May 21, 2009 - Sale 2181

Sale 2181 - Lot 152

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
DESIGNER UNKNOWN VISIT THE USSR / THE COUNTRY OF THE WORLD'S FIRST COSMONAUT. Circa 1965.
39x23 inches, 99x58 cm.
Condition B+ / A-: repaired tears and creases in margins and image.
Satellites and spacecrafts 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.