Mauritania year 1975 Space Apollo stamps -Soyuz set MNH

Mauritania year 1975 Space Apollo stamps -Soyuz set MNH imperforated

the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (République Islamique de Mauritanie) did issue a commemorative stamp set in 1975 to honor the historic Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), the first joint space mission between the United States and the Soviet Union.

🚀 Mauritania 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Issue Details

• Year of Issue: 1975
• Event: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP)
• Contents: The issue typically consists of several different stamp values (often listed as a set of 5 values, or 5v) and at least one accompanying Miniature Sheet (Souvenir Sheet).
• Designs: The stamps are highly graphic and colorful, featuring various elements of the mission, such as:
  • The Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft in orbit.
  • The docking sequence or the docked spacecraft.
  • A depiction of the historic “handshake in space” between American astronaut Thomas Stafford and Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.

Like many smaller nations at the time, Mauritania produced these stamps to capitalize on the international popularity of the Apollo-Soyuz mission among topical stamp collectors (specifically “Space” or “Astronomy” collectors).