Space Cinderella 1

 

A Cinderella stamp is virtually anything resembling a postage stamp, but not issued for postal purposes by a government postal administration.

Abkhazia 1994 - 1970 Russian space flight overprinted

Abkhazia 1999 - Star Wars

Women in Space 2

 Albania 1963 - Valentina Tereshkova

Altai (Russia) 1999 - Valentina Tereshkova (1 Stamp) + Overprinted

Space Covers 10

 

 Yuri Gagarin Space Covers

(Part 10)

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin was the first person to orbit the earth once in his spaceship Vostok 1. Columbus, who opened the gate to the cosmos with his legendary flight for mankind, has secured an immortal place in the history of planetary development.

"He took us all into space" said Neil Armstrong, who in 1969 became the first person to walk on the moon. Indeed: to date, almost 600 people from 38 countries have followed Gagarin.

April 12th is a special day. It has been celebrated as a commemorative and public holiday in the Soviet Union and Russia since 1962. On “Cosmonautics Day”, “Cosmonaut Day” or “Space Travel Day”, the focus is on pioneers and actors: scientists, designers, engineers and space travellers.

Astrophilatelistically, this cosmonaut day has been used for special editions for 60 years. Therefore it is a popular collecting area. The present special catalog gives a little insight into this with four main focuses: the first years, the 55th anniversary, postal stationery and autographs.

You will see many small and larger rarities. If you have any questions or are looking for a specific receipt, please let me know. I am glad to help!  

DR. TORSTEN GEMSA

BEETHOVENALLEE 32; D – 14612 FALKENSEE

Tel.: (03322) 23 25 38

Fax: (03322) 23 25 39

Mail: Astrophil@t-online.de

flown cover

 Shenzhou 1 flown cover. Shenzhou 1 was an un-crewed test flight was launched on November 20. 1999 by a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center `JSLC`. It returned on November 21 1999, landing  at the Inner Mongolia Dorbod landing site. Philatelic items were placed into the cabin on 9th September 1999at the JSLC and taken out from the cabin on November 24 at Beijing Aerospace City. A total of 33,220 pieces were flown and of this cover 1023 envelopes were flown.

By Nicholas Steggall

Women in Space

 Abkhazia 1996 Cosmonauts - Valentina Tereshkova

Afghanistan 1988 - Valentina Tereshkova's first Space Flight - 25th Anniversary

KazCosmos

 M/S commemorating the 25th anniversary of KazCosmos, the National Space agency of Kazakhstan. Issued in 2018. The sheet has two stand one round showing a rocket launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The second one showing the Kazakhstan cosmonauts, Toktar Aubakirov, Talgat Musabayev and Aydyn Aimbetov.

By Nicholas Steggall

2020 Stamp issue

 Brazil - The Solar System and Zodiac Signs

Date of issue: 29 February 2020

Date of issue: 19 March 2020

Chinese Dream

 A special sheet was produced by China called `Chinese Dream and Affection for Aerospace` in 2013. It showed scenes from the crewed spaceflights of Shenzhou 5, 6,7,9 and 10. Shenzhou 8 was an un-crewed test flight to dock with the Tiangong 1 space station. 

Two versions of the sheet were available.

By Nicholas Steggall

Space Covers 9

 Yuri Gagarin Space Covers

(Part 9)

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin was the first person to orbit the earth once in his spaceship Vostok 1. Columbus, who opened the gate to the cosmos with his legendary flight for mankind, has secured an immortal place in the history of planetary development.

"He took us all into space" said Neil Armstrong, who in 1969 became the first person to walk on the moon. Indeed: to date, almost 600 people from 38 countries have followed Gagarin.

April 12th is a special day. It has been celebrated as a commemorative and public holiday in the Soviet Union and Russia since 1962. On “Cosmonautics Day”, “Cosmonaut Day” or “Space Travel Day”, the focus is on pioneers and actors: scientists, designers, engineers and space travellers.

Astrophilatelistically, this cosmonaut day has been used for special editions for 60 years. Therefore it is a popular collecting area. The present special catalog gives a little insight into this with four main focuses: the first years, the 55th anniversary, postal stationery and autographs.

You will see many small and larger rarities. If you have any questions or are looking for a specific receipt, please let me know. I am glad to help!  

DR. TORSTEN GEMSA

BEETHOVENALLEE 32; D – 14612 FALKENSEE

Tel.: (03322) 23 25 38

Fax: (03322) 23 25 39

Mail: Astrophil@t-online.de

China issued

 China issued a series of stamps in a miniature sheet called `Chinese Dream- Prosperous and Strong Country`. They were designed by He Jie and Zhou Yue and issued on September 29. 2013. Each stamp showed a different dream. The 80 fen stamp showed the crewed Shenzhou spacecraft approaching the Tiangong 1 space station with rendezvous and docking. The 120 fen stamp shows the Beidou navigation satellite system. The second 120 fen stamp shows the Liaoning aircraft carrier while the final stamp shows the Jiaolong manned submersible. The miniature sheet brings these together with the oceans of space and on the Earth.

By Nicholas Steggall

Dragon CRS-21

 Dragon CRS-21 SpaceX. Space flown cover.

Space mail flown cover regarded to Dragon CRS-21 mission. The envelope was aboard of the International Space Station in 2020.

The cover was cancelled with the “ISS” octagonal board seal, the “Russian Post. ISS. Russian Segment” official board post mark and the “Russian Segment of International Space Station” board souvenir seal both dated 7 December 2020, the day when the US “Dragon CRS-21” unmanned supply spacecraft was docked to the ISS. It was the first flight for SpaceX under NASA's CRS Phase 2 contract awarded in January 2016. It was the first launch of the new generation of Dragon cargo capsules also known SpaceX Dragon 2 or Cargo Dragon 2. The first 20 flights, spanning a period from 2012 until earlier 2020, used a now-retired version of the Dragon spacecraft. Highly likely it was the last date (07 December 2020) of the using of the old “Russian Post. Board of ISS. Russian Segment” round board post mark. The “year” figures in the date setting mechanism were made only till “20”. So, it was impossible to use the post mark in 2021. The new “Russian Post. Board of ISS. Russian Segment” round board post mark was delivered to the ISS by a Progress spacecraft in 2021.

The cover was autographed by all 7 cosmonauts/astronauts who were aboard the station at that day: Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov; American astronauts Kathleen Rubins, Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker; Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi.

It is necessary to remark that the cover was not carried by the "Dragon" spacecraft. The cover was delivered to the ISS and then back to Earth by a Russian cosmonaut aboard a Soyuz MS spacecraft.

By http://astrophilatelist.com/

Turksat

 Turksat 5A Commemorative Stamp 

Turkey issued a set of stamps on May 5. 2021 to commemorate the Turksat 5A communications satellite. It was launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

By Nicholas Steggall