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Space Flyer Unit
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Space Flyer Unit
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| SFU | SFU (patch) |
This page contains philatelic information on the Space Flyer Unit (SFU) satellite. 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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| SFU (Japan/NASDA) | SFU (Japan/NASDA) | SFU (Japan/NASDA) |
Below is a list of Space Flyer Unit (SFU) satellite 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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| Space Flyer Unit (SFU) (Japan/NASDA) | ||||
| Maldive Islands | 1580 (Mi1600) | 1991 | "SFU" recovered | |
Below is a list of Space Flyer Unit (SFU) 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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| Space Flyer Unit (SFU) (Japan/NASDA) | ||||
| 1995-03-18: SFU launched (and GMS-5 / Himawari-5) [rocket-launched] | ||||
| Japan | 1995-03-18 1995-03-18 | Minamitane (text cancel) Minamitane (scenic cancel) | (Watanabe/NASDA no.?) cachet on cover | SFU launch |
| Japan | 1995-03-18 1995-03-18 | Tsukubagakuen (text cancel) Tsukubagakuen (scenic cancel) | (Watanabe/NASDA no.?) cachet on cover | SFU launch |
| Japan | 1995-03-18 | Tsukubagakuen | (Space Voyage green and pink) cachet on cover | SFU launch |
| Japan | 1995-03-18 | Minamitane (scenic cancel) | (Space Voyage purple and pink) cachet on cover | SFU launch |
| 1996-01-11: SFU recovered (and SPARTAN-206 / OAST Flyer deployed from STS-72) | ||||
| United States | 1996-01-11 | Kennedy Space Center FL (machine cancel) | (STS mission patch) cachet on cover, also insert | STS-72 launch |
| United States | 1996-01-11 | Kennedy Space Center FL (hand cancel) | (STS mission patch) cachet on cover, also insert | STS-72 launch |
| United States | 1996-01-11 | Downey CA | (Space Station pictorial) cancel and (STS mission patch) cachet on cover, also insert | STS-72 launch |
| United States | 1996-01-11 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Titusville-Moonport Stamp Club) cachet on cover, also insert | STS-72 launch |
| United States | 1996-01-11 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Shuttle Traching Team blue rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-72 launch |
| United States | 1996-01-11 | Nassau Bay Branch, Houston TX | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-72 launch |
| United States | 1996-01-11 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | STS-72 launch |
| United States | 1996-01-11 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet (different) on cover | STS-72 launch |
| United States | 1996-01-11 | Nassau Bay Branch, Houston TX | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet (different) on cover | STS-72 launch |
| United States | 1996-01-11 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Artopages) cachet on cover | STS-72 launch |
| United States | 1996-01-11 1996-01-20 | Kennedy Space Center FL Kennedy Space Center FL | (STS mission patch) cachet on cover | STS-72 launch STS-72 landing |
| United States | 1996-01-13 | Nassau Bay Branch, Houston TX | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | SFU recovered |
| United States | 1996-01-13 | Houston TX | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | SFU recovered |
| United States | 1996-01-15 | Houston TX | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | "first extravehicular activity" |
| United States | 1996-01-17 | Houston TX | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | "second extravehicular activity" |
| United States | 1996-01-18 | Houston TX | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | "Japanese Astronaut Koichi Wakata" |
| United States | 1996-01-20 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | STS-72 landing |
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