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- East Germany (German Democratic Republic) - Commemorative
- Russian (USSR) Vostok V and Vostok VI space flights
- Issued July 18, 1963 - (Se-Tenant) / Mint No Hinge, Original Gum
- Scott# 655 - (20) pfennig - "Valentina Tereschkowa - Vostok VI"
- Scott# 656 - (20) pfennig - "Valeri Bykowski - Vostok V"
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** Vostok V mission June 14-19, 1963 / ** Vostok VI mission June 16-19, 1963
** Valentina Tereschkova, Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman to travel into space.
On June 16, 1963 she was launched in the spacecraft Vostok 6 which completed 48 orbits in 71 hours. -- In space at the same time was Valeri Bykovski, who had been launched two days earlier in Vostok 5; both landed on June 19.
