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Item no. S370 (stamp)

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Item no. S370 (stamp)

Type: stamp

Country: Poland

Date of issue: 30 December 1964

Catalog number: Michel no. 1556 (of 1553 – 1560), Scott 1293 (of 1291 – 1297 [+B108])

Stamp of a 8-stamp [7 + 1] set issued to publicize “Achievements in space research”. It shows imaginary graphic representation of unmanned space probe LUNA 3 (aka LUNIK 3) that on 7 October 1959 photographed the other (dark) side of the Moon and transferred the image onto Earth.