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Object details:

Object Name: Stamp, German Titov, 6 Kopeks
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19780364000

	Object Name
	Stamp, German Titov, 6 Kopeks

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9618954d8-2c61-4648-9c71-cd897d94a966

	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 stamp commemorates German Titov's flight of Vostok 2. On 6 August 1961, German Titov became the second man to orbit the Earth and the First person to stay in orbit for a day. Titov's flight on board Vostok took place less than four months after the historic first human spaceflight of Yuri Gagarin.

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

	Country of Origin
	USSR

	Credit Line
	Gift of USSR Embassy

	Inventory Number
	A19780364000

	Type
	LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Philately

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