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Ground-Based Remote
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Ground-Based Remote
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Below are checklists of the following types of ground-based remote sensing instuments used in meteorology 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.
| Country | Catalog Number* | Type of Item** | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weather Radar1 | ||||
| Afghanistan | 1358 | 1989 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Afghanistan | 1360 | 1989 | Weather radar antenna (feedhorn missing) | |
| Austria | 1857 | 2001 | Weather radar (or satellite receiving)9 antenna | |
| Austria | 1857 fdc | Stamp and cancel on FDC | ||
| Bahamas | 347 | 1973 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Bahamas | 635c | One of strip of 5 (635 (a-e)) | 1987 | Radome4 on tower |
| Bahamas | 732 | 1991 | PPI5 weather radar image of Hurricane Hugo | |
| Bangladesh | 606 | 2000 | Radome4, symbolic weather radar display (PPI) with distance rings5 (inset) | |
| Barbados | 303 | 1968 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Belgium | 836 | 1973 | Weather radar antenna on top of building; also helical APT7 antenna | |
| Belgium | 836 sc1 | Souvenir Card | ||
| Belgium | 836 sc2 | Souvenir Card (different) | ||
| Belgium | 836 fdc1 | FDC | ||
| Belgium | 836 fdc2 | FDC (different) | ||
| Belgium | 836 maxi | Maxicard | ||
| Belize | 813a | One of strip of 3 (813 (a-c)), or three of MS9 (813d (3x (813 (a-c)))) | 1986 | Weather radar antenna |
| Belize | 971 | 1991 | Weather radar console | |
| Belize | 972 | 1991 | Weather radar antenna (exposed); also weather balloon tracking antenna shelter dome | |
| Canada | 479 | 1968 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Canada | 479 fdc | FDC | ||
| Canada | 479 sc | Souvenir Card | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C18 | 1964 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Central Africa Republic | C18 proof1 | Die proof (red) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C18 proof2 | Die proof (black) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 | 1973 | Weather radar (or weather balloon tracking)9 antenna | |
| Central Africa Republic | C115 proof1 | Die proof (blue) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 proof2 | Die proof (black) | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 proof-strip | Color proof strip | ||
| Central Africa Republic | C115 fdc | FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 1385 | 1978 | Weather radar station | |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Cachet on cover | ?? | Radome4 on tower/building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2002 | Radome4 on building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2003 | Weather radar (or satellite receiving)9 antenna |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2004 | Radome4 on building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2004 | Radome4 on building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2006 | Radome4 on tower/building |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 2007 | Radome4 on building |
| China (Taiwan) | 1512 | 1967 | Radome4 on building | |
| China (Taiwan) | 2222 | 1981 | Radome4 on tower | |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | 559-560 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1966 | Weather radar antenna on top of building |
| Cuba | 1592 | 1971 | Weather radar display of hurricane with eye (PPI)5 | |
| Dominica | 357 | 1973 | Weather radar display of hurricane with eye (PPI)5 | |
| Dominica | 354-360 fdc | One stamp on FDC | ||
| Ghana | 506 | 1973 | Weather radar display of hurricane with eye8 (PPI)5 | |
| Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 220 | 1973 | Wind-finding (weather balloon tracking) radar | |
| Gilbert and Ellice Islands | 218-221 fdc | One stamp on FDC | ||
| Great Britain (Jersey) | 453 | 1988 | Radome4, PPI5 radar image | |
| Great Britain (Jersey) | 452-453 fdc | One stamp and cancel on FDC | 1988 | Radome4, PPI5 radar image; weather radar antenna (on cancel) |
| Grenada | 492 | 1973 | Weather radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 889 | 1990 | PPI5 radar image | |
| Iran | 2506 | 1992 | Weather radar antenna on a trailer | |
| Iraq | 644 | 1972 | Radome4 | |
| Iraq | 645 | 1972 | Radome4 | |
| Jamaica | 746 | 1991 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Jamaica | 747 | 1991 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Japan | 833 | 1965 | Mt. Fuji meteor. radar station, radome4 | |
| Japan | 833 fdc | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Korea (North) | 3730 | Two of MS4 (2x 3730+2x 3731) | 1998 | Radome4 on building |
| Libya | 817 | 1979 | Radome4 on tower, radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Libya | 818 | 1979 | Radome4 on tower, radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Libya | 819 | 1979 | Radome4 on tower, radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Malagasy Republic | C116 | 1973 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Montserrat | 865a+gutter | On gutter of gutter pair; part of 865 (a-b + 2 gutters) | 1995 | Radar use in weather forecasting (in text) |
| Mozambique | 1104 | 1989 | Weather radar display (RHI)6 | |
| Mozambique | 1106 | 1989 | Weather radar computer display | |
| Mozambique | 1103-1106 fdc | FDC | 1989 | Weather radar display (RHI)6, weather radar computer display |
| Norfolk Island | 840 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 2005 | Radome4 on building |
| Pakistan | 338 | 1973 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Philippines | 922 | 1965 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Philippines | 923 | |||
| Philippines | 924 | |||
| Philippines | 922 fdc | FDC | ||
| Philippines | 922-924 fdc | FDC | ||
| Philippines | 1069 | 922 overprinted | 1970 | Weather radar antenna |
| Qatar | 350 | 1973 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Senegal | 1441 i1441 | 2000 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Senegal | 1441 deluxe-proof | Deluxe proof | ||
| Spain | None | Aerogramme | 1999 | Radome4 on tower |
| United Nations | 188 (Mi204) | Block of 4 (4x 188) | 1968 | Weather radar antenna |
| United Nations | 188 fdc1 | Four stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 188 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 188 fdc3 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc1 | Two stamps on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc2 | Two stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| United Nations | 188-189 fdc3 | Two stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| United Nations | 189 (Mi205) | Block of 4 (4x 189) | ||
| United Nations | 189 fdc1 | Four stamps and cachet on FDC | ||
| United Nations | 189 fdc2 | Stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| Viet Nam | 2338 | 1992 | Weather radar antenna | |
| Viet Nam | 2338-2339 fdc | FDC | ||
| Non-Weather Radar | ||||
| Denmark | 1099 | One of pair (1099a (1098-1099)) | 1998 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI), Copenhagen harbor entrance5 |
| Denmark | 1099a fdc | FDC | ||
| Denmark | 1099b | MS2 (1098-1099) | ||
| Great Britain | 518 | 1967 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Great Britain | 518 fdc | Stamp and cachet on FDC | ||
| Great Britain | 1107-1110 fdc | Cancel on FDC | 1985 | Ship-borne radar display (PPI)5 |
| Great Britain | 1362 | 1991 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Great Britain | None | Cancel and cachet on cover | 2001 | Aircraft-borne radar (in text) |
| Great Britain (Jersey) | 455 | 1988 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Great Britain (Jersey) | 454-455 fdc | One stamp and cancel on FDC | 1988 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5; radar antenna (on cancel) |
| Hong Kong | 998 | One of MS12 (1009a (998-1009)), or one of booket pane of 12 (1009b (998-1009)) | 2002 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 |
| Liberia | Unknown q | One of MS17 + label | 2000 | Development of radar (in left margin text), radar (on stamp) |
| Poland | 992 | 1961 | (Non-weather) radar display (PPI)5 | |
| Poland | 991-993 fdc | FDC | ||
| Poland | 993a | One of MS3 (991-993) | ||
| Poland | 993a fdc | FDC | ||
| Sierra Leone | 2405h | One of MS8 (2405 (a-h)) | 2001 | The development of radar, 1940 |
| Solomon Islands | 269 | 1974 | (Non-weather) marine radar antenna, radar display (PPI)5 | |
| United Nations | 188 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1968 | Weather radar antenna |
| United Nations | 188 fdc | Cachet on FDC | 1968 | Weather radar antenna |
| Lidar2 | ||||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L119a | One of block of 4 (L119 (a-d)) | 2002 | Davis lidar station, Antarctica |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | None | Cachet | 2002 | Davis lidar station, Antarctica |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | None | Cancel on cover | 2007 | Davis lidar station, Antarctica |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | C131 | 1994 | Lidar station | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | Cachet on cover | 1997 | Lidar (in text) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Square blue) cachet on cover | 2008 | Lidar (in text) |
| Niger | BL82 iBL82 | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 1991 | Lidar returns10 |
| Niger | BL82a | In (upper) margin of SS1, BL82 overprinted in silver | 1996 | Lidar returns10 |
| Niger | BL82b | In (upper) margin of SS1, BL82 overprinted in gold | ||
| Sodar3 | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 3067 | 2000 | Sodar | |
| China (People's Republic) | 3066-3069 fdc1 | One stamp on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 3066-3069 fdc2 | One stamp on FDC (different) | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 206 | 1995 | Sodar station | |
| Hong Kong | 420 | 1983 | Sodar | |
| Other | ||||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 325 | 2003 | Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (DARN) HF antennas | |
*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.
1Radar = RAdio Detection And Ranging.
2Lidar = LIght Detection And Ranging.
3Sodar = SOund Detection And Ranging.
4Radome = RAdar DOME.
5PPI = Plan Position Indicator (quasi-horizontal/conical surface).
6RHI = Range Height Indicator (vertical cross section).
7APT = Automatic Picture Transmission.
8Although a hurricane eye appears to be shown, hurricanes probably never occur in Ghana in Western Africa!
9It is not clear whether these antennas are for radar, satellite downlinks, or weather balloon tracking.
10It is not clear whether these lidar returns are either ground-based time-series, or satellite-based swaths.
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