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Topic: Space Cover 219: Fifty Years of Women in Space
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micropooz
Member Posts: 1584
From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 06-23-2013 06:25 AM
   
Space Cover of the Week, Week 219 (June 23, 2013) Space Cover #219: Fifty Years of Women in SpaceFifty years ago last week (Okay, for you cynics – better late than never!  ), Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in space. Launching on June 16, 1963 aboard Vostok 6, she spent three days in orbit on a tandem flight with Vostok 5, landing on June 19. The cover above is a June 22. 1963, Moscow postmarked first-day-of-issue for USSR stamps Sc #2750 – 2752 that were issued to commemorate the tandem Vostok 5/6 flight. Tereshkova graciously signed the cover for me at an autograph show in New Jersey in 2005. Who else has some neat Tereshkova/Vostok 6 covers? Maybe some of the "club cachets" for her flight (that's a whole story in itself!)? Or other neat covers that tie-in to women in space? Let's post 'em here! And if you need someone to host your cover image for posting, please send it to me in an email. Glad to do it! |
stevedd841
Member Posts: 298
From: Millersville, Maryland
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 06-23-2013 09:54 AM
Great space cover of the week for this week, Dennis. Thought it might be interesting to see another set of USSR stamps on cover issued for the successful tandem spaceflight of Valerie Bykovsky in Vostok 5, and Valentina Tereshkova in Vostok 6, and also, the first woman in space.  |
albatron
Member Posts: 2804
From: Stuart, Florida
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 06-24-2013 07:03 PM
What a wonderful pair of covers! | |
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