Wernher von Braun - memorial sheet with original signatures

This memorial sheet was created 25 years ago, for the 75th birthday of Wernher von Braun. It had an edition of 2,500 consecutively numbered copies.

The upper part of the memorial sheet shows the portraits of Professor Hermann Oberth and Professor Dr. Wernher von Braun. But the focus is on the very rare block edition from Bolivia, published on March 20, 1987 in a very small edition of only 5,000 copies.
On the edge of the block the portrait of Wernher von Braun and on the left side a ring-shaped orbital station.
The memorial block itself has two beautiful, motif-fitting first-day special stamps for this edition of March 20, 1987.

In addition, the two original signatures of Professor Hermann Oberth and Dr. A. F. Staats, the then Honorary President of the Hermann Oberth Society. The signature of Wernher von Braun is printed on it.

The S & uuml; damerika catalog rates this rare Wernher von Braun memorial pad today, mint never hinged and canceled with 70, & ndash; Euros.

This wonderful commemorative sheet was created 25 years ago, for the 75th birthday of the famous father of space travel, Wernher von Braun.

Professor Hermann Oberth and Professor Dr. With their groundbreaking ideas, Wernher von Braun can undoubtedly be described as the most famous pioneers of space travel of the 20th century.
The ring-shaped orbital station from his article "The Stations in Space", published in 1952, should have a diameter of 75 m and, through its rotation, generate an artificial gravity that would make life in space easier.