The set comprises of the most famous space ship, from Sputnik to the lunar landing crafts and the Shuttle, the first card depicts Sputnik 1 and the last card the manned flight to Mars.
This is a series of 50 cards issued in early 1971, the cards are in the standard size and format, 35 were horizontal and 15 vertical. They all have blue printed backs and colour paintings on the front.
A wallchart and album accompanied this series of which there are two different albums , there are no known error cards, the cards were reprinted in 1974.
Cover of The Race into Space
Card No 1
