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.
First day cover commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Sputnik launch. Autographed by Yuri Gagarin (1962)
Yuri Gagarin’s space flight, postcard by A. Mistetsky. Published in Ukraine in 1961 ()
Booklet from the Museum of Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Zvyozdny Gorodok (Star Town) near Moscow - published in 1987 ()
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Just imagine sitting in that cabin, all alone with the infinity of SPACE waiting for you.
Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Andriyan Nikolayev in at the Black Sea (1967)
Yuri Gagarin vintage pins ()
“The First Time” by N. Sadukov - vintage print (1971)
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Yuri Gagarin. April 12, 1961 - “Vostok”. Glory!
Postcard by E. Solovyov, 1961
(Dates on the laurel are launch dates of earlier, unmanned Soviet spacecrafts.)
Yury Gagarin pins
Yuri Gagarin postcard, 1961
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Yuri Gagarin postcard, 1961
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More recent finds - space-themed postcards! These will be in my shop soon.
Postcard with Yury Gagarin’s autograph. “To Bogolebov Dmitry Aleksandrovich. Gagarin.”
Valentina Tereshkova and Neil Armstrong