Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1978 - 35 Pfennig

Joint space flight USSR GDR 2nd edition For the first joint space flight USSR - GDR, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues a further four multicolored special postage stamps and one special postage stamp block. Special cancellation from 21 September to 20 November 1978 Common space flight USSR - GDR 35-pfennig value: Orbital station Salut - Soyuz and Otto Lilienthal with a glider Sigmund Jähn continued with his space flight, the traditions of German aviation pioneers, with Otto Lilienthal (1848 - 1896) were justified. In 1891, this Anklam-born engineer was the first person in the world to fly in an aircraft that was heavier than air and dropped 15 meters. After the return of Waleri Bykowski and Sigmund Jähn with the spaceship Soyuz 29, performed the crew of Salut 6, Vladimir Kovaljonok and Alexander lwankenkov, a new pioneering achievement: The coupling of the spacecraft Soyuz 31 from the stern to the bow of the orbital station. This maneuver was required to allow another Progress utility spacecraft to dock at the rear of Salut 6, where the tanks are located where the fuel replenishment must be pumped.