The size is continental standard 4" x 6", postally unused and unmarked. Published by IZOGIZ, the publisher's logo is printed in the upper left-hand corner on the verso. Circulation 200,000 copies. The artist's name, V.Viktorov, is printed in the lower left-hand corner on the verso.

In excellent condition. The obverse is near-pristine, showing just tiny corner bumps, not too obvious or detractive. The verso is clean, mildly and evenly age-toned.

The first successful flights of Soviet artificial satellites, Sputnik-1 and Sputnik-2, in the fall of 1957 and in quick succession o

The size is continental standard 4" x 6", postally unused and unmarked. Published by IZOGIZ, the publisher's logo is printed in the upper left-hand corner on the verso. Circulation 200,000 copies. The artist's name, V.Viktorov, is printed in the lower left-hand corner on the verso.

In excellent condition. The obverse is near-pristine, showing just tiny corner bumps, not too obvious or detractive. The verso is clean, mildly and evenly age-toned.

The first successful flights of Soviet artificial satellites, Sputnik-1 and Sputnik-2, in the fall of 1957 and in quick succession one after the other, boosted the international prestige of the Soviet Union enormously, and, effectively, gave birth to the space era. This postcard is one of the earliest space-themed ones, published in the same year as the Sputnik's flights.
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