Russia
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Width: 32 mm
Height: 32 mm
Perforation: Perforated 11.50 x 11.75
Catalog number:
Michel 1894
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXIV
Stamp ID = 3245
Part of the "Sports Legends of Russia" series showing Aleksandr Ragulin
From www.sochi2014.com
Aleksandr Ragulin (1941-2004) - Defender, Honored Master of Sports, three-time Olympic champion, 10-time world champion. Aleksandr played for Russian hockey clubs Khimik and CSKA. In the USSR championships, Aleksandr Ragulin played 427 matches and scored 63 goals. He played 102 games and scored 14 goals for the national team at the World and European Championships and the Olympic Games. He was the named the best defender at the World Championship in 1966 and participated of the legendary Canada-USSR Summit Series in 1972.
Stamp shows Alexander Ragulin
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.
Russia (1857-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 147,987,101 (1997 estimate). A country comprising the greater portion of eastern Europe and northern Asia.