1963 First Woman In Space - Valentina Tereshkova

These stamps, used on a parcel in 1963, were issued by the Communist state of East Germany, which in German was known as the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, abbreviated DDR. These stamps came along with a stack of covers I won at a stamp club auction.

Several of the stamps were issued to honor the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova. The stamps are:

Scott #673 10 pfennig ultramarine & green Tereshkova and Space
Scott #674 20 pfennig red, black & ochre Tereshkova and map of DDR
Scott #675 20 pfennig red, green & ochre Yuri A. Gagarin (the first man in space) and map of DDR
Scott #676 25 pfennig orange & blue Tereshkova in space capsule

(picture of Tereshkova is from http://www.spacefacts.de)

Nice stamps, Tom.

I have a couple of those in my collection.

Steve :)

I don't collect DDR, but I've always taken a good look at their material since they are technically German. They did produce some nice looking stamps.

Duh, what a great stamp and history lesson. I never knew who was first.

Awesome space stamps! Thanks for posting!

Gussyboy1

Great stamps Tom

From what I've seen you must have an Awsome collection.

Dianne

I always thought she was from Russia itself. Nice history lesson t360.

Mac....

According to the article in the link, she was born in Russia.

That's what I thought I read years ago. Ole memory not failing yet. Kind of was confused for a minute but back in check now.

How do you re-coop so fast ???? Please share your secret !