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Three sets of desirable KNIGA covers, each issued circa 1967 by Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga (MK) (International Books), which include:
- Group of six KNIGA covers, all with cachets commemorating the Soviet space achievements of the Vostok program, issued and canceled to mark the first six Russian manned space missions, individually signed in ink by one of the first six cosmonauts: Yuri Gagarin, Gherman Titov, Andriyan Nikolayev, Pavel Popovich, Valery Bykovsky, and Valentina Tereshkova.
- Two KNIGA covers, with one honoring the crew of the Soyuz 8 mission, which is signed by Vladimir Shatalov and Aleksei Yeliseyev, and the other honoring the Salyut 1 space station, which is signed by cosmonauts Shatalov, Yeliseyev, Boris Volynov, and Yevgeny Khrunov.
- Two KNIGA covers, with one honoring the crew of Voskhod 1, which is signed by Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feoktistov, and Boris Yegorov, and the other honoring the historic Voskhod 2 mission, which is signed by Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Leonov.
Each set is accompanied by its original certificate of authenticity from Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, with the Salyut 1 errantly listing Georgy Beregovoy as a signer. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by their original mailing envelope.
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