Unknown-identity
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Below is a list of Unknown-identity or Fantasy-design spacecraft postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the spacecraft are given when available. If viewers know of additional information or details about these items, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
Definitions:
Additional unknown-identity or fantasy-design spacecraft depicted with, and supposedly launched by, the Space Shuttle are found ONLY on the Space Shuttle and satellites 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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Unknown-identity or fantasy-design spacecraft (all types) | Spacecraft and booster |
Cylindrical spin-stabilized7 | |
Three-axis-stabilized6 | |
RCC logo (with three-axis-stabilized)12 | |
Interkosmos-like | |
WTD5 | |
ITU5 | |
Paddlewheel-design | |
Canister body with solar panels | |
Other/various | |
Unknown instrument |
This is a place for philatelic items of interest that otherwise are Unknown-identity or Fantasy-design spacecraft 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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Unknown-identity or Fantasy-design spacecraft | ||||
Spacecraft and booster | ||||
Fujeira | Mi970A Mi970B | One of MS20 (Mi957A-976A) Imperforate | 1972 | Unknown and booster (spacecraft being boosted into geostationary orbit) |
Sharjah | Mi1055A Mi1055B | Silver foil Imperforate silver foil | 1972 | Unknown and booster (spacecraft being boosted into geostationary orbit) |
Sharjah | Mi1056A Mi1056B | Gold foil Imperforate gold foil | ||
Sharjah | BL129B | On stamp of imperforate SS1 (Mi1055B, silver foil) | ||
Sharjah | BL130B | On stamp of imperforate SS1 (Mi1056B, gold foil) | ||
Unknown/fantasy cylindrical spin-stabilized7 (communications) spacecraft | ||||
Australia | 431 fdc (Mi395 fdc) | (Sigma) cachet on FDC (GPO Melbourne VIC cancel), also cachet detail | 1968 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Australia | 433 fdc (Mi397 fdc) | (Green rubber-stamp and hand-printed) cachet on FDC (Moree NSW cancel) | Unknown/fantasy "tele-comm sat[ellite]" (different) | |
Colombia | 1567a-b fdc (Mi3359-3360 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | 2021 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (with single large antenna) |
Germany (West) | None | (Black pictorial) meter | 1985 | Fantasy comsat (with feature on top offset from center); (see also similar meter 1991) |
Germany | None | (Black pictorial) meter | 1991 | Fantasy comsat (with feature on top offset from center); (see also similar meter1985) |
Guinea-Bissau | Mi5315 | One of MS4 (Mi5313-5316) | 2011 | Unknown/fantasy comsat launch stage |
Japan | None | (IAF) cancel on cover | 1980 | Unknown comsat |
Mongolia | C109 (BL53) | 1978 | Unknown/fantasy (at upper-left) | |
Morocco | 232 (Mi671) | 1970 | Unknown/fantasy comsat | |
New Caledonia | C101 (Mi533) iC101 | Imperforate | 1973 | Fantasy |
New Caledonia | C101 ds | Deluxe sheet (C101) | ||
New Caledonia | C101 fdc1 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | ||
New Caledonia | C101 fdc2 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
New Caledonia | C150 (Mi624) iC150 | Imperforate | 1979 | Five unknown/fantasy geostationary spacecraft |
New Caledonia | C150 fdc | Stamp on FDC (? cachet) | ||
St. Vincent | 1479 (Mi1731) i1479 | Imperforate | 1991 | Unknown/fantasy |
Surinam | 588 (Mi967) | 1982 | Unknown/fantasy (upper-left), apparently orbiting and scanning Earth | |
Surinam | 588 pair | 588 gutter-pair | ||
Surinam | 588-590 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
United Nations | 188-189 fdc (Mi204-205 fdc) | (Artopages) cachet on FDC | 1968 | Fantasy |
United States | None | (Black printed) cachet on cover (Norfolk VA cancel) | 1964 | Unknown/fantasy |
United States | None | (Black printed) cachet on cover (Agana, Guam cancel) | 1964 | Unknown/fantasy |
United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1967 | Unknown/fantasy |
Unknown/fantasy three-axis-stabilized6 (communications) spacecraft (with a symmetrical pair of solar panels) | ||||
Algeria | 1590 (Mi1725) | 2013 | Unknown/fantasy (with single large antenna); second unknown spacecraft (in cachet of fdc2) | |
Algeria | 1590 fdc1 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC (Algérie Poste cachet) | ||
Algeria | 1590 fdc2 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on FDC, also detail | ||
Algeria | 1669 (Mi1805) | 2015 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (with single large antenna) | |
Algeria | 1669 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Algeria Post cachet) | ||
Algeria | 1845b (Mi?) | One of block of 4 (1845 (a-d)) | 2022 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (with an offset antenna pair) |
Argentina | 2966 (BL181, Mi3924-3927) | In (upper and upper-right) margins of MS4 (a-d) | 2022 | (Two small) unknown/fantasy spacecraft |
Argentina | 2966 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
Austria | None | (Pictorial) cancel on aerogramme | 1986 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Australia | 1258-1260 fdc (Mi1297-1299 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (Australia Post cachet), also back | 1992 | Unknown/fantasy (with single large antenna) |
Australia | 5350 (Mi?) | One of MS5 (5352a (5348-5352)), also detail | 2021 | Unknown comsat (with single large antenna) |
Australia | 5355 (Mi?) | One of self-adhesive booklet pane of 10 (5357a (2x (5373-5357))), also booklet front | ||
Cambodia | 784 (BL152) | On stamp of SS1 | 1987 | Fantasy (with body inspired by a Russian (USSR) DS-type spacecraft); also detail "LAMA-30" |
Canada | 3102 fdc (BL276 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on MS2 FDC, also back | 2018 | Unknown comsat (with single large antenna) |
Canada | 3104a | Front from booklet pane of 10 (3104a (5x (3103-3104)) (MH0-624; Mi3630-3631), also booklet back | ||
Chad | 264 (Mi557) i264 | Imperforate | 1972 | Unknown/fantasy comsat; (see also Yemen Mutawakelite Kingdom Mi892) |
Chad | 264 ds (BL_A45) | Deluxe sheet (264) | ||
Chad | 265 (Mi558) i265 | Imperforate | ||
Chad | 265 ds (BL_B45) | Deluxe sheet (265) | ||
Chad | 266 (Mi559) i266 | Imperforate | ||
Chad | 266 ds (BL_C45) | Deluxe sheet (266) | ||
Chad | 267 (Mi560) i267 | Imperforate | ||
Chad | 267 ds (BL_D45) | Deluxe sheet (267) | ||
Chad | C130 (Mi561) iC130 | Imperforate | ||
Chad | C130 ds (BL_E45) | Deluxe sheet (C130) | ||
Chad | C131 (Mi562) iC131 | Imperforate | ||
Chad | C131 ds (BL_F45) | Deluxe sheet (C131) | ||
Chad | C132 (BL46A) iC132 (BL46B) | On stamp of SS1 On stamp of imperforate SS1 | ||
Chad | C133 (BL47A) iC133 (BL47B) | On stamp of SS1 On stamp of imperforate SS1 | ||
Chad | Mi3161-3164_ms4 | In (lower-center) margin of MS4 (Mi3161-3164) | 2017 | Unknown comsat |
China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card back, also front | 2004 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (with 2 large antennas) |
China (People's Republic) | 4300+label fdc (Mi4703+label fdc) | Detail from cachet on FDC, also back | 2015 | Unknown comsat |
China (People's Republic) | Mi_A4224 label | Label from stamp [from 2011] + label | 2023? | Unknown |
Colombia | 1567 (BL106, Mi3359-3360) | MS2 (1567 (a-b)) with detail1 and detail2 | 2021 | (two different) Fantasy comsat(s); detail1 also found on Kyrgyzstan 513 fdc and Mongolia 2850 |
Cuba | 5662 fdc (Mi5970 fdc) | (Brown printed) cachet on FDC | 2015 | Fantasy comsat (with single large antenna) |
Djibouti | 524 (Mi299) | 1981 | Unknown comsat | |
Djibouti | 1281c (Mi1938) | One of MS4 (1281 (a-d)) (Mi1936-1939) | 2017 | Fantasy comsat (with single large antenna), and 2 fantasy rockets |
Egypt | 1037 (Mi1248) | 1977 | Fantasy comsat | |
France | None | (Union Philatélique St. Quentinoise) cachet on cover | 1979 | Unknown/fantasy(with some design elements of both ESA's OTS and Marecs) |
France | 2109 cover (Mi2667 cover) | ((Pictorial) cancel on cover | 1988 | Unknown comsat |
France | 6100 (Mi8049) | From MS15 (6100a (15x 6100)) | 2021 | Unknown/fantasy |
France | 6100 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | ||
France | 6100 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet, different) | ||
France | 6100 card | Stamp and stamp reproduction on FDC-card | ||
French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 319 (Mi506) | 2003 | Unknown | |
Gambia | 3656a (Mi7143) | One of MS5 (3656 (a-e)) (Mi7143-7147) | 2015 | Unknown, design similar to Meteor |
Germany (Berlin) | 9N120 cover (Mi? cover) | (Blue printed) cachet on cover | 1963 | Fantasy comsat (with single large antenna, or just an antenna not attached to a spacecraft?) |
Germany (Berlin) | 9N578 (Mi?) | 1989 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (on stamp); DFS (in maxicard image) | |
Germany (Berlin) | 9N578 maxi | Maxicard | ||
Germany (Berlin) | 9N578 cover1 (Mi? cover1) | Stamp on cover, also back | 1989 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (on stamp); DFS (in cachet) |
Germany (Berlin) | 9N578 cover2 (Mi? cover2) | Stamp on cover (different) | Unknown/fantasy comsat (on stamp); "TV-Sat-2" (in cachet) | |
Germany (East) | None | (Purple and black printed) cachet on postal card | 1989 | Unknown/fantasy |
Great Britain | 1001 fdc (Mi928 fdc) | (Colorano silk) cachet on FDC | 1982 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Great Britain | 1375a+1377a fdc (Mi1337-1340 fdc) | (Cotswold Covers/BPCPA) cachet on FDC, also annotated cachet | 1991 | Unknown/fantasy |
Great Britain | 3113-3118 fdc (Mi3366-3371 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | 2012 | Unknown/fantasy planetary-exploration spacecraft; (see also GB None 2012) |
Great Britain | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 2012 | Unknown/fantasy planetary-exploration spacecraft; (see also GB 3113-3118 fdc) |
Greece | 2872 (BL141) | In logo of SS1 | 2018 | Unknown comsat |
Greece | 2872 fdc | SS1 and (HSA logo) cancel on FDC | ||
Greece | None | (HSA logo) cancel | 2018 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Guernsey (Great Britain) | 1718 (Mi1953) | 2023 | Unknown/fantasy comsat | |
Guernsey (Great Britain) | 1719a | MS2 (1719a (1718-1719)) | ||
Guernsey (Great Britain) | 1719b | MS10 (1919b (10x 1719)) | ||
Guinea Republic | 1085 (Mi1205) | In detail from stamp | 1988 | Unknown/fantasy Mars orbiter |
Guinea Republic | 1085a (BL303) | On stamp of SS1 (1085) | ||
Guinea Republic | 1142a (BL364A, Mi1135A) i1142a (BL364B, Mi1135B) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 1990 | (two tiny white) unknown/fantasy (above G. Bush head); the upper one is possibly IRS-1A, and the lower one is possibly Voyager |
Guinea-Bissau | 413A (Mi575A) i413A (Mi575B) | Imperforate | 1981 | Unknown comsat (the solar panels match those of Olympus, which was launched in 1989, 8 years after this set was issued, but the body does not match Olympus) |
Guinea-Bissau | 413Ad (BL175A) i413Ad (BL175B) | On stamp and in (center-left) margin of SS1 (413A) On stamp and in (center-left) margin of imperforate SS1 (i413A) | ||
Guinea-Bissau | BL638 | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 (Mi3767) | 2008 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Guyana | 1853b (Mi2062) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 (1853) | 1987 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Guyana | 1853c (Mi2062) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 (1853) | 1992? | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Hungary | 3286-3287 fdc (Mi4133-4134 fdc) i3286-i3287 fdc | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC (Multi-color printed) cachet on imperforate-stamped FDC | 1987 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (at left) |
Hungary | 4408 (BL395) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 2016 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (with single large antenna) |
India | 2927 (Mi3158) | 2017 | Fantasy comsat (with single large antenna) | |
India | 2927 fdc | Stamp and (TRAI) cachet on FDC | ||
Indonesia | 2482a (Mi?) | One of strip of 2 (2482 (a-b)), or twelve of MS24 (2482c (12x (a-b))) | 2018 | Fantasy comsat (with single large antenna) |
Indonesia | 2482 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
Iran | 2321 (Mi2281) | 1988 | Unknown comsat | |
Iran | 2321 fdc1 | Stamp and (black pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
Iran | 2321 fdc2 | Stamp and (blue pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
Iran | 2379 (Mi2353) | 1989 | Unknown comsat, design similar to Marecs | |
Israel | 2209+tab (Mi?+tab) | 2019 | Fantasy comsat | |
Jersey (Great Britain) | 559-562 fdc (Mi539-542 fdc) | (Benham) cachet on FDC | 1991 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Korea (South) | 1442 fdc (Mi1423 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 1985 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Korea (South) | 1675 (Mi?) | Also booklet of 4 front | 1992 | (two) Unknown comsat(s) (one on stamp, other on booklet front and FDC cachet) |
Korea (South) | 1675 fdc | Stamp and (Korea Post) cachet on FDC | ||
Korea (South) | 2020 fdc (Mi2087 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 2000 | (four) Unknown/fantasy comsat(s) |
Kyrgyzstan | 386 (Mi675) | From MS6 (386a (6x 386)) | 2011 | Unknown comsat |
Kyrgyzstan | 386 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-oolor printed) cachet on FDC | ||
Kyrgyzstan | 513 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 2016 | Unknown comsat (with single large antenna); (see also Mongolia 2850 and detail1 of Colombia 1567) |
Luxembourg | 1018 (Mi1482) | 1999 | Unknown/fantasy comsat | |
Macedonia (North) | 846a-c fdc (Mi912-914 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (North Macedonia Post? cachet) | 2020 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Madagascar | 1415b (Mi none) i1415b | One of MS9 (1415 (a-i)) [known illegal issue] One of imperforate MS9 (i1415 (a-i)) | 1999 | Unknown comsat |
Madagascar | 1415bc (BL none) | On stamp of SS1 (1415b) [known illegal issue] | ||
Malaysia | 364 (Mi365) | 1994 | Unknown comsat | |
Malaysia | 364-367 fdc | One of four stamps and (Malaysia Post) cachet on FDC | ||
Malaysia | 501 (Mi512) | 1994 | Unknown comsat | |
Malaysia | 499-501 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
Malaysia | 1263 (Mi1674C) | From strip of 5 (1264b (1260-1264)), or from booklet pane of 10 (1264a (2x (1260-1264))) (Mi1671C-1675C), with booklet front | 2009 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Malaysia | 1264b fdc | One of five stamps on FDC | ||
Malaysia | 1549 (Mi?) | Also MS20 (1549a (20x 1549 + label)) | 2015 | Fantasy comsat (although the body is somewhat inspired by Planet-B/Nozomi) |
Malaysia | 1547-1549 fdc | One of three stamps and (Malaysia Post) cachet on FDC, also insert | (As above for stamp); unknown comsat (with single large antenna) | |
Maldive Islands | 1275 (Mi1286) | 1988 | Fantasy "communication spacecraft" | |
Maldive Islands | 3685 (Mi6404-6407) | In (upper-left) margin of MS4 (3685 (a-d)), also detail | 2016 | Unknown comsat (with single large antenna) |
Maldive Islands | 3686 (BL952, Mi6408) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1, also detail | ||
Maldive Islands | 3685 o/p (Mi none) | In (upper-left) margin of MS4 (3685 (a-d)) overprinted, also detail | ||
Maldive Islands | 3686 o/p (BL none) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 overprinted, also detail | ||
Maldive Islands | 3946 (BL1076) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | 2017 | Unknown/fantasy (with single large antenna); but "Chandra X-ray Observatory" (in text on 3951) |
Maldive Islands | 3947 (BL1078) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | ||
Maldive Islands | 3948 (BL1080) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | ||
Maldive Islands | 3949 (BL1084) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | ||
Maldive Islands | 3950 (BL1085) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | ||
Maldive Islands | 3951 (BL1082) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | ||
Maldive Islands | 3952 (BL1083) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | ||
Maldive Islands | 3952 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
Maldive Islands | 3953 (BL1081) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | ||
Maldive Islands | 3954 (BL1079) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | ||
Maldive Islands | 3955 (BL1077) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 | ||
Mali | 534 (Mi1067) | 1986 | Unknown/fantasy comsat | |
Mali | 534 artwork1 | Original artwork 1 (534) | ||
Mali | 534 artwork2 | Original artwork 2 (534) | ||
Mali | 534 artwork3 | Original artwork 3 (534) | ||
Mali | 534 artwork3 | Original artwork 4 (534) | ||
Malta | 866 (Mi963) | 1995 | Fantasy comsat | |
Malta | 862-866 fdc | One of five stamps on FDC | ||
Malta | 1658 (BL?) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 2019 | Unknown comsat (with single large antenna) |
Malta | 1658 fdc | SS1 on FDC (Malta Post cachet) | ||
Mauritania | 780 (Mi1139) | 2005 | (two) unknown comsat(s) | |
Mauritania | 781 (Mi1140) | |||
Mexico | 1760 (Mi2320) | 1992 | Unknown/fantasy comsat | |
Mexico | 1760 proof | Imperforate proof | ||
Mexico | 2247 (BL63) | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 2001 | Unknown/fantasy |
Mongolia | 2850 (Mi3977) | 2016 | Unknown comsat (with single large antenna); (see also Kyrgyzstan 513 fdc and detail1 of Colombia 1567) | |
Mongolia | 2880 (Mi4027) | 2017 | Unknown comsat (with single large antenna) | |
Mongolia | 2880 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Mongolia Post cachet), also back | ||
Mongolia | 2973 (Mi?) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 2021 | Unknown comsat (with single large antenna) |
Mongolia | 2985 (BL464) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 2021 | Unknown comsat (with single large antenna) |
Morocco | 952 (Mi1442) | 2003 | Unknown comsat (with single large antenna) (upper-right) | |
Morocco | 952 fdc1 | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC (Rabat cancel) | ||
Morocco | 952 fdc2 | Stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet (same, design like stamp) on FDC (Fed Jedid cancel) | ||
Morocco | 1164b (Mi1809) | One of horizontal pair (1164 (a-b)) | 2012 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (at upper-left); unknown/fantasy (at left) |
Morocco | 1274 (BL49) | MS2 (1274 (a-b))) | 2019 | Unknown/fantasy |
Netherlands | 1662d (Mi4188) | One of MS9 (1662 (a-i)) (Mi4185-4193) | 2023 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (with opposing antennas) |
Niuafo'ou (Tonga) | 161b (Mi246) | One of strip of three (161 (a-c)) (Mi245-247) | 1989 | Unknown comsat |
Niger | C364 (Mi980A) iC364 (Mi980B) | Imperforate | 1985 | Unknown/fantasy (but "Vega" in text) |
Niger | C364 ds | Deluxe sheet (C364) | ||
Philippines | 2283 (BL67) | Imperforate SS1 | 1993 | Unknown/fantasy |
Portugal | 1884 (BL80) | 1991 | Unknown/fantasy comsat | |
Romania | 3650 cover (Mi4653 cover) | (Blue printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1991 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Romania | None | Printed stamp on postal card | 2001 | Fantasy |
Romania | None | Printed stamp on postal card (different) | ||
Russia (USSR) | 3261 (Mi3283) | like 3474, but lithographed3 | 1966 | Fantasy comsat (with single large antenna) |
Russia (USSR) | 3474 (Mi3499) | like 3261, but engraved3 | 1968 | Fantasy comsat (with single large antenna) |
Russia (USSR) | 4255 fdc (Mi4294 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 1974 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (with single large antenna) |
Sierra Leone | 4338 (Mi8462) | From MS6 (4338a (6x 4338)) | 2017 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Slovenia | 149 (Mi34) | 1992 | Unknown/fantasy (with single large antenna) | |
Slovenia | 149 fdc | Stamp and (Slovenia Post) cachet on FDC | ||
Spain | 2710 (Mi3114) | 1993 | Fantasy comsat | |
Spain | 2710 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel (design like stamp) and (S.F.C.- A.843/F.N.M.T.) cachet (design like stamp) on FDC | ||
Spain | 2710 maxi | Stamp (only) on maxicard | ||
Spain | 2710 folder | Folder | ||
Spain | 3461 (Mi4179) | 2006 | Unknown/fantasy comsat | |
Spain | 3461 fdc1 | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet on FDC | ||
Spain | 3461 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (black printed cachet) | ||
Spain | 3461 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (S.F.C.- 2006 cachet) | ||
Sudan | 597 (Mi622) | 2007 | Unknown comsat (with single large antenna) | |
Sudan | 598 (Mi623) | |||
Sudan | 599 (Mi624) | |||
Sudan | 600 (Mi625) | |||
Surinam | 1196 (Mi1709) | 1999 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (with single large antenna) | |
Surinam | 1197 (Mi1710) | |||
Surinam | 1490a (Mi2828) | At upper-right on stamp 'a' of MS2 (1490 (a-b) (BL122, Mi2828-2829); stamp-on-stamp: partial reproduction of Surinam 1197 | 2015 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (with single large antenna) |
Tajikistan | 172 (BL22) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 2001 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Tajikistan | 179 (BL27) i179 | SS1 + 2 labels Imperforate | 2001 | Unknown comsat |
Tajikistan | 287b (Mi?) | One of MS2 (287 (a-b + label) | 2006 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Tajikistan | 407 (BL68) | SS1 + 2 labels, 179 overprinted in red | 2013 | Unknown comsat |
Tajikistan | 408 (BL69) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1, 172 overprinted in red | 2013 | Unknown/fantasy comsat |
Turkey | None | Postal card | 2007 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (with single large antenna) |
Ukraine | 542 fdc (Mi632 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC, also back | 2004 | Unknown/fantasy |
United Nations | 610a (Mi633-634) | Pair (609-610) from MS10 (610b (5x (633-634))) | 1992 | Fantasy earth-observing |
United Nations | SC41 | Souvenir card of 6 (New York 610a; Geneva 221a; Vienna 134a) | ||
United Nations | SC41 (NY cancel) | SC41 with New York FDC cancel | ||
United Nations (Geneva) | 221a (Mi219-220) | Pair (220-221) from MS10 (221b (5x (220-221))) | 1992 | Fantasy earth-observing |
United Nations (Geneva) | SC41 (Geneva cancel) | SC41 with (Geneva FDC) cancel | ||
United Nations (Vienna) | 134a (Mi133-134) | Pair (133-134) from MS10 (134b (5x (133-134))) | 1992 | Fantasy earth-observing |
United Nations (Vienna) | SC41 (Vienna cancel) | SC41 with (Vienna FDC) cancel | ||
United Nations (Vienna) | 134a cover (Mi133-134 cover) | Pair (133-134) and (pictorial) cancel and (black printed) cachet on cover | 1992 | Fantasy earth-observing |
United States | None | (Goldstone black rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover | 1979 | Fantasy comsat |
United States | CP537J page2 | Page 2 of (USPS no.602) commemorative panel (3191), also page1 | 2000 | Unknown comsat |
United States | 5720 fdc (Mi5971 fdc) | (lower-right of Bo) cachet on FDC | 2022 | Unknown/fantasy (with single large antenna) |
Uruguay | 1637 fdc (Mi2212 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC (Correos del Uruguay? cachet) | 1996 | Unknown/fantasy comsat (with single large antenna) (orbiting globe at upper-left) |
Vietnam | 3253 (Mi3362) | 2005 | Unknown/fantasy comsat; (possible) ST-1 | |
Vietnam | 3254 (BL143) | SS1 (3253) | ||
Yemen Mutawakelite Kingdom | Mi892 | 1970 | Unknown/fantasy comsat; (see also Chad 264-267+C130-C131) | |
RCC (Regional Communications Commonwealth) logo (with three-axis-stabilized)12 | ||||
Armenia | 876 (Mi?) | SS1 | 2011 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) |
Belarus | 974 (Mi1103) | 2016 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) | |
Belarus | 974 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel (design like stamp) and (Belarus Post) cachet on FDC | ||
Kazakhstan | 769 (Mi929) | 2016 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 287 (Mi?) | 2006 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 386 (Mi675) | From MS6 (386a (6x 386)) | 2011 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) |
Kyrgyzstan | 386 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
Moldova | 777 (Mi882) | From MS10 (777a (10x 777)) | 2014 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) |
Russia | 7008 (Mi1387) | 2006 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) | |
Russia | 7008 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
Russia | 7311 (Mi1764) | From MS15 (7311a (15x 7311)) | 2011 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) |
Russia | 7311 fdc1 | Stamp and (St. Petersburg pictorial) cancel on FDC (Russia Post cachet), also back | ||
Russia | 7311 fdc2 | Stamp and (Moscow pictorial) cancel on FDC (Russia Post cachet) | ||
Russia | 7472 (Mi1960) | From MS15 (7472a (15x 7472)) | 2013 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) |
Russia | 7472 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
Russia | 7472a fdc | MS15 and (pictorial) cancel and (Russia Post) cachet on FDC | ||
Russia | 7714 (Mi2296) | 2016 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) | |
Russia | 8225 (Mi2945) | 7714 overprinted | 2021 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) |
Tajikistan | 179 (BL27) i179 | SS1 + 2 labels Imperforate | 2001 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) |
Tajikistan | 378 (BL63, Mi584) i378 | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | 2011 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) |
Tajikistan | 407 (BL68) | SS1 + 2 labels, 179 overprinted in red | 2013 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) |
Uzbekistan | 243 (BL29) | On stamp of SS1 | 2001 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) |
Uzbekistan | 932 (BL115, Mi1442) | On stamp of SS1 | 2021 | Unknown/generic comsat (in RCC logo) |
Interkosmos-like design | ||||
French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C51 fdc (Mi129A fdc) | (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC | 1978 | Fantasy (with some rough similarities to the IK-1 series2) |
Iran | 1863 (Mi1781) | 1975 | Fantasy (with some rough similarities to the IK-1 series2) | |
Iran | 1862-1863 fdc | One of two stamps and (brown printed) cachet on FDC | ||
Niger | 311 (Mi456) i311 | Imperforate | 1975 | Fantasy (with some rough similarities to the IK-1 series2) |
Niger | 311 fdc | Stamp on FDC (blue and cyan and black printed cachet) | ||
7th WTD5: An unknown/fantasy-design spacecraft | ||||
Italy | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 1975 | 7th WTD5: unknown/fantasy, somewhat like Symphonie |
Italy | None | (Pictorial) cancel (different) | 1975 | 7th WTD5: unknown/fantasy, somewhat like Symphonie |
Yugoslavia | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (blue printed) cachet on cover | 1975 | 7th WTD5: unknown/fantasy, somewhat like Symphonie |
100th anniv. ITU5: A fantasy-design (multi-sided) spacecraft | ||||
Italy | 909 fdc1 (Mi1180 fdc1) | (Capitolium no.79) cachet on FDC | 1965 | Fantasy (multi-sided) comsat |
Italy | 909 fdc2 (Mi1180 fdc2) | (Filagrano) cachet on FDC, also back | Fantasy (multi-sided) comsat (at upper-right in cachet) | |
United Nations | 141 (Mi152) | 1965 | Fantasy (multi-sided) comsat | |
United Nations | 141 fdc | Stamp on FDC (ArtCraft cachet) | ||
United Nations | 142 (Mi153) | |||
United Nations | 142 fdc | Block of 4 stamps on FDC (Artmaster cachet) | ||
United Nations | 141-142 fdc | Two stamps on FDC (ArtCraft cachet) | ||
Uruguay | C283 (Mi1025) | 1966 | Fantasy (multi-sided) comsat | |
Uruguay | C283 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (Correos del Uruguay?) cachet on FDC | ||
Unknown/fantasy paddlewheel-design spacecraft | ||||
Ascension Island | 151 (Mi151) | 1971 | (two) paddlewheel-design spacecraft (and "future space research station") | |
Cuba | 3017-3018+3023 fdc (Mi3173-3174+3179 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | 1988 | Unknown/fantasy |
Cuba | 3019-3022 fdc (Mi3175-3178 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
Czechoslovakia | 1423 (Mi1652) | 1966 | Fantasy paddlewheel-design Soviet lunar spacecraft. The stamp text, "far side of the Moon (1959-1965)", likely refers to Luna-3 (which photographed the far side of the Moon in 1959) and Zond-3 (which took photos of the far side of the Moon in 1965) | |
Czechoslovakia | 1423+1426 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
Germany (West) | None | (Herman Oberth Gesellschaft) cachet on cover | 1970 | Unknown/fantasy paddlewheel-design |
Korea (South) | 1977d (Mi2150) | One stamp and in (upper-left) margin of MS6 (1977 (a-f)) (BL691, Mi2147-2152), also detail from stamp | 2001 | Unknown/fantasy paddlewheel-design |
Sri Lanka | 1229 (Mi?) | 1998 | Unknown/fantasy paddlewheel-design | |
Sri Lanka | 1250a (Mi1202) | One of pair (1250 (a-b)) (Mi1202-1203) | 1999 | Unknown/fantasy paddlewheel-design |
Unknown/fantasy canister body with solar panels | ||||
Oman | 515b (Mi688) | One of MS9 (515 (a-i + 9 labels)) (Mi687-695) | 1982 | Fantasy |
Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | Fantasy (but "AMOS-4" in text) |
Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | Fantasy (but "TurkSat-3uSat" in text) | |
Other/various: Unknown-identity or Fantasy-design spacecraft | ||||
There exist a large number of covers with a SpaceCraft/Swanson general-purpose cachet depicting a "Communications" satellite in the lower-left of the cachet. Details about the cachet, as well as images of the covers, are found in the OAO page because those covers also depcit an early-design OAO-2 in the upper-left of the cachet. | ||||
Austria | KM3101 | 25 euro (silver-niobium coin) | 2003 | Unknown, symbolic scanning of town of Hall (possibly Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), on obverse) |
Benin | Unknown a (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2014 | Fantasy lunar spacecraft |
Bolivia | BL197 (Mi1120C) | In (lower) margin of SS1 | 1992 | Unknown, design similar to Transit-1B |
Burundi | 758e (Mi1852) | From MS12 (758 (a-l)) (Mi1848-1859) | 2000 | "Télescope spatial", design somewhat like JWST |
Burundi | 758i (Mi1856) | "Solar sonde will take closeup images of the Sun's surface. Launch date spring, 2007" (in French text) | ||
Cape Verde | 1017 (Mi?) | 2016 | Unknown/fantasy | |
Central African Republic | C279 (BL201A, Mi867A) iC279 (BL201B, Mi867B) | On stamp and in (right) margin of SS1 On stamp and in (right) margin of imperforate SS1 | 1982 | Unknown (in middle-right of stamp); unknown, with solar panel arrangement like JERS (in right margin) |
Central African Republic | Mi5137 | One of MS4 (Mi5135-5138) | 2014 | Unknown/fantasy (but "Sputnik-2" in text) |
Central African Republic | BL1673 | In (lower-right) margin of SS1 | 2017 | Fantasy: "Spacecraft using energy emitted by a black hole" (in French text) |
Chad | 514 (Mi1048A) i514 (Mi1048B) | Imperforate | 1984 | Unknown, design similar to Symphonie but rounded body |
Chad | 514b (BL219A) i514b (BL219B) | SS1 (514) Imperforate SS1 (i514) | ||
Chad | 515a (Mi1044A-1049A) i515a (Mi1044B-1049B) | On one of MS6 (510-515) On one of imperforate MS6 (i510-i515) | ||
Chad | Mi2698-2701_ms4 | In (upper) margin of MS4 (Mi2698-2701) | 2014 | Unknown design (but "Globalstar-11/16" supposedly in launch configuration) |
Chad | BL732 | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 | 2017 | Unknown/fantasy |
China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card back, also front | 200? | Unknown (with body and solar panels like HST) |
Comoro Islands | 790b (BL373A) i790b (BL373B) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 (790) In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 (i790) | 1992 | Unknown/fantasy ("Spacecraft for sample collection from a cometary nucleus", in French text) |
Costa Rica | C324 (Mi591) | 1961 | Fantasy depiction (not "Communications spacecraft 'Courier-1B'" as in Spanish text) | |
Costa Rica | C322+C324 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC (K Print cachet) | ||
Costa Rica | C324-C325 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC (Asociación Filatélica de Costa Rica cachet), also back | ||
Costa Rica | C338 (Mi605) | C324 overprinted in red | 1962 | Fantasy depiction (not "Communications satellite 'Courier-1B'" as in Spanish text) |
Costa Rica | C338 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Asociación Filatélica de Costa Rica cachet) | ||
Czechoslovakia | 1110 (Mi1334) | 1962 | Fantasy | |
Czechoslovakia | 1171 (Mi1398) | 1963 | Fantasy depiction of rocket to and returning from the Moon | |
Czechoslovakia | 1171-1173 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
Czechoslovakia | 1291 (Mi1517) | 1965 | Unknown/fantasy spacecraft to the Moon | |
Czechoslovakia | 1291-1292+1295 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
Czechoslovakia | 1291+1293+1295 fdc | One of three stamps on FDC card | ||
Czechoslovakia | 1426 (Mi1655) | 1966 | Fantasy | |
Czechoslovakia | 1423+1426 fdc | One of two stamps on FDC | ||
Czechoslovakia | 1720A (Mi2037) | 1971 | Fantasy; (different) fantasy (in FDC cachet) | |
Czechoslovakia | 1720A fdc | Stamp and (red-brown printed) cachet on FDC | ||
Czechoslovakia | 1720A card | Stamp on FDC card | ||
Czechoslovakia | 2504-2505 fdc (Mi2759-2760 fdc) | Two stamps and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 1984 | Unknown/fantasy, other than Salyut (on left stamp) |
Czechoslovakia | 2507 fdc (Mi2762 fdc) | (Pictorial) cancel (different) and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | Unknowns (in pictorial cancel and printed cachet), (possible) recoverable portion of IK-6 (on stamp) | |
France | 2538 maxi (Mi? maxi) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on maxicard, also back | 1996 | Unknown/fantasy |
France | 2538 fdc (Mi? fdc) | (Éditions CEF) cachet on FDC | ||
France Belgium | 3026-3027 fdc 2020 fdc | (Black printed) cachet on FDC-folder | 2004 | Fantasy |
Germany (West) | None | (Herman Oberth Gesellschaft) cachet on cover, also back | 1965 | Fantasy |
Germany (West) | 1404 (Mi1187) | 1983 | Unknown/fantasy (in 1st inset from left on stamp) | |
Germany (West) | 1404 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (FIDACOS cachet) | ||
Germany (West) | 1404 fdc2 | Stamp and (ETABO) cachet on FDC | ||
Germany (West) | 1404 fdc3 | Stamp and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
Germany (West) | 1404 maxi1 | Maxicard | ||
Germany (West) | 1404 maxi2 | Maxicard (Bonn cancel) | ||
Germany (West) | 1404 maxi3 | Maxicard (Hamburg cancel) | ||
Germany (West) | 1404 sc | Souvenir card, also back | ||
Germany (West) | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 1986 | Unknown/fantasy |
Germany (West) | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 1990 | Unknown/fantasy |
Germany | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 1994 | Unknown |
Greenland | None | QSL card | 1987 | Unknown/fantasy |
Guinea Republic | 677 (BL36, Mi705) | On stamps of MS4 (4x 677a) | 1974 | (two) Unknown(s) |
Hungary | 3286-3287 fdc (Mi4133-4134 fdc) i3286-i3287 fdc | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC (Multi-color printed) cachet on imperforate-stamped FDC | 1987 | Unknown/fantasy (at lower-right); design similar to EXOSAT |
Ingushetia | Local1 | Overprint on Russia 45173 (Mi4494), also overprint template | 1996 | Fantasy |
Ingushetia | Local2 | Overprint on Russia 45203 (Mi4497), also overprint template | ||
Ingushetia | Local3 | Overprint on Russia 57233 (Mi5894), also overprint template | ||
Ingushetia | Local4 | Overprint on Russia 5984 (Mi6177), also overprint template | ||
Ingushetia | Local fdc1 | Overprints on strip of 5 local post FDC | ||
Ingushetia | Local fdc2 | Overprints on strip of 5 local post FDC (different) | ||
Ingushetia | Local fdc3 | Overprints on strip of 5 local post FDC (different) | ||
Italy | 909 fdc2 (Mi1180 fdc) | (Filagrano) cachet on FDC, also back | 1965 | Fantasy (4-armed) comsat (at upper-left in cachet) |
Italy | 1189 fdc1 (Mi1492 fdc1) | (Roma) cachet on FDC (Udine cancel) | 1975 | Unknown/fantasy |
Italy | 1189 fdc2 (Mi1492 fdc2) | (Roma) cachet on FDC (Roma cancel) | ||
Italy | 1679 fdc (Mi1978 fdc) | (Capitolium no.584) cachet on FDC (Roma cancel) | 1986 | (two) Unknown/fantasy |
Korea (North) | 2912b (Mi3108) | One of MS4 (2912 (a-d)) (BL255) | 1990 | Unknown (but like much-later GP-B) |
Liberia | 848 (BL93) | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 1979 | Fantasy |
Libya | 1251 (Mi1496) | 1985 | Fantasy (at right) | |
Libya | 1252 (Mi1497) | |||
Libya | 1253 (Mi1498) | |||
Maldive Islands | 1273 (Mi1284) | 1988 | Fantasy "weather satellite" | |
Maldive Islands | 1274 (Mi1285) | Fantasy "navigation satellite" | ||
Micronesia | 296 (BL41) | On stamp of SS1 | 1998 | Fantasy |
Mongolia | 364 (Mi368) | 1964 | Unknown/fantasy (but "Cosmos" in text) | |
Mongolia | BL81 | In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 | 1982 | (poorly-depicted) Viking orbiter |
Mongolia | BL_C89 | In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1, BL81 overprinted | 1982 | (poorly-depicted) Viking orbiter |
Mordovia | Local_b | One of local post MS6 (a-f) | 1996 | Fantasy Mars lander |
New Zealand | None | (Blue and gold printed) cachet on cover | 1966 | Fantasy |
Niger | C186 (Mi330) | 1972 | Fantasy (with large antenna) | |
Niger | Mi8711-8714_ms4 | In (lower-right) margin of MS4 (Mi8711-8714) | 2022 | Unknown/fantasy |
Palau | 533 (Mi3952-3957) | MS6 (533 (a-f)) | 2000 | Fantasy (futuristic) |
Palau | 535 (BL106) | On stamp of SS1 | ||
Palau | 536 (BL104) | On stamp of SS1 | ||
Palau | 537 (BL105) | On stamp of SS1 | ||
Paraguay | 1674c (Mi2826) | One of strip of 7 (1674 (a-g)) with silver overprint | 1976 | fantasy Neptune probe |
Paraguay | 1674d (Mi2827) | One of strip of 7 (1674 (a-g)) with silver overprint | fantasy Uranus probe | |
Paraguay | 1674e (Mi2828) | One of strip of 7 (1674 (a-g)) with silver overprint | fantasy Pluto probe | |
Paraguay | 1674a-g+1675 fdc | Three of eight stamps on FDC (Centro Filatélico del Paraguay cachet) | (As above for stamps) | |
Paraguay | 1712 (BL292, Mi2891) | In (lower-right) margin of SS1 | 1977 | Fantasy |
Poland | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on postal card | 2003 | Unknown/fantasy |
Portugal | 1181 (Mi1210) | 1973 | Unknown/fantasy | |
Russia (USSR) | 1991 (Mi1993) | 1957 | Fantasy (predates Sputnik-1) | |
Russia (USSR) | 2021 (Mi2026) | 1991 overprinted in black | 1957 | Fantasy (overprint is for Sputnik-1) |
Russia (USSR) | 3268 (Mi3290) | like 3481, but lithographed3 | 1966 | Unknown/fantasy (at upper-left) |
Russia (USSR) | 3481 (Mi3506) | like 3268, but engraved3 | 1968 | Unknown/fantasy (at upper-left) |
Russia (USSR) | 4070 (Mi4108) | Also right and left details | 1973 | Unknown (at right), IK-3/5 type (at left in stamp and in cachet) |
Russia (USSR) | 4070 fdc1 | Stamp on FDC (red-brown and blue-grey printed cachet) | ||
Russia (USSR) | 4070 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (red-brown and blue-grey printed cachet, and signature) | ||
Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 1979 | Unknown |
Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope (with cancel) | ||
Russia (USSR) | None | Postal card back, also front | 1982 | Fantasy (upper-left) |
Russia | None | (Red pictorial) cancel on cover | 1993 | Fantasy |
St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown h (Mi none) Unknown ih | One of MS9 (a-i) [known illegal issue] One of imperforate MS9 (a-i)) | 2005 | Unknown on Lavochkin Navigator satellite platform |
St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss (BL none) | On stamp of imperforate SS1 [known illegal issue] | ||
St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ims fdc1 | Imperforate MS9 on FDC (black cancel) | ||
St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ims fdc2 | Imperforate MS9 on FDC (red cancel) | ||
St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown g+h+i fdc Unknown ig+ih+ii fdc | One of three stamps on FDC One of three imperforate stamps on FDC | ||
St. Vincent | 2792c (Mi4942) i2792c | One of MS6 (2792 (a-f)) (Mi4940-4945) One of imperforate MS6 (i2792 (a-f)) | 2000 | Fantasy (but "Voyager-1" in text) |
St. Vincent | i2792c proof | One of imperforate proof MS6 (i2792 proof (a-f)) | ||
St. Vincent | i2792 proof fdc | Imperforate proof MS6 on FDC | ||
Thailand | 1313 (Mi1323) | 1989 | Unknown/fantasy (second from right) | |
Thailand | 1313 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
Thailand | 1535 (Mi1563) | 1993 | Fantasy | |
Thailand | 1535 fdc | Stamp on FDC, also back and insert (English) and insert (Thai) | ||
Tunisia | 744 (Mi957) | 1979 | Fantasy (attributed to artistic license) | |
Tunisia | 744 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | ||
United Nations | 947 (BL27) | In (right) margin of SS1 | 2007 | (Two different) unknown(s) |
United Nations | 947a (BL27_I) | In (right) margin of SS1, overprinted | ||
United Nations (Geneva) | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 2007 | Unknown/fantasy |
United Nations (Vienna) | 411+cancel (BL21+cancel) | (Pictorial) cancel (on 411) | 2007 | Unknown/fantasy |
United States | 1173 fdc1 (Mi803 fdc1) | (Henry Cachet) cachet on FDC (3-line cancel) | 1960 | Fantasy, but with internal details somewhat like Vanguard-2 |
United States | 1173 fdc2 (Mi803 fdc2) | (Henry Cachet) cachet on FDC (4-line cancel) | ||
United States | 1570a fdc (Mi1179-1180 fdc) | (Motorola Stamp Club) cachet on FDC, also cachet detail | 1975 | To the authors' knowledge, ATS-6 was the only communications relay spacecraft used during the ASTP mission, so the second comsat in the cachet must be a fantasy spacecraft. |
United States | 1759 fdc (Mi1356 fdc) | (FMF) cachet on FDC, also detail (reproduction of Czechoslovakia 1426) | 1978 | Fantasy |
Yemen Arab Republic | C29E (Mi316A) iC29E (Mi316B) | Imperforate | 1963 | Fantasy |
Yemen Arab Republic | C29J (Mi332A) iC29J (Mi332B) | C29E overprinted in black iC29E overprinted in black | 1964 | Fantasy |
Yemen Arab Republic | C29J+C29L+C29N fdc | One of three stamps on FDC | ||
Yemen Arab Republic | C29K (Mi405) iC29K | C29E overprinted in red iC29E overprinted in red | 1965 | Fantasy |
Yemen Arab Republic | C91ab (Mi1707) | From MS4 (C91a (b-e)) (BL219) | 1982 | Fantasy |
Yemen Arab Republic | C91ac (Mi1708) | |||
Yemen Arab Republic | C91ad (Mi1709) | |||
Yemen Arab Republic | C91ae (Mi1710) | |||
Yemen Arab Republic | C91ab proof | Chromalin proof | ||
Yemen Arab Republic | C91ac proof | Chromalin proof | ||
Yemen Arab Republic | C91ad proof | Chromalin proof | ||
Yemen Arab Republic | C91ae proof | Chromalin proof | ||
Yugoslavia | 809 (Mi1157) i809 | Imperforate | 1966 | Unknown/fantasy |
Zaire | 1142 (Mi849) | 1984 | Unknown/fantasy | |
Zaire | 1142 essay | Photo-essay | ||
Unknown-identity or fantasy-design instruments, not associated with any known spacecraft | ||||
Togo | 1363 (Mi1946) i1363 | Imperforate | 1986 | Fantasy space telescope (Shuttle payload?) |
2The IK-1 series includes IK-1, 4, 7, 11, 14, and 16, all of which have a ds-u3-ik bus, as noted on the IK-series satellite reference images page.
3See here for a list of engraved/lithographed Russian definitive pairs known to exist with satellite overprints.
5The World Telecommunications Day (WTD) commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in 1865. It has been celebrated each year on 17 May since 1969. In 1975, a unknown-identity/fantasy-design spacecraft appeared on several 7th WTD postal items. In 1965 and 1966, a different unknown-identity/fantasy-design spacecraft appeared on stamps from the United Nations and Uruguay that were issued for the 100th anniversary of the ITU.
6Three-axis stabilization is a method of spacecraft attitude control in which the spacecraft is held fixed in the desired orientation without any rotation. This design is now common for communications satellites, often with large solar panels on each side of the spacecraft.
7Spin-stabilization is a method of spacecraft attitude control in which the usually cylindrical spacecraft is held fixed in the desired orientation using rotation (an analogy is a spinning top which remains upright in a fixed orientation if it is spinning fast enough). This design was common for early communications satellites, whose solar cells were placed around the perimeter of the cylinder.
12RCC: Regional Communications Commonwealth / Regional Commonwealth in the field of Communications (RCC), established in 1991. The RCC logo has an unknown/generic communications satellite in the upper-right.
This is a place for philatelic items of interest that otherwise are Unknown-identity or Fantasy-design spacecraft on satellite launch and event and anniversary covers.
Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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Unknown-identity or fantasy-design spacecraft | ||||
United States | 1960-02-29 | Wallops Island VA | (Goldcraft) cachet on Echo (Shotput) sub-orbital test-3 launch cover | Unknown/fantasy |
United States | 1960-06-22 | Port Canaveral FL | (Goldcraft) cachet on Transit-2A and SolRad-1 launch cover | Unknown/fantasy |
United States | 1965-02-17 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on Ranger-8 launch cover | Unknown/fantasy |
United States | 1966-02-03 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarzin) cachet on ESSA-1 launch cover | Unknown/fantasy |
United States | 1965-10-25? | USNS Kingsport? | (Black printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on GATV-6 launch (airmail) cover, also detail | Unknown (in USNS Kingsport logo) |
United States | 1970-03-31 | Colorado Springs CO | (R.E. Nichol) cachet on Explorer-1 re-entry cover, also detail | Unknown/fantasy cylindrical spin-stabilized |
United States | 1970-12-10 | Colorado Springs CO | (R.E. Nichol) cachet on Kosmos-248 event cover, also detail | Unknown/fantasy cylindrical spin-stabilized |
Denmark | 1972-04-16 | Birkerød | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on Apollo-16 launch cover | small satellite in polar orbit |
United States | 1972-04-16 | Fairbanks AK | (Magenta pictorial) meter on Apollo-16 launch cover (ESRO return address and black typed cachet and signature) | Fantasy-design (in lower left of meter) |
France | 1973-05-17 | Neuilly Sablons | (ESTEC Philatelic Club) cachet on ESRO-2B anniversary cover | Unknown/fantasy |
Russia (USSR) | 1973-05-29 | Moscow International PO | (W. Anklam) cachet on Meteor-1-15 launch cover | Unknown/fantasy |
United States | 1974-12-05 | Fairbanks AK | (Red pictorial) meter on HEOS-1 anniversary cover | Fantasy |
French Guiana | 1992-07-09 | Kourou | (ESA / KPS ?) cachet on Insat-2A and Eutelsat-2-F4 launch cover | Unknown |
French Guiana | 1993-09-25 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on SPOT-3 and OSCAR-25/28 and Stella and Healthsat-2 launch cover | Unknown three-axis stabilized comsat |
French Guiana | 2000-11-21 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SNECMA) cachet on Anik-F1 launch cover | Unknown/fantasy, but design similar to Tsikada |
French Guiana | 2001-01-10 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SNECMA) cachet on Turksat-2A launch cover | Unknown comsat |
United States | 2018-05-11 | Hawthorne CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on Bangabandhu-1 launch cover | Fantasy, canister body with solar panels |
United States | 2018-05-11 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on Bangabandhu-1 launch cover | Fantasy, canister body with solar panels |
China (People's Republic) | 2020-06-23 | Mian Ning, Sichuan; Sha Ba PO 1 | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on BD-3-G3Q launch cover | Unknown (at left) |
United States | 2021-07-27 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | (Lollini) cachet on Landsat-9 launch cover, also detail | Unknown (in detail) |
United States | 2020-08-30 | Long Beach CA | (Lollini) cachet on Capella-2 and First Light launch cover | Unknown/fantasy (at right, but "Pegasus-2" in text) |