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Item no. S233 (stamp)

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Type: stamp

Country: Soviet Union

Date of issue: 13 April 1960

Catalog number: Scott 2309 (of 2309 – 2310); Michel 2336 (of 2336 – 2337)

Stamp (of 2-stamp set) issued to propagate the achievement of unmanned space probe LUNA 3 (aka LUNIK 3) that on 7 October 1959 photographed the other side of the Moon and transferred the image onto Earth. It shows imaginary graphic representation of the probe taking photographs of the invisible side of the Moon.

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