Set of 3 color Russian postage stamps, designed by cosmonaut - Lot 374

Set of 3 color Russian postage stamps, designed by cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, dating from 1968. Text in Russian. Sheet measuring 11 x 7 cm; each stamp measures 3.5 cm. Four missions are featured: - A 4-kopek stamp commemorating the very first human spacewalk, performed by Alexei Leonov for 12 minutes (the Voskhod 2 mission of March 18 and 19, 1965, with cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyaev). Illustration featured on the stamp. -The first soft landing on the Moon by the Luna 9 probe on February 3, 1966. The probe’s objective was to gather information on the characteristics of the lunar soil (stamp without an illustration). -One 6-kopek stamp depicting the very first Soviet automatic docking between the spacecraft Cosmos 186 (launched on October 27, 1967) and Cosmos 188, launched on October 30, 1967.The two spacecraft remained docked for 3 hours and 30 minutes before separating and returning to Earth. The stamp features an illustration of the event. -1 10-kopek stamp commemorating the first landing of a space probe, Venera 4, on the planet Venus on October 10, 1967. Design featured on the stamp. RUSSIA