The 50 anniversary of flight of the stratosphere balloon USSR-1
- Catalog #
- 5413
- Date of Issue
- 1983 25 July
- Denomination
- 20k
- Color
- Multicolor
- Artist
- Bogachev I.
- Paper
- Chalk-surfaced
- Printing method
- Intaglio
- Perforation
- Harrow 12½:12
- Issued
- 4,500,000
- Tags
- Space
- Description
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Stratospheric balloon "USSR-1".
As a result of the flight achieved a record for that time a height of 19000 feet. Crew: G. A. Prokofiev (1902 - 1939), K. D. Godunov (1892 - 1965) and E. K. Birnbaum (1894 - 1965).
This edition was printed in sheets of 30 (10х3) and 8 (4x2) stamps.
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