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[COSMONAUT COLLECTION]

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[COSMONAUT COLLECTION]
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>[COSMONAUT COLLECTION] </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>Assortment of six Russian space pioneers. Among them are </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase'>Georgi Beregovoy</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'> (1921-1995) who piloted Soyus 3 having flown 185 sorties during WW II. Pair of Russian postage stamps honoring the Soviet hero, each signed by him across image. Also colorful Russian postcards, unused, signed by </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext; text-transform:uppercase'>Anatoli Filipchenko</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'> (b. 1928) commander aboard Soyuz 7 and 16; </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase'>Konstantin Feoktistov</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'> (b. 1926), technical scientist aboard Voshkod 1, who was the major designer of Salyut space station; </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase'>Boris Volynov</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'> (b. 1934) commanded Soyuz 5 and 21; and </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase'>Alexei Eliseev</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>, who participated in the first docking of two manned spacecraft in 1969. Plus a Russian First Day cover signed by </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase'>Alexei Leonov</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'> (b. 1934), who in 1965 while aboard Voshkod 2, made the first walk in space. Overall VG.</span></p>