Space & Astronomy Stamps


Background information about Benin Benin

Benin was known as Dahomey prior to November, 1975.

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Issue Date / Set Description
Description
9 July 1976 - Telephone Centennial
Alexander Graham Bell / Symphonie / Telephone
18 October 1976 - Apollo 14
Insignia / Liftoff
Astronauts on Moon
12 November 1977 - Space Exploration
Viking Lander on Mars
Isaac Newton
Vladimir Komarov / Soyuz 1
Laika / Sputnik 2
17 May 1978 - Decennial World Telecommunication Day
International Telecommunication Union Insignia
17 May 1979 - Undecennial World Telecommunication Day
Satellite / Tower / International Telecommunication Union Insignia
8 June 1979 - Philexafrique II
Mask / Bird
Canoe / Satellite / Universal Postal Union Insignia
2 April 1980 - Semicentennial of the Discovery of 134340 Pluto
Galileo Galilei / Astrolabe
Nicolaus Copernicus / Solar System
17 May 1980 - World Telecommunication Day
International Telecommunication Union Insignia / Telephone
Man Using Telephone
15 June 1980 - Decennial of Lunokhod 1
Lunokhod 1 90fr
Lunokhod 1 210fr
20 December 1980 - Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler / Satellites
30 May 1981 - Vigintennial of Manned Spaceflight
Yuri Gagarin / Soviet Space Station
30 May 1981 - World Telecommunication Day
International Telecommunication Union Insignia
20 November 1981 - West African Economic Community
Map of West Africa / Satellite Dish
21 February 1982 - Vigintennial of Friendship 7
John Glenn / Liftoff
26 September 1982 - International Telecommunication Union Plenipotentiaries Conference
Satellite / Map
circa November 1982 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
12 November 1977: Space Exploration / Viking Lander on Mars (50fr surcharge)
circa 1983 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
15 June 1980: Decennial of Lunokhod 1 / Lunokhod 1 210fr (75fr surcharge)
17 May 1983 - World Communications Year
WCY Insignia
27 August 1983 - Riccione ‘83
WCY Insignia on 17 May 1983: World Communications Year
circa November 1983 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
18 October 1976: Apollo 14 / Astronauts on Moon (25fr surcharge)
12 November 1977: Space Exploration / Vladimir Komarov / Soyuz 1 (30fr surcharge)
21 February 1982: Vigintennial of Friendship 7 / John Glenn / Liftoff (40fr surcharge)
29 June 1984 - Abomey-Calavi Earth Station
Satellite Dish
circa September 1984 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
30 May 1981: Vigintennial of Manned Space Flight / Yuri Gagarin / Soviet Space Station (40fr surcharge)
circa August 1985 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
Dahomey - 12 July 1971: Johannes Kepler / Kepler / Orbits (overprint only)
Dahomey - 20 August 1973: Nicolaus Copernicus / Copernicus / Solar System (75fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 12 July 1971: Johannes Kepler / Kepler / Satellites (90fr surcharge)
30 May 1986 - Comet 1P/Halley
Edmond Halley / Comet 1P/Halley / Probe
circa 1988 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
Dahomey - 20 December 1973: Christmas 1973 / Nativity, by Giotto di Bondone (25fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 10 July 1974: Quinquennial of Apollo 11 / Moonwalker (40fr surcharge)
circa 1988 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
Dahomey - 20 August 1973: Nicolaus Copernicus / Copernicus / Venera / Mariner
23 December 1988 - Christmas 1988
Storyteller / Magi / Nativity / Star of Bethlehem
circa 1990 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
9 July 1976: Telephone Centennial / Alexander Graham Bell / Symphonie / Telephone (Parcel Post overprint, sans serif font)
9 July 1976: Telephone Centennial / Alexander Graham Bell / Symphonie / Telephone (Parcel Post overprint, serif font)
12 November 1977: Space Exploration / Laika / Sputnik 2 (Parcel Post overprint)
1 January 1990 - Benin Posts & Telecommunication Centennial
Satellite Dish
23 January 1990 - Vigintennial of Apollo 11
Rocket Launch / Footprint on Moon
1 December 1990 - Galileo Probe to Jupiter
Probe
circa 1991 - Riccione ’91 Exhibition Overprint
1 December 1990: Galileo Probe to Jupiter / Probe
circa 1993 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
Dahomey - 16 July 1975: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project / Docking (20fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 31 October 1974: Conquest of Space / Jupiter Probe (25fr surcharge)
circa 1994 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
Dahomey - 16 July 1975: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project / Spacecraft (25fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 16 July 1975: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project / Flags / Launch (35fr surcharge)
Dayomey - 31 October 1974: Conquest of Space / Solar Probe (souvenir sheet) (150fr surcharge)
circa 1995 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
30 May 1981: Vigintennial of Manned Space Flight / Yuri Gagarin / Soviet Space Station (150fr surcharge)
circa 1996 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
30 May 1986: Comet 1P/Halley (5fr surcharge)
circa 1996 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
15 June 1980: Decennial of Lunokhod 1 / Lunokhod 1 210fr (40fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 16 July 1975: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project / Docking (200fr surcharge)
circa 1996 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
18 October 1976: Apollo 14 / Astronauts on Moon (35fr surcharge)
circa 1996 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
Dahomey - 10 July 1974: Quinquennial of Apollo 11 / Moonwalker (150fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 15 May 1970: Apollo 13 Overprint / Astronauts / Rocket (150fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 12 July 1971: Johannes Kepler / Kepler / Orbits (150fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 12 July 1971: Johannes Kepler / Kepler / Satellites (150fr surcharge)
circa 1996 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
17 May 1983: World Communications Year / WCY Insignia (75fr surcharge)
circa 1996 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
27 August 1983: Riccione ’83 / WCY Insignia on 17 May 1983 - World Communications Year (100fr surcharge)
22 August 1999 - China 1999 Exhibition
sheet of 8
Medieval Rockets
Jiuquan Launch Center
DFH-3 Satellite
Rocket Launch
Long March Rocket
Tracking Ship
Satellite Dish
Stamped Covers
28 February 2008 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
Dahomey - 16 July 1975: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (500fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 17 February 1968: Venusian Exploration / Venus de Milo / Mariner 5 (175fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 16 July 1975: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (overprinted “BENIN” in serif font)
29 May 2008 - Semicentennial of NASA
sheet of 4
Lunar Roving Vehicle
Ed White / Gemini 4 Spacewalk
Ron Garan Spacewalk
Ares V Lunar Configuration
sheet of 4
Delta II Launch
Richard Mastracchio Spacewalk
Richard Linnehan Spacewalk
STS-123 Launch
sheet of 4
STS-122 Launch
Delta II on Launch Pad
Assembly of STS-124 Stack
STS-128 on Launch Pad
sheet of 4
Steven Smith Spacewalk
Robert Behnken Spacewalk
Mike Foreman Spacewalk
Alan Shepard
circa 2009 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
Dahomey - 20 October 1975: International Women’s Year / Woman on Phone / Venus Symbol (300fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 20 October 1975: International Women’s Year / Venus Symbol (1000fr surcharge)
circa 2009 - Surcharges (relevant items only)
Dahomey - 16 July 1975: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project / Flags / Launch (200fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 12 July 1971: Johannes Kepler / Kepler / Orbits (50fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 16 July 1975: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project / Spacecraft (200fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 17 February 1968: Venusian Exploration / Venus de Milo / Venera 4 (200fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 20 August 1973: Nicolaus Copernicus / Copernicus / Venera / Mariner (300fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 10 July 1974: Quinquennial of Apollo 11 / Moonwalker (1000fr surcharge)
Dahomey - 20 August 1973: Nicolaus Copernicus / Copernicus / Solar System (400fr surcharge)

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