DDR Germany year 1961 stamps – Cosmonaut Titov’s Visit to DDR MNH full set
The German Democratic Republic (DDR) issued a commemorative series of stamps in 1961 to mark the visit of Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov.
Here are the key details:
- Year of Issue: 1961
- Topic: Visit of Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov to the GDR.
- Number of Stamps: The series consisted of six different stamps (a complete set).
- The Michel Catalogue numbers for the set are 863-868.
- First Day of Issue: The stamps were issued on December 11, 1961.
- Designs: The stamps depicted various scenes related to the visit and his space flight, including:
- Titov with Young Pioneers.
- Titov in Leipzig.
- Titov in the Vostok 2 spaceship.
- Titov receiving the Karl Marx Order from Walter Ulbricht.
- The Vostok 2 spacecraft in orbit.
- Titov and Walter Ulbricht on a journey through Berlin.

