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This page contains philatelic information on the Bion series. 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.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
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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| Bion (Russia) | Bion (Russia) | Bion (Russia) |
Below is a list of Bion-series satellitepostal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Abkhazia | Mi980_ms10 | MS10 (10x Mi980 + 2 labels) | 2018 | Bion-6 / Kosmos-1514 (launch date in text, with 2 Rhesus monkeys) |
| Chad | BL531A BL531B | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 (Mi2663A) In (lower-left) margin of imperforate SS1 (Mi2663B) | 2013 | "Bion-M1" |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | BL170A BL170B | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2003 | "Biosatellite COSMOS" |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | BL170A fdc BL170B fdc | SS1 on FDC Imperforate SS1 on FDC | ||
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (upper-right) margin of MS3 (a-c) [known illegal issue] | 2013 | "Bion-10" |
| Mali | Unknown ms (Mi none) | In (upper-left) margin of MS3 (a-c) (different) [known illegal issue] | "Bion-M No.1" | |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | "Bion-M1" |
Below is a list of Bion-series satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| 1975-11-25: Bion-3 (Kosmos-782) | ||||
| United States | 1975-11-25 1975-12-15 | Moffett Field CA Moffett Field CA | (Biosputnik mission patch) cachet on cover | Bion-3 (Kosmos-782) launch Bion-3 (Kosmos-782) capsule recovery |
| Russia (USSR) United States | 1975-11-25 1984-12-15 | Moscow International1 PO Barstow CA | (Space Voyage blue and tan and red) cachet on cover | Bion-3 (Kosmos-782) launch Vega-1 launch |
| Russia (USSR) United States | 1975-11-25 1984-12-21 | Moscow International1 PO Barstow CA | (Space Voyage blue and pink and red) cachet on cover | Bion-3 (Kosmos-782) launch Vega-2 launch |
| Russia (USSR) United States | 1975-11-25 1984-12-21 | Moscow International1 PO Barstow CA | (Space Voyage blue and tan and red) cachet on cover | Bion-3 (Kosmos-782) launch Vega-2 launch |
| Russia (USSR) United States | 1975-11-25 1985-06-18 | Moscow International1 PO Barstow CA | (Space Voyage grey and pink and red) cachet on cover | Bion-3 (Kosmos-782) launch Vega-2 closest approach to Venus |
| Russia (USSR) United States | 1975-11-25 1985-06-18 | Moscow International1 PO Barstow CA | (Space Voyage grey and tan and red) cachet on cover | Bion-3 (Kosmos-782) launch Vega-2 closest approach to Venus |
| Russia (USSR) United States | 1975-11-25 1985-06-18 | Moscow International1 PO Barstow CA | (Space Voyage grey and pink and red) cachet on cover | Bion-3 (Kosmos-782) launch Vega-2 closest approach to Venus |
| Bion-3 (Kosmos-782) (post-launch events) | ||||
| United States | 1975-12-15 | Moffett Field CA | (Biosputnik mission patch) cachet (and signature) on cover | Bion-3 (Kosmos-782) capsule recovery |
| United States | 1975-12-15 1975-11-25 | Moffett Field CA Moffett Field CA | (Biosputnik mission patch) cachet on cover | Bion-3 (Kosmos-782) capsule recovery Bion-3 (Kosmos-782) launch |
1"Moscow International (Moskva Mezhdunarodnaya) Post Office" is the cancellation often used on the Soviet "Kniga International" ("International Book") philatelic covers; see Jim Reichman's Commemorative Space Covers from Collector Clubs of the Soviet Union, 2008 (e-mail: jgreichman (at) datawest.net).
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