USSR 1961 Vostok 1

Vostok 1, the first Russian manned space mission launched on April 12, 1961 with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on board. Gagarin was the first human being to travel beyond the Earth's atmosphere and the first to orbit the Earth on a Vostok 3KA spacecraft. The mission lasted 1 hour 48 minutes and orbited the Earth once.


Vostok 1 special red Moscow postmark 12 April 1961, signed by Yuri Gagarin.

Vostok 1 special black Moscow postmark 12 April 1961, signed by Yuri Gagarin.

Vostok 1 special red Kiev postmark 12 April 1961.

Vostok 1 special black Kiev postmark 12 April 1961.

Vostok 1 special Vinnitza postmark 12 April 1961.

Vostok 1 special Vinnitza postmark 12 April 1961 with Vostok 1 stamp.

Vostok 1 special Minsk postmark 12 April 1961.

Vostok 1 special Sverdlovsk postmark 12 April 1961.

Vostok spacecraft maxicard.