9 Russian Cosmonauts Signed Photo Booklet

Staple Bound Set of 13 Full-Color Postcards, 6.5" x 4". Front cover in sky blue with an artistic rendering of the Hammer and Sickle symbol. Near fine with only slight wear to the outer covers.

This intact full set, each with perforations along the left edge so they may be pulled off the binding and used as a postcard, has 9 of the 13 original cards, uniquely signed by each respective Cosmonaut, with Yuri Gagarin having signed the book twice, once along his photograph, the other on the verso of the front wrap in which he additionally placed an inscription in Cyrillic. The identified signature are:

1. Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968)
2. Gherman Titov (1935-2000)
3. Andriyan Nikolayev (1929-2004)
4. Pavel Popovich (1930-2009)
5. Valery Bykovsky (1934-2019)
6. Valentina Tereshkova (1937-
7. Vladimir Komarov (1927-1967)
8. Pavel Belyayev (1925-1970)
9. Alexei Leonov (1934-2019)

Although undated, Komarov died in 1967 which would place the signing of the cards before that period.

This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.

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