The lower margin of the sheet bears the text "The astronautics serves a man, a society, and a state" and a six- digit number.
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Face value |
Size |
Description |
Price, mint |
Price, used |
| 493 |
7.00 |
37×26 |
The stamp of the sheet features a model of the International Space Station. In the left margin of the sheet there is the orbital complex MIR, and a meteo and telecoms satellites. In the lower part of the sheet there are symbols of practical use of space equipment. In the upper right corner of the sheet there is a model of an inhabited space station developed by K.E.Tsiolkovsky, the founding father of modern astronautics (1857-1935). In the middle of the sheet there is the Sun rising above the earth as seen from a spacecraft. The stamp also features a quote from Tsiolkovsky "The human race will not stay on the Earth forever, but in pursuit of light and space it will first shyly get beyond the atmosphere, and then conquer the space around the Sun".
multicolor |
7.00 |
2.50 |