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Object details:

Object Name: Stamp, Yuri Gagarin, 3 Kopeks
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19780361000

	Object Name
	Stamp, Yuri Gagarin, 3 Kopeks

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9d2cb0073-dc0f-46ca-9eb3-5b18d7a20c60

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Astronaut
	Yuri Gagarin

	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 3-kopek stamp honors Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the Earth. On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin rode in a Vostok spacecraft and made a single orbit of the Earth to become the first human being in space. This is one of the first three stamps that the Soviet Union issued to commemorate Gagarin's flight.

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

	Country of Origin
	USSR

	Credit Line
	Gift of USSR Embassy

	Inventory Number
	A19780361000

	Type
	LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Philately

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