May 18, 2023 - Sale 2637

Sale 2637 - Lot 226

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

DESIGNER UNKNOWN

VISIT THE USSR / THE COUNTRY OF THE WORLD'S FIRST COSMONAUT. Circa 1965.


39 1/2x23 1/2 inches, 100 1/4x59 3/4 cm.
Condition B+: creases and abrasions at edges and in image. Paper.

Satellites and spacecraft orbit the Earth in this most scientific of travel posters. The Soviet Union was the first country to launch an artificial satellite and sent the world's first man into space. In the Cold War Era these events warranted boasting on travel posters that would find their way into travel agencies around the world.