First Man In Space - 1962 Albania First Day Cover

On April 12, 1961, Russian Yuri Gagarin boarded a tiny Vostok space capsule and minutes later entered the history books as the first man in space. Albania commemorated this milestone in 1962 with the release of three stamps on this colorful cacheted first day cover postmarked in the capital city of Tirana. The set of stamps alone have an international catalog value of $14.90