Summer weather
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Below is a checklist of Summer weather and storms 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.
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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Rain falling | Rain falling |
(Liquid-drop) Virga | |
Other rain-related | Other rain-related |
Thunderstorms and lightning | Thunderstorms and lightning |
Hail | Hail |
Dew |
Below is a list of Summer weather and storms 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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Rain falling | |||||
Ajman | Mi467A Mi467B | Imperforate | 1969 | ||
Ajman | Mi467 ds | Deluxe sheet (Mi467) | |||
Aland Islands (Finland) | 187 (Mi191) | 2001 | |||
Aland Islands (Finland) | 187 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | |||
Algeria | Unknown (Mi?) | 2018 | |||
Algeria | Unknown fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | |||
Algeria | Unknown folder | Folder | |||
Angola | 862 (Mi917) | 1993 | |||
Argentina | None | (Black printed) cachet on cover | 1970 | (design is a modified version of the designs found in NZ cover 1961 and NZ cover 1978) | |
Argentina | 2447 (Mi3144-3154) | In (lower) margin of MS11 (a-k); (the MS11 is found in this booklet and this folder) | 2007 | rain falling (detail, as one of six ocurrences) | |
Argentina | 2447a+e fdc | In (lower) margin of partial MS11 on FDC | |||
Argentina | 2447b+i-k fdc | In (lower) margin of partial MS11 on FDC | |||
Argentina | 2447c-d fdc | In (lower) margin of partial MS11 on FDC | |||
Argentina | 2447f-h fdc | In (lower) margin of partial MS11 on FDC | |||
Argentina | 2533 (BL108) | In (lower-left) margin of MS2 (2533 (a-b)) | 2009 | ||
Aruba | B37 (Mi?) | 1994 | |||
Australia | 431 fdc (Mi395 fdc) | (Sigma) cachet on FDC (GPO Melbourne VIC cancel) | 1968 | (symbolic) rain falling | |
Australia | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back | 2007 | ||
Australia | KM-unknown | $1. (silver coin) | 2015 | ||
Austria | 1359 fdc (Mi1857 fdc) | (?) cachet on FDC | 1986 | ||
Belgium | None | Postal card, also back | 1950s? | "Look good, even in the rain, with your umbrella" (in French and Dutch) | |
Benin | Unknown c (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2018 | Landscape with Rainbow, painting by Arkhip Kuindzhi (includes a rain shower over the water) | |
Benin | Unknown a-d fdc | Block of 4 stamps (from MS4) on FDC | |||
Bhutan | 869 (BL?) | On stamp of SS1 | 1989 | Sudden shower over Shin-Ohashi bridge and Atake, woodblock print (from 1857) by Hiroshige | |
Bhutan | KM69 | 300 ngultrum (silver coin) | 1994 | ||
Botswana | 39 (Mi?) | 1967 | |||
Botswana | 37-39 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | |||
Botswana | 96 (Mi96) | 1973 | "Thor the Thunderer Brings the Storm" | ||
Botswana | 96-99 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC (Lobatse cancel) | |||
Botswana | 96-99 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (Serowe cancel) | |||
Brazil | 936 (Mi1013) | 1962 | |||
Brazil | 936 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC | |||
Brazil | 936 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (different) | |||
Brazil | 936 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC card | |||
Brazil | 936 folder | FDC folder | |||
Brazil | 955 cover (Mi1031 cover) | (Cyan printed) cachet on cover | 1965 | ||
Brazil | 1948 (Mi?) | 1984 | |||
Brazil | 1975 (Mi2096) | 1985 | |||
Brazil | 1975 fdc | Stamp on FDC | |||
Brazil | 3218a (Mi?) | From MS24 (3218 (a-x)) | 2012 | Rain falling; also "rainwater harvesting" (in 3218b) | |
Brazil | 3218b (Mi?) | ||||
Brazil | 3218a+b+3218e-f fdc | Two of four stamps on FDC | |||
Brazil | 3297b (Mi4199) | One of strip of 2 (3297 (a-b)) (Mi4198-4199) | 2015 | ||
Brazil | 3297 fdc | Strip of 2 on FDC | |||
Brazil | 3328 (Mi?) | 2016 | |||
Canada | 479 fdc (Mi420 fdc) | (?) cachet on FDC | 1968 | ||
Canada | 481 (Mi422) | From MS50 (481a (50x 481)) | 1968 | ||
Canada | 481 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | |||
Canada | 481 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | |||
Canada | 481 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (Rose Craft cachet) | |||
Canada | 481 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (Cole Cover cachet) | |||
Canada | 481 fdc5 | Stamp on (airmail) FDC (red and blue rubber-stamp cachet) | |||
Canada | KM382+KM382a | 25 cents (nickel and silver coins) reverse | 2000 | ||
Ceylon | 398 (Mi352) | 1966 | |||
Ceylon | 398 fdc1 | Stamp and cachet on FDC | |||
Ceylon | 398 fdc2 | Stamp and cachet (same, but different color) on FDC | |||
Ceylon | 398 fdc3 | Stamp and cachet (different) on FDC | |||
Ceylon | 399 (Mi353) | ||||
China (People's Republic) | 368 (Mi396) | 1958 | |||
China (People's Republic) | 367-369 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC (China Philatelic Company cachet), also back | |||
China (People's Republic) | 4281 (Mi?) | From MS6 (4281a (6x 4281)), or from MS16 (4281b (16x 4281)) | 2015 | ||
China (People's Republic) | 4281 fdc | Stamp on FDC, also back | |||
China (Taiwan) | 1570 (Mi675) | 1968 | |||
China (Taiwan) | 1571 (Mi676) | ||||
Congo Republic | Unknown ss (BL none) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 [known illegal issue] | 2019 | ||
Cook Islands | KM-unknown | $5. (silver coin) reverse, also obverse | 2012 | ||
Costa Rica | 704 (BL?) | In (right) margin of SS1 | 2019 | ||
Costa Rica | 716 (BL?) | SS1, also detail | 2020 | ||
Croatia | 313 (Mi?) | 1996 | Rain, painting by M.C. Crnčić | ||
Croatia | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 2005 | ||
Croatia | 939 (Mi1162) | Also annotated | 2015 | ||
Croatia | 939 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC, also annotated cachet | |||
Cuba | 568 (Mi?) | 1957 | "Volanta en la Tormenta" (A Carriage in the Storm), painting by Armando Menocal | ||
Cuba | 1591 (Mi1665) | 1971 | |||
Cuba | 1589-1592 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | |||
Curacao | 118 (Mi?) | 2013 | "Rainwater" | ||
Cyprus | 1201 (Mi?) | 2014 | |||
Cyprus | 1201-1204 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | |||
Cyprus | 1212 (Mi?) | 1201 overprinted (surcharged) | 2014 | ||
Cyprus | 1212-1214 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | |||
Czechoslovakia | 794 (Mi1012) | 1957 | |||
Czechoslovakia | 794 proof | Signed proof | |||
Czechoslovakia | 791-792+794 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | |||
Denmark | 489 fdc1 (Mi521 fdc1) | (Frimaerke Nyt nr.169) cachet on FDC | 1972 | ||
Denmark | 489 fdc2 (Mi521 fdc2) | (Foghs Kuvert nr.224) cachet on FDC | |||
Denmark | 489 fdc3 (Mi521 fdc3) | (Orange and blue and black printed) cachet on FDC | |||
Egypt | C220 (Mi1905) | Also detail | 1997 | ||
Egypt | C220 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (cyan and blue printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | |||
Egypt | C220 error | Missing blue-grey | |||
France | 2524 (Mi3151) | Common design among three countries; (see also Italy 2077 and Monaco 1998) | 1996 | (Symbolic) rain falling | |
France Italy Monaco | 2524 2077 1998 | Folder (France 2524 and Italy 2077 and Monaco 1998) | |||
France | 2648 (Mi?) 2648+label | Stamp and label, from strip of 6 (2653a (2648-2653 + label)) | 1998 | Also Noah's Ark | |
France | 2648 maxi | Maxicard | |||
France | 2648+label fdc1 | Stamp on FDC | |||
France | 2648+label fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (different cachet) | |||
France | 2648+label fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (different cachet) | |||
France | 2648-2650 ds | Engraving deluxe sheet strip of 3 (2648-2650) | |||
France | 2654 (Mi?) | Serpentine die cut | |||
France | 2659a (Mi?) | Booklet pane of 12 (2x (2654-2659)), from booklet (2659b) | |||
France | None | New Year's card with reproduction of 2648 | 1999 | Also Noah's Ark | |
France | KM1442 | 0.25 euro (silver coin) | 2006 | ||
France | None1+label1 | On label with (Historiaphil) private post stamp | 2012 | ||
France | None2+label2 | On label (different) with (Historiaphil) private post stamp (different) | |||
France | None3+label3 | On label (different) with (Historiaphil) private post stamp (different) | |||
France | None4+label4 | On label (different) with (Historiaphil) private post stamp (different) | |||
France | 2O81 (Mi Official U81) | 2018 | |||
French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Rectangular black printed) cachet on cover | 2001 | ||
Germany | None | Postcard back, also front | 1926 | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc1 (Mi760 fdc1) | (FIDACOS) cachet on FDC (Bonn cancel) | 1973 | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc2 (Mi760 fdc2) | (FIDACOS) cachet on FDC (Offenbach am Main cancel) | |||
Germany | 1884 selvedge (Mi1785 selvedge) | Selvedge with stamp, or selvedge from MS10 (1884a (10x 1884)) | 1995 | ||
Germany | 1884 cancel | Part of selvedge and (pictorial) cancel on block of 4 stamps | |||
Germany | 1884 fdc1 | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (ETABO cachet) | |||
Germany | 1884 fdc2 | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (? cachet) | |||
Germany | 1884 fdc3 | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (FIDACOS cachet) | |||
Germany | 1884 fdc4 | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (blank/no cachet) | |||
Germany | 1884 folder | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC folder | |||
Germany | 1884 maxi | (Pictorial) cancel on maxicard | |||
Germany | 2090 card (Mi2127 card) | (Deutsche Post) FDC art card, and back; also detail6 | 2000 | rain falling (in detail6) | |
Germany | 3151 fdc (Mi3525 fdc) | (Deutsche Post) cachet on FDC | 2020 | ||
Great Britain | 1064 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Stanley McParrie/Fleetwood) cachet on FDC | 1984 | "storm clouds" | |
Great Britain | 1963 (Mi1924) | 2001 | "Rain" falling, and raining cats and dogs2 | ||
Great Britain | 1963 card | (Royal Mail) PHQ card back, also front | |||
Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc1 | Two of four stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (Royal Mail cachet) | |||
Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc2 | Two of four stamps and (pictorial) cancel (different) on FDC (Royal Mail cachet) | |||
Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc3 | Two of four stamps and (pictorial) cancel (different) on FDC | |||
Great Britain | 1964 (Mi1925) | ||||
Great Britain | 1964 card | (Royal Mail) PHQ card back, also front | |||
Great Britain | 1966a (BL10, Mi1924-1927) | Two of four stamps in MS4 (1963-1966) | |||
Great Britain | 1966a card | (Royal Mail) PHQ card back, also front | |||
Great Britain | 1966a fdc1 | MS4 and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (Royal Mail cachet) | |||
Great Britain | 1966a fdc2 | MS4 and (pictorial) cancel (different) on FDC (Benham cachet) | |||
Great Britain | 1966a fdc3 | MS4 and (pictorial) cancel (different) on FDC | |||
Great Britain | 1966a fdc4 | MS4 and (pictorial) cancel (different) on FDC (Cotswold and Stuart / BPCPA cachet) | |||
Great Britain | 2244d (Mi?) | One of MS6 (2244 (a-f)) | 2004 | ||
Great Britain | 2248 (Mi?) | Self-adhesive | |||
Great Britain | 2245-2250 fdc | One of six self-adhesive stamps on FDC | |||
Great Britain | 2245-2250 pack | Presentation pack | |||
Greenland | 81 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Foghs kuvert nr.221) cachet on FDC | 1972 | ||
Guinea-Bissau | BL478 | In (surrounding) margins of SS1 | 2005 | ||
Guinea-Bissau | BL478 fdc | SS1 on FDC | |||
Hong Kong | 419-422 fdc1 (Mi419-422 fdc1) | (GPO Hong Kong) cachet on FDC, also English insert and Chinese insert | 1983 | (symbolic) rain falling | |
Hong Kong | 419-422 fdc2 (Mi419-422 fdc2) | (GPO Hong Kong) cachet on FDC (Hennessy Road cancel), also English insert and Chinese insert | |||
Hong Kong | 1636 (Mi1882) | 2014 | "rain" falling | ||
Hong Kong | 1631-1636 fdc | One of six stamps on FDC | |||
Hungary | 1668 (BL46A, Mi2110) i1668 (BL46B) | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | 1965 | ||
Hungary | 1668 fdc i1668 fdc | SS1 on FDC Imperforate SS1 on FDC | |||
Iceland | 1511 fdc (Mi1600 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (Icelandic Post cachet) | 2020 | (symbolic) rain falling (also snow falling symbolized by a snowflake) | |
India | None | (Meghdoot) postal card | 2005 | ||
India | None | (Meghdoot) postal card (different) | 2007 | ||
India | 2766 (Mi?) | 2015 | A Day in the Rain | ||
India | 2767 (Mi?) | ||||
India | 2766-2767 fdc | Two stamps and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC | |||
India | 2766-2767 brochure | Brochure | |||
India | 2767a (Mi?) | MS2 (2766-2767) | |||
India | 2767a fdc | MS2 and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC | |||
Israel | 1712_sa p15 (Mi1994-1999) | Prestige booklet with serpentine-cut self-adhesive stamps (2x (1712a-f)), p.15, with 1712e_sa (Mi1998) | 2008 | "Heavy rains fell, creating quite a squall" | |
Israel | 1712 booklet | Exhibition booklet back, also front | 2008 | ||
Israel | 2092+tab fdc (Mi2507+tab fdc) | (Israel Post) cachet on FDC | 2016 | ||
Israel | 2296+tab (Mi?+tab) | From MS8 (2296a (8x 2296) + 8 tabs) | 2021 | ||
Italy | 2077 (Mi2434) | Common design among three countries; (see also France 2524 and Monaco 1998) | 1996 | (Symbolic) rain falling | |
France Italy Monaco | 2524 2077 1998 | Folder (France 2524 and Italy 2077 and Monaco 1998) | |||
Japan | 646 (Mi?) | From MS10 (646a (10x 646)) | 1958 | Detail from Three Women in the Rain, woodblock print (from 1783) by Torii Kiyonaga (the cachet of FDC2 features the complete print while the stamp and the cachet of FDC3 reproduce different portions of it); (see also Japan 2784h) | |
Japan | 646 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (JPS cachet) | |||
Japan | 646 fdc2 | Stamp and (? cachet, design like stamp) on FDC, also back and insert | |||
Japan | 646 fdc3 | Stamp and (Minoru Hisano cachet, design like stamp) on FDC | |||
Japan | 646 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (Minoru Hisano cachet, different), also insert | |||
Japan | 678 fdc (Mi710 fdc) | (Hand-painted watercolor) cachet on FDC | 1959 | ||
Japan | 989 fdc (Mi1038 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 1973 | ||
Japan | 1141-1142 fdc (Mi1181-1182 fdc) | (Metal-foil sticker) cachet on FDC | 1976 | ||
Japan | 2784h (Mi?) | One of MS10 (2784 (a-j + 10 labels)) | 2001 | Detail from Three Women in the Rain, woodblock print (from 1783) by Torii Kiyonaga; (see also Japan 646) | |
Korea (South) | 321 fdc1 (Mi321 fdc1) | (Pictorial) cancel (with Seoul in Korean) and (green and orange printed) cachet on FDC | 1961 | ||
Korea (South) | 321 fdc2 (Mi321 fdc2) | (Pictorial) cancel (with Seoul in English) on FDC (green printed cachet) | |||
Korea (South) | 321 fdc3 (Mi321 fdc3) | (Pictorial) cancel (with Seoul in Korean) on FDC (green printed cachet) | |||
Korea (South) | 321a fdc (BL159 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel (with Seoul in Korean) and (green and orange printed) cachet on FDC | |||
Korea (South) | 858 fdc (Mi865 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | 1973 | ||
Korea (South) | 1459 (Mi1514) | One of pair (1459a (1458-1459)) (Mi1513-1514) | 1987 | Also ancient rain gauge | |
Korea (South) | 1459a fdc1 | Pair and (pictorial) cancel and (KPC) cachet on FDC | |||
Korea (South) | 1459a fdc2 | Two of four stamps (from MS20) on FDC (blank/no cachet), also back | |||
Korea (South) | 1459a folder | Folder | |||
Korea (South) | 1572 bk (Mi1614 bk4) | (Pictorial) cancel on booklet of 4 cover | 1990 | ||
Korea (South) | 1572 fdc1 | (Purple pictorial) cancel on FDC (multi-color printed cachet) | |||
Korea (South) | 1572 fdc2 | (Black pictorial) cancel on FDC (multi-color printed cachet) | |||
Korea (South) | 1572 fdc3 | (Purple pictorial) cancel on FDC (KPC cachet), also back | |||
Korea (South) | 1572 fdc4 | (Black pictorial) cancel on FDC (KPC cachet) | |||
Korea (South) | 1572 folder | FDC folder | |||
Korea (South) | 2142 (Mi2398) | From MS20 (2142b (20x 2142)) | 2004 | Also ancient rain gauge (in fdc cachet) | |
Korea (South) | 2142a | Imperforate MS4 (4x i2142) | |||
Korea (South) | 2142 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC | |||
Korea (South) | Unknown1 (Mi?) | One of block of 4 (1-4), or four of MS16 (4x (1-4)) | 2016 | ||
Korea (South) | Unknown folder | Folder | |||
Korea (South) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on postal card | 2016 | ||
Korea (South) | Unknown (Mi?) | Three of MS15 (3x (a-f)) | 2018 | ||
Korea (South) | 2584b (Mi3483) | One of strip of 3 (2584 (a-c)) (Mi3482-3484), or four of MS12 (2584d (4x (2584 (a-c)))) | 2020 | ||
Korea (South) | 2584 leaflet | FDC leaflet | (As above for stamp) | ||
Korea (South) | 2591b (Mi3512) | One of block of 4 (2591 (a-d)) (Mi3511-3514), or five of MS20 (2591e (5x (2591 (a-d))) | 2021 | ||
Korea (South) | 2591a fdc | (Korea Post) cachet on FDC | |||
Korea (South) | 2591b fdc1 | Stamp and (Korea Post) cachet on FDC | |||
Korea (South) | 2591b fdc2 | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | |||
Korea (South) | 2591c fdc | (Korea Post) cachet on FDC | |||
Korea (South) | 2591d fdc | (Korea Post) cachet on FDC | |||
Lesotho | 1070E (Mi?) | 1997 | |||
Lesotho | 1070A-1070E fdc | One of five stamps on FDC | |||
Malagasy Republic | 404 (Mi572) | 1967 | |||
Malagasy Republic | 404 proof | Signed proof | |||
Malagasy (DR) | C194 (Mi1366) | 1992 | |||
Malagasy (DR) | C194 fdc | Stamp and (EDILA) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | |||
Maldive Islands | 1273 (Mi1284) | 1988 | |||
Maldive Islands | Unknown b (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2018 | ||
Maldive Islands | Unknown ss (BL?) | On stamp of SS1 | |||
Mali | 855a (BL_D98A) i855a (BL_D98B) | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 (855) In (lower-left) margin of imperforate SS1 (i855) | 1996 | Hiroshige - Averse à Shono (Rainshower at Shono), woodblock print by Hiroshige, from around 1833-1834 | |
Malta | 1734 (Mi2209) | From MS10 (1734a (10x 1734)) | 2022 | ||
Malta | 1735 (Mi2210) | From MS10 (1735a (10x 1735)) | |||
Malta | 1736 (Mi2211) | From MS10 (1736a (10x 1736)) | |||
Malta | 1734-1736 pack | Presentation pack (1734-1736) | |||
Malta | 1734-1736 fdc | Three stamps and (pictorial) cancel and (Malta Post) cachet (design like stamps) on FDC | |||
Mauritania | 250 (Mi342) i250 | Imperforate | 1968 | ||
Mauritania | 250 ds | Deluxe sheet (250) | |||
Mauritania | 250 proof | Signed proof | |||
Mauritania | 250 fdc | Stamp and (red and green and black printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | |||
Monaco | 1998 (Mi2299) | Common design among three countries; (see also France 2524 and Italy 2077) | 1996 | (Symbolic) rain falling | |
France Italy Monaco | 2524 2077 1998 | Folder (France 2524 and Italy 2077 and Monaco 1998) | |||
Mongolia | 951g (Mi1053) | From MS9 (951 (a-i)) (Mi1047-1055) | 1977 | ||
Mongolia | 951a-i fdc | On one of nine stamps on FDC | |||
Mongolia | 1148 (Mi1749) | 1980 | |||
Mongolia | 2985 (BL464) | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 2021 | ||
Namibia | 883 (Mi?) | From MS10 (883a (10x 883)) | 1998 | ||
Namibia | 883 fdc | Stamp and (Namibia Post) cachet on FDC | |||
Netherlands | B641 (Mi1353) | One of MS5 (B643a (B641-B643)) (Mi1353-1355) | 1988 | ||
Netherlands | B643a fdc | MS5 on FDC | |||
Netherlands | 1165 (Mi2193) | From pair (1166a (1165-1166)), or from MS10 (1166b (5x (1165-1166))), also tab7 | 2004 | Also "buien" [showers] (in tab7) | |
Netherlands | 1166 (Mi2194) | ||||
Netherlands | 1165-1166 fdc | Two stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (NVPH cachet) | |||
Netherlands Antilles | 382 (Mi?) | 1976 | |||
Netherlands Antilles | 382-384 fdc1 | One of three stamps on FDC | |||
Netherlands Antilles | 382-384 fdc2 | One of three stamps on FDC (different cachet) | |||
Netherlands Antilles | 382-384 fdc3 | One of three stamps on FDC (different cachet) | |||
New Caledonia | C39 (Mi411) iC39 | Imperforate | 1965 | ||
New Caledonia | C39 fdc | Stamp on FDC | |||
New Zealand | None | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1961 | (same design as NZ cover 1978; for another use see Argentina cover 1970) | |
New Zealand | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1978 | (same design as NZ cover 1961; for another use see Argentina cover 1970) | |
New Zealand | 2737j (Mi3481) | One of MS14 (2737 (a-n)) (Mi3472-3485) | 2017 | ||
Niger | Unknown ms (Mi?) | In (right) margin of MS2 (a-b) | 2013 | ||
Nigeria | 210 (Mi204) | 1967 | |||
Norway | 403-404 fdc (Mi466-467 fdc) | (Orange and blue printed) cachet on FDC | 1962 | ||
Norway | 1799 (Mi1916) | 2016 | (symbolic) rain falling. | ||
Norway | 1800 (Mi1917) | ||||
Norway | 1799-1800 fdc | Two stamps and (pictorial) cancel and (Norway Post) cachet on FDC | |||
Norway | 1799_sa (Mi1916_sa) | Self-adhesive, from prestige booklet (1799_sa-1800_sa) | |||
Norway | 1800_sa (Mi1917_sa) | ||||
Palau | KM465 | $2. (silver coin) reverse, also obverse | 2015 | Noah and rain falling | |
Poland | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 1964 | ||
Poland | None | (Black pictorial) cancel on cover | 1965 | ||
Poland | None | (Magenta pictorial) cancel on cover | |||
Poland | 3220 (Mi3519) | 1995 | |||
Poland | 3220 fdc | Stamp on FDC | |||
Poland | 4505a (Mi5231) | One of MS3 (4505 (a-c)) (BL299, Mi5231-5233) | 2020 | ||
Portugal | 2801 (Mi3037) | 2006 | |||
Portugal | 2800-2805 fdc | One of five stamps on FDC | |||
Ras Al Khaima | C30 (Mi319A) iC30 (Mi319B) | Imperforate | 1969 | ||
Ras Al Khaima | C30 ds | Deluxe sheet (C30) | |||
Romania | 5441 (Mi?) | From MS6 (5441a (5x 5441)) | 2013 | First artificial rain experiment, based on the work of Ştefania Mărăcineanu | |
Romania | 5441-5443 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | |||
Romania | None | (Posta Romana) stamped envelope | |||
Ryukyu Islands | 210 (Mi?) | From MS20 (210a (20x 210)) | 1971 | ||
Ryukyu Islands | 210 fdc1 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | "The traditional apparel of the Ryukyuan farmer working in the rain was his homemade raincoat and hat" | ||
Ryukyu Islands | 210 fdc2 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | Traditional Ryukyu raingear: "Hemp palm raincoat and betelnut palm hat" | ||
Ryukyu Islands | 210 fdc3 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | Traditional Ryukyu raingear: "Shurunnu & Kubagasa (Straw Coat and Hat)" | ||
Russia (USSR) | 3251 (Mi3275) | 1966 | |||
Russia (USSR) | 3251 fdc | Stamp on FDC | |||
Russia (USSR) | None | (Pictorial) cancel on stamped envelope (from 1979) | 1980 | ||
Russia (USSR) | None | (Pictorial) cancel on (postally used) stamped envelope (from 1979) | |||
Russia (USSR) | 4919a+label (Mi5049-5050+label) | Label from pair (4919 (a-b)), or from MS20 (4919b (10x 4919 (a-b) + 5 labels)), also detail | 1981 | ||
Rwanda | 974 (BL89, Mi1050) | SS1 | 1980 | Storm on the Amalfi Coast, painting by Giacinto Gigante | |
Saudi Arabia | 208 (Mi68) | 1960 | |||
Saudi Arabia | 209 (Mi69) | ||||
Saudi Arabia | 210 (Mi70) | ||||
Saudi Arabia | 208-210 fdc1 | Three stamps on FDC | |||
Saudi Arabia | 208-210 fdc2 | Three stamps on FDC (different cachet) | |||
Saudi Arabia | 208-210 fdc3 | Three stamps on FDC (blank/no cachet) | |||
Sierra Leone | 1116 (Mi?) | 1989 | Mild Rainstorm at Oiso, woodblock print by Hiroshige | ||
Sierra Leone | 2459 (BL525, Mi4078) | SS1 | 2001 | (Ono no) Komachi3 Praying for Rain, woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu, from the early 1760s | |
South Africa | 1553e (Mi?) | One of MS10 (1553 (a-j)) | 2016 | ||
Spain | 4338 (Mi5322) | Self-adhesive | 2019 | ||
Sweden | 2396c (Mi2188) | One of booklet pane of 6 (2396 (a-f)) (Mi2186-2191), also booklet front | 2000 | rainstorm | |
Switzerland (WMO) | 8O1 (Mi_OMM1) | 1956 | |||
Switzerland (WMO) | 8O2 (Mi_OMM2) | 1956 | |||
Switzerland (WMO) | 8O6 (Mi_OMM4) | 1956 | |||
Switzerland (WMO) | 8O7 (Mi_OMM9) | 1960 | |||
Switzerland (WMO) | 8O1-8O3+8O6+8O8-8O9 fdc1 | Three of six stamps and cachet on FDC | 1956 | ||
Switzerland (WMO) | 8O1-8O3+8O6+8O8-8O9 fdc2 | Three of six stamps on FDC (different cachet) | 1956 | ||
Switzerland (WMO) | 8O1-8O3+8O6+8O8-8O9 folder | FDC folder | 1957 | ||
Switzerland (WMO) | 8O4-8O5+8O7 fdc | One of three stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | 1960 | ||
Switzerland | 691 fdc (Mi1184 fdc) | (?) cachet on FDC | 1980 | ||
Tristan da Cunha | 444 (Mi?) | 1994 | Squall, off Tristan D'Acunha, watercolor painting by Augustus Earle | ||
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 337 (Mi344) | 1992 | |||
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 336-338 fdc | One of three stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | |||
Turks and Caicos | 530 (Mi?) | 1982 | Rain just beginning (in painting Tough Call by Norman Rockwell) | ||
Turks and Caicos | 1344 (Mi?) | 2001 | Detail from Rain in [the] Fifth Month, woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada | ||
United Arab Emirates | 1160e (Mi1210) | One of MS8 (1160 (a-f)) (Mi1206-1213) | 2017 | Rain drops; "Rain Drops" (in text in 'e' stamp) | |
United Arab Emirates | 1160 fdc | One of eight stamps on FDC | |||
United Arab Emirates | 1161 (BL95) | SS1 | |||
United Arab Emirates | 1161 fdc | SS1 on FDC | |||
United Arab Emirates | None | Postcard back, also front | |||
United Nations | 256 (Mi279) | 1975 | (Derivatives of these stamps can be found elsewhere) | ||
United Nations | 257 (Mi280) | ||||
United Nations | SC7 | Souvenir card of 6 (New York 112-113, 256-257; Geneva 46-47) | 1975 | ||
United Nations | SC22 | Souvenir card of 7 (New York 112, 256, 373; Geneva 46, 109-110; Vienna 27) | 1982 | ||
United Nations | 484a fdc (Mi503-506 fdc) | (UNICEF) cachet on FDC | 1986 | ||
United Nations (Geneva) | 46 (Mi46) | 1975 | (Derivatives of these stamps can be found elsewhere) | ||
United Nations (Geneva) | 47 (Mi47) | ||||
United States | 1085 fdc1 (Mi? fdc1) | (Velvatone green and blue) cachet on FDC | 1956 | ||
United States | 1085 fdc2 (Mi? fdc2) | (Velvatone green and red) cachet on FDC | |||
United States | None | (Red pictorial) meter | 1956 | "rain" | |
United States | None | Medallion reverse, silver, also obverse | ? | Rain falling (in the reproduction of the Soil Conservation Society of America logo) | |
United States | None | Medallion reverse, gold | |||
United States | 1133 (Mi?) | 1959 | Rain falling (in stamp and in the Soil Conservation Society of America logo, which is found in the ArtCraft and Artmaster cachets) | ||
United States | 1133 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | |||
United States | 1133 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Ken Boll/Cachet Craft cachet) | |||
United States | 1133 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (Fluegel cachet) | |||
United States | 1133 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (HF cachet) | |||
United States | 1133 fdc5 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet, 5-line cancel) | |||
United States | 1133 fdc6 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet and signature, 5-line cancel) | |||
United States | 1133 fdc7 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet and signature, 6-line cancel) | |||
United States | 1133 fdc8 | Stamp on FDC (Artmaster cachet) | |||
United States | 1133 fdc9 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet, 3-line cancel) | |||
United States | 1133 fdc10 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet, 4-line cancel) | |||
United States | 1133 fdc11 | Stamp on FDC (Hand-painted art cachet) | |||
United States | 1133 fdc12 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | |||
United States | 1133 fdc13 | Stamp on FDC (blank/no cachet) | |||
United States | SP7 | (USPS) stamp poster (1133) | |||
United States | 1150 fdc1 (Mi777 fdc1) | (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC (5-line cancel), also detail | 1960 | (Symbolic) rain falling (in the context of protecting watersheds and conserving water) | |
United States | 1150 fdc2 (Mi777 fdc2) | (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC (6-line cancel), also detail | |||
United States | 1150 fdc3 (Mi777 fdc3) | (HF) cachet on FDC | (Symbolic) rain falling | ||
United States | 1238 (Mi?) | 1963 | |||
United States | 1238 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet, different cancel and extra FA1 stamp) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (Fluegel Covers cachet) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc5 | Stamp and (HOC) cachet on FDC | |||
United States | 1238 fdc6 | Stamp and (NCR) cachet on FDC | |||
United States | 1238 fdc7 | Stamp on FDC (Artmaster cachet) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc8 | Stamp on FDC (Ken Boll/Cachet Craft cachet) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc9 | Stamp and (Meter Digest) cachet on FDC, also back | |||
United States | 1238 fdc10 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet); also "rain" (in cachet text) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc11 | Stamp on FDC (Sarzin Metallic cachet) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc12 | Stamp on FDC card (? cachet); also "rain" (in cachet text) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc13 | Stamp on FDC (HF cachet) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc14 | Stamp on FDC (Shadro cachet) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc15 | Stamp and (Webcraft add-on) cachet on FDC | |||
United States | 1238 fdc16 | Stamp on FDC (Mellone cachet) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc17 | Stamp on FDC (Jackson/Goldblum cachet) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc18 | Stamp on FDC (Boerger/ABC cachet) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc19 | Stamp on FDC (Goldcraft cachet?, 4-line cancel) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc20 | Stamp on FDC (Goldcraft cachet?, 3-line cancel) | |||
United States | 1238 fdc21 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet); also "rain" (in cachet text) | |||
United States | 1238 misperf | Mis-perforated | |||
United States | SP103 | (USPS) stamp poster (1238) | |||
United States | UX57 fdc | (The Aristocrats/Day Lowry) cachet on postal card FDC | 1970 | ||
United States | 1448 (Mi1062) | One of block of 4 (1451a (1448-1451)) (Mi1062-1065) | 1972 | ||
United States | 1448 faded | 1448 with faded 2c denomination, one of block of 4 (1451a faded (1448-1451))) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc1 | Block of four on FDC (? cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc2 | Block of four on FDC (blank/no cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc3 | Block of four on FDC (Sarzin metallic cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc4 | Block of four on FDC (Jackson/Sweeney Overseas Mailer cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc5 | Block of four on FDC (Colonial Cachet cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc6 | Block of four on FDC (ArtCraft cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc7 | Block of four on FDC (Artmaster cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc8 | Block of four on FDC (Fleetwood cachet), also back | |||
United States | 1451a fdc9 | Block of four on FDC (Jerryscovers cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc10 | Block of four on FDC (Bazaar no.49 cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc11 | Block of four on FDC (Virgil Crow cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc12 | Block of four on FDC (Ellis cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc13 | Block of four on FDC (Colorano silk cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc14 | Block of four on FDC (Cachet Craft Cachets cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc15 | Block of four on FDC (SK hand-drawn cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a fdc16 | Block of four on FDC (? cachet) | |||
United States | 1451a sc | (?) souvenir card (1451a) | |||
United States | SP303 | (USPS) souvenir page (1451a) | |||
United States | None | Left side of QSL card, also back | 1978 | ||
United States | 1891 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Ranto/SP303) cachet and extra (1451a) stamp on FDC, also back | 1981 | ||
United States | 1922 (Mi1494) | One of block of 4 (1924a (1921-1924)) (Mi1493-1496) | 1981 | ||
United States | 1922 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Balke/Fleetwood cachet), also back1 and back2 (different) | |||
United States | 1922 fdc2 | Stamp and (PCS golden replica) cachet on FDC, also insert | |||
United States | 1922 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet) | |||
United States | SP557 | (USPS) souvenir page (1924a) | |||
United States | CP145 | (USPS no.145) commemorative panel (1924a) | |||
United States | 2037 fdc (Mi? fdc) | Extra (1133) stamp and (Ranto/SP7) cachet on FDC, also back | 1983 | ||
United States | 2074 fdc1 (Mi? fdc1) | (Artmaster) cachet on FDC (smaller cancel) | 1983 | Rain falling (in the Soil Conservation Society of America logo) | |
United States | 2074 fdc2 (Mi? fdc2) | (Artmaster) cachet on FDC (larger cancel) | |||
United States | 2074 fdc3 (Mi? fdc3) | (Paslay Classic) cachet on FDC, also detail | Symbolic rain falling | ||
United States | 2312 fdc (Mi? fdc) | Extra (1922) stamp (Ranto/SP557) cachet on FDC, also back | 1987 | ||
United States | 2420 fdc1 (Mi2048 fdc1) | (Ranto/SP103) cachet and extra 1238 stamp on FDC (the other stamps (2420, 1497, and FA1) are not of interest here), also back | 1989 | ||
United States | 2420 fdc2 (Mi2048 fdc2) | (Herbert Nikirk) cachet on FDC | "Rain" | ||
United States | 2420 fdc3 (Mi2048 fdc3) | (Artmaster) cachet on FDC, also back | "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" (in text on back) | ||
United States | 2420 fdc4 (Mi2048 fdc4) | (Nathan Marcus) cachet on FDC | |||
United States | 2420 fdc5 (Mi2048 fdc5) | (D&H Hilton) cachet on FDC | |||
United States | 2420 maxi (Mi? maxi) | (Unicover Corporation) maxicard, also back | "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" | ||
United States | None | (PCS) cachet (including USA 1133) on cover, also insert | 1993 | Also "contour ploughing across a slope ... catches rain water and prevents erosion" (in insert) | |
United States | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover, also detail | 2000 | rain falling and flood | |
United States | 3729 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Mystic Stamp Company) cachet (with reproduction of USA 1133) on FDC, also detail and back | 2002 | ||
United States | 3878n fdc (Mi3878 fdc) | (ACE) cachet on FDC, also back | 2004 | ||
United States | None | Cancel (with partial reproduction of USA 1238) | 2009 | ||
United States | 5601 fdc | (Janet Hobbs hand-drawn and hand-painted) cachet on FDC, also back | 2021 | ||
Upper Volta | C35 (Mi213) iC35 | Imperforate | 1967 | Rain falling from a (symbolic) cloud (the WMO logo) | |
Upper Volta | C35 ds | Deluxe sheet (C35) | |||
Upper Volta | C35 proof1 | Signed proof (dark green-blue) | |||
Upper Volta | C35 proof2 | Signed proof (green) | |||
Upper Volta | C35 fdc | Stamp and (Éditions So.Ge.Im.) cachet on FDC | |||
Yugoslavia | None | Red Cross label | 1926 | ||
(Liquid-drop) Virga | |||||
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United States | C135 (Mi?) | 2000 | Virga | ||
United States | C135 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Hobby Link cachet), also back | |||
United States | C135 fdoi | (USPS) FDOI program, also back | |||
United States | SP1336 | (USPS) souvenir page (C135) | |||
Other rain-related | |||||
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Australia | 943 (Mi?) | One of pair (943a (942-943)) | 1985 | "Of droughts and flooding rains" | |
Australia | 2890-2893 bk p8 (Mi? bk p8) | Prestige booklet of 20 page 8 | 2008 | "Collecting rainwater" | |
Australia | 2890a (Mi?) | Booket pane of 2 from prestige booklet of 20 page 9 (page 10 on reverse side is blank) | "install rainwater tanks" (for rainwater harvesting) | ||
Australia | KM-unknown | $1. (silver coin) | 2015 | "Of droughts and flooding rains" | |
Austria | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover, also detail | 1964 | "Mare Imbrium" (Sea of Rains) | |
Belgium | 2475 (Mi4121?) | One of booklet pane of 10 (2477a (2468-2477)) (Mi4115-4124) | 2010 | Pluie (Rain), sculpture in town of La Hulpe - Terhulpen, completed in 1996, by Jean-Michel Folon | |
Brazil | 3218b (Mi?) | One of MS24 (3218 (a-x)) | 2012 | "Rainwater harvesting" (in Portuguese text) | |
Brazil | 3218a+b+3218e-f fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | |||
Central African Republic | Mi7138 | One of MS100 (Mi7065-7164) | 2017 | Detail from Rain, Steam and Speed - the Great Western Railway, painting by J.M.W. Turner, 1844 | |
China (People's Republic) | 974 (Mi1003) | 1968 | "A rainstorm sweeps down on this northern land", part of the poem Beidaihe by Mao Zedong | ||
Germany | None | (Green printed advertising) cachet on cover | 1923 | "Air-permeable rain protection" (in German text) | |
Gibraltar | 770+label (Mi?+label) | Stamp and label | 1998 | "Love comforts like sunshine after rain" (Shakespeare) | |
Great Britain | 1963 (Mi1924) | 2001 | "Rain"2 | ||
Great Britain | 1963 card | (Royal Mail) PHQ card back, also front | |||
Great Britain | 1963 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Benham) cachet on FDC, also back | "Rain"; "Rainy weather"; "Rainy" | ||
Great Britain | 1965 (Mi1926) | "Much rain" | |||
Great Britain | 1965 card | (Royal Mail) PHQ card back, also front | |||
Great Britain | 1965 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC, also back | |||
Great Britain | 1965 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (and signature), also back and insert | |||
Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc | Two of four stamps and (red pictorial) meter on FDC (Royal Mail cachet) | "Rain"; "Much rain"; "Raindrop" | ||
Great Britain | 1966a (BL10, Mi1924-1927) | Two of four stamps on MS4 (1963-1966) | "Rain"; "Much rain" | ||
Great Britain | 1966a card | (Royal Mail) PHQ card back, also front | |||
Great Britain | 1966a fdc | MS4 and (Benham) cachet on FDC | |||
Grenada | 3104 (Mi4655) | 2001 | "After the Rain", painting by "Kawai Gyokudo" | ||
India | None | (Meghdoot) postal card | 2004 | rainwater harvesting | |
India | None | (Meghdoot) postal card | 2005 | rainwater harvesting | |
India | None | (Meghdoot) postal card | 2007 | rainwater harvesting | |
India | None | (Meghdoot) postal card (different) | 2007 | "rainwater harvesting" | |
India | None | (Meghdoot) postal card (different) | 2007 | "Rain water harvesting" | |
India | None | Postal receipt | 2011 | "Practice rainwater harvesting" | |
India | None | (Green printed) cachet from postal card | 20?? | "Rain water harvesting structures" | |
India | 2155 (Mi?) | 2006 | "rainwater harvesting" | ||
India | 2155 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC, also back | |||
India | 2155 folder | FDC folder | |||
Japan | 1568-1569 fdc (Mi1594-1595 fdc) | Insert from FDC, also front | 1984 | "torrential rain" | |
Jersey (Great Britain) | 1953 (Mi?) | 2016 | "Rain" | ||
Korea (South) | 1108a (Mi?) | MS2 (1107-1108) | 1977 | Clearing after Rain in Mt. Ingwansan, painting by Jeong Seon, 1751 | |
Laos | C73 (Mi?) iC73 | Imperforate | 1970 | Rice Field in the Rainy Season, painting by Mark Leguay | |
Laos | C73 ds | Deluxe sheet (C73) | |||
Laos | C96 (Mi?) | 1972 | left half of Villagers Working in Rice Fields (in rainy season), painting by Marc Leguay | ||
Laos | C96 maxi | Maxicard, also back | |||
Laos | C97 (Mi?) | right half of Villagers Working in Rice Fields (in rainy season), painting by Marc Leguay | |||
Laos | C97 maxi | Maxicard, also back | |||
Laos | C96-C97 composite | Composite of C96-C97 | (As above - two-stamp composite and the maxicard show the full painting) | ||
Laos | C96-C97 maxi | Composite maxicard, also back | |||
Laos | C98 (Mi?) | left half of Rainy Season in Village, painting by Marc Leguay | |||
Laos | C99 (Mi?) | right half of Rainy Season in Village, painting by Marc Leguay | |||
Laos | C99 maxi | Maxicard, also back | |||
Laos | C98-C99 composite | Composite of C98-C99 | (As above - two-stamp composite and the maxicard show the full painting) | ||
Laos | C98-C99 maxi | Composite maxicard | |||
Lesotho | 1070A (Mi?) | 1997 | Terracing for rainwater harvesting | ||
Lesotho | 1070E (Mi?) | Rainwater harvesting | |||
Lesotho | 1070A-1070E fdc | Two of five stamps on FDC | (As above for stamps) | ||
Malagasy (DR) | C194 (Mi1366) | 1992 | (possible) rainwater harvesting | ||
Malagasy (DR) | C194 fdc | Stamp and (EDILA) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | |||
Maldive Islands | 2737 (BL?) | SS1 | 2003 | "Community rainwater tank" (filled through rainwater harvesting) | |
Maldive Islands | 2737 sc | SS1 on souvenir card or folder | |||
Mexico | 2403 (Mi?) | 2005 | "lluvia" ("rain", in small text at top of stamp) | ||
Poland | 1910 (Mi2189) | 1972 | Summer Rain, painting by Wojciech Gerson, 1875 | ||
Sierra Leone | 1061+label (Mi?+label) | 1989 | After a Shower, painting by Takeuchi Seiho | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | 297 (Mi380) | 1979 | "Rain worshipper - Carnival '78" | ||
United States | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1887 | "Rain, Va" (post office) | |
United States | None | (Text) cancel on postal card | 1905 | "Rain, Nebr" (post office) | |
United States | None | (Black printed) cachet (return address) on cover | 1944 | "Insurance Company of North America - Rain and Hail Department" | |
United States | 1080 cover (Mi702 cover) | (Jay Art) cachet on cover | 1958 | "Rain" | |
United States | U536 fdc | (Magenta printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 1958 | "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" | |
United States | None | (Text) cancel on postal card, also (different) cancel (and handwriting) on back | 1958 | "Rains, Utah" (post office) | |
United States | UX57 fdc12 | (Hand-painted) cachet on postal card FDC | 1970 | "Grandma says - 'Rain's coming'" | |
United States | 2420 fdc1 (Mi2048 fdc1) | (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC, also back | 1989 | "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" (in text on front and/or back) | |
United States | 2420 fdc2 (Mi2048 fdc2) | (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC card, also back | |||
United States | 2420 fdc3 (Mi2048 fdc3) | (Ranto/stamp poster no.89-26) cachet on FDC | |||
United States | CP388 | (USPS no.336) commemorative panel | |||
United States | SP859 | (USPS) souvenir page | |||
United States | 2952 fdc (Mi2554 fdc) | (Mystic Stamp Company) back of FDC, also front | 1995 | "the oceans ... supply moisture for rainfall" | |
United States | 2953 fdc (Mi2555 fdc) | (Mystic Stamp Company) back of FDC, also front | "Forests "soak up rainfall, preventing erosion and flooding" | ||
United States | 3207-3208 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 1998 | "showery" and "drizzle" | |
United States | 3878e back (Mi3869 back) 3878e | One of MS15 (3878 (a-o)) (Mi3865-3879), also back | 2004 | "heavy rain" | |
United States | None | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 2015 | "heavy rains" | |
United States | 4066 (Mi4111) 4066_back | One of MS40 (4072a (4033-4072)) (Mi4078-4117), also back | 2006 | "Mount Wai'ale'ale - Rainiest Spot" (in the USA); (some details about that rainfall are included in the fdc backs and the insert) | |
United States | 4066 fdc1 | Stamp and (PCS) cachet on FDC | |||
United States | 4066 fdc2 | Stamp and (Mystic Stamp Company) cachet on FDC, also back | |||
United States | 4066 fdc3 | Stamp and (PCS golden-replica) cachet on FDC, also insert | |||
United States | 4066 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (Fleetwood cachet), also back | |||
United States | SP1611 | (USPS) souvenir page (4033-4072), also back | |||
United States | CP763 page1 | (USPS no.766) commemorative panel (4033-4072), also page2 | |||
United States | 4070 fdc1 (Mi4115 fdc1) | (Mystic Stamp Company) back of FDC, also front | 2006 | "Today, rainfall averages less than two inches a year" (in Death Valley). "Plants have adapted in order to obtain and preserve water or to grow and propagate quickly during the scant rainfalls". | |
United States | 4070 fdc2 (Mi4115 fdc2) | (PCS golden-replica) insert from FDC, also front | Death Valley's "average rainfall of less than two inches a year also makes it the driest location in North America" | ||
Yemen Arab Republic | BL109 | On stamp of SS1 (Mi994) | 1975 | "Sea of Rains" (on the Moon) | |
Thunderstorms and lightning | |||||
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Aland Islands (Finland) | 283 (BL8, Mi305) | SS1 | 2009 | ||
Aland Islands (Finland) | 283 fdc | SS1 on FDC | |||
Australia | 1535 (Mi?) | 1996 | |||
Australia | 1535a (BL?) | SS1 (1535) | |||
Australia | 1535b (BL?) | 1535a overprinted (in 1997) | |||
Australia | 1535c (BL?) | 1535a overprinted (in 1998) | |||
Australia | 1535d (BL?) | 1535a overprinted (in 2001) | |||
Austria | 1359 fdc (Mi1857 fdc) | (?) cachet on FDC | 1986 | ||
Botswana | 96 (Mi96) | 1973 | "Thor the Thunderer Brings the Storm" | ||
Botswana | 96-99 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC (Lobatse cancel) | |||
Botswana | 96-99 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (Serowe cancel) | |||
Botswana | 394 (Mi393) | 1987 | "Traditional medicine - lightning prevention" | ||
Brazil | 955 cover (Mi1031 cover) | (São Paulo) cancel on cover | 1965 | ||
Brazil | 1035 fdc (Mi1128 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (see this larger but incomplete image) | 1967 | ||
Canada | 2838a (Mi3262) | From MS5 (2838 (a-e + label)) (BL215, Mi3262-3266) | 2015 | lightning (also on booklet outside) | |
Canada | 2838 fdc | MS5 on FDC, also back | |||
Canada | 2838 sheet | Press sheet (containing 6x MS5) | |||
Canada | 2839 (Mi3267) | Two of self-adhesive booklet of 10 (2843a (2x (2839-2843))) (Mi3267-3271, MH0-553), with outside | |||
Canada | KM-unknown | $20. (silver coin) | 2015 | ||
Central African Republic | Unknown d (Mi?) | One stamp and in (upper) margin of MS6 (a-f) | 2023 | ||
Chad | Unknown ss (BL?) | SS1 | 2013 | ||
Chad | Unknown e (Mi none) Unknown ie | One of MS6 (a-f) [known illegal issue] One of imperforate MS6 (a-f) | 2022 | ||
China (People's Republic) | 3504d (Mi?) | One of strip of 4 (3504d (a-d)), or four of MS16 (3504e (4x (a-d))) | 2006 | (possible) lightning on the horizon, no dark cloud | |
China (People's Republic) | None | Lettercard | 2008 | Office of Lightning Prevention Facilities, Lianjiang Corporation for Lightning Prevention Services, Ltd. | |
Comoro Islands | BL154A BL154B | On stamp of SS1 On stamp of imperforate SS1 | 1978 | ||
Comoro Islands | Unknown ss (BL?) Unknown iss | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | 2009 | lightning and Benjamin Franklin | |
Cuba | C22 (Mi?) | 1936 | (symbolic) lightning | ||
Cuba | C150 (Mi?) | 1956 | Franklin's kite in lightning storm | ||
Cuba | C150 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | |||
Ethiopia | 1313 (Mi1395) | 1991 | rainstorm and lightning | ||
France | None | Cinderella | ? | "It's thundering" (in French text) | |
France | 814 fdc1 (Mi1113 fdc1) | (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC | 1956 | ||
France | 814 fdc2 (Mi1113 fdc2) | (Éditions P.J.) cachet on FDC, also back | |||
France | 1981 (Mi?) | 1985 | |||
France | 1981 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | |||
France Switzerland | 1981 fdc2 753 cover | Stamp on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | |||
France | KM1442 | 0.25 euro (silver coin) | 2006 | ||
Germany | None | Cinderella (poster stamp) | mid-1900s? | ||
Germany | 1884 cancel (Mi1785 cancel) | (Pictorial) cancel on block of 4 stamps | 1995 | ||
Germany | 1884 fdc1 | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (ETABO cachet) | |||
Germany | 1884 fdc2 | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (? cachet) | |||
Germany | 1884 fdc3 | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (FIDACOS cachet) | |||
Germany | 1884 fdc4 | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (blank/no cachet) | |||
Germany | 1884 folder | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC folder | |||
Germany | 1884 maxi | (Pictorial) cancel on maxicard | |||
Ghana | 2826 (Mi?) i2826 | MS6 (a-f) Imperforate MS6 (a-f) | 2015 | ||
Ghana | 2827 (BL?) i2827 | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | |||
Great Britain | 1064 (Mi?) | One of strip of 5 (1066a (1062-1066)) | 1984 | "The Norwich mail in a thunderstorm, 1827" | |
Great Britain | 1064 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Stanley McParrie/Fleetwood cachet) | |||
Great Britain | 1064 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Benham cachet) | |||
Great Britain | 1064 maxi | Maxicard | |||
Great Britain | 1064 card | PHQ card | |||
Great Britain | 1066a fdc1 | One of five stamps on FDC (Royal Mail cachet) | |||
Great Britain | 1066a fdc2 | One of five stamps on FDC (Philart cachet) | |||
Great Britain | 1066a folder | (Royal Mail) folder | |||
Great Britain | 1066a pack | (Royal Mail) stamp pack | |||
Great Britain | 1896 (Mi?) | 2000 | |||
Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc1 (Mi1924-1927 fdc1) | One of four stamps and (A.G. Bradbury Leicester) cachet on FDC | 2001 | ||
Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc2 (Mi1924-1927 fdc2) | One of four stamps and (A.G. Bradbury Leicester) cachet on FDC (with signature) | |||
Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc3 (Mi1924-1927 fdc3) | One of four stamps and (A.G. Bradbury Leicester) cachet on FDC (with signature, different) | |||
Great Britain | 1965 (Mi1926) | 2001 | |||
Great Britain | 1965 card | (Royal Mail) PHQ card back, also front | |||
Great Britain | 1965 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Benham cachet), also back | |||
Great Britain | 1965 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Benham cachet, and signature), also back and insert | |||
Great Britain | 1965 fdc3 | Stamp and (Luxury) cachet on FDC | |||
Great Britain | 1966a (BL10, Mi1924-1927) | MS4 (1963-1966) | |||
Great Britain | 1966a card (Mi1924-1927 card) | (Royal Mail) PHQ card back, also front | |||
Great Britain | 2749 (Mi2890) | One of block of 10 (2756a (2747-2756)), or one of booklet pane of 4 (2754a (2748-2749+2x 2754)) BK192 (MH193, Mi2889-2890+2x 2895), from 2756a presentation pack | 2010 | ||
Great Britain | 2756a fdc | One of block of 10 stamps on FDC | |||
Greece | 667 (Mi?) | 1960 | |||
Guinea Republic | Mi12675 | One of MS4 (Mi12675-12678) | 2017 | "orages" (thunderstorms) | |
Hong Kong | 419-422 fdc1 (Mi419-422 fdc1) | (GPO Hong Kong) cachet on FDC, also English insert and Chinese insert | 1983 | (symbolic) thunderstorm | |
Hong Kong | 419-422 fdc2 (Mi419-422 fdc2) | (GPO Hong Kong) cachet on FDC (Hennessy Road cancel), also English insert and Chinese insert | |||
Hong Kong | 1634 (Mi1880) | 2014 | "lightning" | ||
Hong Kong | 1631-1636 fdc | One of six stamps on FDC | |||
Israel | 1712_sa p15 (Mi1994-1999) | Prestige booklet with serpentine-cut self-adhesive stamps (2x (1712a-f)), p.15, with 1712e_sa (Mi1998) | 2008 | "thunder and lightening" (i.e. lightning) | |
Israel | 1712 booklet | Exhibition booklet back, also front | 2008 | Also Noah's Ark | |
Japan | 459 fdc1 (Mi451 fdc1) | (Red pictorial) cancel on FDC (blue and black printed cachet) | 1949 | ||
Japan | 459 fdc2 (Mi451 fdc2) | (Red pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC, also back | |||
Japan | 459 fdc3 (Mi451 fdc3) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC (text cancel) | |||
Japan | None | (Red pictorial) cancel on cover | 1949 | ||
Korea (South) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on postal card | 2016 | ||
Liechtenstein | 1398 (Mi1465) | 2007 | |||
Liechtenstein | 1397-1399 fdc | One of three stamps and (pictorial) cancel and cachet on FDC | |||
Mexico | 2214 (Mi2885) | 2000 | |||
Mexico | 2214 fdc | Stamp on FDC, also back | |||
Morocco | 102-103+C10 fdc (Mi531-533 fdc) | (Éditions P.J.) cachet on FDC | 1964 | ||
Netherlands | 1166b tab6 (Mi2193-2194 tab6) | Tab6 from MS10 (1166b (5x (1165-1166) + 10 tabs)) | 2004 | "onweer" (thunderstorm) | |
Netherlands | 1165-1166 fdc | (Pictorial) cancel and (NVPH) cachet on FDC | lightning (in one of five cachet images); also (symbolic) lightning (in the cancel, same design as the tab) | ||
New Zealand | 1262 (Mi1412) | One of booklet pane of 10 (1268a (1259-1268)) (Mi1409-1418), with booklet outside (1268b) | 1995 | ||
New Zealand | 2737h (Mi3479) | One of MS14 (2737 (a-n)) (Mi3472-3485) | 2017 | ||
Nicaragua | 986 (Mi1860) | 1975 | lightning in Benjamin Franklin, painting by C.W. Peale | ||
Nigeria | 210 (Mi204) | 1967 | |||
Niger | Mi8946 | One of MS4 (Mi8946-8949 + 2 labels) | 2022 | ||
Niger | BL1478 | SS1 (Mi8950) | |||
Norway | 403-404 fdc (Mi466-467 fdc) | (Orange and blue printed) cachet on FDC | 1962 | ||
Norway | 1799 (Mi1916) | 2016 | |||
Norway | 1799-1800 fdc | One of two stamps and (pictorial) cancel and (Norway Post) cachet on FDC | |||
Norway | 1799 sa (Mi1916 sa) | Self-adhesive | |||
Poland | 3892b (Mi?) | One of strip of 4 (3292 (a-d)), or three of MS12 (3892e (3x (3892 (a-d))) | 2008 | "Lightning" (in Polish text) | |
Poland | 3892a-d fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | |||
Portugal | 2227 (Mi2256) | One of MS6 (2231a (2226-2231) (Mi2255-2260) | 1998 | ||
Portugal | 2266-2231 fdc | One of six stamps on FDC | |||
Portugal | 2239 (Mi2266) | Self-adhesive, like 2227, one of strip of 6 (2244a (2239-2244)) (Mi2266-2271) | |||
Portugal | 2266 (Mi2290) | One of MS4 (2265-2268) (Mi2289-2292) | 1998 | ||
Portugal | 2269i (Mi2302) | Like 2266, one of MS12 (2269 (a-k + 2265)) (Mi2293-2304) | |||
Portugal | Unknown1 (Mi?) | 2018 | |||
Portugal | Unknown1-2 fdc | One of two stamps and cachet on FDC | |||
Portugal | Unknown1-2 folder | Folder | |||
Russia (USSR) | None | Postcard back, also front | 1907 | "After the thunderstorm" (in French and Cyrillic text) | |
Russia (USSR) | 4387 (Mi4421) | 1975 | After a Thunderstorm, painting by F. Vasilev, 1868 | ||
St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 3024 (BL1142, Mi6449) | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 | 2015 | ||
St. Vincent Grenadines | 861 (BL207) | SS1 | 1992 | ||
Samoa | 366 (Mi259) | 1972 | |||
Samoa | 365-368 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | |||
Samoa | 418 (Mi?) i418 | Imperforate | 1975 | ||
Samoa | 419a (BL?) | (Interpex 1975) souvenir sheet (415-419) | |||
Sierra Leone | 2847 (BL621, Mi4914) | SS1 | 2006 | lightning and Benjamin Franklin | |
South Africa | 392 (Mi?) | 1973 | |||
South Africa | 393 (Mi?) | ||||
South Africa | 392-394 fdc | Two of three stamps on FDC | |||
South Africa | 811 (Mi826) | 1991 | |||
South Africa | 811 maxi | Maxicard | |||
South Africa | 810-813 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | |||
South Africa | 1553e (Mi?) | One of MS10 (1553 (a-j)) | 2016 | ||
Sri Lanka | 1234 (Mi1187) | 1998 | |||
Sri Lanka | 1234 fdc | Stamp on FDC | |||
Sweden | 1846 (Mi1634) | 1990 | lightning beneath "cumulonimbus" | ||
Sweden | 1846 maxi | Maxicard | |||
Sweden | 1846 card | FDC card | |||
Sweden | 2396b (Mi2187) | One of booklet pane of 6 (2396 (a-f)) (Mi2186-2191), also booklet front | 2000 | clouds, lightning | |
Switzerland | 1195 (Mi?) | 2004 | |||
Togo | Unknown a (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2015 | Cheval effrayé par un orage (Horse Frightened by a Thunderstorm), painting by Eugène Delacroix, 1824 | |
Turkey | 3646 (Mi4485) | 2019 | |||
Turkey | 3646 fdc | Stamp on FDC | |||
United States | None | (Black printed advertising) cachet on cover | 1887 | "lightning" | |
United States | None | (Text) cancel on postcard | 1908 | "Good Thunder" (post office) | |
United States | None | Cinderella | 1930s | "violent electrical storms" | |
United States | None | Cinderella (poster stamp) | 1930s | "lightning" | |
United States | None | Address image on cover | 1939 | ||
United States | 1073 (Mi694) | 1956 | Franklin taking Lightning from the Sky, painting by B. West | ||
United States | 1393D fdc1 (Mi1086 fdc1) | (Virgil Crow) cachet on FDC | 1972 | ||
United States | 1393D fdc2 (Mi1086 fdc2) | (Sarzin metallic) cachet on FDC | |||
United States | C76 card1 (Mi990 card1) | (Bicentennial Exposition on Science and Technology) souvenir card | 1976 | "lightning rod" | |
United States | C76 card2 (Mi990 card2) | (Bicentennial Exposition on Science and Technology) souvenir card (with extra stamps and text cancel) | |||
United States | C76 card3 (Mi990 card3) | (Bicentennial Exposition on Science and Technology) souvenir card (slightly different, with extra stamps and text cancel) | |||
United States | 2573 fdc (Mi2188 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 1991 | Jupiter's "lightning bolt" | |
United States | 3878e back (Mi3869 back) 3878e | One of MS15 (3878 (a-o)) (Mi3865-3879), also back | 2004 | "Thunderstorms always produce lightning" | |
United States | None | (Zazzle.com) personalized postage | 2016 | ||
United States | None | (Zazzle.com) personalized postage (different) | 2016 | ||
United States | None | (Zazzle.com) personalized postage (different) | 2016 | ||
United States | None | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 2018 | On July 9, 1953, the Weather Bureau posted "New England's first-ever severe thunderstorm watch, with the possibility of tornadic activity" | |
Hail | |||||
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Brazil | 3297a (Mi4198) | One of strip of 2 (3297 (a-b)) (Mi4198-4199) | 2015 | (symbolic) hail (diamond shapes falling from cloud and white hailstones on the ground) | |
Brazil | 3297 fdc | Strip of 2 on FDC | |||
China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2003 | tobacco crop insured against hail and flood disasters | |
Croatia | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 2002 | "oluja tuča" (hailstorm) | |
Germany (West) | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 1965 | "8th Conference on Hail Insurance"; also (symbolic) depiction of crop damage due to hail | |
Iran | 2454 (Mi2423) | 1991 | |||
Iran | 2454 misperf | Mis-perforated | |||
Israel | 1712_sa p15 (Mi1994-1999) | Prestige booklet with serpentine-cut self-adhesive stamps (2x (1712a-f)), p.15, with 1712e_sa (Mi1998) | 2008 | "hail" | |
Israel | None | Cinderella from cinderella MS24 (12x 2-different), also margin detail | 2014 | Hail (one of the 10 plagues of Egypt) | |
Jersey (Great Britain) | 2002 (Mi2076) | From MS10 (2002a (10x 2002)) | 2016 | "Hail showers passing by La Moye golf course" | |
Jersey (Great Britain) | 1997-2004 fdc | One of eight stamps on FDC | |||
Netherlands | 1166b tab10 (Mi2193-2194 tab10) | Tab10 from MS10 (1166b (5x (1165-1166) + 10 tabs)) | 2004 | "hagel" (hail) | |
Netherlands | 1165-1166 fdc | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (NVPH cachet) | hail (symbolized by the diamonds) | ||
Poland | None | Postal card | 1973 | 170 years of insurance in Poland; (symbolic) hailstorm, fire and flood (in printed stamp) | |
Uganda | 1199 (Mi1331) | 1994 | "Destruction [of crops] by hailstone[s]" | ||
United States | None | Postal card back, also front | 1883 | "German American Hail Insurance Company" | |
United States | None | (Grey printed) cachet (return address) on cover | 1896 | "Alliance Mutual Hail and Cyclone Insurance Co." | |
United States | None | Cachet (address) on cover, also back | 1902 | "Farmers' State Mutual Hail Association" | |
United States | None | Cinderella (poster stamp) | 1930s | "hail" | |
United States | None | Address on cover | 1939 | "Farmers' Mutual Hail Insurance Association of Iowa" | |
United States | None | Address (different) on cover | 1939 | "Farmers' Mutual Hail Insurance Association of Iowa" | |
United States | None | (Black printed) cachet on cover | 1944 | "Farmers' State Mutual Hail Association" | |
United States | None | (Black printed) cachet (return address) on cover | 1944 | "Insurance Company of North America - Rain and Hail Department" | |
United States | None | (Red pictorial) meter on cover | 1953 | "Hail insurance specialists" | |
United States | None | (Black) meter | 1964 | "You can't stop a hailstorm" | |
United States | 3878e back (Mi3869 back) 3878e | One of MS15 (3878 (a-o)) (Mi3865-3879), also back | 2004 | "large hailstones" | |
Dew | |||||
China (Taiwan) | 3287c (Mi?) | One stamp and in (lower) margin of strip of 6 (3287 (a-f)) (Mi2606-2611) | 2000 | Dewdrops on leaves | |
United States | None | (Black printed) cachet (return address) on cover | 1922 | "Dew Drop Inn" | |
United States | 1327 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (DW Knapp) cachet on FDC | 1967 | "the morning dew" |
2The Great Britain 1963-1966 set contains many more derivative items than listed here, most of which can be found on the barometers page.
3Ono no Komachi (ca 825-900) was a Japanese poetess. Legend has it that she lived during a severe and prolonged drought. At long last she composed a prayer for rain in the form of a poem written on a card which she put into a miniature boat. She then released the boat into a pond in the Imperial Garden. That scene is illustrated in a woodblock print from the early 1760s by Suzuki Harunobu, (Ono no) Komachi Praying for Rain, which is reproduced in Sierra Leone 2459. Thanks to the power of Komachi's poetry, the rain started and continued for three days. Harunobu's print shows the rain already falling, even as Komachi is pushing her little vessel away from the shore.
Below is a list of Summer weather and storms on satellite launch covers.
Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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Rain falling | ||||
United States | 1972-10-15 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Solar Covers no.52) cachet on NOAA-2 and OSCAR-6 (Amsat-P2A) launch cover, also insert | |
United States | 1973-05-25 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on Skylab-21 launch cover, also detail | |
Other rain-related | ||||
United States | 1971-07-26 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Black printed) cachet on Apollo-15 launch cover | Apollo-15 landed "on the edge of the massive Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains)" |
United States | 1982-03-29 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on STS-3 proposed landing cover | "unable to land at Edwards AFB due to a heavy rains" |
United States | 1985-04-12 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on STS-51D launch and Anik-C1 deployment cover | "NASA would not risk flying the spaceship through a rainstorm, fearing the raindrops would erode the critical heat-shielding material" |
United States | 1983-04-28 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS) cachet on GOES-6 launch cover | "rainfall" |
United States | 2019-07-31 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Red Eagle) cachet on AMOS-17 pre-launch cover | "static fire test ... under cloudy skies and heavy rain" |
United States | 2022-11-012 | Vandenberg SFB, CA (red hand cancel) | (JM) cachet on JPSS-2 (NOAA-21) launch cover | "heavy rainfall" |
Thunderstorms and lightning | ||||
United States | 1974-03-16 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on DMSP-5B-F5 launch cover | "Electrical storm predictions" |
United States | 1974-03-16 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on DMSP-5B-F5 launch cover | |
United States | 1975-05-23 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on DMSP-5C-F2 launch cover | "Electrical storms" |
United States | 1981-07-01 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage magenta and orange-brown) cachet on STS-2 pre-launch cover | "Night/day optical survey of lightning" |
United States | 1981-07-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage blue and orange) cachet on STS-2 pre-launch cover | |
United States | 1981-11-13 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage) cachet on STS-2 event cover | "Night/day optical survey of lightning" |
Great Britain | 2017-05-05 | Guildford | (Benham) cachet on Ariel-3 anniversary cover | "detecting 'terrestrial radio noise' from thunderstorms" |
United States | 2019-11-14 | Monument Beach MA | (Coverscape) cachet on Apollo-12 launch cover | "After being struck by lightning during launch, Apollo-12 had a flawless mission" |
United States | 2018-10-26 | GSFC, Greenbelt MD | (Red Eagle) cachet on EOS-Aqua event cover | "Super Typhoon Yutu" had an "open 19 nautical-mile-wide eye surrounded by very thick bands of powerful thunderstorms" |
United States | 2022-02-19 | Wallops Island VA | (Ranski) back of Cygnus-CRS-17 launch cover, also front | Astronaut Piers Sellers watched "gigantic nighttime thunderstorms flash and flare for hundreds of miles along the equator" |
United States | 2024-06-25 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on GOES-19 launch cover, also back | "lightning mapping" |
Hail | ||||
United States | 1980-09-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on GOES-4 launch cover | "hail" |
United States | 1980-09-09 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on GOES-4 launch cover | |
United States | 1980-09-09 | Greenbelt MD | (Space Voyage) cachet on GOES-4 launch cover |
1The numbered Skylab missions are identified on the Skylab-mission Earth imagery page.
2The "Nov 1, 2022" cancel appears to be an error, as Nov 10, 2022 was the launch date for JPSS-2 (NOAA-21).
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