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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
6367403
Area
Stamps
Title
Commemoration first Sputniks
Face value
350
Country / area
Year
2007
Month
02
Day
06
Issue group
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Usage
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Spoetnik-1, Spoetnik-2, hondje Laika
Michel number
5137
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
4977
Philatelia Hungarica Catalog number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Print run
450.000
Dimensions / diameter
50 x 30 mm
Details
On 3-11-1957, the Russian spaceship Sputnik II is launched with Laika. The first living being in space, it did not survive the space journey and died a few hours after launch.
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Op 3-11-1957 wordt het Russische ruimteschip Spoetnik II gelanceerd met Laika. Het eerste levende wezen in de ruimte.Het overleefde de ruimtereis niet en stierf een paar uur na de lancering.