Covers flown on board Soyuz TMA-4 to the ISS during Expedition-9, including covers returned with Expedition-8 cosmonaut A.Kaleri,astronaut M.Foale and Dutch cosmonaut A.Kuipers.
All covers signed on orbit by ISS-9 commander G.Padalka, ISS-9 engineer M.Fincke, plus ISS-8 crew M.Foale-A.Kaleri, plus Dutch cosmonaut A.Kuipers, who flown to the ISS on Soyuz TMA-4 and returned on Soyuz TMA-3.
On board station covers cancelled with handstamps including main ISS cachet, smal round stamp of Expedition-9, plus large round stamp with dates.
Covers cancelled in the folowing dates:
Soyuz TMA-4 launch from Baikonur-19 April, 2004
Soyuz TMA-4 docking with ISS-21 April, 2004
Soyuz TMA-4 undocking from ISS-23 October, 2004
Soyuz TMA-3 undocking from ISS-30 April, 2004
