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Object details:

Object Name: Stamp, Pavel Popovich, 4 Kopeks
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19780368000

	Object Name
	Stamp, Pavel Popovich, 4 Kopeks

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv967f7fa1a-3a99-449c-87aa-557c6cc1c245

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Astronaut
	Pavel Popovich

	Materials
	Paper

	Materials
	Ink

	Materials
	Adhesive

	Dimensions
	2-D - Unframed (H x W): 4.6 × 3.2cm (1 13/16 × 1 1/4 in.)

	Dimensions
	Storage: 9.7 × 8.3 × 5.1cm (3 13/16 × 3 1/4 × 2 in.)

	Summary
	This 4-kopek stamp commemorates the flight of Soviet cosmonaut Pavel Popovich. On 12 August 1962, Popovich became the eighth man in space. His spacecraft, Vostok 4, came within 402 kilometers of the orbiting Vostok 3 spacecraft that carried Adrian Nikolayev.

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

	Country of Origin
	USSR

	Credit Line
	Gift of USSR Embassy

	Inventory Number
	A19780368000

	Type
	LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Philately

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