Russia
rus-20160419-k-001
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Width: 220 mm
Height: 110 mm
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXV
Stamp ID = 4999
This cachet shows three logos from the 2016 Gagarin Cup Finals. In the middle is the logo for the Gagarin Cup itself. On the left is the logo for CSKA Moscow and on the right is the logo for Metallurg Magnitogorsk. The date of the cancel, April 19, 2016, is the date of the final game of the series. The cup was won by Metallurg Magnitogorsk that year. The cover is franked with a copy of rus-20160220-s-001. The cachet was designed and created by Sergey Nyuppa.
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.