It wasn’t the powerful Soviet state machinery in Moscow, but a group of enthusiasts in the Ukrainian metropolis who were the first to commemorate the historic spaceflight of Vostok 1 through philately. This is the other, little-known story of April 12, 1961.
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The Soviet Cosmonauts’ Club (so to speak)
An unusual piece in my collection: the personal ID card of Ivan Grigorievich Borisenko, the legendary spaceflight official
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On my fascination with cosmonautics
On August 26, 1978, Sigmund Jähn became the first German in space, launching aboard Soyuz 31. The first item in my collection relates to this milestone.
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