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media:NASM-A19780359000_DSH01

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Object details:

Object Name: Stamp, Yuri Gagarin, 6 Kopeks
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19780359000

	Object Name
	Stamp, Yuri Gagarin, 6 Kopeks

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9a641a0ed-d877-4b16-b72c-027d06a0bb53

	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 stamp celebrates the flight on Yuri Gagarin on board the Vostok spacecraft on April 12, 1961. The image shows a red, stylized Vostok flying over the Moscow Kremlin. This is one of the first three stamps that the Soviet Union issued to commemorate Gagarin's flight.

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

	Country of Origin
	USSR

	Credit Line
	Gift of USSR Embassy

	Inventory Number
	A19780359000

	Type
	LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Philately

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