ERS

European Remote Sensing
(ERS) series satellites


Below is a checklist of European Remote Sensing (ERS) series satellite postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites 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.

Farther below is a list of ERS series launch covers, anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers.

For ERS launch information see the ERS-series table on the environmental-observing satellites page.

This list includes the European Space Agency (ESA) ERS series from the 1990s only, not to be confused with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Environmental Remote Sensing (ERS) series of scientific/research satellites launched in the 1960s.


CountryCatalog Number*Type of Item**Year of IssueNotes on Content
ERS
Australia1260aIn (upper) margin of MS3 (1258-1260)1992ERS-1/2
Australia1260bIn (upper) margin of 1260a overprinted1992ERS-1/2
Austria15351991ERS-1
Austria1535 blackprintBlackprint
Chile10431993ERS-1/2
Chile1043aSS1 (1043)
ChileNoneCachet on cover1999ERS-2
ChileNoneCachet on cover~1999ERS-2
Congo (People's Republic)961 (Mi1309)1992ERS-1/2
Congo (People's Republic)961B (BL89)SS1 (961)
Congo (People's Republic)962aMS3 (959+961-962)
Dominica15331992ERS-1/2
Germany16421991ERS-1
Germany1642 fdcStamp and cachet on FDC
GermanyNoneCancel and cachet on cover1992ERS-1
GermanyNoneCancel and cachet on cover1997ERS-2
GermanyNoneCachet199?ERS-1 ground station
GermanyNoneCancel2001ERS
Gibraltar586On stamps and in (upper-left) margin of MS10 (586a (10x 586))1991ERS-1/2
Gibraltar585-586 fdcOne stamp and cancel on FDC
Great Britain1374 fdcCachet on FDC1991ERS
Great Britain (Jersey)5591991ERS-1
Guinea1189 (Mi1340)1992ERS-1
Guinea1189a (BL393)SS1 (1189)
Guinea1194bMS6 (1189-1194)1992ERS-1
Malagasy Republic1416gOne of MS9 (1416 (a-f + 3 labels))1999ERS-1/2
Malagasy Republic1416ghSS1
Mali847In (upper-right) margin of MS4 (847 (a-d))1996ERS-1
NetherlandsNoneCachet (and meter) on postcard, text on back1991ERS-1
NetherlandsNoneMeter1992ERS-1
NigerBL82
iBL82
In (upper-left) margin of SS11991ERS-1/2
NigerBL82aIn (upper-left) margin of SS1, BL82 overprinted in silver1996ERS-1/2
NigerBL82bIn (upper-left) margin of SS1, BL82 overprinted in gold
Norway9891991ERS-1/2
Norway989-990 fdcOne stamp and cancel on FDC
Portugal (Madeira)151One of MS4 (152 (2x (151, 152a)))1991ERS-1
Portugal (Madeira)151 fdcStamp and cancel on FDC
St. Thomas and Prince IslandsUnknown (new issue)
Unknown (imperf.)
SS1 and cachet on FDC: stamp-on-cachet: Germany 16422006ERS-1
San Marino12241991ERS-1
Sweden1893a bkOn cover of booklet of 6 (2x (1893a (1891-1893)))1991ERS-1/2

*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel.
**FDC = first day cover; SS# = souvenir sheet, MS# = miniature sheet, where # = number of stamps in sheet, and the numbers in parentheses are the catalog numbers of the stamps in the sheet.


Below is a list of ERS series launch covers, anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers.


CountryCancel DateCancel LocationType of ItemNotes on Content
ERS
French Guiana1991-07-16Kourou(Philatélie spatiale) cachet on coverERS-1 launch
French Guiana1991-07-16Kourou(Lollini) cachet on coverERS-1 launch
French Guiana1995-04-20Kourou(Lollini) cachet on coverERS-2 launch


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