Valentina Tereshkova Signed Portrait King George V stamps 'Grandma Moses'

'Grandma Moses'

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £192+

The strike is crisp and well-centred

A superb example flown at the 2s 8½d per ½oz rate pre-paid with a 2½d blue and a 2s6d olive-brown both tied by Parliament St

A rare printing variety and of particular interest with the additional variety on the left English stamp

Valentina Tereshkova Signed Portrait King George V stamps 'Grandma Moses'A signed colour photograph of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, in her Soviet military uniform. Measuring 4 x 6". In very fine condition. Tereshkova has signed below her portrait in blue ink. On June 16, 1963 Tereshkova became the first woman to be launched into space aboard the Soviet space capsule Vostok 6. Her mission lasted three days, during which she orbited the Earth 48 times, and to date she remains the only woman to conduct a