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Below is a checklist of Other storm-related items 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.
Philatelic items that refer to specific types of storms are found in their own dedicated pages. Items of a more general nature that don't naturally fit into any of those pages are included here. They often feature the word "storm" (or synonyms in English or other languages) with undefined storm types, or in contexts not directly related to the weather (e.g. metaphorical or poetic usages). They may also include storm depictions that are ambiguous (e.g. in some works of art).
| Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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Below is a list of Other storm-related postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other storm-related | ||||
| Ajman | Mi604 | One of MS16 (Mi593-608) | 1970 | "Moon - Sea of Storms" (but the correct name is Oceanus Procellarum, the Ocean of Storms) |
| Ajman | Mi604_ds/BL209 | On stamp of SS1 (Mi604) | ||
| Andorra (French Admin.) | 422 (Mi?) | 1992 | Tempest in a Teacup (in Catalan), sculpture by Dennis Oppenheim | |
| Andorra (French Admin.) | 422 fdc | Stamp and (text) cancel on (airmail) FDC | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 3321 (BL?) | Imperforate SS1 | 2016 | The Tempest, painting by Giorgione, (c. 1508) |
| Austria | None | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover, also detail | 1968 | "Balloon flight failed due to storms" (in German text) |
| Canada | 2567h (Mi?) | From MS9 (2567 (a-i)) | 2012 | The 1950 Grey Cup game took place in Toronto. Heavy snow fell the day before the game but was followed by warm weather and heavy rain on game day. Attempts to clear the field turned it into a muddy, water-soaked mess, and the rain continued during the game, which is known to Canadians as "The Mud Bowl". |
| Canada | 2575 (Mi?) | Self-adhesive, from booklet pane of 10 (2575a (10x 2575)) (BL506), with booklet front and back | ||
| Canada | 2575 fdc | Self-adhesive stamp and (grey printed) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Canada | 2575 card | Postal card, also back | ||
| Canada | 2567i (Mi?) | From MS9 (2567 (a-i)) | 2012 | The 1977 Grey Cup game took place in Montreal shortly after a major snowstorm. The temperature plummeted before the game and attempts to melt the snow and remove it turned the playing field into a sheet of ice. The game is known to Canadians as "The Ice Bowl". |
| Canada | 2576 (Mi?) | From booklet pane of 10 (2576a (10x 2576)) (BK507), with booklet front and back | ||
| Canada | 2576 fdc | Self-adhesive stamp and (grey and red and blue printed) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Egypt | None | Postcard back, also front | 1936 | "Before the storm and rains" (probably refers to the arrival of the monsoon into northeastern India) |
| Germany | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2012 | "50th anniv. of the storm surge disaster on the German North Sea coast. On 16-17 February 1962, the storm surge caused catastrophic flooding on the German North Sea coast and the lower reaches of the Elbe, Weser and Ems rivers" (in German text) |
| Great Britain | 1965 (Mi1926) | 2001 | "Stormy"1 | |
| Great Britain | 1965 card | (Royal Mail) PHQ card back, also front | ||
| Great Britain | 1965 fdc1 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Benham) cachet on FDC, also back | "Stormy weather", "Stormy" | |
| Great Britain | 1965 fdc2 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Benham) cachet (and signature) on FDC, also back and insert | ||
| Great Britain | 1965 fdc3 | Stamp and (Luxury) cachet on FDC | "Stormy", "Storms" | |
| Great Britain | 1966a (BL10, Mi1924-1927) | MS4 (1963-1966) | "Stormy" | |
| Great Britain | 1966a card | (Royal Mail) PHQ card back, also front | ||
| Great Britain | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 2010 | "Delayed by storm" |
| Grenada Grenadines | 858 (Mi?) | 1986 | Abstract storm: The Flying Carriage, painting by Marc Chagall, 1913 | |
| Grenada Grenadines | 858 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Grenada Grenadines | 861 (Mi?) | Abstract storm: Rain, painting by Marc Chagall, 1913 | ||
| Grenada Grenadines | 861 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Unknown (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 1995 | Horse Frightened by Storm (in Portuguese), painting by Eugčne Delacroix, 1824 |
| Hungary | 2231 (Mi?) | 1973 | "Vihar a nagy Hortobágyon" (Storm on the Great Hungarian Plain), 1903 painting by Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry | |
| Ireland | None | Postcard back, also front | 1986 | "Great Storm, February 27th, 1903" |
| Lundy Island (Great Britain) | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back | 1962 | "Delayed by storm" |
| Lundy Island (Great Britain) | None | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1969 | "Delayed by storm" |
| Lundy Island (Great Britain) | None | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back | 1972 | "Delayed by storm" |
| Lundy Island (Great Britain) | None | (Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1973? | "Delayed by storm" |
| Lundy Island (Great Britain) | None | (Red text) meter on cover, also back | 1975 | "Delayed by storm" |
| Lundy Island (Great Britain) | None | (Red text) meter on cover | 1977 | "Delayed by storm" |
| Lundy Island (Great Britain) | None | (Red text) meter on cover | 1980 | "Delayed by storm" |
| Lundy Island (Great Britain) | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1993 | "Delayed by storm" |
| Lundy Island (Great Britain) | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1994 | "Delayed by storm" |
| Lundy Island (Great Britain) | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1998 | "Delayed by storm" |
| Lundy Island (Great Britain) | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 2011 | "Delayed by storm" |
| Lundy Island (Great Britain) | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 2017 | "Delayed by storm" |
| Netherlands | None | Postal card | 1925 | (Borculo) "Storm disaster, 10 August 1925" (in Dutch text) |
| Netherlands | None | (Red pictorial) meter and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also insert | 1985 | (60th anniv.) "Borculo storm disaster: 10.8.1925 ... At 7 that Monday evening it became very dark and violent winds arose, like those of a hurricane ... The severe storm left a trail of destruction in the Achterhoek region. The rustic town of Borculo was the hardest hit: three people died, 50 were injured and 2000 were left homeless" (in Dutch text) |
| Paraguay | 1524b (Mi2500) | One of strip of 7 (1524 (a-g)) (Mi2499-2505), or five of MS35 (1524h (5x (1524 (a-g)))) | 1973 | Apollo-12 astronaut in the Ocean of Storms ("Océano de las Tormentas") |
| Russia (USSR) | 3500 (Mi3525) | 1968 | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 5235 (Mi?) | From MS21 (5235a (21x 5235) + 4 labels) | 1984 | The Approaching Storm, painting by Georges Morland, 1791 |
| Russia (USSR) | 5235 fdc | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 5235 maxi1 | Maxicard | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 5235 maxi2 | Maxicard (different) | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 5467 (Mi?) | From MS8 (5467a (8x 5467)) | 1986 | "View of the Kremlin in Inclement Weather" (in Cyrillic text), painting by A.K. Savrasov, 1851 |
| St. Pierre and Miquelon | 896 (Mi1053) | 2009 | "Marée de cabane" (refers to bad weather or a storm that keeps fishermen away from the water and in the safety of their "cabanes", so it is a weather-imposed fishermen's day off) | |
| Spain | B195 (BL43) | On stamp of SS1 | 1992 | Stormy sky above 16th-Century Seville, painting Vista de Sevilla, ca 1580, attributed to Alonso Sánchez Coello |
| Sweden | 1049 (Mi852) | 1974 | Figure in a Storm, sculpture by Bror Marklund | |
| Sweden | 1049-1050 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC, also insert | ||
| United Nations | 31 card (Mi? card) | (post) card, also back | 1957 | "Swans before the Storm" |
| United Nations | 32 card (Mi? card) | (post) card, also back | "After a Storm" | |
| United Nations | 1343b (Mi1927-1928) | MS10 (5x (1343a (1342-1343))) | 2024 | Surveyor-1 "landed on the Moon on 2 June 1966, in the Ocean of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum)" |
| United Nations (Vienna) | 747b (Mi1223-1224) | MS10 (5x (727a (726-727))) | 2024 | "On December 20, 2020, the [Chang'e-5] lander touched down on the lunar surface in the Mons Rümker region of the Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms)" (in German text) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on postal card | 1884 | "Storm Lake, Ioa" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1900 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | Postcard back, also front | 1906 | "After a storm at Block Island" RI |
| United States | None | Postcard back, also front | 1907 | The "gathering storm" |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel and (black printed) cachet (return address) on stamped envelope | 1912 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on postal card | 1913 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | C1+cancel | Stamp with pre-cancel | 1918 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel and (black printed) cachet on cover | 1918 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel and (black printed) cachet (return address) on cover | 1920 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover, also back with second cachet | 1931 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | Cover (registry dispatch receipt card), also back | 1931 | "Winthrop & Storm Lake R.P.O." (Railway Post Office) |
| United States | None | Cover (registry dispatch receipt card), also back | 1932 | "Winthrop & Storm Lake R.P.O." (Railway Post Office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel and (black printed) cachet on cover, also back with second cachet | 1933 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1935 | 79th anniv. "the Felling of the Charter Oak by Storm" |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1937 | "Storms, Ohio" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel and (black typed) cachet (return address) on (airmail) cover | 1938 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Blue text) meter | 1940 | The Mortal Storm (motion picture) |
| United States | None | (Red text) meter | ||
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on cover, also back with (brown and black printed) cachet | 1943 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on postal card | 1948 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1949 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on postal card | 1951 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel (different date) on postal card | 1951 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel on postal card | 1963 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Two text) cancels and (magenta rubber-stamp) cachet (return address) on postal card | 1966 | "Storm Lake, Iowa" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on postal card | 1969 | "Storm Lake, IA" (post office) |
| United States | 1371 cover1 (Mi981 cover1) | (Sarzin metallic) cachet on cover | 1969 | "Ocean of Storms" (on the Moon) |
| United States | 1371 cover2 (Mi981 cover2) | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ||
| United States | C76 fdc (Mi990 fdc) | (Doc's Philatelic Covers/R. Nichol blue and red rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC, also back (also Apollo-12 lunar landing cover) | 1969 | "Ocean of Storms" (on the Moon) |
| United States | None | (Two text) cancels on postal card | 1973 | "Storm Lake, IA" (post office) |
| United States | None | (Text) cancel | 1996 | "Storm Lake IA" (post office) |
| United States | 4450 cover (Mi? cover) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2018 | "Stormy Weather" movie poster (from 1943) |
| United States | None | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 2018 | "winter storm warning"; 15 foot storm surges" |
| Upper Volta | C52 (Mi237) iC52 | Imperforate | 1968 | Downdraft from thunderstorm |
| Upper Volta | C52 ds | Deluxe sheet (C52) | ||
| Upper Volta | C52 proof | Signed proof | ||
| Upper Volta | C52 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Éditions So.Ge.Im. cachet) | ||
| Vatican City | Unknown ms (Mi?) | MS2 (a-b) | 2020 | Our Lady, Star of the Sea ("Stella Maris", the Virgin Mary), guide and protector of seafarers in a storm |
| Yemen Arab Republic | BL109 | On stamp of SS1 (Mi994) | 1975 | "Ocean of Storms" (on the Moon) |
| Yugoslavia | 942 (Mi?) | 1968 | Mangart Lake in a Storm, painting by Marko Pernhart | |
| Yugoslavia | 942 card (Mi? card) | Stamp on postcard with same image | 1986 | Mangart Lake in a Storm, painting by Marko Pernhart |
1The Great Britain 1963-1966 set contains many more derivative items than listed here, most of which can be found on the barometers page.
Below is a list of Other storm-related satellite launch covers.
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| Other storm-related | ||||
| United States | 1969-02-26 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on ESSA-9 launch cover | "storm-hunting weather satellites" |
| United States | 1969-11-14 | Colorado Springs CO | (R.E. Nichol cyan and magenta and black and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on Apollo-12 launch cover | "Sea of Storms" (on the Moon, in the cachet text on both cover fronts and also on the back of the first cover) |
| United States | 1969-11-17 | Colorado Springs CO | (R.E. Nichol blue and green and black and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on Apollo-12 event cover, also back | "Sea of Storms" (on the Moon, in the cachet text on both cover fronts and also on the back of the first cover) |
| United States | 1969-11-17 | Colorado Springs CO | (R.E. Nichol blue and cyan and black and red rubber-stamp) cachet on Apollo-12 event cover, also back | |
| United States | 1969-11-19 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on Apollo-12 lunar landing cover | landing on the Moon in the "Ocean of Storms" |
| United States | 1972-10-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) insert from NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 launch cover, also front | "winter storms" |
| United States | 1972-10-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) insert from NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 launch cover, also front | |
| Germany (Berlin) | 1972-12-07 | Bochum | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on Apollo-17 launch cover (green rubber-stamp main cachet) | "Due to storm damage (RADOM), no Apollo-17 tracking" |
| Germany (Berlin) | 1972-12-07 | Bochum | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on Apollo-17 launch cover (blue rubber-stamp main cachet) | "Due to storm damage (RADOM), no Apollo-17 tracking" |
| Germany (Berlin) | 1972-12-11 | Bochum | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on Apollo-17 event cover | "Due to storm damage (RADOM), no Apollo-17 tracking" |
| Germany (Berlin) | 1972-12-19 | Bochum | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on Apollo-17 event cover | "Due to storm damage (RADOM), no Apollo-17 tracking" |
| United States | 2021-06-02 | Monument Beach MA | (Coverscape) cachet on Surveyor-1 anniversary cover | "Ocean of Storms" (on the Moon) |
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