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This page contains philatelic information on the Chandrayaan series spacecraft. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes 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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| Chandrayaan (India/ISRO) | Chandrayaan (India/ISRO) | Chandrayaan (India/ISRO) |
Below is a list of Chandrayaan-series spacecraft postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Chandrayaan (India/ISRO) | ||||
| Central African Republic | Mi15599-15602_ms4 | MS4 (Mi15599-15602) | 2023 | "Chandrayaan-3" and "Pragyan" rover |
| Central African Republic | Mi15599-15602_ms4 fdc | MS4 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Central African Republic | BL3118 | SS1 (Mi15603) | ||
| Central African Republic | BL3118 fdc | SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet (design like SS1) on FDC | ||
| Central African Republic | BL3119 | SS1 (Mi15604) | ||
| Djibouti | Mi7575-7578 | MS4 (Mi7575-7578) | 2023 | "Chandrayaan-3" |
| Djibouti | Mi7575-7578_ms4 fdc | MS4 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Djibouti | BL2292 | SS1 (Mi7579) | ||
| Djibouti | BL2292 fdc | SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet (design like SS1) on FDC | ||
| Germany | None | (BiberPost) private post | 2019 | "Chandrayaan-2" |
| Germany | None | (BiberPost) private post | 2023 | Chandrayaan-3 |
| Guinea Republic | Mi7627A Mi7627B | One of MS6 (Mi7627A-7632A) One of imperforate MS6 (Mi7627B-7632B) | 2010 | "Chandrayaan-1" |
| Guinea Republic | Mi7627A-7632A fdc | MS6 on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | Mi17787-17792_ms6 | MS6 (Mi17787-17792) | 2023 | "Chandrayaan-3" |
| Guinea Republic | BL3881 | SS1 (Mi17793) | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Unknown ms (Mi15409-15411) | MS3 (a-c) | 2023 | "Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing" |
| Guinea-Bissau | Unknown ss (BL2859) | SS1 (Mi15412) | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Unknown ss (BL2860) | SS1 (Mi15413) | ||
| India | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (Schoolpex 2009) cachet on cover | 2009 | Chandrayaan-1 launch rocket, and the fairing that enclosed the spacecraft (in cachet); "Best wishes from Chandrayaan team - M. Annadurai" (hand-written - Annadurai is the Chandrayaan project manager); the cancel text refers implicitly to the crash-landing of Chandrayaan-1's Moon Impact Probe on the lunar surface on 14 November 2008 |
| India | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back and glow under UV light | 2019 | "Chandrayaan-2"; Vikram lander and the Pragyan lunar rover (depicted in the cancel) |
| India | None | (India Post) cachet on cover, also back | 2023 | "Chandrayaan-3" |
| India | None | (India Post) cachet (different) on cover, also back | ||
| India | None | (India Post) cachet on postcard back, also front | ||
| India | None | (India Post) cachet on postcard back (different) | ||
| India | None | (India Post) cachets on set of 5 postcard backs and one (common) front | ||
| Liberia | Unknown ms (Mi none) | MS4 (a-d) | 2023 | "India's Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing" |
| Liberia | Unknown ss (BL none) | SS1 | ||
| Liberia | Unknown ss (BL none) | SS1 (different) | ||
| Niger | Mi11734-11737_ms4 | MS4 (Mi11734-11737) | 2023 | "India launches the Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing mission" (in French text) |
| Niger | BL2032 | SS1 (Mi11738) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 1963c (Mi3910) | From MS4 (1963 (a-d)) (Mi3908-3911) | 2009 | "Chandrayaan-1" |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 1963d (Mi3911) | "Chandrayaan-1" launch | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2120 (BL692, Mi4072) i2120 | In (left) margin of SS1 In (left) margin of imperforate SS1 | 2009 | "Chandrayaan-1" launch |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2120 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Sierra Leone | Unknown ms (Mi17570-17573) | MS4 (a-d) | 2023 | "India's Chandrayaan-3 landing on the Moon" |
| Sierra Leone | Unknown ss (BL2986) | SS1 (Mi17574) | ||
| Togo | Mi10791-10794_ms4 | MS4 (Mi10791-10794) | 2019 | "Chandrayaan-2", "Vikram" orbiter, and "rover" |
| Togo | BL1950 | SS1 (Mi10795) | ||
| United Nations (Geneva) | 748b (Mi1239-1240) | MS10 (5x (748a (747-748))) | 2024 | "Chandrayaan-3" |
| United States | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | 2023 | "Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully touched down ... on the Moon" |
Below is a list of Chandrayaan-series spacecraft 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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| Chandrayaan (India/ISRO) | ||||
| 2008-10-22: Chandrayaan-1 | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2019-07-22: Chandrayaan-2 | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| Chandrayaan-2 (post-launch events) | ||||
| United States | 2019-09-02 | Washington DC | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-2 lander separation |
| India | 2019-09-07 | Ahmedabad | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-2 lunar landing |
| India | 2019-09-07 | Ahmedabad | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | Chandrayaan-2 lunar landing |
| United States | 2019-09-07 | Washington DC | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-2 lunar landing |
| United States | 2019-09-14 | Pasadena CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | "DSS-63 attempts to contact Chandrayaan-2's crashed Vikram lander" |
| United States | 2019-10-14 | Pasadena CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander suspected crash location imaged by LRO spacecraft" |
| 2023-07-14: Chandrayaan-3 | ||||
| Australia | 2023-07-14 | Sydney NSW | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back | Chandrayaan-3 launch |
| India Germany | 2023-07-14 | Satish Dahwan | (BiberPost) stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (ISRO) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-3 launch |
| United States | 2023-07-14 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-3 launch |
| Chandrayaan-3 (post-launch events) | ||||
| United States | 2023-07-31 | Ft. Irwin CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 lunar spacecraft trans-lunar injection burn" |
| United States | 2023-08-06 | Ft. Irwin CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 enters lunar orbit" |
| United States | 2023-08-21 | Ft. Irwin CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander splits from propulsion module" (cancel day hand-corrected from 21 to 17") |
| India | 2023-08-23 | ISRO P.O. | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back | Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing |
| India | 2023-08-23 | Mumbai | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing |
| India | 2023-08-23 | Mumbai | (Pictorial) cancel on postal card | Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing |
| India | 2023-08-23 | Bengaluru | (Pictorial) cancel (different) and (black printed) cachet on postal card | Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing |
| India | 2023-08-23 | Mumbai | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing |
| India | 2023-08-23 | Bengaluru | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back | Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing |
| India | 2023-08-23 | Bengaluru | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover, also back | Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing |
| India Germany | 2023-08-23 | ? | (BiberPost) stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing |
| India | 2023-08-23 | ISRO P.O. | (Pictorial) cancel on postal card | Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing |
| United States | 2023-08-23 | Ft. Irwin CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing" |
| United States | 2023-08-23 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet (different) on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing" |
| India | 2023-08-23 | Mumbai | (Pictorial) cancel (different) and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on postal card | "Chandrayaan-3: successful soft landing of lander Vikram on South Polar region of Moon". |
| India | 2023-08-24 | Mumbai | (Pictorial) cancel and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on postal card | "Chandrayaan-3: Successful deployment of Prayan rover on Moon's surface" |
| India | 2023-08-24 | Mumbai | (Pictorial) cancel on postal card | "Chandrayaan-3: Successful deployment of Prayan rover on Moon's surface" |
| India | 2023-08-24 | Mumbai | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Chandrayaan-3 Prayan rover deployment |
| United States | 2023-08-24 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 Prayan rover rolls onto lunar surface" |
| United States | 2023-08-26 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | "India joins Moon landing club" |
| United States | 2023-08-30 | Ft. Irwin CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 Prayan rover photographs mothership lander" |
| United States | 2023-09-02 | Ft. Irwin CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Chandrayaan-3 Prayan lander and rover set into sleep mode" |
| Chandrayaan-3 (anniversaries) | ||||
| India | 2024-08-23 | Jabalpur | (Pictorial) cancel and (orange and blue printed) cachet on cover, also back | 1st anniv. Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing |
| India | 2025-08-23 | Bengaluru | (Pictorial) cancel and (black rubber-stamp) cachet on postal card | 2nd anniv. Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing |
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