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Catalogue: Special Commemorative Cancellations 2008
Cosmonautics Day 2008

Cosmonautics Day 2008
Wikipedia: Cosmonautics Day 2008

Cosmonautics Day (Russian: День Космона́втики, Den Kosmonavtiki) is an anniversary celebrated in Russia and some other former USSR countries on April 12. In 2011, April 12 was declared as the International Day of Human Space Flight in dedication of the first manned space flight made on April 12, 1961 by the 27-year-old Russian Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Gagarin circled the Earth for 1 hour and 48 minutes aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.  Read more..

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Original Date of Issue Original Date of Issue: April 12, 2008 Theme Theme: Space
Michel Catalogue Nos. Michel Catalogue Nos.: ? Designer Designer: V. Bogomaz
MoldovaStamps Catalogue Nos. MoldovaStamps Catalogue Nos.: CS2008/4 Printer Printer: Unknown
Posta Moldovei Catalogue Nos. Posta Moldovei Catalogue Nos.: SPS 2008/4 Category Category: Special Cancellations
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Special Commemorative Cancellations for this Issue
Cosmonautics Day 2008

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Michel Catalogue No. ? VALID: Official Issue of the Post Office (Entered Into Postal Circulation)
MoldovaStamps Catalogue No. CS2008/4
Posta Moldovei Catalogue No. SPS 2008/4
Cancellation Dated From 12/04/2008
Cancellation Dated To  12/04/2008
Euro Value 2.50
Philatelic Status VALID: Official Issue of the Post Office (Entered Into Postal Circulation)
Cosmonautics Day 2008

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Michel Catalogue No. ? VALID: Official Issue of the Post Office (Entered Into Postal Circulation)
MoldovaStamps Catalogue No. CS2008/4i
Posta Moldovei Catalogue No. ?
Cancellation Dated From 12/04/2008
Cancellation Dated To  12/04/2008
Euro Value 2.50
Philatelic Status VALID: Official Issue of the Post Office (Entered Into Postal Circulation)

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