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Country |
RUSSIA
& USSR RU_Space_1988_0003 |
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Title
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RUSSIA & USSR. 12 April 1988-Cosmonautics Day.
Star City-
Zvyozdny gorodok 12.04.88. Special Cancellations on Illustrated Envelopes. |
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Envelope Description |
Cosmonautics Day (Den
Kosmonavtiki) is an anniversary celebrated in Russia and some other former
USSR countries on 12 April.
In 2011, 12 April was declared
as the International Day of Human Space Flight in dedication of the first
manned space flight made on 12 April 1961 by the 27-year-old Russian Soviet
cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Gagarin circled the Earth for 1 hour and 48 minutes
aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft |
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Type |
Illustrated Envelope, dedicated to Cosmonautics Day
with Special Cancellation |
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Condition: |
Good |
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Edges/Corners |
Fine |
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Used/Unused |
Unused |
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Published by/for: |
Ministry of Communications of the USSR, 1988 |