Collection of 11 Russian commemorative postage stamps, each signed in ink or ballpoint on the stamp or small mount by the respective cosmonaut or crew honored. Signers include: Yuri Gagarin (first man in space), Gherman Titov, Andriyan Nikolayev, Pavel Popovich, Valentina Tereshkova (Vostok Cosmonauts), Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev (Voshkod II crew - mankinds first EVA), Vladimir Komarov (first human to die on a space-mission), Konstantin Feoktistov (both Voskhod I), Georgi Beregovoy (Soyuz 1), Vladimir Shatalov, Boris Volynov, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Khrunov (Soyuz 4 and 5, mankinds first transfer between spacecrafts), Shonin and Valeri Kubasov (Soyuz 6), and Anatoli Filipchenko, Viktor Gorbatko and Vladislav Volkov (Soyuz 7, Volkov died while Soyuz 11 re-entry). In fine overall condition. Accompanied by several of the original mailing envelopes addressed to the respective cosmonauts. Pre-certified Scott Cornish and RRAuction COA.
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