Lander station Mars-3. The world's first soft landing on the planet

Lander station Mars-3. The world's first soft landing on the planet
Catalog #
4114
Date of Issue
1972 5 April
Denomination
16k
Color
Blue, purple, silver
Artist
Paper
Chalk-surfaced
Printing method
Intaglio
Perforation
Рамочная11½:12
Issued
3,600,000
Tags
Space
Description
Lander the Soviet automatic station "Mars-3" (running 28.05.1971), made a soft landing on the planet Mars 02.12.1971.
The world's first soft landing of the lander on Mars.


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Catalog #
4112
Date of Issue
1972 5 April
Denomination
6k
Color
Blue, purple, silver
Artist
Sokolov A.
Paper
Chalk-surfaced
Printing method
Intaglio
Perforation
Рамочная11½:12
Issued
4,000,000
Tags
Space

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Automatic station "Mars-2". Pennant on the planet 27.11.1971
Catalog #
4113
Date of Issue
1972 5 April
Denomination
6k
Color
Orange, purple, silver
Artist
Sokolov A.
Paper
Chalk-surfaced
Printing method
Intaglio
Perforation
Рамочная11½:12
Issued
4,100,000
Tags
Space
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