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Asset Name:
media:NASM-A19780363000_DSH01

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Object details:

Object Name: Stamp, Vostok 2, 4 Kopeks
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19780363000

	Object Name
	Stamp, Vostok 2, 4 Kopeks

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv90d3fb068-2748-4cb9-af93-968675f09bb1

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Astronaut
	German Stepanovich Titov

	Materials
	Paper

	Materials
	Ink

	Materials
	Adhesive

	Dimensions
	2-D - Unframed (H x W): 4.1 × 2.9cm (1 5/8 × 1 1/8 in.)

	Dimensions
	Storage: 9.2 × 7.9 × 5.1cm (3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 2 in.)

	Summary
	This 4-kopek stamp commemorates the flight of German Titov on board his Vostok spacecraft. On 6 August 1961, Titov was launched on board the Vostok 2 spacecraft to become the first human to spend a day in space. Titov's flight occurred less than four months after Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space and before the Americans launched a human being into a full orbit of the Earth.

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

	Country of Origin
	USSR

	Credit Line
	Gift of USSR Embassy

	Inventory Number
	A19780363000

	Type
	LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Philately

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