Hungary postage stamps year 1969 First Russian Team Space Flights C286a MNH**
The Hungarian postage stamps you are referring to commemorate the highly significant Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 missions.
In 1969, Hungary issued a stamp series (often found as a strip of two stamps with an adjacent tab/label) celebrating the achievement of the Soviet space program.
🇭🇺 Hungary 1969 Soyuz 4 and 5 Stamps
| Feature | Details |
| Topic | “First team flights of Russian spacecraft” or the Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5 missions. |
| Historical Significance | These were the first-ever manual docking of two crewed spacecraft in orbit (Soyuz 4 and 5), and crucially, the first-ever transfer of cosmonauts between spacecraft in space (a “team flight”). |
| Design | The stamps typically depict the two Soyuz spacecraft docked together in Earth orbit. |
| Catalog Reference | Often referenced by collectors as Scott #C286a (the strip of 2 stamps + label) or the stamps themselves (e.g., Scott C285 and C286). |
This 1969 issue is notable because it recognizes the successful transfer of crew members Aleksei Yeliseyev and Yevgeny Khrunov from Soyuz 5 to Soyuz 4 via an External Vehicular Activity (EVA), or spacewalk, setting a key record for the Soviet Union just a few months before the Apollo 11 moon landing.
