USSR Poland Maximun Card: Space Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova Vostok 6 Poznan Postmark (Vintage PC 1963)

this is a highly historic cross-border space maximum card (tarjeta maxima) featuring valentina tereshkova, the first woman in space, who flew the vostok 6 mission in june 1963.
the front features a color portrait postcard published in the ussr by pravda. it is franked with a matching polish stamp from 1963 commemorating her flight, inscribed "w. tereszkowa - pierwsza kobieta w kosmosie 16-19.vi.1963".
the stamp is officially cancelled with a circular polish special postmark from poznan pałac kultury, celebrating the 46th anniversary of the october revolution ("46 rocznica rewolucji pazdziernikowej").
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 16/vi-1963 r. (the exact day of her launch) and the retail price of 2 kopecks. please note that the card shows water staining/toning on the right edge and a smaller stain on the top left of the reverse side.

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

postally unused

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

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