(ASTRONAUTS--APOLLO-SOYUZ.) Three First Day Covers, each Signed by members of the prime crew, the cosmonauts in Cyrillic, each commemorating the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. The first, lacking the signature of Deke Slayton, additionally signed by cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky ("BV"), in purple ink, vertically at right edge. The cachet, reproduction of a photograph showing the US and Russian crews at Johnson Space Center on April 15, 1974. 10-cent stamp showing 50-star and 13-star U.S. flags, cancelled in Houston on the date of the arrival of the astronauts and cosmonauts at JSC: April 15, 1974. The second, cachet is a reproduction of a painting by Ryakhovsky showing the Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft docking. 10-kopeck "Experimental Flight of the Soyuz and Apollo Ships" postage stamp, cancelled at JSC-Spacepex Station in Houston on the launch date: July 15, 1975. The third, additionally signed by cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov ("VShatalov"), at upper left. The cachet, reproduction of a photograph showing faces of the entire prime crew under headline "Cosmonauts Begin 2-Week U.S. Training." 10-cent Skylab postage stamp, cancelled in Houston on the first day of training at JSC: September 9, 1974. Each signed at right edge or near the relevant portrait. Each 3¾x6½ or 4½x6¼ inches. Np, nd
Thomas P. Stafford ("Tom Stafford") • Vance D. Brand ("Vance Brand") • Deke Slayton ("DKSlayton") • Alexei Leonov ("Leonov") • Valery Kubasov ("VKubasov"). From the files of Anatole Forostenko, Chief Russian Language Instructor-Interpreter during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission.
