The envelope and stamps were issued in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in 1965.

Pavel Belyayev (1925-1970), was a cosmonaut who flew on the Voskhod 2 mission.
Alexey Leonov (born 1934) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and Air Force General who, on 18 March 1965, became the first human to conduct a space walk.

White envelope celebrating the visit by Russian cosmonauts Belyayev and Leonov to the German Democratic Republic. The envelope has a red and blue image of a United Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) spacecraft on the left side and three German Democratic Republic stamps. The stamps feature Aleksei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev and a cosmonaut floating outside a spacecraft in space. The envelope bears two black ink postmarks from Berlin, dated 1 October 1965. Each postmark features a stamped illustration of two cosmonauts holding flowers in raised arms.

Made: East Germany; 1965

Postmarks stamped in black on front of envelope, 'BERLIN 8 / 108 / -1.10. / 65-10 / (cosmonauts holding bunch of flowers) / P.BELJAJEW UND A.LEONOW IN DER DDR'.

85/18-30/1

1965

113 mm

160 mm