Mini Sheet: Stratosphere Balloon "CCCP 1" (Soviet Union, USSR 1983)

Stratosphere Balloon "CCCP 1" (Soviet Union, USSR 1983)

25 July (Soviet Union, USSR ) within release 50th Anniversary of the First Flight to Stratosphere goes into circulation Mini Sheet Stratosphere Balloon "CCCP 1" face value 8*20 Russian kopek

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Country: Soviet Union, USSR
Date: 1983-07-25
Print: Photogravure
Perforation: 11½ x 12
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Mini Sheet
Face Value: 8*20 Russian kopek

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