There is a link between Sputnik 1 and the first woman in space as they both started their flights from Baikonur in Kazakhstan (in 1957 and 1963 respectively) .
Sputnik I appears on several cards : the earliest is 1957 Topps "Space", and it is so early that rumour has it the picture came from a leaked document. The name of the craft on the card also contains an error, it says it is Sputnik I (a roman numeral not a number). This had been corrected by the next year, when our card was issued. The first British card of it is Lyons Tea "Space Exploration" (1963) Card 5. Brooke Bond "Race into Space" thought to be the first, was not issued until 1974. The confusion may have arisen because Brooke Bond Canada featured it in their 1969 set "The Space Age".