weather observatory

National Weather Services, Centers,
Observatories, and their Anniversaries
(as well as meteorological schools and training facilities,
and private meteorological services or organizations)


Below are checklists of the following types of weather services on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). This list includes only items with either some mention of meteorology in the text, or something meteorological appearing on the item. (However, some observatories may serve astronomical, geophysical, or hydrological purposes as well, and indications of those disciplines might appear on some of the items.). 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.


CountryCatalog Number*Type of Item**Year of IssueNotes on Content***
National Weather Facilities and their Anniversaries
Albania1208196920th anniv. Albanian hydrometeor., 1949
Albania1209
Albania1210
AngolaNoneCancel and cachet on cover197125th anniv. National Meteor. Service, 1946
AngolaNoneCancel (same) and cachet (different) on cover197125th anniv. National Meteor. Service, 1946
Angola7681990Meteor. Observatory
ArgentinaNoneFranked envelope1914Oficina Meteorológica Argentina
ArgentinaNoneCachet on cover1969Estación Aerológica General Belgrano
ArgentinaNoneCachet on cover1970Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Inauguración de la Estacion Meteorológica Sinóptica Vicecomodoro Marambio
ArgentinaNoneCachet1970sServicio Meteorológico Nacional
Argentina9771972100th anniv. National Meteor. Service, 1872
Argentina977 fdc1FDC
Argentina977 fdc2FDC (different)
Argentina977 fdc2FDC (different)
Argentina977 scSouvenir Card
Argentina977 cover1Cancel on cover
Argentina977 cover2Cancel and cachet on cover
ArgentinaNoneMeter and cachet on cover1972Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
ArgentinaNoneCachet on cover back1973Estación Meteorológica Esperanza, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
ArgentinaNoneCachet on cover197470° Aniversario del Observatorio Meteorológico Orcadas, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
ArgentinaNoneCachet on cover back1975Estación Meteorológica Almirante Brown, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
ArgentinaNoneCancel on cover1977Observatorio Meteorológico Orcadas
ArgentinaNoneCachet on cover1977Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Observatorio Meteorológico y Magnético Orcadas del Sur
ArgentinaNoneCachet on cover1977Base de Ejercito Esperanza, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
ArgentinaNoneCachet1977Base de Ejercito Esperanza
ArgentinaNoneCachet on cover1988Centro Meteorológico Antártico Vicecomodoro Marambio, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
ArgentinaNoneCachet on cover1990Centro Meteorológico Antártico Vicecomodoro Marambio, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
ArgentinaNoneCachet on cover1993Centro Meteorológico Antártico Vicecomodoro Marambio, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
ArgentinaNoneCancel on cover2001Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
Argentina2272In (upper-right) margin of MS2 (2272 (a-b))2004Base Orcadas Antártida Argentina, Oficína Meteorológica Argentina
Argentina2272bOne of MS2 (2272 (a-b))2004Observatorio Meteorológico y Magnético Orcadas del Sur
ArgentinaNoneCachet on cover, also back2004Centenario del Observatorio Meteorológico y Magnético Orcadas del Sur, 1904 - 2004
AustraliaNoneMeter on envelope1984Bureau of Meteorology
Austria666196175th anniv. Sonnblick Meteor. Observatory, 1866
Austria666 fdcStamp and cachet on FDC
Austria666 blackprintBlackprint
AustriaNoneMeter1985Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Wien (Vienna)
Austria13591986100th anniv. Sonnblick Meteor. Observatory, 1866
Austria1359 maxiMaxicard
Austria1359 fdcFDC
Austria18572001150th anniv. Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, 1851
Austria1857 fdcFDC
Belgium666 (Mi1429)1966Royal Meteor. Institute (RMI)
Belgium666+669-670 fdc1Stamp on FDC
Belgium666+669-670 fdc2Stamp on FDC, different cancel
Belgium8361973Royal Meteor. Institute (RMI)
Belgium836 fdc1FDC
Belgium836 fdc2FDC (different)
Belgium836 sc1Souvenir Card
Belgium836 sc2Souvenir Card (different)
Belgium836 maxiMaxicard
Belize972 (Mi1071)1991Unidentified meteor. observing station
Bosnia and Herzegovina3501999105th anniv. Bjelsanica Weather Observatory, 1894
Brazil2103 coverCancel on cover1988100th anniv. Niteroi Meteor. station, 1888
British Antarctic Territory3192002100th anniv. first meteor. observations, Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902
Bulgaria3011936Mt. Moussalla weather station
CanadaNoneCachet on cover1950sWeather station, Isachsen NWT
CanadaNoneCachet on cover1950sWeather station, Mould Bay NWT
CanadaNonePostcard19??Dominion Weather Station, Moosonee, Ontario
CanadaNoneCachet on cover1958Meteor. Office, Fort St. John BC
CanadaNoneCachet on cover1959Meteor. Observing Station, Hope BC
CanadaNoneCachet on cover1959Meteor. office, Kapuskasing, Ontario
CanadaNoneCachet on coverearly 1960sMeteor. office, Clyde River NWT
CanadaNoneCachet on cover (different)1961Meteor. office, Clyde River NWT
CanadaNoneCachet on cover1961Hamilton City Weather Office, West Hamilton, Ontario
CanadaNoneCachet on cover1961Meteor. office, Eureka NWT
CanadaNoneCachet on cover1962Fort Resolution NWT weather observation post
CanadaNoneCachet on cover1964Meteor. station, Isachsen NWT
CanadaNoneCachet (return address) on cover1964Sacs Harbour (NWT) Rawinsonde Station
CanadaNoneCachet on cover1965Weather Station, Alert NWT
CanadaNoneCachet on cover1967Resolute (NWT) Meteor. station
Canada4791968200th anniv. first long-term fixed-point weather observations, 1768
Canada479 fdc1FDC
Canada479 fdc2FDC (different)
Canada479 fdc3FDC (different)
Canada479 fdc4FDC (different)
Canada479 fdc5FDC (different)
Canada479 fdc6FDC (different)
Canada479 scSouvenir Card
CanadaNoneCachet on cover1970Weather station, Mould Bay NWT
CanadaNoneCachet on cover1982Resolute (NWT) Weather Office
Canada1287 (Mi1196)1990150th anniv. continuous weather observations, 1840
Canada1287 fdc1FDC
Canada1287 fdc2FDC (different)
Canada1287 fdc3FDC (different)
CanadaNone(Rubber-stamp) cachet on cover1997Background Air Pollution Monitoring, Meteor. Observatory, Alert NWT
CanadaNoneCachet (return address) on cover1998Canadian Institute for Climate Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria BC
Cayman Islands6291991Hurricane Centre
ChileNoneCancel (backstamp) and cachet (return address) on cover19??Oficina Meteorológica de Chile
ChileNoneCachet on back of cover1973Centro Meteorológico Antártico Base Presidente Frei
ChileNoneCachet on cover1981Centro Meteorológico Presidente Frei
China (People's Republic)367 (Mi367)1958Chinese meteor. services
China (People's Republic)368
China (People's Republic)369
China (People's Republic)367-369 fdcFDC
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card2001Jiangxi Weather Bureau
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different)2001Yiyang Meteor. Bureau, Jiangxi
China (People's Republic)NoneNew Year's postal card2002Meteor. bureaus of four cities
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card2002Guangdong Meteor. Observatory
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different)2002Guangdong Meteor. Observatory
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different)2002Guangdong Meteor. Observatory
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card2002Shanghai Meteor. Observatory
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different)2002Shanghai Meteor. Observatory
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different)2002Shanghai Meteor. Observatory
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different)2002Shanghai Meteor. Observatory
China (People's Republic)NoneStamped envelope~2002Suzhou Meteor. Bureau
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card2003Guixi City Meteor. Bureau
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card2003Shanxi Meteor. Bureau
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card2004Jiangsu Province Meteor. Bureau
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different)2004(Nanfeng) Meteor. Bureau of Inner Mongolia Province
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different)2004Jiangxi Meteor. Administration
China (People's Republic)NoneNew Year's postal card2004Inner Mongolia Province Meteor. Bureau
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card, also back2005Jiangxi Province Meteor. Bureau
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different), also back2005Anhui Meteor. Observatory, and telephone meteor. service
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different)2005Hubeii Shiyan Meteor. Bureau
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different)2005Zhenjiang City Meteor. Bureau
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different)2005Chong Ren County Meteor. Bureau, harzards reduction and prevention committee
China (People's Republic)NoneStamped envelope2005Chinese Meteor. Bureau
China (People's Republic)NoneNew Year's postal card2006Jiangxi Province Meteor. Bureau
China (People's Republic)NoneNew Year's postal card (different)2006Jinganshan City Meteor. Bureau
China (People's Republic)NoneNew Year's postal card (different)2006Anhui Meteor. Observatory
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card2006Anhui Yuexi Meteor. Observatory
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card2007Yongshun County Meteor. Bureau
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different)2007Jianxi Meteor. Center
China (People's Republic)NoneStamped envelope2007Jiangxi Bureau of Meteorology
China (People's Republic)NoneLetter sheet, also back2007Xinyu City weather bureau, Jiangxin Province
China (Taiwan)22211981Inauguration of the Weather Satellite Data Reception Station, Taipei
China (Taiwan)22221981Inauguration of the Weather Satellite Data Reception Station, Taipei: Central Weather Bureau (CWB)
China (Taiwan)2250 (Mi1401)198140th anniv. Central Weather Bureau (CWB), 1941
China (Taiwan)2251 (Mi1402)
China (Taiwan)2250-2251 fdcCancel on FDC
Congo (Democratic Republic)559-560 fdcCachet on FDC1966Leopoldville Meteor. Centre
Costa Rica4091988100th anniv. National Meteor. Institute (IMN), 1888
Costa Rica439409 overprinted new value1991100th anniv. National Meteor. Institute (IMN), 1888
Croatia513b (Mi637)One of pair (513 (a-b)), or five of MS10 (513c (5x (513 (a-b))))2003150th anniv. meteor. measurements, Zagreb, 1853; and 50th anniv. alpine meteor. station, Zavizan, 1953
Croatia513b fdcStamp and cancel and cachet on FDC
CzechoslovakiaNonePostal card1950High Tatra weather station
Czechoslovakia8371957High Tatra weather station
CzechoslovakiaNoneMeterprobably 1996 (not 2006)Ceský hydrometeorologický ústav (CHMU)
DenmarkNoneFree franking letter seal19??Danske Meteorologiske Institut (DMI)
Denmark4891972100th anniv. Danish Meteor. Institute (DMI), 1872
Denmark489 fdcFDC
Denmark627 fdcCachet on FDC1979100th anniv. Danish Meteor. Institute (DMI), 1872
DenmarkNoneMeter1985(Danske) Meteorologisk Institut (DMI), Kobenhavn
Finland7671988150th anniv. Finish Meteor. Institute (FMI), 1838
France19031983(120th anniv.) national weather forecasting services, 1863
France1903 fdc1FDC
France1903 fdc2FDC (different)
France1903 fdc3FDC (different)
France1903 fdc4FDC (different)
France1903 fdc5FDC (different)
France1903 fdc6FDC (different)
France1903 sc1Souvenir Card
France1903 sc2Souvenir Card (different)
France1903 sc3Souvenir Card (different)
France1903 maxiMaxicard
FranceNoneMeter1985Meteor. Department, Transport Ministry
FranceNoneCachet on cover1992Service Central d'Exploitation de la Météorologie, Météo France logo, Allo Météo telephone number
FranceNonePostcard (instructions for return of used radiosonde, also back1990sMétéo France
FranceNoneMeter and cachet on cover1997Météo France logo, "Allo Météo 36 68 00 00", Météo France logo, also Météo France Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM)
FranceNoneMeter2000Météo France logo, "Prévisions 08 36 68 08 08 Manche 4 Rue Notre-Dame 50100 Cherbourg"
FranceNoneMeter2000Météo France logo, "Météo France - Les Professionnels du Temps"
FranceNoneMeter2000Météo France logo, "Ayez le déclic météo!" (with weather line numbers and costs per minute)
FranceNoneMeter2000Météo France logo, "La Météo de votre département - Terre 08 36 68 02 14 Mer 08 36 68 08 14
FranceNoneCachet (address and return address) on cover2000Météo France logo, Station météo B.A.N. Lann-Bihoue
FranceNoneMeter and cachet on cover2003Météo France
FranceNoneMeter2005Météo France
French GuianaNoneCachet on HotBird-7A and SpainSat launch cover2006Kourou meteor. station
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesC19197020th anniv. Station météorologique d'Amsterdam, 1950
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover19??Météo France, Kerguelen Island
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover1976Méteorologie national, station météorologique 61996 Martin de Viviès, Île Amsterdam
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover1979Météorologie Nationale, de Viviès station
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover1979Station météorologique 61997 Alfred Faure aux Îles Crozet
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover1985deViviès station #61996
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover1992Dumont d'Urville station
French Southern and Antarctic Territories189a labelLabel for pair (189a (188-189 + label))1993Meteo France in Antarctica: 1950-1993
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover (blue)1993Station météorologique Martin de Viviès (Île St Paul)
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneTwo cachets on cover (both black)1993Station météorologique Alfred Faure (Îles Crozet)
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover1994Station météorologique Martin de Viviès (Île St Paul) et Météo France à l'Île Amsterdam, logo Météo France
French Southern and Antarctic Territories2151996Station de Pointe Bénédicte: Chimie de l'atmosphère
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover1997Dumont d'Urville station
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesC1461998First radio meteor. station, Port aux Français, Kerguelen Island
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesC146 covCachet on cover1998Kerguelen Meteo
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover1998Amsterdam Island, Mission Météo 98
French Southern and Antarctic Territories257kOn stamp and in (right) margin of page from souvenir booklet of 28 (2x (257 (a-n))), also booklet back1999Base Martin de Viviès, including meteor. station
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover200252nd meteor. mission, Terre Adélie
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover2007Kerguelen Island and Port aux Français meteor. station
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover2007Dumont d'Urville station #89642
French Southern and Antarctic TerritoriesNoneCachet on cover (different)2007Dumont d'Urville station #89642
Germany (Berlin)NoneMeter1986Weather telephone service
Germany (East)982One of strip of 3 (984a (982-984)), also imperforate (i984a)196875th anniv. Potsdam Meteor. Observatory, 1893
Germany (East)984a fdcFDC
Germany (Saxony)NoneLetter seal19??Königliches Sächsisches Meteorologisches Institut
Germany (West)NoneCachet on cover19??letter addressed to "World's most northerly Weather Station next to the Pole' (Alert, NWT)"
Germany (West)NoneMeter1972Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Seewetteramt, Hamburg
Germany (West)NoneMeter1985Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Offenbach am Main
Germany (West)NoneMeter1985Max Planck Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg
Germany17721993125th anniv. North German Naval Observatory, Hamburg, 1868 (program includes meteorology)
GermanyNonePostcard, also back1990sDeutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Germany20902000100th anniv. Zugspitze mountain weather station, 1900
Germany2090 fdcStamp and cachet on FDC
GermanyNoneCachet (return address) on cover2000Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Meteorologisches Observatorium, Hamburg
GermanyNoneCancel2005100th anniv. Meteorologisches Observatorium, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Lindenberg, 1905
Great BritainNoneCachet on cover1911Meteor. Office
Great BritainNoneEmbossed cachet, same design as letter seal (immediately below)1911Meteor. Office, London SW
Great BritainNoneLetter seal, same design as embossed cachet (immediately above)~1911Meteor. Office, London SW
Great BritainNoneCancel on cover1950Ocean Weather Service (OWS), "Weather Explorer" ship
Great BritainNoneCancel on cover1958Ocean Weather Service (OWS), "Weather Watcher" ship
Great BritainNoneMeter1977European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Great BritainNoneMeter on cover2000Bracknell Meteor. Office
Great Britain1963-1966 fdc1Cancel on FDC2001Manchester Weather Centre
Great Britain1963-1966 fdc2Cancel on FDC (different)2001Manchester Weather Centre
Great Britain1963-1966 fdc3Cachet on FDC2001Met Office (logo)
Great BritainNoneCancel2001Bracknell Meteor. Office: 150 years of weather charts
Great BritainNoneCancel2001Royal Meteor. Society (RMetS): Over 150 years of progress
Great Britain (Jersey)13002008Jersey's Maison St Louis Observatory (in text on back of FDC)
Great Britain (Jersey)1297-1301 fdcOn back of FDC, also front2008Jersey Meteorological Office
GreeceNoneCancel on cover1981Greek National Meteorological Service logo (consists of text in inner circle, plus portrait of Aristotle)
GreenlandNoneCachet on cover1959Mesters Vig, world weather base
GuyanaNoneCachet on cover1974Météorologie nationale française
Hong Kong4191983100th anniv. Royal Observatory, 1883 (now Hong Kong Observatory, home of Meteor. Service)
Hong Kong420
Hong Kong421
Hong Kong422
HungaryNoneCinderella, from MS6early 1900sAll'itsunk Meteorologiai Obszervatorium ot a Magas Tatraban
Hungary2019
i2019
1970100th anniv. Hungarian Meteor. Service (HMS), 1870
Hungary2019 fdc
i2019 fdc
FDC
Hungary3490 (Mi4339)1995125th anniv. Hungarian Meteor. Service (HMS), 1870
IcelandNoneCachet on cover1958Grimsey Island meteor. station
IndiaNoneCancel on cover1932Poona Weather Office
India708 (Mi662)1975100th anniv. Meteor. Department, 1875
India708 fdcStamp and cancel and cachet on FDC
India708 folder1Stamp and cancel on FDC folder
India708 folder2FDC folder (different)
Israel952+labelSingle + label198650th anniv. Israeli Meteor. Service, 1936
Israel952 misperfMis-perforation
Israel952 fdcFDC
Israel952 folderStamp on FDC
Jamaica7461991National Meteor. Service
Jamaica747
Japan459194975th anniv. Central Meteor. Observatory, Tokyo, 1874
Japan459 fdcFDC
Japan8331965Mt. Fuji meteor. radar station
Japan833 fdcStamp and cancel and cachet on FDC
JapanNoneCachet (return address) and meter on cover1965Japanese Meteor. Agency (JMA)
Japan15641984100th anniv. weather forecasting, 1884
Japan1564 mihon1564 overprinted "MIHON"
Japan1564 mihon scSouvenir Card (1564) overprinted "MIHON"
Japan1564 fdc1FDC
Japan1564 fdc2FDC (different)
JapanNoneCachet (return address) on cover1999Japanese Meteor. Agency (JMA)
JapanNoneCachet (return address) with logo on cover2003Japanese Meteor. Agency (JMA)
Kenya, Uganda, and TanzaniaNoneMeter19??East African Meteor. Department
Korea (North)3730Two of MS4 (2x 3730 + 2x 3731)1998Hydrometeorology headquarters
Korea (South)2142 (Mi2398)One of MS4 (2142a (4x 2142)), or one of MS20 (2142b (20x 2142))2004100th anniv. Korean Meteor. Service, 1904
Korea (South)NoneCachet (return address) on coverUnknownDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University
LiberiaMi2906One of MS17 (Mi2893-2909 + label)2000First weather research lab at weather observatory on Ben Nevis mountain, UK
Macao (Macau)NoneCover with slogan cancel1984Serviços Meteorológicos e Geofísicos Macau (SMGH)
Macao (Macau)NoneCover (different) with slogan cancel and cachet1984Serviços Meteorológicos e Geofísicos Macau (SMGH)
MadagascarNoneCancel on cover1954Tromelin Station météorologique française
Malagasy RepublicC781964Central Meteor. Service, Tananarive
Malagasy RepublicC78 die-proofDie proof
Malagasy RepublicC78 deluxe-proofDeluxe proof
Malagasy Republic1062 (Mi1389)1992100th anniv. meteor. in Madagascar, 1990
Mauritius4051973Mauritius Meteor. Services headquarters, main forecasting office, and the cyclone-warning center, Vacoas
MexicoC540 (Mi1559)1977100th anniv. National Central Meteor. Observatory, 1877
MongoliaC78197640th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1936
MongoliaC78 covCachet on cover
MozambiqueNonePostal card~1900Meteor. Observatory, Beira
Namibia6901991100th anniv. Namibia Meteor. Service, 1891
Namibia690 bl4Block of 4 (4x 690)
Namibia691
Namibia691 bl4Block of 4 (4x 691)
Namibia692
Namibia692 bl4Block of 4 (4x 692)
Namibia693
Namibia693 bl4Block of 4 (4x 693)
Namibia690-693 fdcFDC
NetherlandsNoneMeter1985Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI)
NetherlandsB652One of book of 4 (B652a (B650-B651 + 2x B652)), see detail1990deBilt Netherlands weather observing station (ID# 06260)
NetherlandsB650-B652 fdcTwo of three stamps on FDC1990deBilt Netherlands weather observing station (ID# 06260)
Netherlands1165 (Mi2193)From pair (1166a (1165-1166)), or from MS10 (1166b (5x (1165-1166)))2004150th anniv. Netherlands Meteor. Institute (KNMI), 1854
Netherlands1166 (Mi2194)
New ZealandNoneCachet on cover1952Campbell Island meteor. station
New ZealandNoneCachet on cover1961New Zealand Meteor. Service, Campbell Island
New ZealandNoneCachet on QSL card1962New Zealand Meteor. Service, Raoul Island
New ZealandNoneCachet (different) on cover1973New Zealand Meteor. Service, Campbell Island
New ZealandNoneCancel and cachet on cover1986125th anniv. New Zealand Meteor. Service, 1861
New ZealandNoneCachet on back of cover, also front1987Raoul Island meteor. station
New ZealandNoneCachet (return address) on envelope1999New Zealand Meteor. Service (MetService)
Norfolk Island840 fdcCachet on FDC2005Norfolk Island Meteor. Office
NorwayNoneCancel on cover1957Hopen meteor. station
Panama457D (Mi782)1964Weather observing station
Panama457D specimenSpecimen
Philippines9221965100th anniv. Philippine Meteor. Service, 1865
Philippines923
Philippines924
Philippines922 fdcFDC
Philippines922-924 fdcFDC
Philippines1069922 overprinted1970100th anniv. Philippine Meteor. Service, 1865
PolandNoneCancel on postal card1981Mt. Sniezka Meteor. Observatory
PolandNoneCancel (different) on cover1984Mt. Sniezka Meteor. Observatory
PolandNoneCancel on postal card198970th anniv. Polish Hydrometeor. Service (IMGW)
PolandNoneCancel (different) on postal card198970th anniv. Polish Hydrometeor. Service (IMGW)
PolandNoneCancel on cover1989Polish-Dutch Atmospheric Research Station in Swieradow Zdroj
Poland29761990(70th anniv.) Polish Hydrometeor. Service (IMGW), 1920
Poland2977
Poland2976-2977 fdcTwo stamps and cancel on FDC
PolandNonePostal card199575th anniv. Polish Hydrometeor. Service (IMGW), 1920
Poland3220 (Mi3519)199575th anniv. Polish Hydrometeor. Service (IMGW), 1920
Poland3220 fdcStamp and cancel on FDC
Portugal1113197125th anniv. Portuguese Meteor. Service, 1946
Portugal1113 fdcStamp and cachet on FDC
Portugal1114
Portugal1115
Portugal1113-1115 fdcThree stamps and cancel and cachet on FDC
RomaniaNoneStamped envelope1984100th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1884
RomaniaNoneStamped envelope (different)1984100th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1884
RomaniaNoneStamped envelope (different)1984100th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1884
RomaniaNoneStamped envelope (different)1984100th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1884
RomaniaNoneStamped envelope (different)1984100th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1884
RomaniaNoneStamped envelope (different)1984100th anniv. Meteor. Service, 1884
RomaniaNoneStamped envelope1994110th anniv. Meteor. Institute, 1884
RomaniaNoneStamped envelope (different)1994110th anniv. Meteor. Institute, 1884; and National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology
RomaniaNoneCancel and cachet on stamped envelope100th anniv. Orcadas Station
RomaniaNoneCachet on cover200650th anniv. Mirny Antarctic observatory, 1956
Ross DependencyNoneCachet on cover2001National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA Crown Research Institute)
RussiaNonePostal card, also detail and back1905Charbin meteor. station
Russia (USSR)2495196140th anniv. Soviet Hydrometeor. Service, 1921
Russia (USSR)31101965Vostok Antarctic Station
Russia (USSR)3860197150th anniv. Soviet Hydrometeor. Service, 1921
Russia (USSR)3860 covStamp and cachet on cover
Russia (USSR)NoneStamped envelope1968Weather observing station in Elbrus, Caucasus region
Russia (USSR)NoneCancel on cover197210th anniv. Antarctic Meteor. Centre, Molodezhnaya, 1962
Russia (USSR)NoneCachet on back of cover, see also front1974Molodezhnaya Antarctic Meteorology Centre
Russia (USSR)NoneStamped envelope1976Tadjikistan SSR Hydrometeor. station
Russia (USSR)NoneCachet on cover1980Valnyarka Hydrometeor. Station
Russia (USSR)NoneCancel and cachet on stamped envelope (from 1979)198050th anniv. Soviet Hydrometeor. Centre
Russia (USSR)NoneStamped envelope198160th anniv. State Hydrometeor. Service, 1921
Russia (USSR)NonePostal card198125th anniv. Mirny Antarctic observatory, 1956
Russia (USSR)NoneTwo (rubber-stamp) cachets on cover1985Tadebeyacha Arctic Hydrometeor. Observatory
Russia (USSR)None(Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover1987Cape Chelyuskin Hydrometeor. Observatory
Russia (USSR)NonePostal card1987Vostok Antarctic Station
Russia (USSR)NoneCachet1988Solovetski Island Meteor. Station
Russia (USSR)None(Rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope1989Cape Menshikov hydrometeor. station
Russia (USSR)None(Rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope1989Cape Chelyuskin Meteor. Station
Russia (USSR)None(Rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope1989Cape Chelyuskin Meteor. Station
Russia (USSR)None(Rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope1989Krenkel hydrometeor. station
Russia (USSR)NoneStamped envelope1990Barentsburg Hydrometeor. station
Russia (USSR)5902 fdc(Rubber-stamp) cachet on FDC1991Soviet Committee for Hydrometeorology
RussiaNoneCachet1991Leningradskaya station
RussiaNone(Rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope1991Karaul hydormeteor. station
RussiaNone(Rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope1991Pevek hydormeteor. station
RussiaNoneRectangular rubber-stamp cachet on stamped envelope1991Magilevsk Regional Hydrometeor. Centre, Cape Schmidt
RussiaNonePrinted and triangular and square rubber-stamp cachets on stamped envelope199260th anniv. Cape Schmidt Hydrometeor. Observatory
RussiaNonePrinted and triangular and one different rubber-stamp cachet on stamped envelope like the one immediately above199260th anniv. Cape Schmidt Hydrometeor. Observatory
RussiaNoneUpper and lower rubber-stamp cachets on back of envelope above1992Cape Schmidt Hydrometeor. Observatory
RussiaNoneUpper-middle and lower-right rubber-stamp cachets on cover1994Cape Chelyuskin station aerology, and Cape Chelyuskin Meteor. station, respectively
RussiaNoneCachet1994Mirny station aerology
RussiaNoneRound and text rubber-stamp cachets on stamped envelope1995Pevek hydormeteor. station
RussiaNone(Round rubber-stamp) cachet on stamped envelope1996Shapkino Meteor. Station
Salvador, El11951989100th anniv. meteor. in El Salvador, 1889 (Centenario Fundacion Observatorio Meteorológico)
Salvador, El1196
Salvador, El1195-1196 fdcCachet on FDC
Saudi ArabiaNoneCachet on cover, also back1982Faculty of Meteorology, King Abdulaziz University
Slovenia425 (Mi312)2000150th anniv. meteor. observations, 1850
Slovenia425 fdcFDC
Slovenia425aMS9 (9x 425 + label)
South AfricaNoneFDC1958Marion Island meteor. outpost
South AfricaNonePostcard1958Marion Island, Weather Bureau staff
South AfricaNonePostcard1963Marion Island Weather Office
South AfricaNoneCachet on cover1968Department of Transport, Weather Office, Gough Island
South AfricaNoneCachet on cover1973Marion Island Weather Bureau station
South AfricaNoneCachet on cover1978Department of Transport, Weather Office, Gough Island
South Africa610-613 fdc1Cachet on FDC1983Remote weather stations
South Africa610-613 fdc2Cachet (different) on FDC, also insert1983Remote weather stations
South AfricaNone(Black rubber-stamp) cachet1984South African Weather Bureau (SAWB)
South AfricaNone(Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover1985South African Weather Bureau (SAWB)
South AfricaNoneCachet1995South African Weather Bureau (SAWB)
South AfricaNoneCachet on cover200450th anniv. Gough Island meteorology, 1954
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands1251987Grytviken meteor. observing station
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands3602008Meteor. station, King Edward Point
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands359-362 fdcOne stamp on FDC
South West AfricaNone(Green rubber-stamp) cachet on cover1984South African Weather Bureau (SAWB)
SpainNoneCancel on cover19??Meteor. Service
SpainNoneCancel1998Centro Meteorológic Territorial de Catalunya1
SpainNoneAerogramme1999Instituto Nacional de Meteorología
Spain33272004100th anniv. Ebre Observatory, 1904 (The observatory comprises branches in astrophysics, meteorology, and geophysics.)
Sri Lanka1234 (Mi1187)199850th anniv. Meteor. Department, 1948
St. Thomas and Prince IslandsNoneCancel on aerogramme197125th anniv. National Meteo Service (Serviço Meteorológico Nacional) (1946 - 1971)
SwedenNoneLetter seal19??Meteorologiska Centralanstalten, Stockholm
Sweden1002One of strip of 2 (1002a (1001-1002))1973100th anniv. Swedish Meteor. and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), 1873
Sweden1002a fdc1One stamp on FDC
Sweden1002a fdc2One stamp on FDC (different)
SwitzerlandNoneCachet on cover1918Meteorologische Centralanstalt, Zürich
Switzerland6911980100th anniv. Swiss Meteor. Office, 1880
Switzerland691 fdcFDC
Switzerland691 maxiMaxicard
Thailand1472199250th anniv. Meteor. Department, 1942
Thailand1472 fdcFDC, also insert
Trinidad and TobagoNoneCachet on cover19??Caribbean Meter. Organization
Tristan da CunhaNoneCancel and cachet on cover1976Gough Island Weather Office, and 21st (South African) Meteor. Relief Voyage
Tristan da Cunha766eOne of strip of 5 (766 (a-e))2005South African Weather Station, Gough Island
Tunisia6201973Likely a meteorological building in Tunisia, not WMO headquarters as indicated in Scott catalog
Tunisia736197820th anniv. nationalization of Tunisian civil aviation and meteorology
Tunisia736 fdcStamp and cancel and cachet on FDC
Tunisia841 (Mi1068)198325th anniv. nationalization of meteorology and civil aviation
TurkeyNoneCancel1896Observatoire météorologique impérial
TurkeyB81196150th anniv. Kandilli Observatory, Istanbul, 1911 (meteor. observations and forecasts were made there)
TurkeyB82
TurkeyB83
TurkeyB84
Turkey1674SS1, stamp-on-stamp: B83 (cutout)196450th anniv. Kandilli Observatory, Istanbul, 1911 (meteor. observations and forecasts were made there)
Turkey2331198560th anniv. Turkish Meteor. Service, 1925
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus337 (Mi344)199218th anniv. Meteor. Office, 1974
Uganda1196 (Mi1327)1994National Meteor. Centre
United StatesNoneCancel on cover1887Central Park, New York, Meteor. Observatory
United StatesNonePostal card1893Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau?
United StatesNonePostal card, also front1907Belfort Meteor. Observatory, Baltimore MD
United States10881957150th anniv. Coast and Geodetic Survey (CGS), predecessor to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
United StatesNoneCachet on cover1961U.S. Weather Bureau, Project Chariot, Kotzebue AK
United StatesNoneCachet on cover1961U.S. Weather Bureau, St. Paul Island
United StatesNoneCachet on cover1961U.S. Weather Bureau, Polar Operations project, South Pole
United StatesUX57Postal card1970100th anniv. weather services, 1870
United StatesUX57aPostal card (yellow and black colors omitted)
United StatesUX57bPostal card (blue color omitted)
United StatesUX57cPostal card (black color omitted)
United StatesUX57varPostal card (white dot variety)
United StatesUX57 fdc1Postal card FDC
United StatesUX57 fdc2Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc3Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc4Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc5Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc6Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc7Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc8Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc9Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc10Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc11Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc12Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc13Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc14Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc15Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc16Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc17Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc18Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc19Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc20Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc21Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc22Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 fdc23Postal card FDC (different)
United StatesUX57 folderFDC folder, also inside
United StatesUX57 spSouvenir page
United StatesNoneCachet on GOES-1 launch cover1975National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
United StatesNoneCachet on cover1994Naval Support Forces Meteorology
United StatesNoneCachet on GOES-7 launch cover1987National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
United StatesNone(Rubber-stamp) cachet~1989National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office Aircraft Operations
United StatesNoneCachets on cover1998Nathaniel B. Palmer Icebreaker & Research Ship for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies
United StatesNoneMeter200230th anniv. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 1972
United StatesNoneCancel2004National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
UruguayNoneCancel1995100th anniv. National Meteor. Service, 1895
Vanuatu5651992Vanuatu Meteor. Service (VMS) head office, Port Vila weather station
Yemen Arab RepublicNoneCachet ond cover1980Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority
Yugoslavia1868
i1868
1987100th anniv. Astronomical and Meteor. Observatory, Belgrade, 1887
Yugoslavia1868 fdcStamp and cancel and cachet on FDC
Meteorological Returns and Weather Reports
AustraliaNone(Meteor. returns) letter sheet1922Central Weather Bureau, Melbourne
AustraliaNone(Meteor. returns) envelope1929Weather Bureau, Hobart, Tasmania
AustriaNone(Meteor. returns) postal card1860Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik
AustriaNone(Meteor. returns) postal card1911Zentral-Anstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik
AustriaNone(Meteor. returns) postal card, also back1926Zentral-Anstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik
CanadaNone(Meteor. returns) postal card, also back1891Meteor. Office, Toronto, Ontario
CanadaNone(Meteor. returns) stamped envelope~1930Department of Transport, Air Services, Meteor. Division
CanadaNone(Meteor. returns) stamped envelope1948Department of Transport, Meteor. Services
CanadaNone (Webb DEN526-5a)(Meteor. returns) address label (2 cents)19??Meteor. Service of Canada
CanadaNone(Meteor. returns) address label (3 cents)19??Meteor. Service of Canada
CanadaNone(Aurora report) envelope1957Aviation Forecast Office, Rivers Camp, Manitoba
CanadaNone(Meteor. returns) postal card, also back1959Hail report card for Alberta Hail Studies Project
CanadaNone(Aurora report) envelope1968Upper air station, Moosonee, Ontario
CzechoslovakiaNone(Hydro. returns) envelope1902National hydrographic department (from a station measuring rain water, no. 3 in Karlstyn)
DenmarkNone(Meteor. returns) envelope, also back1890(Danske) Meteorologisk Institut (DMI)
FinlandNone(Meteor. returns) postal card1908Meteorolooginen Keskuslaitos, Helsinki
FranceNone(Meteor. returns) envelope1919Service météorologique de la France
FranceNone(Meteor. returns) postal card1937Service météorologique d'Alsace et de Lorraine
FranceNone(Meteor. returns) postal card1939Service météorologique d'Alsace et de Lorraine
FranceNone(Meteor. returns) postal card, also back1985Météo France, for thunderstorm and hail reports
Germany (Alsace)None(Meteor. returns) letter sheet1896German Meteor. Service in Alsace
Germany (Bohemia and Moravia)None(Meteor. returns) envelope1905Meteorologische Zentralanstalt für Böhmen und Mähren
Germany (Wurttemberg)None(Meteor. returns) postal card, also back1892Königliches Württenberg Meteorologische Centralstation, Stuttgart
Germany (Wurttemberg)None(Meteor. returns) postal card, also back1897Königliches Württenberg Meteorologische Centralstation, Stuttgart
Germany (Wurttemberg)None(Meteor. returns) postal card189~Meteorologische Centralstation, Stuttgart
GermanyNone(Meteor. returns) postal card1923Meteor. Station Feuer (?)
GermanyNone(Snow report) postal card, also back1923Bundes Landesstelle für Gewässerkunde, München
HungaryNone(Meteor. returns) postal card, also back1870Meteor. Observatory
IndiaNone(Meteor. returns) postal card, also back; also backs from 1890, 1891, and another from 18911893Government of Bengal, East India Service
IndiaNone(Meteor. returns) telegram1949Indian Meteor. Department (A. W. Weather)
MexicoNone(Meteor. returns) postal card, also back1890sObservatorio Meteorológico Central
MexicoNone(Meteor. returns) postal card (changed colors), also back1890sObservatorio Meteorológico Central
NetherlandsNone(Meteor. returns) postal card, also back1933Nederlands aerologisch station, Reykjavik
PalestineNone(Meteor. returns) postal card1940sPalestine Meteor. Service, Jerusalem
RussiaNone(Meteor. returns) postal card1921Meteor. Service
Russia (USSR)None(Meteor. returns) letter sheet, also back1949Meteor. Service
United StatesNone(Weather report) wrapperlate 1800sU.S. Army Signal Service2
United StatesNone(Weather report) franked envelope, see detaillate 1800sDepartment of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3
United StatesNone(Weather report) envelope1870-1890War Department, Signal Service
United StatesNone(Weekly (weather) report) envelope, tan, form 291870-1890War Department, Signal Service
United StatesNone(Fortnightly (weather) report) envelope, blue, form 291870-1890War Department, Signal Service
United StatesNone(Fortnightly (weather) report) envelope, blue (lighter shade), form 29,1870-1890War Department, Signal Service
United StatesNone(Monthly (weather) report) envelope, blue, form 125B1870-1890War Department, Signal Service
United StatesNone(Monthly (weather) report) envelope, blue, form 125B, train missing1870-1890War Department, Signal Service
United StatesNone(Weather report) wrapper1881U.S. Army Signal Service2, Washington DC
United StatesNone(Weather report) wrapper1881U.S. Army Signal Service2, Smithtown Branch NY
United StatesNone(Weather report) wrapper1888War Department, Signal Service
United StatesNone(Weather report) postal card~1900Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3
United StatesNone(Form No. 4023) postal card~1900Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3
United StatesNone(Weather report) envelope, also detail1927U.S. Weather Bureau Office, Climatological Division
United StatesNone(Snow report) postal card, also back1927Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3
Weather Forecasts and Backstamps
MexicoNoneWeather forecast backstamp1903Mexican weather service: "north winds from the Gulf for today"
United StatesNoneWeather forecast backstamp1896Weather Bureau forecast (warmer) for Sandusky OH
United StatesNoneWeather forecast backstamp1896Weather Bureau forecast (fair) for Sandusky OH
United StatesNoneWeather forecast backstamp1896Weather Bureau forecast for New Brunswick NJ
United StatesNoneWeather forecast backstamp1896Weather Bureau forecast for Lansing MI
United StatesNoneWeather forecast backstamp1896Weather Bureau forecast for Salt Lake City UT
United StatesNoneCover with weather forecast backstamp on back1897Weather Bureau forecast for Lansing MI
United StatesNonePostal card with weather forecast on back1897U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau forecast for Boston MA
United StatesNonePostal card with weather forecast backstamp on back1900Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau, forecast for North Hamden NY
United StatesNonePostal card with weather forecast backstamp on back1900Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau3, forecast for Bliss VA
United StatesNoneFolder1997100th anniv. weather forecast postmarks, 1897
United StatesNoneCancel on cover1997100th anniv. weather forecast postmarks, 1897
United StatesNoneCancel and cachet on cover1997100th anniv. weather forecast postmarks, 1897
Meteorological Schools and Training Facilities
Barbados304CDT with St. Vincent 256-2581968Caribbean Meteor. Institute (CMI), Barbados
China (People's Republic)NoneCachet (address) on coverUnknownNanjing Institute of Meteor.
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card2002Nanjing Institute of Meteor.
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card2004Nanjing Institute of Meteor.
China (People's Republic)NonePostal card (different)2004Nanjing Institute of Meteor.
Niger852199330th anniv. African School Meteor. and Civil Aviation, 1963
St. Vincent256CDT with Barbados 3041968Caribbean Meteor. Institute (CMI), Barbados
St. Vincent257
St. Vincent258
Uganda1195 (Mi1327)1994Meteor. Training School, Entebbe
Private Meteorological Services or Organizations
United StatesNoneCachet on cover, also insert1910Foster's Weather Bureau, Washington DC
United StatesNoneMeter1950Uncle Wethbee, the weatherman, WNBT (which later became WNBC), Channel 4, New York NY
United StatesNoneMeter on cover1941Weather reports by telephone, Detroit MI
United StatesNoneMeter on cover1954Weather beacon, Kansas City MO
United StatesNoneMeter1941Weather forecasts by telephone, Chicago IL
United StatesNoneMeter1976Pioneer Weather Consultants, Tucson AZ
United StatesNoneCachet (return address) on cover1992North American Weather Consultants, Salt Lake City UT
United StatesNoneCachet (logo) on cover2007American Meteorological Society (AMS), Boston MA

*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel; Webb = Walton, W.C. & Covert, E.L., Webb's Postal Stationery Catalogue of Canada and Newfoundland, 6th edition, 1993.
**CDT = common design type; 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.
***This list includes only items with either some mention of meteorology in the text, or something meteorological appearing on the item.

1This cancel of 2 July 1998 is for an exposition of philately and photography related to meteorology that was held in the meteorological center of Catalunya. [Information provided by Felix Perez, Marcotem, Spain]
2U.S. Army Signal Service (1870-1891)
3Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau (1891-1940)


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