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![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: June 20, 2023 Width: 100 mm Height: 105 mm Quantity printed: 4,200 Location: Ice Hockey Volume LXXVI Stamp ID = 8487 Souvenir sheet celebrating the 165th anniversary of the first Russian postage stamp. To the left of the magnifying glass you can see a copy of an ice hockey stamp. The view of the stamp is not detailed enough to tell if it is rus-20131101-s-001 or rus-20140114-s-001. Same as us-20230620-w-001 except that at the bottom of the stamp there is a serial number. 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. |