Article No.: 8859
First official stamp made for spacemail - flown to the MIR station !
Incredible complete package as originally sold by German stamp dealer Sieger at 6950,- DM originally (about $3000 at that time) containing the double cover serial #307 along with the entire documentation coming with the cover :
This cover with the first stamp for spacemail was flown to the MIR space station on Soyuz TM-7. A total of 500 covers was officially flown then for collectors.