Exploring the Moon
on stamps
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1966 East Germany 20 pf
Luna 9, the first successful Moon lander, on the surface. The surrounding steep hills are purely for artistic purposes, and in reality the Earth would have been much higher in the sky.
SG E886
1966 Hungary 2 ft
Luna 9 descending to the surface of the Moon. The probe is shown firing retro-rockets, which it did not in fact have. Luna 9 was actually attached to a main bus which fired braking rockets and then ejected the lander sphere onto the surface.
SG 2165
1966 Hungary 3 ft
Luna 9 transmitting data to Earth (shown low on the horizon for artistic purposes) from the surface of the Moon.
SG 2166
1966 Vietnam (North) 12 x
Luna 9 on its way to the Moon, apparently performing a mid-course correction with its rockets.
SG N445
1966 Vietnam (North) 50 x
Luna 9 seen symbolically resting on the lunar surface.
SG N446
1969 Russia 10 k
Stylized representation of Zond 5 looping behind the Moon and returning to Earth.
SG 3667
1969 Russia 50 k + 50 k
A souvenir sheet commemorating the flights of Zond 6 and Zond 7 around the Moon in 1968 and 1969. Zond 7 took pictures of the Earth and Moon, examples of which are shown on the sheet.
SG MS3758