Peaceful space explorations

 

Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968)

Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit earth on 12 April 1961

 

This series was issued to publicize the peaceful use space explorations.

 

Date of issue: 15 May 1968

Expiration date:

Design:

Printing:

Perforation: 13.5

Size: 35 x 35 mm

Size ‘Poste aerienne’: 41 x 41mm

Sheet: 25

Marginal inscriptions:

Circulation:

 

No 270. 4F, Moon Probe

No 271. 6F, Russian astronaut walking in space

No 272. 8F, Weather satellite

No 273. 10F, American astronaut walking in space

The series:

 

The imperforated series is in size and coloring exact the same as above:

Remark: the white border around these stamps is much larger when cut from a side, top, bottom or corner of a sheet.

 

Poste aerienne

The image is the same as the series above, the size is larger and the value is changed.

LP78. 14F, Moon Probe

LP79. 18F, Russian astronaut walking in space

LP80. 25F, Weather satellite

LP81. 40F, American astronaut walking in space

The series:

 

The imperforated series is in size and coloring exact the same as above:

Remark: the white border around these stamps is much larger when cut from a side, top, bottom or corner of a sheet.

 

No 273A/B (always from blocs 24/24A)

 

The imperforated set

 

Bloc 24. Size: 118 x 83 mm.

 

Bloc 24A. Imperforated