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Object details:

Object Name: Stamp, Vostok, 10 Kopeks
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19780357000

	Object Name
	Stamp, Vostok, 10 Kopeks

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv95599aaa3-7b49-48ec-952a-d84549df9119

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Astronaut
	Yuri Gagarin

	Materials
	Paper

	Materials
	Ink

	Materials
	Adhesive

	Dimensions
	2-D - Unframed (H x W): 4.3 × 3cm (1 11/16 × 1 3/16 in.)

	Dimensions
	Storage: 9.4 × 8.1 × 5.1cm (3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 2 in.)

	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.

	Summary
	The military attaché to the Soviet Embassy donated this item to the museum.

	Country of Origin
	USSR

	Credit Line
	Gift of USSR Embassy

	Inventory Number
	A19780357000

	Type
	LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Philately

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