The reverse bears a handwritten certification by Yuri Usachev

Certified by Tokarev • AIEP Certificate • Published in Space & Philately

This precisely dated onboard cancellation places the cover at a remarkable moment when the station hosted its regular international crew together with Russian actress Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko

Triangle Apollo 14 flown Kapton foil material swatch mounted on an 8x10 presentation certified on the backside

including the historic first German woman in space

STS-101 FLOWN early ISS cover + letter Yuri Usachev jump The reverse bears a handwrittenSTS 101 One of the Earliest Letters Written Aboard the International Space Station Flown aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis and preserved in the Jacques Bracke collection An extraordinary piece of early International Space Station postal history: an original handwritten letter composed aboard the ISS by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Usachev during STS 101, enclosed in its matching flown cover and carried back to Earth aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. Addressed to