Chad 1972
Luna 16. Luna 17/Lunokhod 1
Two nice illustrations of Soviet automated Moon landers, released as a pair in
1972. The first shows the Luna 16 ascent stage taking off from an improbably
rugged Moonscape, while the second shows Lunokhod 1 gingerly crossing an
equally improbable crevice in the surface. The inscription at the bottom of the
right-hand stamp, “Luna XVII”, refers to the Luna 17 lander which delivered Lunokhod to the surface.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue numbers:
100f – 381
150f – 382