Yuri Gagarin (postcard from 1961) (via )
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
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Yuri Gagarin postcard, 1961
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Space postcard - Yuri Gagarin, 1961
Listed on Etsy:
Soviet Cosmonauts German Titov And Yuri Gagarin, Vintage Soviet Postcard (1961)
Listed on Etsy:
Postcard with 4 Soviet cosmonauts (Yuri Gagarin, Pavel Popovich, German Titov, and Andriyan Nikolayev) - 1963 ()
My favourite thing about it though is the back! Written in a lovely child’s cursive, it says “For memory to my sister Galya from sister Nina Zlobina. May 5, 1964.″
Space postcard - Yuri Gagarin April 12 1961, artist Kotlyarov
Yuri Gagarin postcard, 1961
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(available here: Space postcard Yuri Gagarin April 12 1961, artist Kotlyarov)
Soviet cosmonauts: Yuri Gagarin (first man in space), Valentina Tereshkova (first woman in space), Alexey Leonov (first spacewalk).
1960s posters reprinted on postcards.
Rare Yuri Gagarin postcards that were published in Soviet Union in 1961 by small printshops.
Soviet poster “Take care of birds to have a better fruit harvest”