To the 50 anniversary of flight of Valentina Tereshkova in space the Kyrgyzstan post introduces into circulation a postage stamp with image of the first-ever female astronaut which flight by the ship Vostok-6 took place on June 16, 1963.
The postal presentation and the memorable First Day cancellation will take place on April 13, 2013.

The issue is printed in perforated and imperforated version in sheetlet of 6 values with decorating margins.
Artist: E. Isakov.
Paper: chalky. Printing: offset.
Perforation: frame 14:14¼;
Size of stamp: 40 x 28 mm
Size of sheetlet: 115 x 110 mm.
Edition of perforated stamp - 7500 copies, edition of imperforated stamp - 1500 copies.
Printed by Company "Publishing house "Belarusian House Printing".

Valentina Tereshkova became the sixth Soviet astronaut. At the same time with her in an orbit there was an Vostok -5 spaceship piloted by Valery Bykovsky. The space pilot V. Tereshkova spent nearly three days in space and made 48 turns round Earth. After Tereshkova the second woman departed to space only trough 19 years. Svetlana Savitskaya became her.