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![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: December 09, 2015 Width: 84 mm Height: 30 mm Perforation: Perforated 12.50 x 12.00 Printing method: Lithographed Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXV Stamp ID = 6179 Although best know as a soccer goal keeper, Lev Yashin, was also an ice hockey goalie. From Wikipedia Yashin also played ice hockey (also as a goalkeeper) and he won the Soviet Cup in March 1953. He stopped playing ice hockey in 1954 to concentrate on his football career. This setenant was issued with stamp (rus-20151209-s-001) and label (rus-20151209-l-001) for the 2018 FIFA World Cup held from June 14 through July 15, 2018, in Russia. Se-tenant, stamp and label shows Lev Yashin 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. |