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![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: December 09, 2015 Width: 42 mm Height: 30 mm Perforation: Perforated 12.50 x 12.00 Printing method: Lithographed Catalog number: Scott 7705g Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXV Stamp ID = 6177 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. Stamp was issued for the 2018 FIFA World Cup held from June 14 through July 15, 2018, in Russia. Stamp 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. |