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First Group Space Flight.

Date of issue: 14th August 1962



Designer: I. Levin
Paper: ordinary
Printing process: No 2634, 2635 - photo, raster KV; No 2636 - litho.
Perforation: No 2634, 2635 - frame 11 1/2; No 2636 - comb 12 1/4 : 12
Size: No 2634, 2635 - 40 x 28 mm; No 2636 - 52 x 37 mm
Sheet composition: No 2634, 2635 - 50 (5 x 10) stamps; No 2636 - 25 (5 x 5) stamps
Printing run: No 2634, 2635 - 5.000.000; No 2636 - 4.500.000
Michel catalogue numbers: 2634A-2636C

4 K. brown, red and blue. Portrait of cosmonaut A. G. Nikolaev
4 K. brown, red and blue. Portrait of cosmonaut P. R. Popovich
6 K. red, yellow and light blue. Cosmonauts in flight

Varieties 2634B-2636B

2636CVariety 2636Cr


Exists 2636Cp on a light pink paper


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