The cachet therefore captures an important transitional moment in American human spaceflight: the period when Boeing’s Starliner was still approaching its long-awaited orbital debut and was expected to become one of the principal spacecraft carrying astronauts from the United States to the ISS

Mounted on an 8x10 presentation certified on the backside

A superb addition to any advanced collection of flown space mail

further connecting the item to the German–Russian spaceflight activities of that period

Soyuz TMA-8 - Svarowsky crystals stamp FLOWN ISS cover + letter Dave Scott The cachet therefore captures anUNIQUE ISS FLOWN SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL STAMP COVER AND HANDWRITTEN LETTER Delivered by Soyuz TMA 8 to Cosmonaut Valery Tokarev Certified by Tokarev AIEP Certificate Published in Space & Philately From the Personal Collection of Renowned Astrophilatelist Jacques Bracke An extraordinary and potentially unique piece of International Space Station astrophilately, consisting of an envelope addressed and sent to Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev aboard the ISS,