Space Stamps

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Jordan issued 10 stamps on March 25, 1964, celebrating the Mercury program.

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Minisheet from Jordan, same date.

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Same minisheet with Gordon Cooper mention added.

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North Yemen reissued three stamps in 1964, now with the portrait of John F. Kennedy.

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Rockets flying in the sky, celebrating the New Year. Stamp issued by the USSR on December 12, 1963.

A first-day cover for this stamp. Postmarked Moscow International Post Office, 12/12/63. Cachet looks like Moscow's Beklemishevskaya Tower and Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building.

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On February 20, 1962, the United States issued a nice stamp about the Mercury project.

Two event covers featuring this Mercury stamp:

Launch of Alouette-1, a Canada-U.S. ionospheric observatory. Vandenberg A.F.B., Sep. 28 1962.

Launch of a Nike-Cajun sounding rocket from Wallops Island, Mar. 27 1962.

(Did Wallops issue these for every launch of any size? Maybe!)

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A minisheet, same date, from North Yemen.

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On April 15, 1964, Suriname issued five space stamps.

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On April 15, 1964, the DDR issued two stamps on the occasion of Khrushchev's visit.

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Panama issued on April 21, 1964 several stamps dedicated to space exploration.

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On April 25, 1964, Paraguay issued five stamps related to space travel.

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On April 25, 1964, Paraguay issued two stamps and a minisheet related to space travel.

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On April 27, 1964, Czechoslovakia issued eight space stamps.

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On May 1964 Ecuador reissued an old space stamp (1958), now overprinted "Faro de Colon".

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Same date.

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On May 4, 1964, Mauritania issued a stamp showing the Syncom satellite.

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A rocket appeared on a French stamp issued on June 5, 1964.

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Another rocket was shown on a stamp issued by Niger on June 4, 1964.

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On June 15, 1964, Ghana issued several stamps depicting artificial satellites.

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Three more, same date.