Russia
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Stamp picture
Click here for higher resolution image		First day of issue: September 29, 2016
Width: 140 mm
Height: 100 mm
Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXV
Stamp ID = 5004

This cachet is for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey 2016. To the left of the stamp we see the sweater logos for Team Europe, Canada and the logo for the tournament. The cachet shows Brad Marchand scoring a goal against the Team Europe goalied Jaroslav Halák. Number 22 in the picture is Nino Niederreiter. The 4th player is Dennis Seidenberg. The cover is franked with a copy of rus-20160506-s-001 and canceled on September 29, 2016, the final day of the tournament. The cachet was designed and created by Sergey Nyuppa.

Cachet shows Jaroslav Halák
Cachet shows Brad Marchand
Cachet shows Nino Niederreiter
Cachet shows Dennis Seidenberg

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.