Object Details
- Astronaut
- Yuri Gagarin
- Summary
- This 10-kopek stamp illustrates the Vostok launch vehicle and rocket that took Yuri Gagarin on the world's first human spaceflight on April 12, 1961. The image shows the rocket climbing over the walls of the Kremlin. This is one of the first three stamps that the Soviet Union issued to commemorate Gagarin's flight.
- The military attaché to the Soviet Embassy donated this item to the museum.
- Credit Line
- Gift of USSR Embassy
- Inventory Number
- A19780357000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Philately
- Materials
- Paper
- Ink
- Adhesive
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 4.3 × 3cm (1 11/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
- Storage: 9.4 × 8.1 × 5.1cm (3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- USSR
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19780357000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv95599aaa3-7b49-48ec-952a-d84549df9119
