The size is 3 ½" x 5 ½", unmailable without a cover. Published by the PLAKAT ("Poster") Publishers, Moscow, circulation 470,000. The postcard is part of the series "Soviet Cosmonauts." The photographer's name, Yu. Zharov, is printed in the upper left-hand corner on the verso. The artwork is an offset print of Zharov's photo portrait of Soviet cosmonaut Valeriy Rozhdestvenskiy. This is an approximation of a correctly formatted First Day postcard, and appears to be the brainchild of the Kaluga Regional Post Office which issued the First Day Stamp to commemorate the Cosmonautics Day celebr

The size is 3 ½" x 5 ½", unmailable without a cover. Published by the PLAKAT ("Poster") Publishers, Moscow, circulation 470,000. The postcard is part of the series "Soviet Cosmonauts." The photographer's name, Yu. Zharov, is printed in the upper left-hand corner on the verso. The artwork is an offset print of Zharov's photo portrait of Soviet cosmonaut Valeriy Rozhdestvenskiy. This is an approximation of a correctly formatted First Day postcard, and appears to be the brainchild of the Kaluga Regional Post Office which issued the First Day Stamp to commemorate the Cosmonautics Day celebrated on 12 April, the day of Gagarin's space flight. The postal stamp features not only Valeriy Rozhdestvenskiy but also Vyacheslav Zudov, both of whom piloted the Soyuz-23 in 1976. The First Day cancel is dated 12 April 1980.

In excellent condition, no wear except truly microscopic corner bumps.
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