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Below is a checklist of Ocean weather (hydrometeorological) ships on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Ocean weather ships | Ocean weather ships |
Below is a list of Ocean weather (hydrometeorological) ships on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean weather (hydrometeorological) ships | ||||
| Brazil | 1975 (Mi2096) | 1985 | Weather ship1 | |
| Brazil | 1975 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| Canada | 479 fdc (Mi420 fdc) | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC | 1968 | Weather ship1 |
| Dubai | 121 (Mi365) | 1970 | Weather ship1 | |
| France | None | Cachet on cover | 1961 | Weather ship France-1 |
| France | None | Cachet on cover | 1973 | Weather ship France-1 |
| France | None | Cachet on cover | 1973 | Weather ship France-2 |
| France | None | Cachet on cover | 1974 | Weather ship France-2 |
| France | None | Cachet on cover | 1975 | Weather ship France-1 |
| France | None | Cachet on cover | 1976 | Weather ship France-2 |
| France | None | Cachet on cover | 1979 | Weather ship France-2 |
| France | None | Cachet on cover | 1985 | Weather ship France-2 |
| Great Britain | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1950 | Ocean Weather Service ship Weather Explorer |
| Great Britain | None | (Text) cancel on cover | 1958 | Ocean Weather Service ship Weather Watcher |
| Great Britain | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1974 | British weather ship Weather Surveyor (was stationed in the North Atlantic) |
| Great Britain | None | Cachet on cover | 1982 | Ocean weather ship Starella |
| New Zealand | None | (Purple and blue rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1962 | New Zealand Antarctic weather ship Rotoiti |
| Niger | C55 (Mi391) iC55 | Imperforate | 1966 | "Frégate météorologique" (weather ship) |
| Niger | C55 ds | Deluxe sheet (C55) | ||
| Niger | C55 proof | Signed proof | ||
| Niger | C55 proof-pair | Color proof pair | ||
| Niger | C55 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Niger | C55 fdc | Stamp and (black printed) cachet on FDC | The cachet text describes weather ships as they existed in the 1960s, when an international network of such ships in fixed locations was in operation. | |
| Qatar | 347 (Mi561) | 1973 | Weather ship1 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3860 (Mi3891) | 1971 | Weather ship1 | |
| Russia (USSR) | 3860 cover1 (Mi3891 cover1) | Stamp on cover | 1971 | Weather ship1 |
| Russia (USSR) | 3860 cover2 (Mi3891 cover2) | Stamp (3860) added to stamped envelope (black cancel), with cachet of same design | ||
| Russia (USSR) | 3860 cover3 (Mi3891 cover3) | Stamp (3860) added to stamped envelope (purple cancel), with cachet of same design | ||
| Russia | None | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1978 | Hydrometeorological research ship Professor Vize (note the USA cancel on this item processed as "paquebot" mail at Wallops Island VA) |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on stamped envelope | 1982 | Weather ship1 |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on WMD stamped envelope | 1984 | Weather ship1 |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet and (four rubber-stamp) cachets on stamped envelope | 1985 | Hydrometeorological research ship Professor Zubov (in rubber-stamp cachets); also weather ship1 (in printed cachet) |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet and (four rubber-stamp) cachets (different) on stamped envelope | 1985 | Hydrometeorological research ship Professor Zubov (in rubber-stamp cachets); also weather ship1 (in printed cachet) |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Four rubber-stamp) cachets on stamped envelope (different) | 1985 | Hydrometeorological research ship Professor Zubov |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Four rubber-stamp) cachets on stamped envelope | 1986 | Hydrometeorological research ship Professor Zubov |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1989 | Hydrometeorological research ship Professor Vize |
| St. Pierre and Miquelon | 431 (Mi495A) i431 (Mi495B) | Imperforate | 1974 | Weather ship1 |
| St. Pierre and Miquelon | 431 fdc | Stamp on FDC (Éditions J.F. cachet) | ||
| St. Pierre and Miquelon | 431 ds | Deluxe sheet (431) | ||
| South Africa | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1970 | South African weather ship SS Edwin Cook (was stationed in the South Atlantic at 40°S 10°E) |
| United Nations | 50 fdc (Mi56 fdc) | (The Aristocrats/Day Lowry) cachet on FDC | 1957 | "Weather Ships stationed in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans" |
| United Nations | 188 fdc1 (Mi204 fdc1) | (Schering) cachet on FDC | 1968 | Weather Ship K (operated by France, it was stationed at 45°N 16°W) |
| United Nations | 188 fdc2 (Mi204 fdc2) | (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC (2-line cancel), also detail | ICAO2 weather ship SS Cirrus (was stationed in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle) | |
| United Nations | 188 fdc3 (Mi204 fdc3) | (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC (3-line cancel), also detail | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc (Mi204-205 fdc) | (ArtCraft) cachet on FDC, also detail | ||
| United States | None | (Hand-written and black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1979 | The NOAA Discoverer conducted environmental, oceanographic and meteorological research until it was decommissioned in 1996 |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1983 | Weather and oceanographic research ship NOAA Researcher |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1984 | Weather and oceanographic research ship NOAA Researcher |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1985 | The NOAA Discoverer conducted environmental, oceanographic and meteorological research until it was decommissioned in 1996 |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1986 | The NOAA Discoverer conducted environmental, oceanographic and meteorological research until it was decommissioned in 1996 |
| United States | None | (Black printed and black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1986 | Weather and oceanographic research ship NOAA Oceanographer |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | 1990 | Weather and oceanographic research ship NOAA Malcolm Baldrige |
| United States | 4893 fdc (Mi5079 fdc) | (HL) cachet on FDC, also back | 2014 | NOAA weather ship ("S222", likley NOAAS Thomas Jefferson |
1The ships on these items are assumed to be "weather ships" because of their weather-themed context.
2ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization.
Below is a list of Ocean weather (hydrometeorological) ships on satellite and rocket launch covers.
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| Ocean weather (hydrometeorological) ships | ||||
| French Guiana | 1971-12-14 | Kourou | (Purple and red-brown rubber-stamp) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | Hydrometeorological research ship Professor Zubov |
| United States | 1977-08-10 | Wallops Island VA | (Space Voyage) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | Hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev |
| United States | 1977-08-12 | Wallops Island VA | (Space Voyage) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | Hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev |
| United States | 1977-08-15 | Wallops Island VA | (Space Voyage) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | Hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev |
| United States | 1977-08-16 | Wallops Island VA | (Space Voyage) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | Hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev |
| United States | 1977-08-17 | Wallops Island VA | (Space Voyage) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | Hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev |
| United States | 1977-08-19 | Wallops Island VA | (Space Voyage) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | Hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev |
| United States | 1977-08-23 | Wallops Island VA | (Space Voyage) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover | Hydrometeorological research ship Akademik Korolev |
| United States | 1981-08-10 | Greenbelt MD | (Space Voyage) cachet on GMS-2 launch cover | Weather ship1 |
| Japan | 1981-08-11 1981-08-11 | Minamitane (text cancel) Tanegashima (scenic cancel) | (Space Voyage purple and red) cachet on GMS-2 launch cover | Weather ship1 |
| Japan | 1981-08-11 | Tsukubagakuen | (Space Voyage purple and blue) cachet on GMS-2 launch cover | |
| United States | 1989-09-05 | Greenbelt MD | (Space Voyage purple and orange) cachet on GMS-4 launch cover | Weather ship1 |
| Japan | 1989-09-06 | Tsukubagakuen | (Space Voyage brown and orange) cachet on GMS-4 launch cover | |
| Japan | 1989-09-06 | Tanegashima (scenic cancel) | (Space Voyage blue and orange) cachet on GMS-4 launch cover | |
1The ships on these items are assumed to be "weather ships" because of their weather-themed context.
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