Special cancellation  for the 90th anniversary of the birth of pilot-cosmonaut V.V. Gorbatko

Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko – Major General of Aviation, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR No. 21, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Chairman of the Union of Philatelists of the USSR and Russia.

By the decision of the executive committee of the Tiraspol City Council of Workers’ Deputies on April 12, 1974  cosmonaut Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko was awarded the title “Honorary Citizen of Tiraspol.”

A stamp from the 2020 year  set “Cosmonauts who served in Tiraspol” was used to cancel the commemorative envelope.

The edition  of the envelope with commemorative cancellation is 100 pieces.

Лётчик-космонавт Виктор Горбатко: в Тирасполе провели спецгашение конверта | Первый Приднестровский

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