Thermometers, Temperatures,
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Below are checklists of Thermometers, temperatures, and temperature units on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
See also the following topics on the Weather Maps page:
See also the following Contributors to Meteorology whose names were used for temperature scales and units:
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Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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Below is a list of Thermometers, temperatures, and temperature units 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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Thermometers (and thermographs) | ||||
Afghanistan | 1360 (Mi1644) | 1989 | Thermometers (inferred) in open instrument shelter | |
Angola | 1620+selvedge (Mi2119+selvedge) | Selvedge from MS10 (1620a (10x 1620)) | 2019 | Graduated thermometer (°C, °F) |
Angola | 1699 (BL189) | Stamp from SS1 | Graduated thermometer (°C) | |
Argentina | 2520 (BL105, Mi3252-3253) | In (left) margin of MS2 (2520 (a-b)) | 2009 | Graduated thermometer (°C) |
Argentina | 2520 fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
Argentina | 2966 (BL181, Mi3924-3927) | In (upper and lower-right) margins of MS4 (a-d) | 2022 | (Two small) thermometers |
Argentina | 2966 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
Belgium | None | Cachet on commercial cover | 1934 | "thermometers" |
Belgium | B598 (Mi?) | 1956 | Fever thermometer in nurse's hand | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb Admin.) | 488 fdc (Mi613 fdc) | (?) back of FDC, also front | 2014 | Galileo's inventions included "a thermometer" |
British Antarctic Territory | 319 (Mi345) | 2002 | Four thermometers (minimum, maximum, dry, wet-bulb) and thermograph in open instrument shelter | |
Bulgaria | 4597a (BL?) | In (lower) margin of simulated-perforation SS1 | 2012 | Graduated thermometer |
Canada | None | Cachet (address and return address) on cover | 1938 | "American Thermometer Company" |
Canada | 479 fdc1 (Mi420 fdc1) | (H&E) cachet on FDC | 1968 | Two thermometers in open instrument shelter |
Canada | 479 fdc2 (Mi420 fdc2) | (Cole Cover) cachet on FDC, also detail | Thermometer in William Wale's hand | |
Canada | 479 fdc3 (Mi420 fdc3) | (Jackson Covers/C. Chickering) cachet on FDC | Two thermometers (on left and right edges of cachet) | |
Canada | 479 fdc4 (Mi420 fdc4) | (Jackson Covers/C. Chickering) cachet on FDC (purple rubber-stamp cachet) | Two thermometers (on left and right edges of cachet) | |
Canada | 479 fdc5 (Mi420 fdc5) | (Schering) cachet on FDC, also back | "thermometer" | |
Canada | 1287 fdc1 (Mi1195 fdc1) | (?) cachet on FDC | 1990 | Two thermometers on wall |
Canada | 1287 fdc2 (Mi1195 fdc2) | (?) cachet (same, and signatures) on FDC, also English insert and French insert | ||
Canada | 2205a (Mi2391-2392) | In (right) margin of MS2 (2204-2205), also detail | 2007 | Graduated thermometer (°C) |
Canada | 2205b | In gutter of MS16 (8x 2204-2205), also detail | ||
China (People's Republic) | 1387 (Mi1396) | 1978 | Grass minimum thermometer | |
China (People's Republic) | 1384-1388 fdc | One of five stamps on FDC | ||
China (People's Republic) | 1516 (Mi1525) | 1979 | Thermometer in girl's hand | |
China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2002 | Thermometer |
China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2005 | Graduated thermometer (with 100°C for all markings!)4 |
China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2005 | Digital thermometers |
China (People's Republic) | Unknown (Mi?) | Revenue tax stamp | 2005 | Thermometer (°C) |
China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | Temperature sensor in small aspirated shelter as part of autostation |
China (People's Republic) | 4276 (Mi4678) | 2015 | (quarter circle of) Graduated thermometer (°C) | |
China (People's Republic) | 4276 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
China (People's Republic) | 4276 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
China (Taiwan) | 3574k_2 label6 (Mi2986-2995 label6) | Label from MS10 (3574k_2 (a-j + 7 labels)) | 2004 | Temperature sensor in small aspirated shelter mounted on horizontal arm of small tower, at Yu-Shan weather observatory (Taiwan) |
Colombia | 680 (Mi827) | 1958 | Thermometer in boiling water | |
Colombia | C309 (Mi828) | |||
Colombia | C310 (Mi829) | |||
Colombia | 680+C309 fdc | Two stamps and (blue and brown printed) cachet on FDC | ||
Colombia | 680+C309-C310 fdc | Three stamps and (blue and brown printed) cachet on FDC | ||
Cook Islands | KM1664 | $5. (silver coin) reverse, also obverse and case | 2014 | Graduated thermometer (°C), with both current and original (inverted) scales |
Cyprus | 960 fdc1 (Mi959 fdc1) | (Cyprus Post) cachet on FDC | 2000 | Temperature sensor as part of autostation |
Cyprus | 960 fdc2 (Mi959 fdc2) | (Cyprus Post and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC | ||
Denmark | None | Cinderella | 193? | Graduated thermometer (°C) |
Denmark | None | Cinderella | ? | Single and dual-scale graduated thermometers (°C/°F) |
Denmark | 489 fdc1 (Mi521 fdc1) | (Frimaerke Nyt nr.169) cachet on FDC | 1972 | Two thermometers (dry and wet-bulb) |
Denmark | 489 fdc2 (Mi521 fdc2) | (Orange and blue and black printed) cachet on FDC | 1972 | Graduated thermometer (°C) |
Djibouti | 1341 (BL1092) | In (lower-right) margin of SS1 | 2017 | Analog thermometer (°C/°F); graduated thermometer (°C) (in SS1 cachet) |
Djibouti | 1341 fdc | SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
Djibouti | 1322 fdc | (Multi-color printed) cachet on MS4 FDC | ||
Finland | 767 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | 1988 | Graduated thermometer |
France | None | Meter | 1960 | "thermomètre à mercure" |
France | None | Meter | 1962 | thermometer |
France | None | Meter | 1964 | "thermomètres" |
France | None | Meter | 1965 | "thermomètres" |
France | None | Meter | 1967 | "thermomètres" |
France | None | Meter | 1978 | "thermomètres" |
France | None | Cachet on commercial postal card, also back | ? | "thermomètres" |
France | None | Cachet on commercial cover | 1995 | "thermomètre" |
France | None | (Orange and black printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 2007 | thermometer |
France | None | (Orange and yellow and black printed) cachet on stamped envelope (different) | 2007 | thermometer |
French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C19 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | 1970 | Graduated thermometer |
French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1994 | Thermometer |
Germany | None | Cachet on commercial cover | 1923 | "thermometer" |
Germany | None | Cachet on cover | 1928 | Graduated thermometer (°C) |
Germany | None | Cachet on cover | 1933 | Carl Rose thermometer advertisement |
Germany | None | Cachet on cover | 1933 | Hugo Voigt thermometer advertisement |
Germany | None | Cachet on cover | 1935 | Paul Remdt thermometer advertisement |
Germany | None | Meter | 1935 | Thermometer advertisement |
Germany | None | (Red pictorial) meter on cover | 1941 | Thermometer advertisement |
Germany (West) | None | (Red text) meter on commercial cover | 1949 | "thermometer" |
Germany (West) | None | Meter | 1954 | Thermometer advertisement |
Germany (West) | None | Meter | 1966 | "thermometer" (in text and drawing) |
Germany (West) | None | Meter | 1972 | "thermometer" |
Germany (West) | None | Cachet on commercial cover | 1975 | "thermometer" |
Germany (West) | None | Meter | 1980 | Thermometer advertisement |
Germany | None | Cinderella | ? | Graduated fever thermometer (°C) |
Germany | None | Cinderella | ? | Graduated thermometer (unknown units) |
Germany | 2143a fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Pictorial)) cancel on FDC | 2001 | Two small aspirated shelters for temperature sensors on right side of tower section |
Germany | 2143 fdc (BL57 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
Germany | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 2008 | 200th anniv. thermometer advertisement |
Germany | KM332 | 10 euro (silver coin) | 2014 | 300th anniv. (degree) Fahrenheit scale: graduated thermometer; eight (8) temperature scales/units (degree Newton (°N), degree Rømer (°Rø), degree Fahrenheit (°F), degree Réaumur (°Ré), degree Delisle (°D), degree Celsius (°C), kelvin (K), degree Rankine (°Ra)) |
Ghana | 573 (Mi633) | 1976 | Three temperatures (0°C, 37°C, 100°C), fever thermometer (37°C indicated), correctly given as degrees "Celsius"3 (in text) | |
Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 218 (Mi213) | 1973 | Four thermometers (minimum, maximum, dry, wet-bulb) and thermograph in open instrument shelter | |
Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 219 (Mi214) | |||
Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 218-221 fdc | Two of four stamps on FDC | ||
Great Britain | 1130 (Mi1056) | 1986 | Portion of dual-scale fever thermometer (37°C/98.6°F in red) | |
Great Britain | 1130 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
Great Britain | 1966a fdc (BL10, Mi1924-1927 fdc) | (A.G. Bradbury Leicester) cachet on FDC, also detail | 2001 | Dual-scale graduated thermometer (°C/°F) |
Greenland | 739 (Mi724) | 2016 | Temperature sensors as part of (two) autostations | |
Greenland | 741 (Mi736) | Self-adhesive | ||
Guinea Republic | Mi14672 | One of MS4 (Mi14672-14675) | 2020 | Dual-scale graduated thermometer (°C/°F) |
Hong Kong | 419-422 fdc1 (Mi419-422 fdc1) | (GPO Hong Kong) English insert from FDC, also Chinese insert and FDC front | 1983 | "Temperature measurements were made with thermometers in a thatched shed" (known more generally as a Stevenson screen, or instrument shelter); "it was designed to allow good ventilation so that unrealistically high temperatures would not be registered on calm sunny summer days" (in FDC insert text) |
Hong Kong | 419-422 fdc2 (Mi419-422 fdc2) | (GPO Hong Kong) English insert from FDC (Hennessy Road cancel), also Chinese insert and FDC front | ||
India | 708 (Mi662) | 1975 | Temperature sensor in small aspirated shelter (cylinder with conical top) as part of autostation | |
India | 708 fdc | Stamp and (purple printed) cachet on FDC | ||
India | 708 folder1 | FDC folder (Calcutta cancel) | ||
India | 708 folder2 | FDC folder (New Delhi cancel) | ||
India | 708 folder3 | FDC folder (Trivandrum cancel) | ||
Iraq | 959 (Mi1039) i959 | Imperforate | 1980 | Graduated thermometer (-60°C to +60°C) |
Iraq | 959+962 dual | Dual deluxe sheet (959+962) | ||
Iraq | 960 (Mi1040) i960 | Imperforate | ||
Iraq | 960+963 dual | Dual deluxe sheet (960+963) | ||
Iraq | 961 (Mi1041) i961 | Imperforate | ||
Iraq | 961+964 dual | Dual deluxe sheet (961+964) | ||
Israel | 1613+tab (Mi?+tab) | Stamp and tab from MS15 (1613a (15x 1613)) | 2006 | Digital fever thermometer (37.8°C) |
Jersey (Great Britain) | 1300 (Mi1331) | 2008 | Dual-scale analog/dial thermometer (°C/°F) | |
Jersey (Great Britain) | 1297-1301 fdc | One of five stamps on FDC, also back | ||
Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania | 226 (Mi213) | 1971 | Two thermometers (0°C to 100°C, 32°F to 212°F) | |
Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania | 225-228 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC (East African Posts and Telecommunications cachet, Nairobi Stamp Bureau cancel) | ||
Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania | 225-228 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (East African Posts and Telecommunications cachet, Nairobi cancel) | ||
Korea (South) | 2285d (Mi2655) | One of block of 4 (2285 (a-d)) (Mi2654-2657), or four of (2285e (4x (a-d))) | 2008 | Five graduated thermometers (°C) |
Korea (South) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on postal card | 2016 | Graduated thermometer |
Korea (South) | 2546 (Mi3380) | From MS16 (2546a (16x 2546)) | 2019 | Thermometer (at lower-left) |
Korea (South) | 2546 fdc | Stamp(s) and (pictorial) cancel(s) on FDC | ||
Korea (South) | 2546 folder | FDC folder | ||
Macedonia (North) | 807 (Mi866) | From MS9 (807a (9x 807)) | 2019 | Graduated thermometer (°C/°F) |
Macedonia (North) | 807 fdc | Stamp and (North Macedonia Post) cachet on FDC | ||
Maldive Islands | 885 (Mi907) | 1980 | Fever thermometer | |
Maldive Islands | 886 (BL71, Mi908) | On stamp and in (surrounding) margin of SS1 | ||
Maldive Islands | Mi9206 | One of MS4 (Mi9205-9208) | 2020 | symbolic thermometer |
Malagasy (DR) | 1062 (Mi1389) | 1992 | (Two symbolic) thermometers, two temperatures (25°C, 35°C) | |
Malaysia | 764c (Mi848) | One of block of 10 (764 (a-j)) (Mi846-855), or two of MS20 (764k (764 (a-j))) | 2000 | Fever thermometer |
Montserrat | 997 (Mi1108) | 1999 | Graduated thermometer | |
Mozambique | 1105 (Mi1187) | 1989 | Two or more thermometers in open instrument shelter | |
Mozambique | Mi9629 | One of MS4 (Mi9629-9632) | 2018 | Graduated thermometer |
Mozambique | Mi10204 | One of MS4 (Mi10202-10205) | 2019 | Graduated thermometer (°C/°F) |
Namibia | 692 (Mi700) | 1991 | Four thermometers (minimum, maximum, dry, wet-bulb) in open instrument shelter; also "thermohygrograph" (in insert text) | |
Namibia | 690-693 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC (Namibia PT cachet), also insert | ||
Namibia | 690-693 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (Namibia silk cachet) | ||
Netherlands | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 1936 | Portion of dual-scale thermometer, two temperatures (0°C, 32°F) |
Netherlands | None | Cachet on cover | 1945 | Thermometer, "De Juiste Temperatuur" |
Netherlands | B650 (Mi1379) | From book of 4 (B652a (B650-B651 + 2x B652)) (MH41 (1379C+1380D+1381D-E)), with interior | 1990 | Graduated thermometer (°C) scales |
Netherlands | B651 (Mi1380) | |||
Netherlands | B651 maxi | Maxicard | ||
Netherlands | B650-B652 fdc | Two of three stamps on FDC (NVPH cachet) | ||
Netherlands Antilles | 241 fdc (Mi65 fdc) | (Blue and red printed) cachet on FDC | 1957 | Graduated thermometer (on left side of globe) |
Nevis | 1185k (Mi1468) | One stamp and in (left) margin of MS17 (1185 (a-q + label)) (Mi1458-1474) | 2000 | "thermometer" (in text only) |
New Zealand | 594 (Mi677) | 1976 | (symbolic) thermometer | |
New Zealand | 794 (Mi892) | 1984 | Thermometers (inferred) in open instrument shelter | |
New Zealand | 791-794 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
New Zealand | 794 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Benham cachet) | ||
New Zealand | 794a (Mi889-892) | MS4 (791-794) | ||
New Zealand | 794a cover1 | MS4 on cover | 1985 | Thermometers (inferred) in open instrument shelter |
New Zealand | 794a cover2 | MS4 on cover (different) | ||
Nigeria | 204 (Mi195) | 1966 | Graduated thermometer | |
Nigeria | 205 (Mi196) | |||
Nigeria | 206 (Mi197) | |||
Norway | 355-357 fdc1 (Mi411-412 fdc1) | (Blue and red printed) cachet on FDC (1-star Oslo cancel) | 1957 | Graduated thermometer (on left side of globe) |
Norway | 355-357 fdc2 (Mi411-412 fdc2) | (Blue and red printed) cachet on FDC (4-star Oslo cancel) | ||
Papua New Guinea | 184 (Mi58) | 1964 | Fever thermometer in doctor's hand | |
Poland | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 1939 | Graduated thermometer |
Romania | None | (Cercul Filatelic Turda - Polar Section) cachet on postcard | 2007 | Diagram of Fort Rae (Northwest Territory, Canada) observing station (part of the 1st IPY) including the locations of the "anemometer" and the "thermometers" |
Romania | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 2012 | Analog/dial thermometer (°C) |
Russia (USSR) | None | (Top rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1990 | Thermometer with negative temperatures in °C increasing downward from -100°C at the top |
Russia | 6130d (Mi292) | One of strip of 5 (6130 (a-e)) | 1993 | Thermometer |
Russia | 7139 (Mi1548) | From MS8 (7140a (4x (7139-7140))) | 2009 | Temperature sensor in small aspirated shelter |
Russia | 7139-7140 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
Russia | 7140a fdc | MS8 on FDC | ||
Sierra Leone | 3981b (Mi7788) | One of MS4 (3981 (a-d)) (Mi7788-7791) | 2016 | Graduated thermometer (°C/°F) |
Sierra Leone | 3999 (BL1090, Mi7792) | SS1 | ||
Slovenia | 1324 (Mi362) | 2019 | Thermometer (at bottom) | |
Slovenia | 1324 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
South Africa | 610-613 fdc1 (Mi626-629 fdc1) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | 1983 | Four thermometers (minimum, maximum, dry, wet-bulb) in open instrument shelter |
South Africa | 610-613 fdc2 (Mi626-629 fdc2) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (different) | ||
South Africa | 613 maxi1 (Mi629 maxi1) | (Pictorial) cancel on maxicard | ||
South Africa | 613 maxi2 (Mi629 maxi2) | (Pictorial) cancel on maxicard (different), also back | ||
Spain | 1487 (Mi1708) | 1967 | (symbolic) thermometer | |
Spain | 1487 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Black and red and cyan printed cachet) | ||
Spain | 2136 (Mi2401) | 1979 | (symbolic) thermometer | |
Spain | 2136 maxi | Maxicard | ||
Spain | 2136 fdc | Stamp and (S.F.C.- A.512) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
Spain | 3544 (Mi4290) | 2008 | Graduated thermometer (°C/°F) (on stamp); medical/fever thermometer (in cancel) | |
Spain | 3543-3544 fdc | One of two stamps and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (Spanish Post/S.F.C.- 2008 cachet) | ||
Spain | 3544 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (black printed cachet) | ||
Spain | 3543-3544 folder | One of two stamps in folder | ||
Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013? | Graduated thermometer (°C), with both current and original (inverted) scales |
Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | Graduated fever thermometer | |
Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | (tiny) Graduated thermometer | |
Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | Graduated thermometer (unknown scales) | |
Sweden | None | Cinderella | ~1920 | Graduated thermometer (°C) |
Sweden | 1402 (Mi1188) | One of booklet pane of 6 (1402a (6x 1402)) with booklet outside (front and back), also inside cover | 1982 | Graduated thermometer (0°C indicated) |
Sweden | 1401-1402 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
Sweden | 1401-1402 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (blank/no cachet) | ||
Tanganyika | 46 (Mi?) | Also booklet pane of 4 | 1961 | Fever thermometer in nurse's hand |
Tanganyika | O22 (Mi?) | 46 overprinted "official" | ||
Thailand | 2362-2365 cp (Mi? cp) | In (lower-center) margin of commemorative panel of 4 (2362-2365) | 2008 | Thermometer in "mouth" of face on Earth |
Togo | Unknown b (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2019 | Graduated thermometer (°C) |
Tunisia | 1435 (Mi1687) | 2008 | Temperature sensor in small aspirated shelter as part of autostation | |
Tunisia | 1435 ds | Deluxe sheet (1435) | ||
Tunisia | 1435 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
Tunisia | 1435 folder | FDC folder, also inside, also back | ||
Turkey | 3646 (Mi4485) | 2019 | Graduated thermometer (°C) (at lower-right); temperature sensor in small aspirated shelter on mast (at lower middle) | |
Turkey | 3646 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 337 (Mi344) | 1992 | Dual-scale thermometer (-20°C to 50°C, 0°F to 120°F) | |
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | 336-338 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
Tuvalu | 1030d (Mi?) | From MS6 (1030 (a-f)) (BL5) | 2007 | Graduated thermometer |
Tuvalu | 1030f (Mi?) | |||
Tuvalu | 1198 (Mi?) | 2012 | Graduated thermometer | |
Tuvalu | 1199 (Mi?) | |||
Tuvalu | 1200 (Mi?) | |||
Tuvalu | 1201 (Mi?) | |||
Tuvalu | 1202 (Mi?) | |||
Uganda | 1194 (Mi1326) | 1994 | Temperature sensor as part of autostation (small, in middle of stamp; it is featured by itself in Uganda 1198) | |
Uganda | 1197 (Mi1329) | Thermometers (inferred) in open instrument shelter | ||
Uganda | 1198 (Mi1330) | Temperature sensor as part of autostation | ||
Uganda | 1200 (BL207) | In (lower-right and lower-left) margins of SS1 | Minimum/maximum thermometer and thermograph | |
United States | None | (Red-orange printed) cachet on cover | 1904 | Thermometer dial (on oven door) advertisement |
United States | None | (Black printed) cachet (return address) on cover | 1904 | "Waterton Thermometer Co." |
United States | None | (Orange printed) cachet on cover | 1906 | Fever thermometer advertisement |
United States | None | (Two) cachets on cover | 1912 | "Where the thermometers come from"; "Taylor thermometers tell the truth" |
United States | None | (Two) cachets on cover | 1914 | "Where Tycos thermometers come from"; "Taylor thermometers tell the truth" |
United States | None | (Black printed) cachet (return address) on cover | 1916 | "Where the good thermometers come from" |
United States | UX27 ad | Postal card (UX27) back, also front | 1917 | "E. Kessling Thermometer Co." |
United States | None | (Black printed) cachet (return address) on cover | 1917 | "Where Tycos thermometers come from" |
United States | None | (Black printed) cachet (return address) on cover | 1917 | "Where the good thermometers come from" |
United States | None | (Black printed) cachet (return address) on cover | 1921 | "Hudson Thermometer Co." |
United States | None | (Black printed) cachet (return address) on cover | 1922 | "thermometer" manufacturer |
United States | None | Postcard back, also front | 1933 | Graduated thermometer (°F); "Havoline thermometer" (at Chicago Century of Progress International Exposition); "World's tallest thermometer" |
United States | None | (Green pictorial) meter, also detail | 1935 | Graduated thermometer (Abraham and Strauss, New York store ad) |
United States | None | Meter | 1940 | "Thermometers for every purpose - accuracy guaranteed" |
United States | 1080 cover (Mi702 cover) | (Jay Art) cachet on cover | 1958 | liquid thermometer |
United States | None | Advertising card back | 1950 | Thermometer |
United States | None | Meter | 1973 | "The Thermometer Co." |
United States | 3318 (Mi3141) | One of strip of 4 (3320a (3317-3320)), or five of sheet of 20 (3320b (5x (3317-3320))) | 1999 | Dual-scale aquarium thermometer (°C/°F) |
United States | 3318 fdc | Stamp and (PCS golden-replica) cachet on FDC | ||
United States | SP1314 | (USPS) souvenir page (3317-3320) | ||
United States | CP577 | (USPS no.574) commemorative panel (3320a) | ||
United States | 4524o (Mi4695) | One of MS16 (4524 (a-p)) (Mi4681-4696), also back; also cross gutter block of 16 | 2011 | (combined) thermostat and thermometer (°F) |
United States | 4524o fdc | Stamp and (Fleetwood) cachet on FDC, also back | ||
United States | 4524o-p fdc | One of two stamps and (PCS) cachet on FDC | ||
United States | SP1793 | (USPS) souvenir page (4524), also back | (As above for stamp) | |
United States | CP868 page1 | (USPS no.868) commemorative panel (4524), also page2 | ||
United States | 4507 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (DWc) cachet on FDC | 2011 | thermometer in doctor's vest pocket |
United States | None | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 2011 | Wall thermometer, in degrees Fahrenheit; during the "Year without a Summer", "severe climate abnormalities caused average global temperatures to decrease by about 0.4 - 0.7°C (0.7 - 1.3°F)" |
United States | None | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 2013 | Dual-scale thermometer (°C/°F); "On July 10, 1913, the thermometer [in Death Valley] rose to 134° [Fahrenheit]" |
Upper Volta | 95 (Mi99) | 1962 | Thermometer on side of instrument shelter, also (possible) thermograph inside instrument shelter | |
Upper Volta | 95 ds | Deluxe sheet (95) | ||
Upper Volta | 95 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions u.des.co cachet) | ||
Upper Volta | 95 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | ||
Wallis and Futuna Islands | Unknown1 fdc | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | 2017 | Graduated thermometer |
Wallis and Futuna Islands | Unknown2 fdc | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
Wallis and Futuna Islands | Unknown3 fdc | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
Wallis and Futuna Islands | Unknown4 fdc | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
Temperature values and/or units (no thermometers depicted) | ||||
To be included here, items will usually contain: (1) a temperature value, the degrees symbol ° or the word "degrees", and a scale type ("K", "°C", and "°F") (though the scale type may be implied rather than specified, or may be written in full); or (2) an equation including the temperature "T". Also, items with temperature values in weather maps are found in the Weather Maps page. | ||||
Antarctica | P6 | $100. (banknote), also back | 1996 | "K" (on the ordinate in the graphic at the upper right) |
Antarctica | P13 | $100. (banknote), also back | 2001 | "K" (on the ordinate in the graphic at the upper right) |
Antarctica | P13s | $100. (banknote) overprinted "specimen", also back | 2009 | |
Aruba | 347a (Mi443) | One of MS4 (347 (a-d)) (BL10, Mi443-446), also detail | 2009 | Plot/graph: temperature (°C); two curves on graph (in detail image): smoothed increasing concentration of atmospheric CO2 (in black), and rising observed mean temperatures (in red) |
Aruba | 347 fdc | MS4 and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
Australia | 542 (Mi514) | 1973 | Two fever temperatures ("38°C", "100°F") | |
Australia | 541-544 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
Australia | 541-544 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (different) | ||
Australia | 2890-2893 bk ifc | Prestige booklet of 20 front cover inside | 2008 | Chart (°C, incorrectly labeled as "degree centigrade")3 |
Australia | 2890-2893 bk p2 | Prestige booklet of 20 page 2 | "rising temperatures" | |
Australia | 2890-2893 bk p4 | Prestige booklet of 20 page 4 | "temperature is estimated to increase between 1 and 6.4 degrees (Celsius) over the next century" | |
Australia | 2890-2893 bk ibc | Prestige booklet of 20 back cover inside | "Temperatures, 1856-1999"; "warm temperatures" | |
Australian Antarctic Territory | L205 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (?) back of FDC, also front | 2016 | "-40°C" |
Austria | 950 fdc (Mi1423 fdc) | (Styria) cachet on FDC | 1973 | Surface weather map: temperatures (°C) |
Belgium | 2655 (BL176, Mi4398-4402) | MS5 (2655 (a-e)) | 2013 | "25°C" (in the MS5 text, as the temperature above which the contents of four of the stamps, which are heat sensitive, change to more clearly represent the four seasons) |
Belgium | 2655 changed | MS5 (2655 (a-e)) with changed colors (when above 25°C in strip of 4 (2655f) and also in lower-left margin); also hot-and-cold animation | ||
Belgium | 2655a-e fdc | Four of five stamps on FDC | ||
Belgium | 2823 (Mi4728) | From strip of 2 (2824b (2823-2824)) (Mi4728-4729) | 2017 | -2° to 2° (Celsius implied); also 1.5°C (in booklet text) |
Belgium | 2824 (Mi4729) | |||
Belgium | 2824a | Booklet pane of 10 (5x (2823-2824)) (Mi4728-4729), also booklet front and back | (As above for stamps) | |
British Antarctic Territory | 342 (Mi381-382) | On one of pair (342 (a-b)) | 2004 | Map/chart: warming/cooling (°C per decade) |
British Antarctic Territory | 342c | Ten of MS20 (10x (342 (a-b))) | ||
British Antarctic Territory | 343 (Mi383-384) | On one of pair (343 (a-b)) | Plot/graph: warm-to-cold | |
British Antarctic Territory | 343c | Ten of MS20 (10x (343 (a-b))) | ||
British Antarctic Territory | 344 (Mi385-386) | On one of pair (344 (a-b)) | Plot/graph: temperature (°C) | |
British Antarctic Territory | 344c | Ten of MS20 (10x (344 (a-b))) | ||
British Antarctic Territory | 342-344 fdc | Three pairs of stamps on FDC | (As above for stamps) | |
British Antarctic Territory | 417 (BL17) | In (left) margin of MS4 (417 (a-d)) | 2009 | "increasing air temperatures" |
British Antarctic Territory | 417 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2001 | Hot weather warning: (35°C) |
China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2001 | Cold weather warning: (°C) |
China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2002 | Cold temperature warning: (°C) |
China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2002 | Hot and cold temperature warnings: (°C) |
China (People's Republic) | Unknown (Mi?) | Revenue tax stamp | 2005 | Temperature (26°C) |
China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | Surface weather map: temperatures (°C) |
China (Taiwan) | 3574k_1 label6 (Mi2986-2995 label6) | Label from MS10 (3574k_1 (a-j + 10 labels)) | 2004 | Temperature scale (°C) at upper left of image with sea surface temperature values around Taiwan as measured by the NOAA-16 satellite |
Costa Rica | None | QSL card; also back | 1938 | San Jose average temperature (22°C, 72°F) |
Croatia | None | (Meteorological and Hydrological Service/Croatian Meteorological Society) cachet on WMD cover | 2002 | Plot/graph: temperature (°C) |
Croatia | None | (Croatian Meteorological Society) cachet on WMD cover | 2003 | Plot/graph: temperature (°C) |
Denmark | 936 (Mi1000) | 1991 | Satellite thermal image: water temperatures (°C) | |
Denmark | 937 (Mi1001) | Satellite thermal image: land temperatures (°C) | ||
Djibouti | Mi6415_ms3 | MS3 (3x Mi6415) | 2023 | "Nose cone temperature probe", two occurrences of "External temperature gauge", and one of "internal temperature gauge" |
Djibouti | BL2091 | In (left) margin of SS1 (Mi6417) | ||
France | 1435 (Mi1921) | 1975 | Temperature unit symbol: kelvin (K); also "thermométrie" (in souvenir card text) | |
France | 1435 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | ||
France | 1435 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions P.J. cachet) | ||
France | 1435 sc | Souvenir card | ||
France | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1978 | "Heating at 20° [C]" (in French text) |
France | 4595 (Mi?) | From booklet pane of 12 (4601a (4590-4601)) | 2014 | "Living with the ambient temperature" (in French text) |
France | 4601a fdc | FDC canceled booklet of 12 (4590-4601) | ||
French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 116 sc (Mi203 sc) | Text on souvenir card (116) | 1985 | "températures atteignant moins 34°C au niveau de la mer [et] moins 60°C à 300 kilomètres à l'intérieur du continent" (temperatures reaching -34°C on the coast and -60°C 300 km inland) |
French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1994 | Record and previous record temperatures (25.8°C, 23.1°C) |
French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2015 | vertical profile of "internal temperature" in degrees "C" |
Germany (West) | 1102 (Mi760) | 1973 | Surface weather map: temperatures (°C) | |
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (FIDACOS cachet, Bonn cancel) | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (FIDACOS cachet, Offenback am Main cancel) | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (pink and cyan printed cachet) | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc4 | Two stamps and (Keller) cachet on FDC | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc5 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc6 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc7 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc7 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc8 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc9 | Stamp on FDC (Folio-print cachet, Bonn cancel) | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc10 | Stamp on FDC (Folio-print cachet, Offenbach am Main cancel) | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 fdc11 | Stamp on FDC (black printed cachet) | ||
Germany (West) | 1102 sc | Souvenir card | ||
Germany | 1884 fdc | (ETABO) cachet on FDC | 1995 | Mean temperatures (on ordinate, °C implied) |
Germany | 2090 (Mi2127) | 2000 | Surface weather map: temperatures (°C) | |
Germany | 2090 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (ETABO cachet) | ||
Germany | 2090 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
Germany | 2090 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (FIDACOS cachet) | ||
Germany | 2090 sc | Souvenir card | ||
Germany | 2090 card | (Deutsche Post) FDC art card, and back | ||
Germany | None | Meter | 2011 | "30-3000 °C" |
Germany | 2808 (Mi3109) | From MS10 (2808a (10x 2808)) | 2014 | 300th anniv. (degree) Fahrenheit scale: temperature units (°F) |
Germany | 2808 fdc1 | Stamp and (Bnn) cancel on FDC | ||
Germany | 2808 fdc2 | Stamp and (Bonn) cancel and (red and blue and black printed) cachet on FDC | ||
Germany | 2808 fdc3 | Stamp and (Berlin) cancel on FDC | ||
Germany | 2808 fdc4 | Stamp and (Berlin) cancel and (red and green and black printed) cachet on FDC | ||
Germany | 3067 (Mi3420) | On selvedge of stamp | 2018 | "284-285 °C" |
Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc1 (Mi1924-1927 fdc1) | (Cotswold Covers) cachet on FDC (Fraserburgh cancel) | 2001 | Temperatures (°C) |
Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc2 (Mi1924-1927 fdc2) | (Cotswold and Stuart / BPCPA) cachet on FDC (Bracknell Berkshire "The Weather" pictorial cancel) | ||
Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc3 (Mi1924-1927 fdc3) | (Cotswold Covers) cachet on FDC (Greenwich cancel) | ||
Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc4 (Mi1924-1927 fdc4) | (Cotswold Covers) cachet on FDC (Bracknell cancel) | ||
Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc5 (Mi1924-1927 fdc5) | (Cotswold Covers) cachet on FDC (London cancel) | ||
Great Britain | 1963-1966 fdc6 (Mi1924-1927 fdc6) | (Cotswold and Stuart / BPCPA) cachet on FDC (London cancel) | ||
Great Britain | 1966a fdc1 (BL10, Mi1924-1927 fdc1) | (Cotswold Covers) cachet on FDC | ||
Great Britain | 1966a fdc2 (BL10, Mi1924-1927 fdc2) | (Cotswold and Stuart / BPCPA) cachet (different color) on FDC (same) | ||
Greece | None | Postcard back, also front | 2007 | "degree Celsius" (in Greek in scale at bottom) |
Guinea Republic | BL2351 | SS1 (Mi10306) | 2014 | "0.8 °C" (mean global Earth surface temperature increase in the 20th Century) |
Guinea Republic | BL2351 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
Guinea-Bissau | Mi4232 | One of MS6 (Mi4230-4235) | 2009 | Arrhenius equation with temperature as a variable |
Guinea-Bissau | Mi4230-4235_ms6 fdc | MS6 on FDC | ||
Guyana | 437b (Mi727) | One of MS6 (437 (a-f)) (BL11) | 1982 | Temperature unit symbol: °C |
Guyana | 557b (Mi871) | One of MS6 (557 (a-f)), 437 overprinted (BL12) | 1982 | Temperature unit symbol: °C |
Hungary | 4554 (Mi6119) | 2020 | plotted °C values | |
Hungary | 4554 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
India | 2390c (Mi2451-2452) | In (lower) margin of MS20 (10x (2390b (2389-2390))) | 2009 | Temperature change per decade (°C) |
Japan | 2698d (Mi3008) | One of MS10 (2698 (a-j)) (Mi3005-3014) | 2000 | Surface weather map: temperatures (°C) |
Japan | 2698d-e+2698g-h fdc | One of four stamps and (?) cachet (with design like stamp) on FDC | ||
Korea (South) | 2285d (Mi2655) | One of block of 4 (2285 (a-d)) (Mi2654-2657), or four of (2285e (4x (a-d))) | 2008 | Four temperatures (18-20°C, 26-28°C: temperature ranges for winter heating and summer cooling, respectively |
Macau | 1152b (Mi1351) | From MS16 (4x (1152 (a-d))) | 2004 | Cosmic background temperature of universe (2.7 K) |
Macau | 1152c (Mi1352) | Cosmological equation with temperature as a variable | ||
Malagasy (DR) | 970a (BL136) i970a | In (right) margin of SS1 (970) In (right) margin of imperforate SS1 (i970) | 1990 | graphic showing the runaway greenhouse effect of Venus, with the temperature around 0°C near the cloud tops and around 450°C at the surface |
Mozambique | Mi10100 | One of MS4 (Mi10097-10100) | 2019 | InSight mission "[ground] temperature sonde" (in Portuguese text) |
Mozambique | Mi10097-10100_ms4 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
Namibia | 690-693 fdc (Mi698-701 fdc) | (Namibia PT) cachet on FDC, also insert | 1991 | Average annual temperatures (°C) |
Netherlands | 508-509 fdc (Mi1015-1016 fdc) | (Blue and red printed) cachet on FDC | 1973 | Temperatures (°C) |
Netherlands | B652 (Mi1381) | One of book of 4 (B652a (B650-B651 + 2x B652)) (MH41 (1379C+1380D+1381D-E)), with interior, also detail | 1990 | Synoptic code message from DeBilt, Netherlands: temperature (12.9°C) and dew point temperature (8.9°C) |
Netherlands | B652 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Ruimtevaart filatelie club nederland cachet) | ||
Netherlands | B650-B652 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC (NVPH cachet) | ||
Netherlands | 841 (Mi1484) | 1993 | van der Waal's equation with temperature as a variable | |
Netherlands | 1166b (Mi2193-2194) | On 5 tabs of MS10 (5x (1165-1166) + 10 tabs) | 2004 | Five climatological temperatures (°C) |
Pakistan | 771 (Mi847) | 1992 | Satellite thermal image: temperatures (°C) | |
Pakistan | 771-772 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC, also back | ||
Portugal | 1114 (Mi1147) | 1971 | Surface weather map: temperatures (°C) | |
Portugal | 1113-1115 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
Redonda (Antigua) | Mi258 fdc | (Fleetwood) back of FDC, also front | 1987 | "minus 273 degrees centigrade"3; "-273º Celsius" |
Romania | 1874 (Mi2534) | 1966 | Temperature unit symbol: kelvin (K), incorrectly given as "degrees" kelvin (°K)2 | |
Romania | None | (Black printed) cachet on cover back, also front | 1992 | Temperature range ("-23°C" to "-30°C") |
Russia | None | (Red-violet rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 2004 | Temperature trace at Neumayer Station (with "-25ºC" on vertical axis) |
St. Thomas and Prince Islands | BL1643 | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (Mi8992) | 2020 | Temperature units error in the Portuguese text, which refers to a surface temperature of "475 degrees Fahrenheit", which is an error. It should be 475 degrees Celsius. |
Slovenia | 152 (Mi38) | 1993 | Stefan-Boltzmann Law: temperature | |
Slovenia | None | Cachet on cover | 1999 | Temperatures (°C) |
Sweden | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 1980 | Two temperatures (12°C, 21°C) |
Sweden | 1664 (Mi1464) | One of booklet pane of 5 (1665a (1661-1665)) (MH127, Mi1461-1465) | 1987 | Cosmic background temperature of universe ("3 K"); also "-270°C" and "3 grader Kelvin" (in booklet back text) |
Sweden | 1749 (Mi1553) | One of booklet pane of 6 (1754a (1749-1754)) with booklet outside (front and back) and booklet interior | 1989 | Climate: temperature anomaly plot (+/- degrees) |
Switzerland | None | (Nestlé) cinderella (poster stamp), also back | ~1953 | Some typical Gulf Stream SSTs (from the Nestlé series 69 of poster stamps) |
Switzerland | 1334 (Mi2097) | From MS10 (1334a (10x 1334)) | 2009 | "+1.5"°C (temperature rise, 1850-2008) |
Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) | None | Cinderella (red) | 1960s | Monthly temperatures (°C), incorrectly given as degrees "centigrade"3 (in text) |
Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) | None | Cinderella (green) | Monthly temperatures (°C), incorrectly given as degrees "centigrade"3 (in text) | |
Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) | None | Cinderella (tan) | Monthly temperatures (°F), (degrees) "Fahrenheit" | |
Thailand | 2362-2365 cp (Mi? sp) | In (lower-left) margin of commemorative panel of 4 (2362-2365) | 2008 | Global warming and graphic of increasing positive global temperature anomalies (°C) |
Tuvalu | 810 (BL70) | In (lower) margin of MS6 (810 (a-f)) | 1999 | Mean annual temperature ("30°C", "86°F") |
United States | None | (Blue printed advertising) cachet on cover | 1902 | Temperature differences: winter 8°F higher, summer 10°F lower (°F implied) |
United States | None | Postmark on cover | 1938 | Minimum (67°F) and maximum (74°F) temperatures (°F implied) |
United States | None | Cinderella | ? | Extreme temperature range: 82°F (°F implied) |
United States | 1529 fdc (Mi1136 fdc) | (Fleetwood) back of cover, also front | 1974 | The Skylab-3 crew erected "an additional sunshade atop Skylab to lower the interior temperature" |
United States | 1557 fdc (Mi1170 fdc) | (PCS) information card with FDC (ArtCraft cachet) | 1975 | "50,000 - 100,000°F" |
United States | 1759 fdc (Mi1356 fdc) | (Fleetwood) back of FDC (different), also front | 1978 | "As the [Viking] aeroshell plunged into the Martian atmosphere, frictional temperatures up to 1500º Celsius (2730º F) seared the protective shield" |
United States | 1915 fdc (Mi1484 fdc) | (PCS golden-replica) insert from FDC, also front | 1981 | Temperature: "27 million degrees Fahrenheit" |
United States | 2568 fdc (Mi2183 fdc) | (Fleetwood) back of FDC, also front | 1991 | "950ºF" and "-350ºF" |
United States | 2568 maxi (Mi2183 maxi) | (Unicover) maxicard back, also front | "950ºF" and "-350ºF" | |
United States | 2569 fdc (Mi2184 fdc) | (Fleetwood) back of FDC, also front | "800ºF" | |
United States | 2570 fdc (Mi2185 fdc) | (Artmaster) back of FDC, also front | "800ºF" and "-280ºF" | |
United States | 2572 fdc (Mi2187 fdc) | (Artmaster) back of FDC, also front | "800ºF" and "-280ºF" | |
United States | 2572 maxi | (Unicover) maxicard back, also front | "-20ºF" | |
United States | 2574 maxi (Mi2189 maxi) | (Unicover) maxicard back, also front | "-288ºF" | |
United States | 2577a fdc (Mi2183-2192 fdc) | (Artmaster) back of FDC, also front | "800ºF" and "-280ºF" | |
United States | 2631 fdc (Mi2235 fdc) | (Fleetwood) back of FDC, also front | 1992 | "2,700 °F" |
United States | 2634 fdc (Mi2238 fdc) | (Fleetwood) back of FDC, also front | "165 °F", "130 °[F]", "the 70s [°F]" | |
United States | 3207-3208 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 1998 | "76"°F, "80"°F |
United States | 3351m (Mi3204) 3351m back | On back of one of MS20 (3351 (a-t)) (Mi3192-3211), also back | 1999 | Temperature (100°C), incorrectly given as degrees "centigrade"3 (in text) |
United States | SP1326 | (USPS) souvenir page (3351), also back | ||
United States | CP586 page1 | (USPS no.584) commemorative panel (3351), also page2 | ||
United States | 4053 fdc1 (Mi4098 fdc1) | (Fleetwood) back of FDC, also front | 2006 | Mt. Washington has "an average temperature of about 27 degrees Fahrenheit" and "wind chills that have been known to reach 120 degrees [Fahrenheit] below zero" |
United States | 4053 fdc2 (Mi4098 fdc2) | (Mystic Stamp Company) back of FDC, also front | Mt. Washington has "an average annual temperature of 26.5 degrees [Fahrenheit]"; "a record-setting minus 47 degrees Fahrenheit and wind chills as low as minus 120 degrees" have been observed | |
United States | 4070 (Mi4115) 4070_back | One of MS40 (4072a (4033-4072)) (Mi4078-4117), also back | 2006 | Hottest place in US: Death Valley CA, 134°F in July 1913 |
United States | 4070 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Mystic Stamp Company cachet), also back | ||
United States | 4070 fdc2 | Stamp and (PCS golden-replica) cachet on FDC, also insert | ||
United States | 4070 fdc3 | Stamp and (PCS) cachet on FDC | ||
United States | 4070 fdc4 | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet) | ||
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 | 4524o fdc (Mi4695 fdc) | (Fleetwood) back of FDC, also front | 2011 | "70 degrees [F]" and "55 degrees [F]" |
United States | None | (Coverscape) cachet on cover | 2011 | 20th anniv. eruption; Pinatubo "injected large amounts of aerosol into the stratosphere ... over the following months ... global temperatures dropped by about 0.9°F (0.5°C)" |
United States | 5069 fdc (Mi5243 fdc) | (Bullfrog) cachet on FDC | 2016 | "Mercury's surface temperature varies" ... "from 100 K (-173ºC, -280ºF) at night to 700 K (427ºC, 800ºF) during the day in some equatorial regions. The poles are constantly below 180 K (-93ºC, -135ºF)". |
United States | 5070 fdc (Mi5244 fdc) | (Bullfrog) cachet on FDC | Venus has "a mean surface temperature of 735 K (462ºC, 863ºF)" | |
United States | 5075 fdc (Mi5249 fdc) | (Bullfrog) cachet on FDC | Uranus is "the coldest planet in the Solar System, with a minimum temperature of 49 K (-224.2ºC)". | |
Wallis and Futuna Islands | 770 (Mi1127) | 2016 | 26°C (on mobile phone) | |
Yugoslavia | None | (Red-brown printed) cachet on WMD cover | 1991 | Plot/graph: temperatures: kelvin (K), incorrectly given as "degrees" kelvin (°K)2 |
2The official name was changed to "kelvin" and symbol "K" by the 13th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) in 1967.
3The official name was changed from "centigrade degree" to "Celsius degree" by the 9th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) in 1948.
4An advertisement card for China Uniform, a big telecommunication company. The thermometer has all 100°C above, and Chinese city names (likely the capital for each province) below. The cities are located from north to south (colder to hotter) when you read from left to right. The markings are actually meant to represent "100-percent-special" in each city, the service being the same in each city with no "temperature" difference. The 100°C might also imply their good and warm service. [Translation provided by Fang Wang, Colorado State University]
Below is a list of Thermometers, temperatures, and temperature units on satellite and rocket launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers).
Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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Thermometers (and thermographs) | ||||
United States | 1964-04-14 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "Flying Thermometer" |
United States | 1964-04-14 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover, also insert | "Flying Thermometer" |
United States | 1964-04-14 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover, also insert | |
United States | 1964-04-15 | Patrick AFB, FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch (on 14 April) cover | "Flying Thermometer" |
Temperature values and/or units (no thermometers depicted) | ||||
Postal items with only "temperature" or "temperatures" in the text are not included here; in order to be included, items must be a bit more descriptive about the intent of the temperature measurments. | ||||
United States | 1963-06-19 | Patrick AFB, FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert or insert variation (slighty different map symbols) from TIROS-7 launch cover, also front | Temperatures (°F) at various points on the weather map |
United States | 1963-06-19 | Patrick AFB, FL | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert or insert variation (slighty different map symbols) from TIROS-7 launch cover, also front (and signature) | |
United States | 1963-06-19 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert or insert variation (slighty different map symbols) from TIROS-7 launch cover, also front | |
United States | 1963-06-19 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert or insert variation (slighty different map symbols) from TIROS-7 launch cover, also front | |
United States | 1963-06-19 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert or insert variation (slighty different map symbols) from TIROS-7 launch cover, also front (and signature) | |
United States | 1964-08-28 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (SpaceCraft/Swanson) insert from Nimbus-1 launch cover, also front | "A 'heat map' (infra-red pattern) shows daily temperature variations around the Earth" |
United States | 1967-10-19 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on Mariner-5 launch cover | "Venus has 500° temp[erature]... CO2 atmosphere, some hydrogen, no oxygen" |
United States | 1967-11-09 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Astro Covers, no logo) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | "temperatures exceeding 4000 [°]F" |
United States | 1973-05-25 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on Skylab-2 event cover | "100° [F] temperature inside Skylab" |
Japan | 1974-02-10 | Tanegashima | (JapanCover no.34) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | Temperatures (°C) |
United States | 1978-05-20 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on Pioneer-12 launch cover | "to orbit Venus for eight months and study its heavy atmosphere and 900 Fahrenheit temperature" |
United States | 1978-05-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on Pioneer-12 launch cover | "to orbit Venus for eight months and study its heavy atmosphere and 900 Fahrenheit temperature" |
United States | 1980-11-11 | Pasadena CA | (Space Voyage blue and brown) cachet on Voyager-1 event cover | Titan's "surface temperature of -288 F". |
United States | 1980-11-11 | Barstow CA | (Space Voyage blue and orange) cachet on Voyager-1 event cover | |
United States | 1981-07-23 | Pasadena CA | (Space Voyage green and blue and cyan) cachet on Voyager-2 event cover | Titan's "temperature measurement at -288 F" |
United States | 1981-08-25 | Pasadena CA | (Space Voyage green and orange and pink) cachet on Voyager-2 event cover | Titan's "temperature measurement at -288 F" |
United States | 1981-08-25 | Pasadena CA | (Space Voyage green and orange and yellow) cachet on Voyager-2 event cover | |
China (People's Republic) | 2004-10-19 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FY-2C launch cover | Temperatures in various colors: red tones (warmer) through blue tones (colder) |
United States | 2013-02-11 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Mission 57) back of Landsat-8 launch cover, also front | "The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) was built ... to measure land surface temperatures" |
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