 (2705a (10x 2705 + 2 labels)) | 2011 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Mozambique | 2737 (BL705) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 2012 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Mozambique | 2737 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | Mi7630-7633_ms4 | In background of MS4 (Mi7630-7633), also in the camera lens (in the lower left margin) | 2014 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Mozambique | BL1204 | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 2016 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Mozambique | BL1204 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Niger | Mi8712 | One of MS4 (Mi8711-8714) | 2022 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Romania | 4999a (Mi6244) 4999b | MS8 (4999a (8x 4999 + label)) MS8 (4999b (8x 4999 + label (different))) | 2007 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Romania | 4999 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Romania | 5000 (BL411) | SS1 | ||
| Romania | 5023 maxi (Mi6273 maxi) | Cachet on maxicard | 2008 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Romania | 5024 maxi (Mi6274 maxi) | Cachet (same) on maxicard | ||
| Romania | 5025 maxi (Mi6275 maxi) | Cachet (same) on maxicard | ||
| St. Kitts | 667 (Mi941-944) | In (upper-left) margin of MS4 (667 (a-d)) | 2007 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| St. Kitts | 667 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown e (Mi?) Unknown ie | On one of MS9 (a-i) On one of imperforate MS9 (a-i) | 2006 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS9 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC Imperforate MS9 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ms (Mi?) | In (right) margin of MS2 (a-b) | 2016 | Blue Marble (2001) Atlantic sector image |
| (El) Salvador | Unknown (Mi?) | 2019 | (partial, and altered) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image | |
| Sierra Leone | 4019c (Mi7890) | One of MS4 (4019 (a-d)) (Mi7888-7891) | 2016 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Sierra Leone | 5720f (Mi10942) | One of MS6 (5720 (a-f)) (Mi10937-10942) | 2019 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011), also detail | 2013 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Sri Lanka | 1767 (Mi?) | 2010 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image | |
| Sri Lanka | 1957 (Mi?) | One of MS10 (1963a (1957-1863)), or one of MS10 (1963b (1954-1963)) inscribed | 2014 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Togo | Mi6461 | From MS4 (Mi6461-6464) | 2014 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| Togo | Mi6463 | |||
| Togo | Mi6461-6464_ms4 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Togo | Unknown d (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d), also detail | 2017 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| Togo | Unknown fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Togo | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 2021 | Blue Marble (2001) Atlantic sector image |
| Turkey | 3227 (Mi3827) | 2010 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image | |
| Turkey | 3227 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Tuvalu | 1033 (BL4) | On stamp of SS1 | 2007 | (Yellow-orange) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| United Arab Emirates | 1162 (Mi1214) | 2017 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image | |
| United Arab Emirates | 1162 fdc | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC, also back | ||
| United Nations | 968 (BL29) | MS4 (968 (a-d)) (Mi1105-1108) | 2008 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| United Nations | 968 fdc | MS4 and (UNPA) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 969 (BL30) | MS4 (969 (a-d)) (Mi1109-1112) | ||
| United Nations | 969 fdc | MS4 and (UNPA) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 968-969 fdc | Two MS4 and (UNPA) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 968e (Mi1105-1108) | From 970 booklet (MH13); 1st booklet pane of 4 (968 (a-d)), design like 968 | ||
| United Nations | 970u (Mi1113-1116) | From 970 booklet (MH13); 2nd booklet pane of 4 (970 (a-d)); design like 969 | ||
| United Nations | 970v (Mi1117-1120) | From 970 booklet (MH13); 3rd booklet pane of 4 (970 (e-h)); design like UN Geneva 493 | ||
| United Nations | 970x (Mi1125-1128) | From 970 booklet (MH13); 4th booklet pane of 4 (970 (m-p)); design like UN Geneva 492 | ||
| United Nations | 970w (Mi1121-1124) | From 970 booklet (MH13); 5th booklet pane of 4 (970 (i-l)); design like UN Vienna 434 | ||
| United Nations | 970y (Mi1129-1132) | From 970 booklet (MH13); 6th booklet pane of 4 (970 (q-t)); design like UN Vienna 435 | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 492 (BL24) | MS4 (492 (a-d)) (Mi607-1610) | 2008 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| United Nations (Geneva) | 492 fdc | MS4 and (UNPA) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 493 (BL25) | MS4 (493 (a-d)) (Mi1611-1614) | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 493 fdc | MS4 and (UNPA) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 494ab (Mi627-630) | From 494 booklet (MH13); 1st booklet pane of 4 (494 (m-p)) design like UN New York 968 | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 494y (Mi615-618) | From 494 booklet (MH13); 2nd booklet pane of 4 (494 (a-d)) design like UN New York 969 | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 494z (Mi619-622) | From 494 booklet (MH13); 3rd booklet pane of 4 (494 (e-h)) design like 493 | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 494ac (Mi631-634) | From 494 booklet (MH13); 4th booklet pane of 4 (494 (q-t)) design like 492 | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 494aa (Mi623-626) | From 494 booklet (MH13); 5th booklet pane of 4 (494 (i-l)); design like UN Vienna 434 | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 494ad (Mi635-638) | From 494 booklet (MH13); 6th booklet pane of 4 (494 (u-x); design like UN Vienna 435 | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 434 (BL23) | MS4 (434 (a-d)) (Mi555-558) | 2008 | Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image |
| United Nations (Vienna) | 434 fdc | MS4 and (UNPA) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 435 (BL24) | MS4 (435 (a-d)) (Mi559-562) | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 435 fdc | MS4 and (UNPA) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 434-435 fdc | Two MS4 and (UNPA) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 436ab (Mi575-578) | From 436 booklet (MH13); 1st booklet pane of 4 (436 (m-p)); design like UN New York 968 | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 436y (Mi563-566) | From 436 booklet (MH13); 2nd booklet pane of 4 (436 (a-d)); design like UN New York 969 | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 436z (Mi567-570) | From 436 booklet (MH13); 3rd booklet pane of 4 (436 (e-h)); design like UN Geneva 493 | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 436ac (Mi579-582) | From 436 booklet (MH13); 4th booklet pane of 4 (436 (q-t)); design like UN Geneva 492 | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 436aa (Mi571-574) | From 436 booklet (MH13); 5th booklet pane of 4 (436 (i-l)); design like 434 | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 436ad (Mi583-586) | From 436 booklet (MH13); 6th booklet pane of 4 (436 (u-x)); design like 435 | ||
| United States | C76 fdc (Mi990 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 1969 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image, portrayed as an Earthrise seen from the Moon |
| United States | 1435b fdc (Mi1046-1047 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 1971 | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) eastern-hemisphere image, portrayed as an Earthrise seen from the Moon |
| United States | None | (JVC) cachet on cover | 2012 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| United States | 5058 fdc (Mi5232 fdc) | (Therome) cachet on FDC | 2016 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image, portrayed as an Earthrise seen from the Moon |
| United States | 5071 fdc1 (Mi5245 fdc1) | (Bullfrog) cachet on FDC, also detail1 and detail2 | 2016 | Blue Marble (2001) Atlantic sector image (detail1), Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere (detail2); Blue Marble (2012) image (on stamp) |
| United States | 5071 fdc2 (Mi5245 fdc2) | (?) cachet on FDC (DCP cancel) | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image; Blue Marble (2012) image (on stamp) | |
| United States | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also detail | 2017 | Blue Marble (2001) Antarctic sector image |
| Uruguay | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 2019 | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image, portrayed as an Earthrise seen from the Moon |
| Vatican City | Unknown ms (Mi?) | In (upper) margin of MS2 (a-b) | 2020 | Blue Marble (2001) Atlantic sector image |
| Blue Marble (2012) (VIIRS quasi-full-disk composite true-color image of the Earth) [image details in table at bottom of page] |
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| Gabon | Unknown c (Mi none) | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2018 | (partial) Blue Marble (2012) image from S-NPP |
| Germany | Unknown1-2 folder (Mi?) | Folder, also back | 2019 | Blue Marble (2012) image from S-NPP |
| United States | 5071 (Mi5245) | One of block of 8 (5076a (5069-5076)) (Mi5243-5250), or two of MS16 (5076b (2x (5069-5076)) | 2016 | Blue Marble (2012) image from S-NPP; other full-disk true-color images (in fdc cachets) |
| United States | 5071 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Webcraft cachet) | ||
| United States | 5071 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (blank/no cachet. DCP cancel) | ||
| United States | 5071 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet, DCP cancel) | ||
| United States | 5071 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (blank/no cachet, normal cancel) | ||
| United States | 5071 fdc5 | Stamp on FDC (McGeekiest cachet) | ||
| United States | 5071 fdc6 | Stamp on FDC (Bullfrog cachet) | ||
| United States | 5071 fdc7 | Stamp on FDC (Bullfrog cachet, different) | ||
| United States | 5071 fdc8 | Stamp on FDC (JVC'16 cachet) | ||
| United States | 5071 fdc9 | Stamp on FDC (multi-color printed cachet) | ||
| United States | 5069-5072 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC (Panda Cachets cachet) | ||
| United States | SP2015 | (USPS) souvenir page (5069-5076) | ||
| United States | CP966 | (USPS) commemorative panel (5069-5076) | ||
| Images of Earth's surface | ||||
| Abkhazia | Unlisted b (Mi unlisted) | One of MS6 (a-f) | 1996 | Sun glint over the Atlantic and along part of the southern Florida coast and also over Lake Okeechobee (based on this photo from STS-43) |
| Abkhazia | Unknown ms (Mi?) Unknown ims | MS9 (a-i) Imperforate MS9 (a-i) | 1996 | Sun glint on ocean surface near shoreline |
| Abkhazia | Unknown ms fdc | MS9 and cachet (same design as MS9) on FDC | ||
| Argentina | 2618 (Mi?) | 2011 | Coastal view, possibly of La Plata basin (in lower-left) | |
| Australia | 1258-1260 fdc (Mi1297-1299 fdc) | (Australia Post) cachet on FDC, also back | 1992 | False-color image of "The Diamantina River in flood, photographed from space by SPOT-1 in May 1990" (text in FDC back) |
| Australia | 2214b (BL52) | In (right) margin of MS4 (2211-2214) | 2004 | False-color image of Tasmania |
| Azerbaijan | 703 (Mi467) | 2000 | High-resolution false-color image of Azerbaijan | |
| Azerbaijan | 1172 (Mi1352-1360) | MS9 (1172 (a-i)) | 2017 | High-resolution false-color images of the Earth's surface |
| Belgium | 2890 (BL238, Mi4899-4903) | In (upper-center) margin of MS5 (2890 (a-e)), with stamp 'c' | 2019 | "The PROBA-V satellite examines vegetation over the entire globe" (in French and Dutch text) |
| Bermuda | 782 (Mi767) | 1999 | Visible image of Bermuda | |
| Bermuda | 779-782 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC (Bermuda Post cachet) | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat Admin.) | 330a (BL36) i330a | In background of MS2 (330a (2x 330)) In background of imperforate MS2 (i330a (2x i330)) | 2016 | VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) imagery from S-NPP |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat Admin.) | 330a proof | MS2 proof | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat Admin.) | 330a proof fdc | MS2 proof on FDC | ||
| Bosnia (Serb Admin.) | 516+label (Mi?+label) | On label from MS8 (516a (8x 516 + label)) | 2015 | VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) imagery from S-NPP (image is horizontally flipped and colored in cachet) |
| Bosnia (Serb Admin.) | 516 fdc | (Bosnia (Serbian Administration) Post Office) cachet on FDC | ||
| Brazil | 1292 (Mi1376) | 1973 | Multi-spectral imaging of Earth by Landsat | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 180-183 fdc (Mi181-184 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1991 | (possibly) ocean near-surface wind speeds from a scatterometer (black areas have no data due to presence of clouds or sea ice) |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 219 (Mi?) | 2000 | False-color images of islands/atolls | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 220 (Mi?) | |||
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 221 (Mi?) | |||
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 222 (Mi?) | |||
| Burundi | Unknown ms (Mi?) | In (center) margin of MS6 (a-f) | 2017 | VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) imagery from S-NPP |
| Burundi | Unknown ms (Mi?) | In (center) margin of MS6 (a-f) | 2017 | VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) imagery from S-NPP |
| Chad | 514 (Mi1048A) i514 (Mi1048B) | Imperforate | 1984 | False-color infrared image of an African river |
| Chad | 514b (BL219A) i514b (BL219B) | SS1 (514) Imperforate SS1 (i514) | ||
| Chad | 515a (Mi1044A-1049A) i515a (Mi1044B-1049B) | On one of MS6 (510-515) On one of imperforate MS6 (i510-i515) | ||
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2001 | False-color image of Hong Kong |
| China (Taiwan) | 3574k_1 label8 (Mi2986-2995 label8) | Label from MS10 (3574k_1 (a-j + 10 labels)) | 2004 | Visible image of a coral island/atoll |
| Congo Republic | Unknown b (Mi none) | One of MS2 (a-b) [known illegal issue] | 2019 | VIIRS Visible and Day/Night Band (DNB) composite imagery from S-NPP integrated over Asia and the Middle East into a Blue Marble (2001) Europe-Africa sector image, portrayed as an Earthrise seen from the Moon |
| Costa Rica | C780 (Mi1063) iC780 | Imperforate | 1980 | Enhanced visible image of coastal area near Puerto Limón, with some white areas of clouds |
| Costa Rica | C781 (Mi1064) iC781 | Imperforate | Enhanced visible image of coastal area next to Gulf of Nicoya, with some white areas of clouds | |
| Costa Rica | C780-C781 fdc1 | Two stamps on FDC (purple cancel) | (As above for stamps) | |
| Costa Rica | C780-C781 fdc2 | Two stamps on FDC (blue cancel) | ||
| Djibouti | 702 (Mi572) | 1992 | False-color image centered on Arabian peninsula | |
| France | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 200? | Réunion Island image from 830 km altitude from SPOT |
| France | 5445a (Mi7018-7029) | Booklet pane of 12 (5445a (5434-5445)), with booklet outside (front and back) | 2018 | Images of Earth's surface taken from the ISS by French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet |
| French Polynesia | 587 (Mi605) | 1992 | High-resolution false-color image from SPOT-1/2/3 type: Polynesia as seen from space (Tahiti; cumulus clouds are seen in white) | |
| French Polynesia | 587 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| French Polynesia | 588 (Mi606) | High-resolution false-color image from SPOT-1/2/3 type: Polynesia as seen from space (Mataiva Atoll, with barrier reef surrounding central lagoon) | ||
| French Polynesia | 588 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| French Polynesia | 589 (Mi607) | High-resolution false-color image from SPOT-1/2/3 type: Polynesia as seen from space (Bora Bora, with barrier reef almost completely circling lagoon; higher terrain of island in lagoon is in tones of green) | ||
| French Polynesia | 589 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C95 fdc (Mi219 fdc) | (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC | 1986 | False-color detail image from SPOT-1, composed of pixels, of La Camargue (a region of France on the Mediterranean coast) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C130 maxi (Mi326 maxi) | Cachet on maxicard (Kerguelen cancel) | 1994 | High-resolution false-color image from SPOT |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C130 maxi2 | Cachet on maxicard (same, Dumont d'Urville cancel) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 468a (Mi782) | One of strip of 5 (468 (a-e + 5 labels)) (Mi782-786), or five of MS25 (468f (5x 468 (a-e + 5 labels)) | 2012 | False-color image of Antarctica and surrounding ocean, including the Antarctic circumpolar current (in red) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 468e (Mi786) | Port aux Français and vicinity, Kerguelen islands (image from Pleiades) | ||
| Gambia | 3652 (Mi?) | Block of 4 (3652a-d) from MS4 (3652 (a-d)) | 2015 | Composite VIIRS true-color and Day/Night Band (DNB) imagery from S-NPP |
| Gambia | 3653 (BL?) | Stamp from SS1 | ||
| Germany (East) | 1901 (BL52) | SS1 | 1978 | Multi-spectral image (in background) |
| Germany (East) | None o | (Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft) cinderella, from cinderella MS20 (a-t + 5 labels) | 1981 | False color and/or artistic image of an unknown coastal location seen from space |
| Germany (East) | 2531 (Mi3008) | One of block of 4 (2531a (2528-2531)) (Mi3005-3008), or four of MS16 (2531b (4x (2528-2531))) | 1986 | True-color image (in inset) |
| Great Britain | 1375a+1377a fdc (Mi1337-1340 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC, also back, and detail | 1991 | "A Landsat scene of the Isle of Wight" |
| Guernsey (Great Britain) | 449-452 fdc (Mi518-521 fdc) | Cachet on FDC, also insert and insert back | 1991 | "Bailiwick of Guernsey, from 915 km altitude" |
| Isle of Man (Great Britian) | 2079 (Mi2557) | From MS11 (2080b (2073-2020) + 3 unknowns) (Mi2551-2558+Mi1527II+Mi1530II+Mi1532II) | 2020 | Shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-51J, with Earth in the background |
| Isle of Man (Great Britian) | 2080 (Mi2558) | ISS with Earth in the background | ||
| Hong Kong | 411 (Mi?) | 1983 | High-resolution visible image of Hong Kong | |
| India | None | (Appex'88) cachet on cover | 1988 | False-color image from IRS-1A |
| India | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2007 | High-resolution false-color infrared image of Gujarat (bluish and dark tones show water; reddish tones show dry land) |
| Indonesia | Unknown b (Mi3262) | From strip of 6 (a-f) (Mi3261-3266) | 2016 | VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) imagery from S-NPP |
| Indonesia | Unknown c (Mi3263) | |||
| Indonesia | Unknown d (Mi3264) | |||
| Ivory Coast | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (lower-left) margin of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2017 | VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) imagery from S-NPP |
| Ivory Coast | Unknown ss (BL none) Unknown iss | In background of SS1 [known illegal issue] In background of imperforate SS1 | 2017 | VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) imagery from S-NPP |
| Japan | 2120 (Mi?) | 1991 | Pixelated image of Hokkaido | |
| Japan | 2120 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Jersey (Great Britain) | 1419e (Mi?) | One of strip of 5 (1419 (a-e)) | 2010 | High-resolution visible image of Jersey |
| Liberia | 3029 (Mi6613-6618) | MS6 (a-f) | 2015 | "Earth from space" |
| Liberia | 3030 (BL695) | SS1 | ||
| Lithuania | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2004 | Color-enhanced nighttime visible image of western Europe (lights from cities reflect population density) |
| Moldova | Unknown ss (BL?) | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 | 2019 | VIIRS Visible and Day/Night Band (DNB) composite imagery from S-NPP integrated over Asia and the Middle East into a Blue Marble (2001) Europe-Africa sector image, portrayed as an Earthrise seen from the Moon |
| Montserrat | 1367 (Mi1774-1777) | MS4 (1367 (a-d)) | 2015 | "Earth from space" |
| Montserrat | 1368 (BL171) | SS1 | ||
| Netherlands | 1501 (Mi3407-3416) | MS10 (1501 (a-j)) | 2015 | VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) imagery from S-NPP |
| Netherlands | Unknown ms (Mi?) | In background of MS3 (a-c) | 2016 | VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) imagery from S-NPP |
| Pabay Island (Scotland) | Local | 2002 | Visible image of Pabay Island | |
| Pakistan | 771 (Mi847) | 1992 | (possible) infrared image of vegetation and other surface types, including satellite-measured surface temperatures in cloud-free areas of part of Pakistan | |
| Pakistan | 771-772_fdc | One of two stamps on FDC, also back | ||
| Pitcairn Islands | 665 (Mi?) | 2009 | High-resolution visible images of Pitcairn Islands from Ditigal Globe QuickBird | |
| Pitcairn Islands | 666 (Mi?) | |||
| Pitcairn Islands | 667 (Mi?) | |||
| Pitcairn Islands | 668 (Mi?) | |||
| Russia (USSR) | 4691 (Mi4764) | 1978 | Photograph of the Pamir Mountains by "RADUGA" experiment on the Soyuz-29/Salyut-6/Soyuz-31 complex using a multi-spectral camera MKF-6M14 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 4691 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 4690-4692 sc | Souvenir card (4690-4692) | ||
| Samoa | 587 (Mi494) | 1983 | "Satellite view" (but not a realistic satellite image) | |
| South Africa | 1461 fdc (Mi2042-2046 fdc) | Cachet (background) on FDC | 2011 | Near-infrared image of Beaufort West, South Africa, and nearby terrain from Sumbandila / OSCAR-67 |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | True-color image from Envisat of salt desert in southeast Iran |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | False-color image from Kompsat-2 | |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | True-color image from "EO-1" | |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | Visible image of "the snow-capped southern Polish city of Kraków and its Vistula River" | |
| Togo | C176 (Mi928A) iC176 (Mi928B) | Imperforate | 1972 | False-color image of African continent |
| Togo | C176 ds | Deluxe sheet (C176) | ||
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 127b (Mi128) | One of MS2 (127 (a-b)) (BL4), also detail | 1983 | False-color image of Cyprus from Landsat-1 |
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 127b fdc | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet), also back | ||
| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 127 fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 177 (Mi177) | 1989 | False-color infrared image showing surface temperatures of water and ice in the sea north and east of Denmark, and of the nearby land; (probable) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sea ice concentration map (in FDC cachet) | |
| United Nations (Geneva) | 177 maxi | Stamp on maxicard, also back | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 176-177 fdc | One of two stamps and (UNPA) cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 653 (Mi?) | From MS20 (653a (20x 653)) | 2018 | "Earth seen from space" (in French text) |
| United Nations (Geneva) | 653-654 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| United Nations (Vienna) | 625 (BL49) | SS1 | 2018 | "Earth seen from space by the Copernicus-Sentinel satellite (ESA image)" (in German text) |
| United Nations (Vienna) | 625 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| United States | UC58 | (USPS) serogramme back, also unfolded | 1985 | False-color images of San Francisco CA, Washington DC, and New York NY from Landsat (where FDCs of this aerogramme are found) |
| United States | 2570 fdc (Mi2185 fdc) | (True-color image) cachet on FDC | 1991 | true-color image |
| United States | 4710a (Mi4883) | From MS15 (4710 (a-o)), also back5; also no die cuts and press sheet | 2012 | Bear Glacier (AK) and icebergs from GeoEye or Ikonos |
| United States | 4710b (Mi4884) | Mt. St. Helens (WA) volcano from Landsat-7 | ||
| United States | 4710h (Mi4890) | Garden City (KS) center-pivot irrigation from Landsat-7 | ||
| United States | 4710a fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet), also insert | (As above for stamps) | |
| United States | 4710a fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Collins cachet) | ||
| United States | 4710a fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (DCP cancel) | ||
| United States | 4710a fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet, design like stamp) | ||
| United States | 4710b fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Colorano silk cachet) | ||
| United States | 4710b fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet) | ||
| United States | 4710b fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (DCP cancel) | ||
| United States | 4710b fdc4 | Stamp and (?) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| United States | 4710c fdc | (Coverscape) cachet (reproduction of 4710h) on FDC | ||
| United States | 4710h fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet) | ||
| United States | 4710h fdc2 | Stamp and (?) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| United States | 4710h fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (Colorano silk cachet) | ||
| United States | 4710 card | Top card for pack of 100 (4710), also detail | ||
| United States | 4710 card2 | Top card for pack of 25 (4710), also detail1 and detail2 | ||
| United States | 4710 card3 | Top card for pack of 10 (4710), also detail1 and detail2 | ||
| United States | 4710 fdc | MS15 on FDC (ArtCraft cachet) | ||
| United States | SP1861 | (USPS) souvenir page (4710), also back | ||
| United States | CP908 page1 | (USPS) commemorative panel (4710), also page2 | ||
| United States | 4893 (Mi5079) | From MS10 (4893a (10x 4893)) | 2014 | False-color Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs), plus white for ice cover and land in brown tones |
| United States | 4893 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (DCP cancel, ArtCraft cachet) | ||
| United States | 4893 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (normal cancel, ArtCraft cachet, same) | ||
| United States | 4893 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (DCP cancel, blank/no cachet) | ||
| United States | 4893 fdc4 | Stamp (?) cachet on FDC (DCP cancel) | ||
| United States | 4893 fdc5 | Stamp on FDC (DCP cancel, HL cachet), also back | ||
| United States | 4893 fdc6 | Stamp on FDC (DCP cancel, on top card for pack of 100 panes) | ||
| United States | SP1936 | (USPS) souvenir page (4893) | ||
| United States | None | Postcard back, also front | 2015 | (actual) Earthrise as seen from the Moon by the "Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC)" |
| United States | 5399 fdc (Mi5636 fdc) | (KSC visitor complex) cachet on FDC card | 2019 | "Florida from space" |
| Remote-sensing instruments | ||||
| Bulgaria | 4017 (BL234) | SS1 | 1997 | Spectrometers and radiometers |
| Czechoslovakia | 2306 (Mi2561) | 1980 | Multi-spectral camera MKF-614 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 2303+2305-2306 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| Germany (East) | 1900 (Mi2312) | 1978 | Fourier spectrometer, Meteor; multi-spectral camera MKF-614 (in first FDC cachet) | |
| Germany (East) | 1900 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Germany (East) | 1898-1899 fdc | Cachet (same) on FDC | ||
| Germany (East) | 1898-1900 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| Germany (East) | 1901 (BL52) | On stamp of SS1 | Multi-spectral camera "MKF-6"14 | |
| Germany (East) | 1945 (Mi2359) | 1978 | Multi-spectral camera "MKF-6M"14 | |
| Germany (East) | None n | (Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft) cinderella, from cinderella MS20 (a-t + 5 labels) | 1981 | Multi-spectral camera "MKF-6M"14 |
| Germany (East) | None p | (Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Sowjetische Freundschaft) cinderella, from cinderella MS20 (a-t + 5 labels) | 1982 | Multi-spectral camera MKF-6M14 |
| Germany (East) | 2530 (Mi3007) | From block of 4 (2531a (2528-2531)) (Mi3005-3008), or four of MS16 (2531b (4x (2528-2531))) | 1986 | Fourier spectrometer |
| Germany (East) | 2531 (Mi3008) | Multi-spectral camera "MKF-6"14 | ||
| Germany (East) | 2676 (Mi3171) | 1988 | Multi-channel spectrometer "MKS-M"15 | |
| Germany (East) | 2676 cover (Mi3171 cover) | Stamp on cover | 1990 | Multi-channel spectrometer "MKS-M"15 |
| Germany (East) | 2699 (Mi3191) | From MS4 (2699a (4x 2699)), like 2676 | 1988 | Multi-channel spectrometer "MKS-M"15 |
| Pakistan | 1150 leaflet (Mi1378 leaflet) | FDC leaflet back, also front | 2011 | "Satellite Remote Sensing" (with instrumentation) |
| Russia (USSR) | 4691 fdc (Mi4764 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1978 | Multi-spectral camera MKF-614 |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | "Advanced Land Imager (ALI)" |
| United States | None | (Beckman Employees Philatelic Society) cachet on cover | 1978 | "SBUV/TOMS" |
| United States | None | (Beckman Employees Philatelic Society) cachet on cover (different cancel date) | ||
| United States | 3239 fdc (Mi3045 fdc) | (PCS golden-replica) back of FDC, also front | 1999 | "Earth science has benefited from remote-sensing [instrumented] satellites that give insight into the complex interactions among Earth's ecological systems" |
| Symbolic scanning or imaging1 | ||||
| Australia | None | (Excelsior) cachet on cover | 1968 | Symbolic imaging of Earth by TIROS |
| Austria | KM3101 | 25 euro (silver-niobium coin) | 2003 | Symbolic scanning of town of Hall by unknown satellite (possibly Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), on obverse) |
| British Antarctic Territory | 84 (Mi86) | 1981 | Symbolic scanning of Earth by Landsat | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 82-85 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 2221 (Mi1373) | 1981 | Symbolic scanning of Earth by TIROS-N-type/NOAA | |
| China (Taiwan) | 2221-2222 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
| China (Taiwan) | 2221-2222 folder | One of two stamps in folder, also inside and outside (front and back) | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 3421_ms label1 (Mi? ms label1) | Labels from MS8 (8x 3421 + 8 labels) | 2008 | Symbolic scanning by ZY-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | 3421_ms label2 (Mi? ms label2) | |||
| China (People's Republic) | 3421_ms label3 (Mi? ms label3) | |||
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss (BL none) | On stamp of SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2017 | symbolic scanning of Earth's atmosphere by CALIPSO |
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss (BL none) | In (lower) margin of SS1 (different) [known illegal issue] | ||
| Congo Republic | Unknown ms (Mi none) | On one stamp of MS2 (a-b + 2 labels) [known illegal issue] | ||
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss (BL none) | In (lower) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2018 | symbolic scanning of Earth |
| Costa Rica | C780-C781 fdc1 (Mi1063-1064 fdc1) | Cachet on FDC (purple cancel) | 1980 | Symbolic scanning of Earth by Landsat-1/2/3 type |
| Costa Rica | C780-C781 fdc2 (Mi1063-1064 fdc2) | Cachet on FDC (blue cancel) | ||
| Cuba | 2326 (Mi2475) | 1980 | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Soyuz | |
| Czechoslovakia | 2414 (BL49) | In (upper-left) margin of MS2 (2x 2414a) | 1982 | Symbolic scanning of Earth by Molniya4 |
| Czechoslovakia | 2306 (Mi2561) | 1980 | Symbolic imaging of Earth from a Soyuz/Salyut combination, using a multi-spectral camera MKF-614 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 2303+2305-2306 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
| Czechoslovakia | 2506+label (Mi2761+label) | On stamp | 1984 | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Salyut |
| France | 1835 cover (Mi2335 cover) | (Lollini) cachet on cover | 1983 | Symbolic scanning of Earth by Meteosat |
| France | None | In (upper-left) margin of cinderella MS9 (3x (a-c)) | 1988 | Symbolic scanning of Earth from SPOT-1/2/3 type |
| France | 3358 fdc (Mi4323 fdc) | (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC | 2007 | Symbolic scanning of Earth from SPOT-1/2/3 type |
| France | Mi8049 | From MS15 (15x Mi8049) | 2021 | Symbolic scanning |
| France | Mi8049 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | ||
| France | Mi8049 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet, different) | ||
| France | Mi8049 card | Stamp and stamp reproduction on FDC-card | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C95 (Mi219) | From MS10 (C95a (10x C95)) | 1986 | Symbolic scanning of Earth by SPOT-1/2/3 type |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C95 ds | Deluxe sheet (C95) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C95 sc | Souvenir card | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C95 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C95 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C95 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (PJ cachet) | ||
| Germany (East) | 2531 (Mi3008) | One of block of 4 (2531a (2528-2531)) (Mi3005-3008), or four of MS16 (2531b (4x (2528-2531))) | 1986 | Symbolic imaging of Earth from a Soyuz/Salyut/Soyuz complex, using a multi-spectral camera "MKF-6"14 |
| Germany (East) | 2676 (Mi3171) | 1988 | Symbolic scanning of Earth from a Soyuz/Salyut/Soyuz complex, using a multi-channel spectrometer "MKS-M"15 | |
| Germany (East) | 2676 cover (Mi3171 cover) | Stamp on cover | 1990 | Symbolic scanning of Earth from a Soyuz/Salyut/Soyuz complex, using a multi-channel spectrometer "MKS-M"15 |
| Germany (East) | 2699 (Mi3191) | From MS4 (2699a (4x 2699)), like 2676 | 1988 | Symbolic scanning of Earth from a Soyuz/Salyut/Soyuz complex, using a multi-channel spectrometer "MKS-M"15 |
| Germany (West) | None | (Black printed) cachet on cover | 1974 | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| Germany (West) | None | (Black printed) cachet on cover | 1975 | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| Germany | 1642 fdc (Mi1526 fdc) | (FIDACOS) cachet on FDC | 1991 | Symbolic scanning of Earth from ERS |
| Germany | 1642 maxi (Mi1526 maxi) | Maxicard | ||
| Germany | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 1994 | Symbolic scanning of Earth from an unknown satellite |
| Guinea Republic | 1189a (BL393) | In (right) margin of SS1 (1189) | 1992 | Symbolic imaging by SPOT (of a wide north-south swath, with changed colors, across the full-disk image) |
| Hungary | C346 (BL101) | On stamp of SS1 | 1973 | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| Hungary | C346 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Iceland | 1152 (BL45) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 2008 | Symbolic scanning from EOS-Terra |
| Iceland | 1152 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Iran | 2809-2810 fdc (Mi2843-2844 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet (design like stamps) on FDC | 2000 | Symbolic imaging of Earth by Globalstar-1 (but it was a communications satellite that did not image Earth as depicted) |
| Iran | 2874a (Mi2928) | One of strip of 4 (2874 (a-d)) | 2003 | Symbolic scanning of Earth from ALOS-1 |
| Iran | 2874 fdc | One of strip of four stamps and (multi-color printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| Iran | 2874a-d fdc | One of four stamps and (multi-color printed) cachet (same, design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| Israel | 2281 fdc (Mi2751-2753 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel and (Israel Post) cachet on FDC | 2021 | Symbolic imaging of Earth |
| Jersey (Great Britain) | 560 (Mi540) | 1991 | Symbolic scanning of Earth by Landsat-5 | |
| Jersey (Great Britain) | 561 (Mi541) | Symbolic scanning of Earth by Meteosat | ||
| Jersey (Great Britain) | 559-562 pack | Presentation pack front, also inside | (As above for stamps) | |
| Jersey (Great Britain) | 559-562 fdc1 | Two of four stamps and (JPO) cachet on FDC | (As above for stamps); symbolic scanning of Earth by SPOT (also in cachet) | |
| Jersey (Great Britain) | 559-562 fdc2 | Two of four stamps on FDC (Benham cachet) | (As above for stamps) | |
| Kazakhstan | 853a (Mi1071) | One of MS2 (853 (a-b)) (BL102, Mi1071-1072) | 2018 | symbolic imaging |
| Liechtenstein | 956 (Mi1012) | 1991 | Symbolic imaging of Earth by Meteosat, also imaging lines from three geostationary satellites (in cancel) | |
| Liechtenstein | 956 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (FDC Officiel cachet) | ||
| Liechtenstein | 956 maxi | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on maxicard | ||
| Madagascar | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (lower) margin of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] | 2019 | Symbolic scanning from A-train satellites |
| Madagascar | Unknown ms fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Mongolia | 1170 (Mi1371) | 1981 | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Soyuz | |
| Netherlands | None | (Red pictorial) meter | 1992 | Symbolic scanning of Earth by ERS-1 |
| New Caledonia | C268 (Mi1022) iC268 | Imperforate | 1994 | Symbolic scanning of Earth by TOPEX/Poseidon |
| New Caledonia | C268 fdc | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
| New Caledonia | C268 ds | Deluxe sheet (C268) | ||
| Ras Al Khaima | Mi852A Mi852B | Imperforate | 1972 | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| Ras Al Khaima | Mi852A ds Mi852B ds | Deluxe sheet (Mi852A) Imperforate deluxe sheet (Mi852B) | ||
| Romania | 2528 (Mi3241) | From MS4 (2528a (4x 2528 + 4 labels)) (BL117) | 1974 | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| Romania | 2528a fdc | MS4 and cachet on FDC | ||
| Romania | 2528b fdc (BL118 (Mi3242) fdc) | Cachet on FDC | ||
| Romania | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 1983 | Symbolic scanning by NOAA |
| Russia (USSR) | 3854 (Mi3885) | 1971 | (possible) symbolic scanning of Earth from a propaganda satellite | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3854 cover (Mi3885 cover) | Extra stamp and (pictorial) cancel on stamped envelope | 1971 | (possible) symbolic scanning of Earth from a propaganda satellite |
| Russia (USSR) | 4537 (Mi4567) | 1976 | Symbolic imaging of Earth by "RADUGA" experiment on Soyuz-22, using a multi-spectral camera MKF-614 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 4663 (Mi4728) | One of pair (4664a (4663-4664)) (Mi4728-4729) | 1978 | Symbolic imaging of Earth by the Soyuz/Salyut-6 combination |
| Russia (USSR) | 4691 fdc (Mi4764 fdc) | Cachet on FDC | 1978 | Symbolic imaging of Earth by the Soyuz-29/Salyut-6/Soyuz-31 complex |
| Russia (USSR) | 5298 (Mi5440) | 1984 | Symbolic scanning of Earth by Meteor | |
| Russia (USSR) | 5299 (BL176) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 5299 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 5496 (Mi5646) | One of pair (5497a (5496-5497)) (Mi5646-5647), also detail | 1986 | Symbolic imaging of Earth by Okean |
| Russia (USSR) | 5497b (BL?) | MS8 (4x (5496-5497)) | ||
| Russia | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope, also detail | 2011 | Symbolic scanning of Earth by (tiny) Meteor |
| Russia | 7630 sc | Cachet on souvenir card | 2015 | Symbolic imaging from Galileo (GIOVE-A) |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 1977 (BL679) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 2009 | Symbolic imaging of Earth by "ResourceSat-1" |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | Symbolic scanning of Earth by "SBIRS-Geo"-2 |
| Tonga | 786a (Mi1184) | One of strip of 3 (786 (a-c)) (Mi1184-1186) | 1991 | Symbolic imaging of tropical cyclone by TIROS |
| Tonga | 786a specimen | One of strip of 3 (786 specimen (a-c)) | ||
| Tonga | 786a color-proof | Chromalin proof | ||
| Tonga | 786a mono-proof | Monochrome proof (black) | ||
| United Arab Emirates | 1192 (BL100, Mi1248-1250) | On one stamp and in (central) margin of MS3 (1192 (a-c)) | 1973 | Symbolic imaging of Earth from KhalifaSat, also detail |
1Symbolic "scanning" is used when the view appears to be a swath of the Earth; symbolic "imaging" is used when the view appears to be a single snapshot of the Earth.
2Card cut from October page of Kniga International 1986 space calendar.
3Even though these full-disk images appear to be true-color, the instruments on Meteosat and GOES can only provide false-color images.
4Early (1960s) Molniya communications satellites had imaging capabilities, but images from Molniya satellites are rare.
5For more information see http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/landsat/news/earthscapes-stamps.html
6This full-disk true-color image of unknown source, found on many websites as well as on the dust jacket of the New Concise World Atlas, Oxford University Press, 4th edition from 2013, appears to be from a geo-stationary satellite, but may be a composited and enhanced image.
7The Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP) on Skylab took a comprehensive and systematic image survey of the Earth from space, taking some 36,000 photos from 1973 to 1974. Imaging was done by several cameras, the main one with six spectral bands.
14MKF-6 or 6M (Mehr-Kanal Fotografie) was an East German multi-spectral camera with 6 lenses designed to photograph Earth's surface from space. It was used for the first time in 1976 on Soyuz-22. It was also used on Salyut-6, Salyut-7 and Mir.
15MKS-M (Mehr-Kanal Spektrometer) was an East German multi-channel spectrometer. It had two separate components: the biospectrometer measured solar radiation reflected by Earth's surface, and the atmospheric spectrometer measured radiation scattered by air molecules and aerosols. Prototypes were tested on Interkosmos-20 (1979 launch) and Interkosmos-21 (1981 launch). The updated version was used on Salyut-7 and Mir.
Below is a list of Remote sensing of the Earth-atmosphere system from space (Images, instruments, and techniques) on satellite launch and event covers.
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Images of cloud systems | ||||
| United States | 1965-01-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on TIROS-9 launch cover | early visible image of clouds |
| Austria | 1965-04-01 | Gmond, Niederosterreich 1 | (Blue printed) cachet on TIROS-1 anniversary postcard | photo of the Mediterranean area |
| United States | 1966-08-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on Lunar Orbiter-1 launch cover | Earthrise image (the first Earthrise image ever!); also enhancement1 and enhancement2 |
| United States | 1972-10-15 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Solar Covers no.52) cachet on NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 insert from launch cover, also front | Satellite photo of "tropical storm" (in this case a hurricane) over the western Atlantic |
| United States | 1974-08-14 | Cape Canaveral FL | (MoF no.18) cachet on Explorer-6 anniversary cover, also insert and insert back | "First televised image of Earth from a satellite - August 14, 1959" (in cachet text); "Seven days after launch, Explorer-6 gave man his first crude view of the Earth from a satellite. From an altitude of 19,000 miles, a photo cell on the spinning Explorer scanned a 20,000-square-mile crescent of the north-central Pacific Ocean" (in insert front text). |
| United States | 1983-04-05 | Houston TX | (NASA photo) cachet on STS-6 launch and TDRS-1 deployment cover | NASA photo from Space Shuttle |
| French Guiana | 1985-05-07 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on Telecom-1B launch cover | Green monochrome full-disk image |
| French Guiana | 1988-07-21 | Kourou | (Aérospatiale Philatélie) cachet on Insat-1C and Eutelsat-1-F5 launch cover | Full-disk true-color image |
| United States | 1989-05-05 | Houston TX | (NASA photo) cachet on STS-30R and Magellan deployment cover | (possible) image of thunderstorm tops as part of the MLE3 experiment conducted by this mission |
| French Guiana | 1991-04-04 | Kourou | (MBB-ERNO Philatelie) cachet on Anik-E2 launch cover | Full-disk true-color2 image |
| China (People's Republic) | 1994-04-02 | Mian Ning, Sichuan | (Multi-color printed and black and red rubber-stamp) cachets on FY-2A accident/explosion cover | Full-disk true-color image based on this image from GOES-1, taken in 1979 when it was temporarily at 58 deg E, over the Indian Ocean, as part of GARP; see all items with this image |
| United States | 1994-04-13 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Systems/Loral) cachet on GOES-8 launch cover | Full-disk images from SMS-1/2 and GOES-1/2/3 |
| United States | 1995-06-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on STS-71 cover, also insert | Full-disk true-color image |
| United States | 1997-10-15 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Hobby Link) cachet on Cassini-Huygens launch cover | Full-disk true-color image taken by Galileo spacecraft on 11 Dec 1990; see all items with this image |
| United States | 1997-10-15 2017-09-15 | Kennedy Space Center FL Pasadena CA | (Black printed) cachet on Cassini-Huygens launch and event cover | (Black monochrome) Full-disk true-color image taken by Galileo spacecraft on 11 Dec 1990; see all items with this image |
| United States | 1999-06-04 | Nassau Bay Branch, Houston TX | (NASA photo) cachet on STS-96 event cover | SPAS-1 photo of STS-7/Challenger with Earth in the background |
| French Guiana | 2001-07-12 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on BSat-2b and ARTEMIS launch cover, also detail | Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982; see all items with this image |
| French Guiana | 2002-08-28 | Kourou | (ESA) cachet on Eutelsat-12-West-A (Atlantic Bird-1) launch cover | (partial) Full-disk visible image |
| French Guiana | 2003-06-11 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on Optus-C1 and BSat-2c launch cover | Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982; see all items with this image |
| Russia | 2003-12-10 | Polevaya | (Blue and black printed) cachet on Kosmos-2402/2403/2404 (GLONASS-83/84/M2) cover | True-color image |
| China (People's Republic) | 2004-10-19 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FY-2C launch cover | Full-disk true-color2 image |
| China (People's Republic) | 2004-10-19 | ? (pictorial cancel) | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on FY-2C launch cover | deep low pressure system in the Southern Hemisphere (clockwise rotation) seen from low-Earth orbit (not from FY-2C) |
| China (People's Republic) | 2004-10-19 | ? (text cancel) | (Multi-color printed) cachet (same) on FY-2C launch cover | deep low pressure system in the Southern Hemisphere (clockwise rotation) seen from low-Earth orbit (not from FY-2C) |
| French Guiana | 2006-10-13 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on Optus-D1 and DirecTV-9S and LDREX-2 launch cover | Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982; see all items with this image |
| China (People's Republic) | 2007-10-24 | ? | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on Chang'e-1 launch cover | Full-disk true-color image |
| United States | 2007-11-13 | GSFC, Greenbelt MD | (Black nd blue printed) cachet on SELENE / Kaguya event cover | (actual) Earthrise as seen from Moon orbit |
| United States | 2007-11-13 | GSFC, Greenbelt MD | (Black and blue printed) cachet (different) on SELENE / Kaguya event cover | (actual) Earthset (not Earthrise) as seen from Moon orbit |
| United States | 2008-04-05 | Pasadena CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on SELENE / Kaguya event cover | (actual) "Earthrise by HDTV" |
| United States | 2009-02-06 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Mission 57) back of NOAA-19 launch cover, also front | False-color infrared image with tropical and subtropical convection (in the warm colors) |
| United States | 2009-03-24 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission 57) cachet on GPS-2RM-7 launch cover | Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico); see all items with this image |
| United States | 2009-06-27 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission 57) cachet on GOES-14 launch cover, also back | color-enhanced infrared image, and (partial) Full-disk true-color2 image |
| United States | 2010-03-04 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission 57) cachet on GOES-15 launch cover, also back | (partial) Full-disk true-color2 image; also separate image of hurricane |
| French Guiana | 2011-05-20 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on Insat-4G (GSat-8) and ST-2 launch cover | visible image from Envisat in 2008 of a nearly cloud-free France; the long thin white cloud across France is cirrus associated with the jet stream. |
| United States | 2011-10-24 | Sagamore MA | (Coverscape) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | 65th anniv. launch of V-2 upper atmospheric and photographic mission; carried a motion picture camera that photographed Earth for the first time from a high altitude (around 100 km) [not a satellite image] |
| French Guiana | 2011-12-16 | Kourou | (Historiaphil) cachet on Pleiades-1A launch cover, also detail | Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982; see all items with this image |
| China (People's Republic) | 2012-01-13 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FY-2F launch cover | lower clouds (water droplets) in bluish tones, higher clouds (ice crystals) in magenta tones, neither in greenish tones. |
| United States | 2019-07-23 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on LightSail-2 event cover | (partial) full-disk true-color visble image |
| United States | 2022-09-26 | Houston TX | (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on DART event cover, also insert1 and insert2 | "space-based observations" (true-color image) |
| United States | 1999-08-17 | Pasadena CA | (JPL Mission Control) cachet on Cassini-Huygens event cover | Full-disk true-color image taken by Galileo spacecraft on 11 Dec 1990; see all items with this image |
| Blue Marble (2001) (MODIS full-disk composite true-color image of the Earth) | ||||
| United States | 2012-05-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (R. Carter) cachet on Dragon-C2 launch cover | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| United States | 2017-04-22 | Pasadena CA | (JPL printed) cachet on Cassini-Huygens event cover | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| United States | 2018-03-24 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on SES-12 pre-launch cover, also detail | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| United States | 2018-06-04 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Red Eagle) cachet on SES-12 launch cover, also detail | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| United States | 2018-06-04 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Red Eagle) cachet on SES-12 launch cover, also detail | |
| United States | 2018-06-04 | Hawthorne CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on SES-12 launch cover, also detail | |
| United States | 2018-01-31 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on SES-16 launch cover, also detail | Blue Marble (2001) Europe-Africa sector image |
| United States | 2018-01-31 | Hawthorne CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on SES-16 launch cover, also detail | |
| United States | 2021-05-18 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on RAFTI pre-launch cover | Blue Marble (2001) Atlantic sector image |
| United States | 2022-03-01 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on GOES-18 launch cover | Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image (in GOES-T mission patch) |
| United States | 2022-03-01 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lockheed Martin?) cachet on GOES-18 launch cover | |
| United States | 2022-03-01 | Patrick AFB, FL | (JM) cachet on GOES-18 launch cover | |
| United States | 2022-03-01 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Ranski) cachet on GOES-18 launch cover, also back | |
| United States | 2022-11-10 | Vandenberg SFB, CA (red cancel) | (Red Eagle) cachet on JPSS-2 (NOAA-21) launch cover, also detail | (partial) Blue Marble (2001) western-hemisphere image |
| United States | 2022-11-10 | Vandenberg SFB, CA (red cancel) | (Red Eagle) cachet (different) on JPSS-2 (NOAA-21) launch cover, also detail | |
| United States | 2022-11-10 | Honolulu HI | (Red Eagle) cachet on JPSS-2 (NOAA-21) launch cover, also detail | |
| Images of Earth's surface | ||||
| United States | 1979-06-27 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Zaso silk/IASP no.16) cachet on NOAA-6 launch cover | False-color infrared image of southeastern US and the Gulf Stream and the Gulf of Mexico loop current |
| French Guiana | 2011-04-22 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on New Dawn and YahSat-1 launch cover | "Satellite view of Earth - 2007 Greek fires (from Envisat)" |
| French Guiana | 2011-08-06 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on BSat-3C and Astra-1N launch cover | Image of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico taken by "Satellite [EOS] Aqua" |
| French Guiana | 2011-09-21 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on Arabsat-5C and SES-2 launch cover, also back | Image of Nile delta from EOS-Terra |
| French Guiana | 2012-05-15 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on JCSat-13 and Vinasat-2 launch cover | "Éruption de l'Etna, 2002, satellite [EOS] Terra" |
| French Guiana | 2012-07-05 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on MSG-3 and EchoStar-17 launch cover | Cleveland volcano (2006) from the ISS |
| United States | 2012-07-23 | Sagamore Beach MA | (Coverscape) cachet on Landsat-7 anniversary cover | Manicouagan (incorrectly spelled "Manicougan") crater (Québec) |
| French Guiana | 2013-07-25 | Kourou | (Historiaphil) cachet on Inmarsat-4A-F4 / Alphasat and Insat-3D launch cover | nighttime visible image of western Europe (showing city lights) |
| Remote-sensing instruments | ||||
| United States | 1960-11-23 | Port Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on TIROS-2 launch cover | "two television cameras and infra-red sensors" |
| United States | 1960-11-23 | Port Canaveral FL | (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on TIROS-2 launch cover | "TV camera" |
| Austria | 1965-04-01 | Gmond, Niederosterreich 1 | (Blue printed) cachet on TIROS-1 anniversary postcard | "2 television cameras" |
| United States | 1966-02-28 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on ESSA-2 launch cover | "automatic cameras" |
| United States | 1966-05-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on Nimbus-2 launch cover, also insert | "TV cameras" |
| United States | 1967-01-26 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Sarzin) cachet on ESSA-4 launch cover | "2 (television) cameras" |
| United States | 1967-11-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on ATS-3 launch cover | "Spin Scan Cloud Cover Camera" |
| United States | 1968-08-16 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert from ESSA-7 launch cover, also front | "contains an array of atmospheric radiation sensors to gather information for research on the Earth's heat balance" |
| United States | 1969-02-26 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on ESSA-9 launch cover, also insert1 or insert1 variation (slightly different line lengths) and insert2 and insert2 back | "two (television) camera system"; "Two identical 1-inch Advanced Vidicon Camera System (AVCS, incorrectly given as AVCA) cameras" and "radiometer systems" (in insert2 back text) |
| United States | 1969-02-26 | Patrick AFB, FL (hand cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on ESSA-9 launch cover, also insert1 or insert1 variation (slightly different line lengths) and insert2 and insert2 back | |
| United States | 1969-02-26 | Patrick AFB, FL (machine cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on ESSA-9 launch cover, also insert1 or insert1 variation (slightly different line lengths) and insert2 and insert2 back | |
| United States | 1969-02-26 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on ESSA-9 launch cover, also insert1 or insert1 variation (slightly different line lengths) and insert2 and insert2 back | |
| United States | 1969-02-26 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on ESSA-9 launch cover, also insert1 or insert1 variation (slightly different line lengths) and insert2 and insert2 back | |
| United States | 1969-02-26 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on ESSA-9 launch cover | "two cloud-seeing camera systems" |
| United States | 1970-12-11 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Space Voyage) insert from NOAA-1 and CEP-1 launch cover, also front | "Two Advanced Videocon Camera Systems (AVCS)" and "Two Scanning Radiometers"; also, the radiometers "provide night weather observation" (on cover front) |
| United States | 1970-12-11 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Solar Covers no.7) insert from NOAA-1 and CEP-1 launch cover, also front | "contains four camera systems". They include "two for global picture coverage ... [the] Advanced Vidicon Camera Systems (AVCS)" |
| United States | 1971-10-21 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on ITOS-B [failed] launch cover | several instruments (in text) |
| United States | 1971-10-21 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Space Voyage) insert from ITOS-B [failed] launch cover, also front | "The satellite would have carried four television cameras to photograph clouds during daylight hours, [and] two scanning radiometers providing nighttime and daylight pictures" and "a flat plate radiometer to measure the heat absorbed by the Earth and radiated back into the atmosphere" |
| United States | 1971-10-21 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Solar Covers no.25) insert from ITOS-B [failed] launch cover, also front | "The instrumentation of the ITOS includes scanning radiometer systems designed to provide data in both visible and infrared channels". "The scanning radiometer also was to measure surface temperatures in cloud-free areas". |
| United States | 1972-10-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 launch cover | "heat sensing infrared instruments" |
| United States | 1972-10-15 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Polar Covers) cachet on NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 launch cover, also back and insert and insert back | Very High Resolution Radiometer (VHRR), Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer (VTPR), Scanning Radiometer |
| United States | 1972-10-15 | Lompoc CA | (Polar Covers) cachet on NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 launch cover, also back and insert and insert back | |
| United States | 1972-10-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.38) insert from NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 launch (airmail) cover, also front | "scanning radiometer" and "sensor to obtain vertical temperature profile soundings" |
| United States | 1972-10-15 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Solar Covers no.52) cachet on NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 insert from launch cover, also front | "The primary sensors carried by ITOS-D are: 1. Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer; 2. Very High Resolution Radiometer; 3. Scanning Radiometer" |
| Australia | 1972-12-12 | Woomera SA | (WRE) cachet on Nimbus-5 launch cover | several instruments (in text) |
| United States | 1973-05-14 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on Skylab-16 launch cover | "To evaluate systems and techniques for Earth resources data" (refers to the Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7) |
| United States | 1973-06-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on Skylab-26 event cover | "Earth survey photos of 31 states and 9 nations completed" (accomplished using the Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7) |
| United States | 1973-07-16 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on ITOS-E [failed] launch cover | remote sensing instruments (Scanning Radiometer (SR), Very High Resolution Radiometer (VHRR), Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer (VTPR)) |
| United States | 1973-08-04 | Houston TX | (Purple printed) cachet on Skylab-36 event cover | Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "EREP 2" |
| United States | 1973-08-05 | Houston TX | (Black printed) cachet on Skylab-36 event cover | "EREP-3 and -4"7 |
| United States | 1973-09-02 | Houston TX | (Green printed) cachet on Skylab-36 event cover | Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "EREP 11" |
| United States | 1973-11-06 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on NOAA-3 launch cover | remote sensing instruments (Scanning Radiometer (SR), Very High Resolution Radiometer (VHRR), Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer (VTPR)) |
| United States | 1973-11-23 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on Skylab-46 event cover | "Repair Earth resource antenna" (refers to the Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7) |
| United States | 1975-06-12 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on Nimbus-6 launch cover | Various remote sensing instruments |
| United States | 1975-11-19 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS) cachet on Explorer-55 (AE-E) launch cover | Backscatter UltraViolet (BUV) sensor |
| United States | 1976-07-29 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on NOAA-5 launch cover | remote sensing instruments (Scanning Radiometer (SR), Very High Resolution Radiometer (VHRR), Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer (VTPR)) |
| United States | 1978-04-18 | GSFC, MD | (GSFC Project Manager) cachet on Landsat-3 event cover | (possible) Landsat-3 instruments declared operational after their testing period: MultiSpectral Scanner (MSS), Return Beam Vidicon (RBV) |
| United States | 1978-10-13 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (RCA) cachet on TIROS-N launch cover | several satellite instruments |
| United States | 1978-10-13 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Association philatélique du CNES) cachet on TIROS-N launch cover, also back | several satellite instruments (on back) |
| United States | 1981-05-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on GOES-5 launch cover | "Visible Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometric Atmospheric Sounder" (VISSR/VAS) |
| United States | 1981-05-22 | Greenbelt MD | (Space Voyage) cachet on GOES-5 launch cover | |
| United States | 1981-05-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on GOES-5 launch cover | |
| United States | 1993-04-08 | Titusville FL | (Titusville-Moonport Stamp Club) insert from STS-56 and SPARTAN-201-F1 deployment cover, also cover front | "Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra Violet (SSBOV) experiment" (mis-spelled from "SSBUV") |
| United States | 1993-04-09 | Nassau Bay Branch, Houston TX | (Multi-color printed) cachet on STS-56 and SPARTAN-201-F1 deployment cover | "Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra Violet" (SSBUV) "experiment" |
| United States | 1997-08-01 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Black printed) cachet on SeaWiFS/SeaStar / OrbView-2 launch cover | Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) |
| United States | 1999-12-18 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (JPL Stamp Club) cachet on EOS-Terra launch cover | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection (ASTER), Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT), Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) |
| United States | 1999-12-18 | Pasadena CA | (JPL Stamp Club) cachet on EOS-Terra launch cover | |
| United States | 2004-07-15 | Pasadena CA | (JPL Stamp Club) cachet on EOS-Aura launch cover | Tropospheric Emissions Spectrometer (TES), Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) |
| United States | 2006-04-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on CloudSat and CALIPSO launch cover | "imaging infrared radiometer" and "cloud profiling radar" and "lidar" |
| United States | 2007-09-18 | Colorado Springs CO, Peterson AFB | (Multi-color printed) cachet on ZY-1-02B launch cover | "three primary imaging cameras" |
| United States | 2009-06-27 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Mission 57) back of GOES-14 launch cover, also front | "GOES Imager"; "GOES Sounder" |
| United States | 2011-10-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Mission 57) back of S-NPP launch cover, also front | various instruments including microwave sounders, radiometers, an IR sounder and an ozone profiler |
| United States | 2013-02-11 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Mission 57) back of Landsat-8 launch cover, also front | "The Operational Land Imager was built ...[to capture] images of the global landmass at a spatial resolution of 15 m in full color and 30 m in the visible, near infrared and short wave infrared spectra"; also "The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) was built ... to measure land surface temperatures". |
| United States | 2018-10-26 | GSFC, Greenbelt MD | (Red Eagle) cachet on EOS-Aqua event cover | "the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS" |
| Symbolic scanning or imaging1 | ||||
| United States | 1961-01-31 | Lompoc CA | (Black printed) cachet on SAMOS-2 launch cover | symbolic imaging |
| United States | 1962-06-19 | Patrick AFB, FL | (SpaceCraft) insert from TIROS-5 launch cover, also front | symbolic imaging |
| United States | 1962-06-19 | Patrick AFB, FL | (SpaceCraft) insert from TIROS-5 launch cover, also front (with signature) | |
| United States | 1962-09-18 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Zaso printed) cachet on TIROS-6 launch cover | symbolic imaging |
| United States | 1965-01-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert or corrected insert (text updated from original) or corrected insert (updated, with slightly different line lengths) from TIROS-9 launch cover, also front | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1965-01-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert or corrected insert (text updated from original) or corrected insert (slightly different line lengths from TIROS-9 launch cover, also front | |
| United States | 1965-01-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert or corrected insert (text updated from original) or corrected insert (slightly different line lengths from TIROS-9 launch cover, also front (missing '9' error) | |
| United States | 1965-01-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert or corrected insert (text updated from original) or corrected insert (slightly different line lengths from TIROS-9 launch cover, also front | |
| United States | 1965-07-02 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on TIROS-10 launch cover, also insert or insert variation (slightly different line lengths) | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1965-07-02 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet (and signature) on TIROS-10 launch cover, also insert or insert variation (slightly different line lengths) | |
| United States | 1965-07-02 | Patrick AFB, FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on TIROS-10 launch cover, also insert or insert variation (slightly different line lengths) | |
| United States | 1966-02-03 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert or insert variation (slightly different line lengths) from ESSA-1 launch cover, also front | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1966-02-03 | Patrick AFB, FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert or insert variation (slightly different line lengths) from ESSA-1 launch cover, also front | |
| United States | 1966-05-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on Nimbus-2 launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1967-11-10 | Lompoc CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on ESSA-6 launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1968-08-10 | Patrick AFB, FL (hand cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert and insert variation (slightly different line lengths) from ATS-4 launch cover, also front | symbolic imaging |
| United States | 1968-08-10 | Patrick AFB, FL (machine cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert and insert variation (slightly different line lengths) from ATS-4 launch cover, also front | |
| United States | 1968-08-10 | Patrick AFB, FL (machine cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert and insert variation (slightly different line lengths) from ATS-4 launch cover, also front (with signature) | |
| United States | 1968-08-11 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert and insert variation (slightly different line lengths) from ATS-4 launch cover, also front | |
| United States | 1969-02-26 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on ESSA-9 launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1969-04-14 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on Nimbus-3 and SECOR-13 launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1970-01-23 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.2) cachet on TIROS-M launch (airmail) cover, also back, also insert | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1970-04-08 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on Nimbus-4 and Topo-1 launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1970-09-01 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (Orbit Covers) cachet on Canyon-3 launch cover | "scanning device", symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1970-09-01 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (Orbit Covers) cachet on Canyon-3 launch cover | |
| United States | 1970-11-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.19) cachet on DSP-1 launch (airmail) cover | symbolic imaging |
| United States | 1970-11-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Riser/Andromeda Cover no.19) cachet (and signature) on DSP-1 launch (airmail) cover | |
| United States | 1972-07-23 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.27) cachet on Landsat-1 launch (airmail) cover, also insert | symbolic imaging |
| United States | 1972-10-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.38) cachet on NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 launch (airmail) cover, also insert | symbolic scanning (in cachet and insert) |
| United States | 1972-10-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) insert from NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 launch cover, also front | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1972-10-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) insert from NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 launch cover, also front | |
| United States | 1973-05-14 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Blue printed) cachet on Skylab-16 launch cover | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| United States | 1973-05-15 | Boulder CO | (NOAA-SEL blue rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on Skylab-16 launch cover | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| United States | 1973-06-02 | WSMR, NM | (Szostek green printed/WSMR Cover no.11) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover, also back | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| United States | 1973-06-10 | Houston TX | (Manned Spaceflight Covers) cachet on Skylab-26 event cover | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| United States | 1973-07-16 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on ITOS-E [failed] launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1973-07-16 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on ITOS-E [failed] launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1973-07-28 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) insert from Skylab-36 event cover, also cover front | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| United States | 1973-08-03 | Houston TX | (Brown printed) cachet on Skylab-36 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-3, "Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP) 1"7 |
| United States | 1973-08-11 | Houston TX | (Brown printed) cachet on Skylab-36 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-3, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "EREP 7 and 8" |
| United States | 1973-08-30 | WSMR, NM | (Szostek/WSMR Cover no.23) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 (the text "Skylab's ... weather observation system" may refer to the EREP7 or to Skylab's [space] weather observation system, the ATM4) |
| United States | 1973-08-30 | Houston TX | (Yellow-orange printed) cachet on Skylab-36 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-3, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| United States | 1973-08-31 | Houston TX | (Yellow-orange printed) cachet on Skylab-36 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-3, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| United States | 1973-09-03 | Houston TX | (Brown printed) cachet on Skylab-36 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-3, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "EREP 13" |
| United States | 1973-09-06 | Houston TX | (Brown printed) cachet on Skylab-36 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-3, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "EREP 16" |
| United States | 1973-09-13 | Houston TX | (Brown printed) cachet on Skylab-36 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-3, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "EREP 27 and 28" |
| United States | 1973-09-18 | Houston TX | (Brown printed) cachet on Skylab-36 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-3, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "EREP 37" |
| United States | 1973-09-19 | Houston TX | (Yellow-orange printed) cachet on Skylab-36 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-3, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "EREP 38 and 39" |
| United States | 1973-09-20 | Houston TX | (Yellow-orange printed) cachet on Skylab-36 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-3, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "EREP 40" |
| United States | 1973-09-25 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on Skylab-36 landing cover | gathered "16,800 Earth photos" (as part of the Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7) |
| United States | 1973-11-06 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on NOAA-3 launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1973-11-16 | USPS | (NOAA-SEL blue rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on Skylab-46 launch cover | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab-4, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| United States | 1973-11-26 | Houston TX | (Yellow and blue printed) cachet on Skylab-46 event cover | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab-4, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| United States | 1974-01-11 | Houston TX | (Green printed) cachet on Skylab-46 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-4, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "EREP 23" |
| United States | 1974-01-27 | Houston TX | (Green printed) cachet on Skylab-46 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-4, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "EREP 33 and 34" |
| United States | 1974-01-28 | Houston TX | (Green printed) cachet on Skylab-46 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-4, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "EREP 35" |
| United States | 1974-01-29 | Houston TX | (Brown printed) cachet on Skylab-46 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-4, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "EREP 36" |
| United States | 1974-01-31 | Houston TX | (Brown printed) cachet on Skylab-46 event cover | Symbolic scanning of Earth from Skylab-4, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7; "Day off, EREP 38" |
| Germany (West) | 1974-02-03 | Berlin | (Black printed) cachet on Skylab-46 event cover | Symbolic imaging of Earth from Skylab-4, Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP)7 |
| United States | 1975-01-22 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on Landsat-2 launch cover | symbolic imaging |
| United States | 1975-07-22 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Whitney orange circular) cachet on ASTP event cover | Symbolic imaging: "To study Earth's surface features" and "observe Gobi Desert dune formation" |
| United States | 1976-07-29 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on NOAA-5 launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| Spain | 1978-03-05 | Madrid | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on Landsat-3 and OSCAR-8 and PIX-1 launch cover | symbolic imaging |
| United States | 1978-06-16 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on GOES-3 launch cover | symbolic imaging |
| French Guiana | 1986-02-21 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on (Swedish) Viking launch cover | symbolic imaging |
| Romania | 1990-04-01 | Botosani | (Pictorial) cancel and (green and brown and blue printed) cachet on TIROS-1 anniversary cover | symbolic imaging |
| French Guiana | 1992-07-09 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatelie) cachet on Insat-2A launch cover | symbolic imaging |
| United States | 1993-04-09 | Nassau Bay Branch, Houston TX | (Multi-color printed) cachet on STS-56 and SPARTAN-201-F1 deployment cover | symbolic scanning by Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) experiment |
| French Guiana | 1993-05-11 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on Astra-1C and OSCAR-24 launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1999-04-15 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Mission patch) cachet on Landsat-7 launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1999-12-18 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (JPL Stamp Club) cachet on EOS-Terra launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 1999-12-18 | Pasadena CA | (JPL Stamp Club) cachet on EOS-Terra launch cover | |
| United States | 2004-07-15 | Pasadena CA | (JPL Stamp Club) cachet on EOS-Aura launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 2004-07-15 | Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on EOS-Aura launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| China (People's Republic) | 2004-10-19 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FY-2C launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| China (People's Republic) | 2007-09-19 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on ZY-1-02B launch cover | symbolic imaging |
| China (People's Republic) | 2008-12-23 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FY-2E launch cover | symbolic scanning |
| United States | 2016-01-17 | Hawthorne CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on Jason-3 launch cover | symbolic scanning |
1Symbolic "scanning" is used when the view appears to be a swath of the Earth; symbolic "imaging" is used when the view appears to be a single snapshot of the Earth.
2Even though these full-disk images appear to be true-color, the instruments on Meteosat and GOES can only provide false-color images.
3The Mesoscale Lightning Experiment (MLE) was designed to obtain nighttime images of lightning in an attempt to better understand the effects of lightning discharges on each other, on nearby storm systems, on storm microbursts and wind patterns, and other interrelationships over an extremely large geographical area. The MLE employed payload bay color video cameras and a 35 mm handheld still picture camera to observe lightning discharges at night from active storms.
4The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) was a solar observatory aboard the Skylab space station that was a product of the late 1960s Apollo Applications Program (hence "Apollo" in the name). It was manually operated by the Skylab astronauts. There were 8 major solar-observing instruments on the mount which together could observe the Sun in wavelengths from 2 to 7000 Å (angstroms), corresponding to soft X-ray, ultraviolet, and visible light wavelengths. Those instruments were two X-ray telescopes, two hydrogen alpha telescopes, an extreme UV spectroheliograph, a UV spectroheliometer, a UV spectrograph and a visible light coronagraph.
6The four Skylab missions are identified on the Skylab-mission Earth imagery page.
7The Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP) on Skylab took a comprehensive and systematic image survey of the Earth from space, taking some 36,000 photos from 1973 to 1974. Imaging was done by several cameras, the main one with six spectral bands.
The table below is a summary and cross-reference of images of Earth (for which two or more items are found in the stamp and launch tables above)
| Image of Earth | Postal items |
|---|---|
| Summary and cross-reference of images of Earth | |
| Composite full-disk true-color image, based on GOES-8 from 9 Sep 1997 (including Hurricane Linda just off the SW coast of Mexico) |
Chad Unknown a 2013 Chad Unknown ss 2013 China (People's Republic) Postcard 2003 Colombia 1250 (and derivatives) Colombia 1567 (and derivatives) Congo (Democratic Republic, Kinshasa) Unknown ss (flipped horizontally) Cook Islands KM1648 2012 Dominican Republic 1586b France Lettre-verte 2015 Gabon Unknown d 2018 Honduras C1262 Honduras C1263 Mali Unknown ms 2015 [known illegal issue] Mozambique Unknown stamp 2019 Niger Unknown ss 2015 St. Thomas and Price Islands Unknown ms 2015 Transnistria/PMR (Moldova) Unknown ss fdc 2021 Spain Envelope 2013 United States 2009-03-24 (GPS-2RM-7 launch cover) United States cover 2012 |
| Visible image of Hurricane Elena, from Space Shuttle Discovery on 1 Sep 1985 |
China (People's Republic) None (cover) 2011 United States None (cover) 1985 |
| GOES-7 full-disk false-color image from 25 Aug 1992 (including Hurricane Andrew in the Gulf of Mexico) |
Benin Unknown ms 2003 French Polynesia 878 (and derivatives) Grenada 3604 Osetia (North) Local_a 1997 (and derivatives) |
| GOES-8 full-disk quasi-true-color image from 2 Sep 1994 |
United States 2279 fdc2 (cachet) United States 2279 fdc3 (cachet) United States 4740 fdc (cachet) |
| Full-disk true-color image based on this image from GOES-1, taken in 1979 when it was temporarily at 58 deg E, over the Indian Ocean, as part of GARP |
Bahrain 406 China (People's Republic) 1994-04-02 (FY-2A accident/explosion cover) |
| Full-disk true-color image taken by Galileo spacecraft on 11 Dec 1990 |
Ukraine 697 (rotated 90 deg) United States 1413a fdc United States 1997-10-15 (Cassini-Huygens launch cover) United States 1997-10-15 / 2017-09-15 (Cassini-Huygens launch and event cover) United States 1999-08-17 (Cassini-Huygens event cover) |
| Full-disk quasi-true-color image taken by Meteosat-2 in 1982 |
Antigua and Barbuda 2360a-b Burundi BL499A Comoro Islands 768 (and derivatives) France 1903 maxi Guinea Republic 1189a Guinea Republic Unknown ss 2009 Malagasy Republic Unknown ss 2009 St. Thomas and Prince Islands Mi4042 Somalia Unknown ss 1999 (and derivatives) Somalia Unknown ms 1999 Tunisia 1435 French Guiana 2003-06-11 (Optus-C1 and BSat-2c launch cover) French Guiana 2006-10-13 (Optus-D1 and DirecTV-9S and LDREX-2 launch cover) French Guiana 2001-07-12 (BSat-3b and ARTEMIS launch cover) French Guiana 2011-12-16 (Pleiades-1A launch cover) |
| Full-disk true-color image of unknown source (and date) |
Guinea Republic BL1963 (and derivatives) Madagascar Unknown ss 2019 United States C76 fdc |
The table below is a chronological list with details of (un-manned satellite) Blue Marble imagery found in the tables above.
| Blue Marble image | Year | Image details/explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Details of (un-manned satellite) Blue Marble imagery Referenced in the Tables Above | |||
| Blue Marble (1972) | 1972 | The first such image, Blue Marble (1972), is a photograph from the Apollo-17 mission and its philatelic items are found in the Apollo-mission Earth imagery page. | |
| Blue Marble (2001) | 2001 | NASA created a Blue Marble (2001) image from a composite of numerous EOS MODIS images from 2001 and 2002. It covers the whole globe while the original Blue Marble (1972) image covers only the region of Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Antarctic. The western and eastern hemispheres are the most commonly-depicted BM2001 areas. However, a Europe-Africa sector, an Atlantic sector, an Australia sector, and an Antarctic sector have also been found on postal items. | |
| Blue Marble (2012) | 2012 | NASA created a Blue Marble (2012) image from a composite of numerous S-NPP VIIRS images from 2012. The image, which is centered over North America, is a quasi-full-disk image. The Blue Marble (2012) image does not have the same field of view as a full-disk image from a geostationary weather satellite because of the lower-than-geostationary orbit of the S-NPP satellite. Compared to such a full-disk image, the Blue Marble (2012) image emphasizes the features in the central part of the disk at the expense of those in the outer parts of the disk (e.g. the high latitudes and polar regions are seen poorly or not at all). | |
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