On June 16, 1963
in USSR on the spaceship
"Vostok-6" went into space the world's first female cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova. Having felt heavy physical discomfort, Tereshkova spent
about three days in space and carried out 48 turns round the Earth, kept the
logbook and made a set of photo pictures which were used in the scientific
purposes later.
On June 16, 2013
in honor of the 50th anniversary of space flight of the
first female cosmonaut the state enterprise "Azermarka" introduced
into circulation a postage block with image of Valentina Tereshkova in a
pressure helmet, carrier rocket start from the Baikonur spaceport, a near-earth
space and the piloted device "Vostok-6".
Artist: Khassay Mirzoev. Perforation: frame: 14 Size of stamps in Block: 40 х 28 mm. Size of Blocks: 82 х 58 mm. Edition: 20.000
copies.
