Bulgaria 1984
Lunas 1, 2, 3
This commemorative sheetlet was issued in October 1984, 25 years after Luna 3
took the first photographs of the Moon’s far side. The stamp itself features an accurate representation of the
photographic map of the far side of the Moon made by Luna 3. To the right of it
are three sketches labelled Luna 1, Luna 2 and Luna 3. The sketch marked ‘Luna 2’ is not the probe at all but a sphere of pennants that it carried to the surface.
The surrounding sheet shows an Apollo astronaut and a Lunokhod rover on the
lunar surface.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue number:
MS3182