25 years of manned spaceflight - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1986 - 85 Pfennig

25 years of manned space flight, issue 1986 On the occasion of the "International Aerospace Day", the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued four multicolored special postage stamps in sepia No special First Day Cover Special cancellation from 25th March to 24th May 25th Years of manned space flight On April 12, 1961, the first man on Earth, the citizen of the Soviet Union, the Communist Yuri Gagarin, flew into the cosmos, opening the era of manned space travel, and since then has been called the International Air and Air Day 85 Pfennig value: Remote Sensing of the Earth - Multispectral Camera MKF 6 The use of modern devices for remote sensing of the earth has gained increasing economic significance in recent years with the developed by specialists of the USSR and DDR and the VEB Carl Zeiss Jena designed and manufactured Multispektra The MKF 6 camera, which was successfully tested on the spacecraft Soyuz 22 from 15 to 17 September 1976, is equipped with a powerful remote sensing device. In its modified version, the MKF 6 M is today standard equipment of Soviet space stations and aircraft. The depiction also of a research ship characterizes the method of remote sensing of the earth "from three floors".