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Gorbatko, Viktor; and Glazkov, Yuri. - An Original First Day Cover Signed by the Soyuz Astronauts Victor Gorbatko and Yuri Glazkov.

Title: An Original First Day Cover Signed by the Soyuz Astronauts Victor Gorbatko and Yuri Glazkov.
Description: 1991. 1991. - A 4-1/2 inch high by 6-1/4 inch wide envelope marking the 30th Anniversary of the world's first space flight. The stamp depicts 2 Soviet cosmonauts who were on Soyuz 24. An attractive pictorial postmark dated "12-04-1991" is stamped at the corner of the postage stamp. The cover is signed by both Gorbatko and Glaznov below the stamp. There is a third signature on the verso that we have not been able to identify. Very good. Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko (1934-2017), a Major General in the Soviet Air Force, flew on the Soyuz 7, 24 and 37 Space missions. Yuri Nikolayevich Glazkov (1939-2008), a major general in the Soviet Air Force flew as a flight engineer on the Soyuz 24 space mission and was made a Hero of the Soviet Union. He became the first Deputy Chief of Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center and wrote several books. Very good .

Keywords: SPACE EXPLORATION; SOVIET UNION; U.S.S.R.; RUSSIA; COSMONAUTS; SCIENCE; SOYUZ; AUTOGRAPHS; SIGNATURES; SIGNED; FIRST DAY COVER; ENVELOPE; VIKTOR GORBATKO; YURI GLAZNOV; ASTRONAUTS; SPACE PROGRAM; RUSSIAN; 30TH ANNIVERSARY; WORLD'S FIRST SPACE FLIGHT;

Price: US$ 45.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 95743

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