STS-51L Disaster Stamps & Minisheets

List of Known Stamps & Minisheets Produced For the STS-51L Mission

 

STS-51L Stamps and Minisheets

Type of Item

Country

Issue Date

Description

Scott No.

SG No.

Other Comments

Minisheet  Lesotho 8 Feb 1993 Shows shuttle during liftoff and contains one stamp showing McNair 945 1133a? Issued for UN-ISY 1992
Minisheet Hungary 21 Feb 1986 Lists names of the crew & contains one stamp showing shuttle during liftoff 2971 3687 Minisheets are numbered
Minisheet Bolivia 12 May 1986 Shows head shoot of each crew member & contains 1 stamp commemorating Boy Scouts  None None Cinderella from Bolivia, made for the 1986 Exhibition of the Philatelic Federation of Bolivia Michel BL 154
 Stamps (2) Guinea 1 July 1986 One shows McAuliffe and Shuttle model and the other shows the Shuttle in flight with memorial text C167-C168 1234-1235  Imperforated version exists
Minisheets (2) Guinea 1 July 1986 One shows liftoff and contains Shuttle in flight stamp. Other shows memorial text and contains McAuliffe stamp C167-C168    Imperforated version exists
Minisheet Guinea 1 July 1986 Shows Shuttle launch and contains one stamp showing the crew C169 1236  Imperforated version exists
Stamps (4) Mauritania 14 Oct 1986 Each stamp shows 1 or 2 crew members 609-612 869-872 Imperforated version exists
Minisheets (4) Mauritania 14 Oct 1986 4 Horizontal format minisheets containing one stamp showing 1 or 2 crew members  609-612   Imperforated version exists
Minisheet Mauritania 14 Oct 1986 Vertical format minisheet containg one stamp showing the entire crew 613 873 Imperforated version exists
Minisheet St. Thomas & Prince 27 Oct 1986 Minisheet for Halley's Comet containing one stamp shows Challenger in lower right corner 790    
Sheetlet St. Thomas & Prince 27 Oct 1986 Sheetlet for Halley's Comet containing 6 stamps. One shows Challenger 789    
Stamps (5) Central African Republic 19 Nov 1986 One shows Resnik, another McNair and a third McAuliffe 818-822 1221- 1226 Imperforated version exists
Minisheets (5) Central African Republic 19 Nov 1986 Shows 2 views Shuttle after launch plus mission control and each contains one stamp as per above 818-822   Imperforated version exists
Minisheet Central African Republic 19 Nov 1986 Shows crew on apocalyse horses plus mission emblem and contains one stamp showing crew and shuttle 823 1227 Imperforated version exists
Minisheet Uganda 2 Nov 1987 Shows portraits of the crew and contains one stamp showing the Challenger in flight 568 600  
Stamps (4) Guyana  8 Nov 1989 One shows Resnik & McAuliffle & STS-51L mission emblem. Part of 4 stamp 'Women In Space Issue 2216-2219 2665-2668 Imperforated version exists
Stamps (4) Guyana  1990 One shows Resnik & McAuliffle & STS-51L mission emblem. Part of 4 stamp 'Women In Space Issue optd in silver  2255+2258
+2259+2262
2689-2692  Imperforated versions exist
optd Rotary International 1905-1990
(A scarce red operprint also exists)
Sheetlet Grenada 4 August 1994 Shows sceen from Apollo 11 Moon landing and contains 6 stamps showing crew of STS-51L and shuttle on launch pad 2330 2707-2712
2707a?
Issued for 25th Anniv.
Apollo 11 & Tribute to Challenger
Minisheet Grenada 4 August 1994 Horizontal format shows shuttle exploding and contains one stamp showing the entire crew  2331 2713 Issued for 25th Anniv.
Apollo 11  & Tribute to Challenger
Sheetlet Grenada Grenadines 4 August 1994 Shows sceen from Apollo 11 Moon landing and contains 6 stamps showing crew of STS-51L and shuttle on launch pad 1660 1774-1779
1774a?
Issued for 25th Anniv.
Apollo 11  & Tribute to Challenger
Minisheet Grenada Grenadines 4 August 1994 Vertical format shows shuttle during launch and contains 1 stamp showing Judy Resnick  1661 1780 Issued for 25th Anniv.
Apollo 11  & Tribute to Challenger
 Minisheet Mali 14 Oct 1996 Shows STS-51L crew and Shuttle and contains 4 stamps showing planets, the Great Nebula and Shuttle  795   10th Anniversary of Disaster
 Imperforated version exists
 Minisheet Mali  14 Oct 1996 Contains one stamp showing Challenger over the Earth 796   10th Anniversary of Disaster
 Imperforated version exists
Minisheet Central African Republic 22 Nov 1996 Shows Challenger above the Earth and contains 6 stamps showing planets, comet and the Great Nebula 1144   10th Anniversary of Disaster
Minisheet Guyana 29 Oct 1998 Contains 3 stamps, one shows Jarvis 3356   Issued for 19th Chile Jamboree and Challenger disaster (Bluford & Onizuka were scouts)
Minisheet Sierra Leone  15 Dec 1998 Contains 3 stamps, one shows Bluford and one shows Onizuka 2138   Issued for 19th Chile Jamboree and Challenger disaster (Bluford & Onizuka were scouts)
 Sheetlet Guinea 9 Feb 1999 Contains 9 stamps including one for Judith Resnik and one for Christa McAuliffe memorial     Other stamps show Glenn, White,  Shepard, Collins, Armstrong, Aldrin & Lovell
Imperforated version exists
 Sheetlet Marshall Islands 15 Jan 2000 Contains 15 stamps celebrating the 20th Century (1980-1989 decade) including one for STS-51L  726    
Minisheet Chad 9 Oct 1999 Contains one stamp showing the Challenger explosion and Saturn  810g   Issued for the Millenium - 1975-1999
Imperforated version exists
Minisheet Haiti 12 Jun 2006 Contains two stamps, one of which shows the Challenger crew      
Sheetlet Malawi 1 Sept 2010 Sheetlet of nine stamps, each shows a different shuttle crew. One shows STS-51L crew.     One of a long series showing all the shuttle crews
Minisheet Mali 27 March 2011 Contains one stamp. Both stamp & minisheet show STS-51L Crew     25th Anniversary of Challenger Disaster
Minisheets
(2)
Mozambique 30 April 2011 One contains one stamp showing McAuliffe. The other has six stamps, each showing a different member of the crew 2265 Michel : 4619/4624 25th Anniversary of Challenger Disaster
Minisheets (2) Guinee Bissau 10 Feb 2011 One contains one stamp showing McAuliffe. The other has four stamps, showing the other six members of the crew   Michel : 5308/5311 + Block 910 25th Anniversary of Challenger Disaster
Minisheets (2) Guinee Republic 28 July 2011 One contains one stamp showing Scobee while the minisheet shows McAuliffe. The other has six stamps, each showing a different member of the crew.     25th Anniversary of Challenger Disaster
Minisheet Niger
Republic
18 Oct 2011 Minisheet of 2 stamps shows the crew & shuttle. One stamp shows the shuttle in flight while the other shows a memorial     25th Anniversary of Challenger Disaster
Sheetlet Marshall Islands 21 July 2011 Of 7 stamps & 8 vignettes. Farewell to America's Space Shuttle plus it commemoratives the Challenger and Columbia disasters 1001   Farewell to America's Space Shuttle
Minisheet Djibouti 12 March 2013 Minisheet of 2 stamps shows the crew while the stamps show the shuttle & a memorial     Space Conquest -Challenger Disaster. An imperforate version exists
Minisheets (2) Gabon 2019 Minisheets of 4 & 2 stamps show members of the crew & the shuttle     Imperforated version exists

 

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Last Modified 22 July 2019 by Dr R. J. Smith

 

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