Russian Space Race, We licked 'em! (pics)

Cleaning out a closet. I came upon a box labeled "old collectibles"
Inside was a plastic bag, full of postage stamps, old ones that I collected as a kid..
As I sorted through them, I came across some from the USSR, circa 1972.
A series, honoring their own Space Program!

Here are the first two (total of 7):







I thought they were pretty cool..
So, I am sharing them with all of you now..
I don't have a scanner yet, it's on order.
I took these with a digital camera Macro mode.
Can anyone read Russian?

Haha, puns rock.

I'll get some of my rzn friends to read em later, but someone will read it themselves first.

w00t USA USA!

Nice find.

Hey thoes are Robert Mccall pictures! I think. Mccall is my favorite artist my avatar is a mccalll also.

NO thoes are not Mccall sorry. Mccall did the same thing for stamps in teh US I have a book of all his art If I get the time I'll scan the Pics of the US staps during the race and what not.

Mizar,

I remember seeing some of those. I had a book containing those as
a kid, have no idea of where they are now though. I'd love to see what you have!

mission patches.....







all done by Mccall Enjoy

Mizar, thanks for posting those.
There is definitely a simularity in some of the artwork.

Here are a couple more of the russian ones.



That Rover reminds me of a crab. I think it's the placement of the cameras.



Is this a Mars lander?

Originally posted by spacedoubt

Can anyone read Russian?

Yes, I can read it. The first one says "Mars MAPC-2 Terraforming Mission Success" 1971, and the second says "Moonbase-Alpha Commissioned" 1972.

The last two are part of a stamp series celebrating alien contact on Mars in 1972. It says "USSR Enters Alien Federation".

I guess we didn't win the space race after all..

As a matter of fact, I used to own most of the Russian stamps presented here

Top one is a Russian space vehicle delivering a commemorative plaque to planet Mars in 1971.

The second is the Salute space station docked with the Soyuz capsule.

The third is the Moon rover Russians used to operate in early 70s with some success, actually this is the first model, they flew another mission later on.

Then we come to the Luna-9
moon lander.

Mars-3 landed on the red planet in 1971.

spacedoubt:

1st one says:

avtomatiska
stanjica mars-2 (automatic station )
"dont know" arrived or left on
27-11-71

2nd:

12 april - dzenj kozmonautiki or "day of cosmonautics"


the other two are both dedicated to 15 years of cosmonautics researc

[edit on 18-4-2005 by nukunuku]

Are you sure??? I liked my translation better.

Originally posted by mythatsabigprobe

Originally posted by spacedoubt

Can anyone read Russian?

Yes, I can read it. The first one says "Mars MAPC-2 Terraforming Mission Success" 1971, and the second says "Moonbase-Alpha Commissioned" 1972.

The last two are part of a stamp series celebrating alien contact on Mars in 1972. It says "USSR Enters Alien Federation".



I guess we didn't win the space race after all..

Man, I hate to think what the other ones say.
Should I post em?


Aelita,

Really? you owned some of these?
These have just been sitting around for years,
almost forgot about them..


nukunuku,

Thanks for the help with the translations.