USSR Maximun Card: Space Cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev Vostok 3 Soviet Postmark (Vintage PC 1962)

this is an official pure soviet space maximum card (tarjeta maxima) featuring the cosmonaut andriyan nikolayev, pilot of the historic vostok 3 spaceflight in august 1962.
the front showcases a color portrait postcard published in the ussr by pravda. the card is franked with the matching blue and red 4 kopeck "pochta sssr" stamp from 1962 commemorating the flight, featuring his portrait and the flight dates "11-15-viii 1962".
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 august 12, 1962 (12.viii 1962 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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