Yuri Gagarin, Russia

A handsome Yuri card has been given a modern makeover and is a great addition to my collection.  Sent by Alexander in Moscow.

Yuri Gagarin

I love anything to do with Yuri Gagarin and am thrilled when a postcard arrives with him on it. This great one comes from Svetlana in Russia but I don't know what she writes as it's all in Russian.  Doesn't bother me though, I love everything about the card!

The printed description on the back says: 'Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space.  April 12, 1961.'

Yuri Gagarin

This is one of my most treasured cards! (as always, minus the message and address). It arrived as one of a few cards I swapped with a young gentleman named Eugene. He had an album of the most fantastic cards and if I'd been able to I would have snapped them all up. I LOVE USSR/Soviet/CCCP cards! 

I love this particular card on all sorts of levels... 

I love the subject - Yuri was so handsome.

I love the vintage - it's got visible 'age' to it and has decade's old foxing, and it's style is typical of the era and has a wonderful 'flimsy-ness' to it.  It even has a bit of yellowing tape holding a tear together, as if the original owner knew that one day I'd come along and love it and want it, despite it's flaws.  It was worth it to them to try and repair and keep it safe.  That's the sort of thing that makes a card wonderful to me.  All the lovely, modern, shiny cards available and someone has felt attached enough to this one to make sure it survived long enough to end up with me.

I love that Eugene went out of his way to find some Yuri stamps - Yuri stamps!! LOVE! 

Most of all though I love that Eugene was so passionate about postcards and I'm glad we had the chance to swap. 

Yuri Gagarin - 1934-1968