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LOT 73:
A RUSSIAN SOVIET SPACE PROPAGANDA SIGNED POSTCARD
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Sold for: $325
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Auction house commission: 28%
sales tax: 8.88% On the full lot's price and commission
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A RUSSIAN SOVIET SPACE PROPAGANDA SIGNED POSTCARD
A rare vintage postcard in Ukrainian: Glory to the Soviet Cosmonauts. With images of Yuri Gagarin, German Titov, Andriyan Nikolayev, and Pavel Popovich. Signed by the listed astronauts next to their images.Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race; his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.Gherman Stepanovich Titov was a Soviet cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1. He was the fourth person in space, counting suborbital voyages of US astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom.Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev was a Soviet cosmonaut. In 1962, aboard Vostok 3, he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space. Nikolayev was an ethnic Chuvash.Pavel Romanovich Popovich was a Soviet cosmonaut. He was the fourth cosmonaut in space, the sixth person in orbit, and the eighth person in space.
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 4 in.
