USSR Maximun Card: Space Cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky Vostok 5 Soviet Postmark (Vintage PC 1963)

this is an official pure soviet space maximum card (tarjeta maxima) featuring the cosmonaut valery bykovsky, pilot of the historic vostok 5 spaceflight in june 1963.
the front showcases a color portrait postcard published in the ussr by pravda. the card is franked with the matching purple 6 kopeck "pochta sssr" stamp from 1963 commemorating the flight, featuring both his portrait and the vostok 5 rocket.
the stamp is officially cancelled on the front with a native red circular soviet special space postmark.
the back of the postcard is unused and unwritten. it features the official cyrillic text of the soviet publisher "izdatelstvo pravda" along with the original printing date of june 15, 1963 (15/vi-1963 r.) and the retail price of 2 kopecks.

size: ~ 15 x 10.5 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

postally unused

condition: very good..staining....please also refer to scans which show complete front and back of postcard

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