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Topic: FS: Apollo-Soyuz commemorative cigarettes
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KSCartist
Member Posts: 3112
From: Titusville, FL
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 03-26-2026 09:46 AM
   
From the private collection of KSCartist Tim Gagnon - aka "The Patch Guy"
APOLLO-SOYUZ 1975 Commemorative Cigarettes
I am offering a sealed pack of Apollo-Soyuz commemorative cigarettes. Apollo-Soyuz" was a Soviet brand of cigarettes which were manufactured by the "Java Tobacco Factory" in Moscow, Soviet Union, and Phillip Morris in the United States.
The cigarettes went on sale in the Soviet Union on July 15, 1975, the day the Soyuz was launched, and later in the United States. The cigarettes were manufactured for 5 years, during this time the Moscow factory released an order of 500 million cigarettes, although it was difficult to actually acquire a pack due to a trade deficit in the USSR. In the astronauts city Leninsk (nowadays called Baikonur) the cigarettes could be bought freely at 1.5 Rbls. 50kop. per pack (at the time this was considered quite expensive). In other cities of the USSR, the cigarettes were instantly bought and resold as souvenirs. The cigarettes were popular in the Soviet Union, a total of 3 billion were exported there. In the United States however, the brand found little appeal, mainly because the brand was expensive. NOTE: the packaging was designed by cosmonaut and artist Alexei Leonov.
Translations: - CОЮЗ АПОЛЛОН - Soyuz Apollo
- ОСОБЫЕ - "special"
- ЛАЙТС - "lights"
- 20 СИГАРЕТ С ФИЛЬТРОМ - "20 filter cigarettes"
- Первый спутник Земли, первый человек в космосе, первая стыковка космических кораблей... Нам есть чем гордиться, и у этого чувства - особый вкус. Вкус гордости за свою страну. Вспомни его вместе с сигаретами из отборных сортов табака - "Союз Аполлон Особые"
"The First Earth Satellite, the First Man in space, the first docking of spacecraft. We have much to be proud of and this feeling has a special taste. The taste of pride in ones country. Relive that feeling with cigarettes made from select tobacco varieties. SOYUZ APOLLO SPECIAL
List for $75. Flat Rate Priority small box. 
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