Tiraspol, April 12. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. Today, the miniature sheet as well as the first day cover (FDC) cancellation, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the first manned flight into space took place in the Catherine Park exhibition hall. The first printed copies were made by the PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky, the Deputy Speaker of the Parlament Galina Antyufeeva and the deputy to the Supreme Council Ilona Tyuryaeva.
According to Vsevolod Lavrentyev, the director of the Stamp of Pridnestrovie State Unitary Enterprise publishing house, this is the six stamp series with image of Gagarin. The cosmic theme is quite often represented in Pridnestrovian stamps. At the end of last year, for instance, a six stamps series dedicated to cosmonauts, who served at different times in Tiraspol: Viktor Gorbatko, Yevgeny Khrunov, Anatoly Berezovy, Vladimir Dezhurov, Yury Malenchenko as well as Yuri Gidzenko was published.
Vsevolod Lavrentiev in an interview to Novosti Pridnestrovya news agency told that the appearance of this series seventh stamp with the Anatoly Filipchenko’s image is possible in the future. However, the information about his military service in Tiraspol isn’t equal. That’s why, according to the Stamp of Pridnestrovie director, it is necessary to see the documentary confirmation of this fact. This year the cosmic theme in the Pridnestrovian stamp collecting will continue. This February stamps, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the automatic interplanetary station Venera-1 flight, and the same anniversary of the first Soviet Martian expedition: the station Mars-1 flight will be celebrated in November next year. The proximate cosmic Pridnestrovian postal issues will be devoted to these two remarkable dates.
The nearest special cancellation is scheduled for May 2. The series Churches of Pridnestrovie continuation that was launched in the year of 2016 will be presented on Easter Sunday
