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Below is a checklist of Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) 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.
Items not specifically about (numbered) SCAR biennial meetings are highlighted in yellow in the main table below and are NOT included in the summary table.
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| Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) |
| Summary (by SCAR biennial meeting number) |
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content* |
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| Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) | ||||
| Argentina | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 1976 | (14th) SCAR Delegates Meeting |
| Brazil | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 1990 | 21st SCAR Delegates Meeting |
| British Antarctic Territory | 182 (Mi183) | 1991 | "SCAR" (in Biomass logo) | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 180-183 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC (British Post cachet) | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 235 (Mi245) | 1996 | 24th SCAR | |
| British Antarctic Territory | 236 (Mi246) | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | 237 (Mi247) | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | 238 (Mi248) | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | 235-238 fdc1 | Four stamps and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 235-238 fdc2 | Four stamps and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 239 (BL3) | SS1 | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 239 fdc1 | SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| British Antarctic Territory | 239 fdc2 | SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet (different) on FDC | ||
| Chile | None | (Black printed) cachet (return address) on (airmail) cover, also insert | 1966 | "SCAR Antarctic Oceanography Symposium" |
| Chile | 1246 (Mi1858) | 1998 | 25th SCAR Delegates Meeting | |
| Chile | 1246-1247 fdc | One of two stamps and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Chile | None | (Blue and grey printed) cachet | 1998 | 25th SCAR Delegates Meeting |
| Chile | None | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | 1999 | "SCAR" (in Biomass logo) |
| China (People's Republic) | None | (Pictorial) cancel on postal card | 2002 | 27th SCAR |
| China (People's Republic) | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (cyan and blue and black printed and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back | ||
| China (People's Republic) | None | (Multi-color printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also back | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 112-113 sc (Mi200-201 sc) | Souvenir card | 1985 | "Comité scientifique pour les Recherches Antarctiques (SCAR)" |
| Germany (West) | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1982 | (17th) SCAR; also 100th anniv. 1st IPY |
| Germany (West) | None | (Blue printed) cachet on cover | 1984 | 18th SCAR Delegates Meeting |
| Germany | None | (Pictorial) cancel | 2003 | "SCAR" |
| Germany | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (blue rubber-stamp and color printed) cachet on cover | 2004 | 28th SCAR |
| Russia (USSR) | None | (Pictorial) cancel and (blue and red and black printed) cachet on cover | 1982 | 17th SCAR Delegates Meeting |
| Russia | 7021 cancel (BL98, Mi1400-1402 cover) | (Pictorial) cancel on MS3 (7021 (a-c)) | 2008 | 30th SCAR |
| Russia | None | (Pictorial) cancel on cover | 2008 | 30th SCAR |
*SCAR ordinal numbers given in parentheses are not specifically noted on items, but are based on year of issue.
The table below is a Summary (by SCAR biennial meeting number) of the number of countries and postal items issued as listed in the table immediately above. Included are the number of countries issuing SCAR items, as well as the number of SCAR items that were issued. SCAR venues and dates are also provided. This summary is also available in spreadsheet form.
| SCAR biennial meeting | Number of | Venue | Dates | |
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| Countries | Items | |||
| I (1st) | 0 | 0 | The Hague, Netherlands | 1958 (February 3 - 5) |
| II (2nd) | 0 | 0 | Moscow, Russia (USSR) | 1958 (August 4 - 11) |
| III (3rd) | 0 | 0 | Canberra, Australia | 1959 (March 2 - 6) |
| IV (4th) | 0 | 0 | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1960 (August 29 - September 2) |
| V (5th) | 0 | 0 | Wellington, New Zealand | 1961 (October 9 - 14) |
| VI (6th) | 0 | 0 | Boulder CO, USA | 1962 (August 20 - 24) |
| VII (7th) | 0 | 0 | Cape Town, South Africa | 1963 (September 23 - 27) |
| VIII (8th) | 0 | 0 | Paris, France | 1964 (August 24 - 28) |
| IX (9th) | 0 | 0 | Santiago, Chile | 1966 (September 20 - 24) |
| X (10th) | 0 | 0 | Tokyo, Japan | 1968 (June 10 - 15) |
| XI (11th) | 0 | 0 | Oslo, Norway | 1970 (August 17 - 22) |
| XII (12th) | 0 | 0 | Canberra, Australia | 1972 (August 14 - 19) |
| XIII (13th) | 0 | 0 | Jackson Hole WY, USA | 1974 (September 3 - 7) |
| XIV (14th) | 1 | 1 | Mendoza, Argentina | 1976 (October 18 - 23) |
| XV (15th) | 0 | 0 | Chamonix, France | 1978 (May 16 - 26) |
| XVI (16th) | 0 | 0 | Queenstown, New Zealand | 1980 (October 14 - 24) |
| XVII (17th) | 2 | 2 | Leningrad, Russia (USSR) | 1982 (July 5 - 9) |
| XVIII (18th) | 1 | 1 | Bremerhaven, (West) Germany | 1984 (October 1 - 5) |
| XIX (19th) | 0 | 0 | San Diego CA, USA | 1986 (June 23 - 27) |
| XX (20th) | 0 | 0 | Hobart, Australia | 1988 (September 12 - 16) |
| XXI (21st) | 1 | 1 | São Paulo, Brazil | 1990 (July 23 - 27) |
| XXII (22nd) | 0 | 0 | San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina | 1992 (June 15 - 19) |
| XXIII (23rd) | 0 | 0 | Rome, Italy | 1994 (September 5 - 9) |
| XXIV (24th) | 2 | 9 | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 1996 (August 12 - 16) |
| XXV (25th) | 1 | 3 | Concepción, Chile | 1998 (July 20 - 31) |
| XXVI (26th) | 0 | 0 | Tokyo, Japan | 2000 (July 17 - 21) |
| XXVII (27th)1 | 1 | 1 | Shanghai, China/PRC | 2002 (July 15 - 26) |
| XXVIII (28th) | 1 | 1 | Bremerhaven, Germany | 2004 (October 3 - 8) |
| XXIX (29th) | 0 | 0 | Hobart, Australia | 2006 (July 17 - 20) |
| XXX (30th) | 1 | 2 | Moscow, Russia | 2008 (July 14 - 16) |
| XXXI (31st) | 0 | 0 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2010 (July 30 - August 11) |
| XXXII (32nd) | 0 | 0 | Portland OR, USA | 2012 (July 13 - 25) |
| XXXIII (33rd) | 0 | 0 | Auckland, New Zealand | 2014 (August 22 - September 3) |
| XXXIV (34th) | 0 | 0 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 2016 (August 19 - 31) |
| XXXV (35th) | 0 | 0 | Davos, Switzerland | 2018 (June 19-23) |
| XXXVI (36th) | 0 | 0 | Hobart, Australia | 2020 (July 31 - August 11) |
| XXXVII (37th) | 0 | 0 | Hyderabad, India | 2022 (August 19 - 28) |
| XXXVIII (38th) | 0 | 0 | Punta Arenas, Chile | 2024 (August 26 - 28) |
| XXXIX (39th) | 0 | 0 | Milan, Italy | 2026 (January 16 - 18) |
| Summary: 9 out of 39 SCAR biennial meetings | Summary: 8 countries 21 items | |||
1Combined 27th SCAR/14th COMNAP (Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs) meeting.
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