For the first time in the history of space exploration lunar soil brought to Earth by automatic machine
Catalog #
3950
Year
1970
Denomination
60k
Color
Blue, dark purple, Heather grey
Artist
Strelnikov R.
Paper
Chalk-surfaced
Printing method
Intaglio
Perforation
Harrow 11½:12
Issued
750,000
Description
Souvenir sheet. Unit size 9.5 x 7.5 cm At the margin of the block the text: "for the First time in the history of space exploration lunar soil brought to Earth by automatic apparatus."
In block brand 3951-3953 with direct coupons, without text, with changed face value, colour and detail drawings.
20 kop. - Stamp 3951 (12.09.1970). The text on the coupon: "Flight "Luna-16" dedicated to the XXIV Congress of the CPSU".
20 kop. - Stamp 3952 (20.09.1970) with a modified storyline: the automatic station "Luna-16" with a worker member device on the moon and Earth. On the coupon - the pennant mounted on the AMC, and the state symbol with the image schema of return station from the moon to Earth. The launch from the surface of the moon, trail Moon-Earth, a globe with outlines of the territory of the Soviet Union and the designation of the place of landing of the returned device. The text of the coupon: "Luna-16". September. 1970".
20 kop. - Stamp 3953 (24.09.1970). On the slip state is a sign placed on the returned device, with the image of the AMC at the moment of taking the lunar soil. The text of the coupon: "Luna-16". September. 1970. The Earth - Moon - Earth".