Exploring the Moon
on stamps
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1961 Czechoslovakia 60 h
Luna 1, intended to hit the Moon but which missed and became instead an artificial asteroid orbiting the Sun.
SG 1212
1961 Czechoslovakia 1.60 k
An elegant engraving of Luna 3, with a somewhat stylized view of the far side of the Moon
SG 1213
1964 Hungary 30 f
Luna 3 photographing the far side of the Moon. This is part of a set of eight stamps featuring Soviet and US space activities.
SG 1963
1965 Romania 1 l
Ranger 7, the first successful US Moon probe. Also reissued with an overprint commemorating Ranger 9.
SG 3240
1966 Russia 6 k
Trajectory of Luna 10 from Earth into orbit around the Moon.
SG 3315
1966 Russia 6 k
Symbolic representation of Luna 11’s arrival in orbit around the Moon. No pictures of Luna 11 were released at the time.
SG 3317
