Lot 705
Vostok 1, 1962, Handwritten Gagarin Speech. A handwritten short speech given by Yuri Gagarin on 20 August 1962 at the All-Soviet Young Machine Operator's Meeting in the city of Tashkent. The text of the speech reads: "Dear Comrads! The first flight to space allowed me to acquaint myself not only with unprecedented height and speed (of space flight), but also with the much larger (potential) abilities of scientists, engineers and simple workers. Our people, brought up by the Communist Party, are able to create miracles. The spaceship "Vostok", with which I became closely linked, as with human beings, is the culmination of all the newest achievement of Soviet science and technology. And our reserves are endless. Our arsenal is bottomless". The speech is hand-signed with a typed date and location city. Extremely rare and highly desireable.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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